Geometry Wars on CRT and VGA

I realised earlier that in the last post I could have shown the difference between playing a game (in this case Geometry Wars) on a standard CRT screen and said game on a monitor with the VGA cable. And yes the VGA looks even better when moving and not being a photo.

CRT


VGA

Geometry Wars High Score and Five Rings

I have been reading The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto (I actually bought a printed copy) and the other day I read "The Frame of Mind For The Martial Arts" from the book of Water and the first sentence of that section reads:

In the way of the martial arts, do not let your frame of mind be any difference from everyday mind.

and then he finishes the section by saying this should be investigated. So I being the gamer that I am fired up Geometry Wars.

I have been playing Geometry Wars fairly regally since I Got all the Achievements and Almost Beat My Highscore, but I have found myself struggling to get even one million points as my motivation to do better isn't there, but after reading Miyamoto's section on frame of mind I thought I would give it another go not thinking I would beat my very respectable highscore of 2,158,680 points.

Well after just one game I got 2,664,455 and I seem to be able to have a good run on my highscore now quite consistently. So the book might have been written in the 1600's but it's teachings are quite relevant.

All Geometry Wars Achievements Are Belong To Me!

Just got the 'Earn x10 multiplier' and 'Earn 1,000,000 points without dying' achievements on Geometry Wars. Meaning I have finally earned all the achievements on Geometry Wars!!!
I almost beat my Highscore too, but I think that is high enough as it is now.



O' yes and I was listening to a debate on the game censorship. While playing I again went into a lethargic state of mind because the debate isn't covering any new ground at all. Parents must control what games kids play. Games are no worse than other mediums. All any informed panel does in these debates is agree.

Geometry Wars High Score

Just beat my Geo Wars high score again and just like Last Time I was again listening to a Programmer Podcast this time on reflection. My highscore now stands at 2,158,680 points.

The odd thing about me listening to code related podcasts and doing well at Geo Wars must be mindset. Another odd thing with this is that on both occasions these where podcasts that where talking about code related stuff that is still way over my head. I still listen to them in the hope that I can pickup something and understand more about an area that I am not familiar with. This normally fails, but it puts me in a very lethargic mindset.

Geometry Wars - 8 Achievements in 1 Game

I currently have eight Achievements on Geometry Wars and have been trying for weeks now to get the last two, but just now I had a game where I got all my current achievements in just one game.



And this is my problem. I seem to have peaked it doesn't look like I will ever get those last two. Maybe if I had a widescreen TV I would be able to see more of the screen.