So, what're you playing?

[Bunk]

Wait, what? You mean I'm supposed to finish games? I'm pretty sure the only X-Box or PC game I completely finsihed in the last two years is Mass Effect 2.

[MuffinMan]

I usually make it through maybe half of a game and then start procrastinating/getting bored. I rented Spider-Man and Singularity from RedBox and I think that helped me a lot. Great motivation when you know you are paying $2/day. Finished Spider-Man in 10 days and Singularity in only 2.

[Riggswolfe]

I'm currently playing Halo: Reach and having a blast. Yes, I know that makes me a pariah around here but meh.

[Velorath]

I'm currently playing Halo: Reach and having a blast. Yes, I know that makes me a pariah around here but meh.

I just finished the campaign, and thought it was pretty good.  This is coming from someone who couldn't force himself to play Halo 3 for more than the first hour or so, and only played all the way through Halo 2 because I was playing co-op which made it a bit more tolerable.

[jakonovski]

Gothic 4 demo. It's incredibly good looking and your character has Alistair's voice. The story parts are cringe inducing.

[Riggswolfe]

I'm currently playing Halo: Reach and having a blast. Yes, I know that makes me a pariah around here but meh.

I just finished the campaign, and thought it was pretty good.  This is coming from someone who couldn't force himself to play Halo 3 for more than the first hour or so, and only played all the way through Halo 2 because I was playing co-op which made it a bit more tolerable.

I finished Halo 3's campaign mostly on the strength of wanting to nkow Cortana's fate. And really, I loved the note it ended on. It was the perfect way to end MC and Cortana's story.

[Velorath]

Currently having a lot of fun with Firefight mode in Reach.

[WayAbvPar]

FIFA 11 out at midnight tonight. That, NHL 11, and Civ V are going to eat up most of my free time until spring. Might have to give up my DF account 

[Rasix]

Might have to give up my DF account 

Good.  You're better than that.



(barely) 


Got 3D Dot Game Heroes though an Amazon gold box deal last week.  Played that some last night and it's fairly charming.  Not sure I'll bother finishing it, however.  Not terribly in the mood for this style of game, and Dead Rising 2 is coming this week.

I think I'm ditching No More Heroes 2.  I would BiiF it, but I don't have much of anything positive to say.  The move to 8 bit mini-games is a dreadful and the boss fights so far are incredibly uninspired.  I even find myself missing that old giant retard-cycle he drove around on.  It's making me doubt that I ever liked the first one and somehow my mind was playing tricks on me at the time.  Yah, it's funny and goofy, but that doesn't make up for it being this bad.

[HaemishM]

The best parts of No More Heroes 1 were the boss fights. Everything else was tedious and silly.

[WayAbvPar]

Might have to give up my DF account 

Good.  You're better than that.



(barely) 

 

Got FIFA at midnight. Was just gonna play a little bit, but they reorganized the Accomplishments part of the game, and I got sucked into playing around in the Arena for 20 minutes knocking out accomplishments before I started my first game. Then I played 2 more. Then I went to bed and tossed and turned for 5 hours having weird FIFA dreams.

[Sky]

I also got sucked into gaming mode last night, got done playing at 2:30...then for some reason loaded up Civ 5 for another half hour.

Got a good wake-up at work, though. Fire drill, and I go commando when the alarm goes off. Grab the nearest extinguisher, run to the alert panel and find the fire, run and put it out. Then run out to the meeting point. Most people don't take fire drills seriously, dumb asses.

So far no progress on my proposal for zombie invasion drills.

[Murgos]

Fire drill, and I go commando when the alarm goes off.

You take your underwear off when there is a fire drill?  How odd.

[Sky]

You know...I knew when I was typing that some jackanape would make that joke. 

[AcidCat]

Picked up Lara Croft on PSN last night and played through the first level with my daughter - I love this game already, really fun couch co-op experience.

[jakonovski]

Dead Rising 1. Yes. I only got around to playing it now.

[Ironwood]

Freedom Force.  Wish it was better.

[Murgos]

Freedom Force.  Wish it was better.

I think that was everyone's collective opinion.  It could have been awesome, but it wasn't really.

[Viin]

Trying a little Global Agenda, probably won't buy the game but who knows.

Picked up R.U.S.E. for Xbox 360 - actually not a bad game, I didn't think a real-time strategy game would do well on a console but it's pretty good. Like the smooth zooming in/out with units stacking as you zoom out further. Bit disappointed I never saw 'You RUSE' when I lost all my troops.

Also picked up Forza Motorsport 3 for the 360. Eh. I think I enjoy the style of the Project Gotham games better.

[Sky]

I think that was everyone's collective opinion.

Not everyone's! Love both games.

[Yegolev]

Wife has taken over Just Cause 2.  I still have to do the hard things, like survive firefights.

Otherwise, Castlevania HD and LotRO in small (skirmish) increments.  Also small pokes at Super Mario Galaxy 2 with my son; only 38 stars.

[Engels]

Wife has taken over Just Cause 2.  I still have to do the hard things, like survive firefights.

That is soooo cute! Your wife plays Just Cause 2, but then has you step in to get over the horrid manly parts. Adorable! Its the video game version of having the hubby open the jar of condiments.

[Ard]

Still working on Just Cause 2.  Anyone that doesn't think the segment with the ninjas wasn't pure awesome has no soul.

Started up Alpha Protocol, and am probably about halfway through it.  So far I haven't seen any of the issues it's been panned for and am really liking the game a lot.  It doesn't feel like it has any of the clunk I generally associate with Obsidian's games.

Gave up on the Void for now.  Got myself into a situation where I didn't have enough color, and need to restart now that I at least understand things a bit better.  Putting that off for now though.

Started up Puzzle Quest 2, and not sure how I feel about this one.  It's different in some ways I'm not sure I like much.

Also started Shin Megami Tensai:  Strange Journey, and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that one either.  I like it so far, but I think the all dungeons, all the time thing is going to get old sooner than later.

[Yegolev]

Anyone that doesn't think the segment with the ninjas wasn't pure awesome has no soul.

[HaemishM]

Got my replacement XBox 360 in and it seems to be working. I'll be neck deep in FIFA 11 and Forza 2 for the 360 over the next few weeks.

[Yegolev]

Castlevania HD
LotRO

[Rendakor]

Etrian Odyssey 3 for DS. God damn I love these games. I'm still on the first Strata because I've been fucking around with the new sailing mechanic. Can't wait til I unlock dual class; so much potential for awesome builds.

[MrHat]

Minecraft and Civ 5 (Mods are starting to improve some of the O_o features of the game).

Final Fantasy on my iPhone ($3.99 sale this weekend).

[ghost]

Playing a little X3: Terran conflict (or Eve Offline) while I train skills in Eve online.  Also have been playing the shit out of Solomon's Bone Yard on the iPhone.  It's really addicting. 

[Paelos]

Civ 5 as the Romans and Rome:Total War as the Romans.

I'm going to see how much ass I kick on various difficulties.

[Rasix]

Zombie killing.  LOTS OF IT.

[Sky]

Nothing. 

[stu]

I just traded in GoW III at Best Buy in exchange for Dead Rising 2. Cost to me: $4.99 + tax. I even asked the cashier if it wasn't supposed to be half off regular price for the copy of Dead Rising 2.

"Nope. You only have to pay for the insurance. Each new copy from now on is basically free."

Best Buy game insurance is the best deal ever. The only stipulation is that you pay full price + $4.99 on the initial purchase and keep the receipt.

 

[MrHat]

I just traded in GoW III at Best Buy in exchange for Dead Rising 2. Cost to me: $4.99 + tax. I even asked the cashier if it wasn't supposed to be half off regular price for the copy of Dead Rising 2.

"Nope. You only have to pay for the insurance. Each new copy from now on is basically free."

Best Buy game insurance is the best deal ever. The only stipulation is that you pay full price + $4.99 on the initial purchase and keep the receipt.

 

Did you have to say it didn't work or something at least?

[stu]

Nah. The deal is you can get it replaced in case of damage or exchange the game when you're ready for a new one. (!) Really, the only catch seems to be that the insurance for each item only lasts a year, but you can potentially get a new one every week, so that's moot.