June 10th, 2007

I’ve been working on an app that has a few NSComboBoxes. I wanted the NSComboBoxes to work as expected, allowing the user to choose an item from the drop down list or enter a new item directly into the text field. I ran into a few problems using bindings in this situation and found that just setting the bindings up in interface builder was not enough as it didn’t seem to automatically add any new items typed in to the associated NSArrayController.

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I bought a Zelda walkthrough book the other week at [EB](http://www.ebgames.com.au/). It’s for the Wii version of [Twilight Princess](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess) so I figured it would be interesting to read. I had played up to the third dungeon in Twilight Princess, but found out from the book that I had missed a LOT of stuff. Not just a small thing here and there, but large sections and new moves and stuff. I thought I was progressing pretty well, but I guess not.

Traditionally I’ve always thought of walkthrough guides as cheating, but I guess it comes down to how exactly you use the book / guide. I decided to delete my current game and start over again, but this time before leaving a particular level / zone, I’ll check the book to make sure I haven’t missed anything. I figure this isn’t really cheating because I’m playing the game myself, but just making sure I don’t waste time having to come back for bits I miss. In the long run I think it’s going to save me some time.

My Wii hasn’t seen much play time recently. Melanie logs on to the ‘Wii Vote’ channel every few days and does the votes and enters a question. We haven’t yet had one of our submitted questions used, but I figure there must be thousands and thousands of questions submitted.

I started Playing [Ultimate Alliance](http://www.marvelultimatealliance.com/) again, this time actually doing the proper moves and not just swinging the controls around and hoping for the best. It actually makes the game a lot better.

There hasn’t really been any new releases for the Wii that have taken my fancy. [Mortal Kombat Armageddon](http://mkarmageddon.com/) looks interesting, but I’ll wait and see. I’ve been tempted to get a mod chip for my Wii, but I’m really not game enough to pull my Wii apart and solder it in.

It’s still a fun device though and I’m not really bored of the games I have yet.