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How does a snowman get to work?

By icicle.

Hilarious, I know. Somewhat fitting though as I spent Friday working from home as there was no way I was going to get the car out when I could barely get the front door open with how deep the snow was. After I finished work on Friday I basically did nothing but lounge around playing video games until Sunday morning. What games did I play? Glad you asked.

Battlefield 3 – after recently blowing the dust off my PS3 of late thanks to getting the PS Vita for Christmas and investing in PSPlus, I saw this on offer in Asda – £5 pre-owned. Considering I’d never actually played BF3 I thought I’d pick it up. First impressions? The games developers assume that, on the normal difficulty level, you’re a professional gamer with a talent for spotting bad guys from a million yards that have pinpoint accuracy. Its the first game in a long while where I’ve had to start again on an easier difficulty level to save myself the frustration. Besides that, its clear that the Frostbite engine is incredible. Its stressed my PS3 enough to freeze it a couple of times (love the irony) so I eventually had enough. Well worth a play though if you’re into FPS games and have somehow missed it like I did.

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim – I’ve owned this for the PC for some time but again I somehow managed to avoid it. I started playing it previously but couldn’t get on with it so left it alone (yes, stupid I know). Now that I’ve done everything there is to do in FarCry 3 I needed another open-world game to explore so decided to give it another bash. Oblivion was the game that I’d spent more hours playing that I care to imagine so what was it that I didn’t get on with I wondered? It soon became clear – I just couldn’t get on with using a mouse and keyboard to play the game. So, in went the 360 wired controller, out went the video via HDMI to my TV and there went my weekend. The scale of the game is nothing short of epic, nothing else compares or even comes close. FC3 is pretty big but this just takes the piss. I’ve been playing for over 22 hours since I started and I’m just beginning. If you haven’t played this game then do yourself a favour and get it done. Its the only game I’m going to need for some time I think.

Today came and the snow had subsided enough to dig the car out. Dinner at my nan’s was short and sweet and then I headed to Rhianwen’s as I hadn’t seen her or the kids for a few days. Luckily I managed to keep myself occupied to pass the time but that doesn’t stop me from missing her and the kids. Noisy little feckers but I do love them.

Off the watch some Trevor McDonald now and then an early night I think. I’ve missed having someone to keep me warm at night