I am not ashamed to admit that I’m SO surprised by the fact that I’m actually pretty good at it. I’m PROUD of the fact that I’m really good at it. It’s now starting to annoy me though, not the game, but the level of competition within me that has never reared its ugly head before.

There’s one guy on my XBL friends list, and he’s a client. He’s not a mate, or a relative… he’s a client. I told him how good the game is, and he bought it, but every time I get myself to the top of the leaderboard through sheer determination and repeated restarts, I come back the next day and he’s gone back through to better my time.

I understand why he does it, because he’s a very controlling character and likes to be in charge of every situation… but I finally found a skill game that I was actually good at, and when I logged on to play the game last night and saw that he’d shaved a few hundredths of almost all of my times, I just switched the game off again. It spoils my enjoyment to know that he won’t allow me to be top of my own leaderboard… so the only options I have are to remove him from my friends list (ridiculous), ignore it (difficult) or try and beat his times again (not enough hours in my day).

So… I LOVE this game, but I also hate that it’s made me competitive when all I wanted to do was to enjoy it :) Great game though, fantastic game actually.

Still sticking to the beating Splosion Man first, but I do look forward to playing through the levels. The most painful thing I’ve seen so far is finishing a level and the rider coming to a stop on a pole which hits you in the throat, so painful, maybe I shouldn’t have laughed. :D