So, what're you playing?

[Yegolev]

Atelier Annie

How is this, aside from it being for girls and not either of us?

It's pretty kawaii, but being a DS title I think this is expected.  Bonus: talky-talky is skippable.  Unfortunately I haven't yet returned from my first gathering trip to give a good report on the alchemy game, and the resort-management part hasn't even started.  There is the expected time limit, which I hate, and here it is even worse since time passes while you are gathering and fighting.  I have what may be a good amount of time to make/gather all the shit I am supposed to, but I still don't like watching the days tick by as I gather roots and shit.  I'll know more later.

Started up Little King's Story, this might have been a horrible, horrible, soul eating mistake.

Hey, wait until I have already bought it before telling me how bad it is.

[Ard]

Hey, wait until I have already bought it before telling me how bad it is.

Just add it to the list of stuff you already don't have time for, like I'm having to do with Atelier Annie.

[squirrel]

Still almost all Dragons Age although I've gotten some time in with Forza 3 lately. It's very good but there's something about it that makes it feel clinical and soul-less. Not sure what it is - the actual racing is really good (aside from the sound which I find a bit anemic) but the overall experience just feels really sterile. Still I haven't put a lot of time in and the gameplay is enjoyable so we'll see.

[MisterNoisy]

Still almost all Dragons Age although I've gotten some time in with Forza 3 lately. It's very good but there's something about it that makes it feel clinical and soul-less. Not sure what it is - the actual racing is really good (aside from the sound which I find a bit anemic) but the overall experience just feels really sterile. Still I haven't put a lot of time in and the gameplay is enjoyable so we'll see.

Been putting more time in with FM3 as well, and most of it has been in the paint editor.  It's gotten to where I only race to get new cars to paint.  :P

[Yegolev]

Fuel.  Now that PSN is online again, you can see my new early-game trophies.

[Le0]

Letting DS on the side for a moment, I think I'm not hardcore enough for this game :(

I must be close to the end of Uncharted 1, then will have to do Uncharted 2, MGS4 still and Burnout Paradise for kicks.
Also Dragon Age and Torchlight are still on my list.

[MrHat]

Using Dragon Age as my Procrastination de jour.

[Yegolev]

Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time.  There are some small quality issues that quite frankly surprise the shit out of me.  Insomniac has always delivered a rock-solid product unless I somehow slipped on some rose-colored glasses.  The game is still fantastic, though, delivering on my hope that the Future series would add more gameplay elements as the revisions came out.  I am particularly happy about the space map.  Only completed the second area and first boss so far.

[Yegolev]

R&C... man, time manipulation makes my head hurt, but in a good way, like "these puzzles are not the same old shit and yet are not too Professor-Laytony".  Solving puzzles by making recordings of yourself doing things, this requires some new thinking.  Haven't had any quality issues since the first couple, either, which is a plus.

[Ard]

Most of the issues I've run into are the game for some reason recognizing me as having the next checkpoint when I die like a retard right before it.  This has happened more times than I can keep track of now, and honestly, I'm not going to complain about that.  Repeated deaths by falling suck.

The Clank puzzles actually don't bother me so much this time around.  They've finally got the pacing down as far as I've concerned, so I'm not feeling stuck in a disconnected segment for far too long.

[Ingmar]

For The Glory has crept in for laptop time, distracting me slightly from obsessing over DA.

[Azazel]

In the last week, almost nothing. 

[Yegolev]

postcount++

[Tarami]

LotRO and Sims 3: World Adventures. Both games are still fun, but I'm not convinced by World Adventures yet. We'll see.

[jakonovski]

In addition to the eternal DA, I've been dabbling with Overlord. It really is a pretty game, and Overlord 2 is just ridiculously good looking on the PC. Gameplay can be described on as "lulz" though.

[Reg]

I tried Sims 3 and enjoyed it for a few days but it just wasn't different enough from Sims 2. Plus I missed all the things you could do in Sims 2 that you can't do in Sims 3. But how will they ever put all the stuff Sims 2 had into Sims 3 without just re-releasing the Sims 2 expansions?

[Yegolev]

Would the Sims playerbase not buy them if they were just updated Sims 2 expansions?

[Venkman]

Dragon Age and Borderlands depending on my mood, Unchartered 2 on the rare occasion I find the time (and can get to the PS3).

[Tarami]

I tried Sims 3 and enjoyed it for a few days but it just wasn't different enough from Sims 2. Plus I missed all the things you could do in Sims 2 that you can't do in Sims 3. But how will they ever put all the stuff Sims 2 had into Sims 3 without just re-releasing the Sims 2 expansions?

I never played too much Sims 2, so since I never really burned out on that, I'm finding TS3 to be a solid improvement in most ways. But to answer your question, they probably can't. There are only so many things that make sense to have in Sims and between the two previous titles, they've all kind of been done. TS3 is just a new, more modern foundation for essentially the same game, which will get expanded in essentially the same ways. Then again, that's something that is hardly unique to the Sims franchise. People have been buying slightly updated versions of Super Mario, Zelda and Wolfenstein for twenty years.

[Azazel]

Friends came over yesterday. They'd just gotten an xbox. I started to show them a few games, "starting" with Borderlands. Let them play it splitscreen a bit to get the hang of it. They enjoyed it a lot and kept playing for awhile.
...
They left at 3:30am.
 

[Tebonas]

Crysis, just to see how the new rig performs. It only runs on High Setting, which is unsettling for a two year old game. I need that 5850!

[Morat20]

Friends came over yesterday. They'd just gotten an xbox. I started to show them a few games, "starting" with Borderlands. Let them play it splitscreen a bit to get the hang of it. They enjoyed it a lot and kept playing for awhile.
...
They left at 3:30am.
 

lol. For my brother's birthday a month back, we drug our Xbox over to my parent's and hooked it up so he could play Beatles: Rock Band. (He is, has, and always will be a giant Beatles fan).

My mother came home around 9:15, watched briefly, got convinced to sing "just one song" (her normal "i'm going to bed' time is around 9:00 PM). Around midnight she finally staggered off to go to bed. We couldn't even make a playlist -- it was always "Just one more song!").

[Yegolev]

Ratchet & Clank: Crack in Time
Fuel

Little time for gaming.

[ghost]

Oddly enough, I started playing AoC a little bit for something to do during down time at work and I am actually liking it.  Not sure how long I'll stick it out, but for now it's working for me.

[Signe]

I've been only playing WoW lately.  I can't seem to stay interested in anything.  I haven't even touched Torchlight for ages.  Maybe it's time to resub to something.  I just can't figure out what.

Also - I wish I had a giant brother. 

[Azazel]

Friends are still frothing about LotRO, I've kinda lost interest for the time being. They want to play it more like WoW, while I want to play it more like something we play for a session here and there on the weekend.

Played a few hours of Lego: RB last night. More of the same, but still fun. Also, Iggy Pop.

[Vision]

I'm slowly giving myself heart disease from stressing over Demon's Souls.
The worst part is I've only downed 1 Demon 

[Strazos]

Not enough time for games usually.

Pretty much just Dragon Age and NHL 10. I've been eying L4D2, but....I just don't know if I would have the time to justify the purchase.

[Margalis]

Beat Metroid Prime 1. Will probably wait a while before starting MP2.

1 was great, they did a fabulous job of capturing the overall feel of the Metroid series. Also the music in the Prime Trilogy menu screens (not sure if it appears in any game) isawesome, a sort of spacey otherworldly Doctor Who-esque number,

[jakonovski]

Playing a lot of Fallen Earth and it really is the best MMO out there right now. I don't know why I bothered with that Aion POS back in October.

[Nebu]

I can't seem to stay interested in anything.  Maybe it's time to resub to something.  I just can't figure out what.

That's exactly how I feel at the moment.  Friends are trying to get me back in WoW, but I have no interest.  Thought about CoH, but know I'll be bored in a day.  Maybe I should give LotRO a fourth go?

[Signe]

I don't know, Nebu.  I play WoW solo, mostly wandering around doing the odd quest and a lot of crafting/gathering and making tons of money playing auction house.  WoW has the best auction house!  Righ still plays, too, though not as often as he used to.  I ALMOST resubbed to CoH, too, because of all the events, (I love events)  but I know it would last a couple of days at best.  I've done it with that game too many times to count.  Same with LOTRO - it's got a lot of what I want but for some reason, it doesn't motivate me at all.  It's pleasant enough when I'm playing, but once I log out, I never feel like logging back in.

I made a horrible pink fleshy looking thingy in Matt Mihaly's new game, but haven't played.  I'm afraid it could suck what little gaming life is left right out of me.  I'm waiting for Xanthippe's opinion.  I keep thinking of EQ2, LOTRO, and the rest and there's just no excitement or even a mental nudge.  Fallen Earth, CO and Aion did nothing at all for me in their betas.  FE was less crappy but I hated it's combat.  

Maybe I'll read up on the LOTRO expansion.  Who knows?

[Nebu]

Maybe EQ2 is the best option.  When I get bored, I usually start in the lowest zone and do nothing but collection quests, gathering, and crafting.  When I tire of that, I look for odd bits of clothing for my appearance tab or decide to redecorate my house.  I guess that stuff could keep me entertained for a week or two.  The combat is just so painfully slow...

LotRO is a nice looking game, but the amount of delivery quests in the pre-30 game usually makes me leave.  That and the fact that all of the cool stuff is for groups and I generally avoid people I don't know. 

I guess I could polish up my macros and wait for the next telling of Atitd.  That usually entertains me for a week. 

[Tannhauser]

I'm halfway through my second play through of DA.  Still loads of fun.  Probably going to get Mirkwood but I really need to kick the MMO habit.  Still on the fence regarding Borderlands, heard solo isn't as good as MP.

[Yegolev]

That and the fact that all of the cool stuff is for groups and I generally avoid people I don't know. 

Just a note, there will be a soloable Weathertop after Tuesday.  Supposedly Garth Agarwen is going to be easier, too.  Small change compared to the total volume of quests, yes, but there you go.

Let's see... the wife has taken up Dragon Age.  I am playing some as well, and some Fuel, and Torchlight, and R&C.