Tiger, Tiger, burning brightIn the forest of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry?IT DOESN’T EVEN C&^%ING RHYME!!!
Sincerely, Nex
Here’s what the DToid staff has been playing this week:
Colette Bennett:BioShockis my life. It’s all I think about when I eat, sleep, shower, run errands and committ small crimes. If I list how many times I’ve played the demo here, I’d likely be humiliated. Let’s just say every iota of my being waits for the offical release Tuesday.
I also playedHexic 2andThe Darknessand thought both were woefully short of Big Daddies.
Nick Chester:BioShock. Now leave me the hell alone, I’m busy … playingBioShock.
Dale North:When I’m not playing the new classic calledtry to get the Wii to complete an update without stopping midway, I’ve been hitting the puzzle games with what little downtime I had this week. PS3’sPiyotamais still high up on my list – when you get frustrated from losing, you’re able to just shake the hell out of the SIXAXIS and hope that you get lucky . I’ve picked upZuma(Xbox LIVE Arcade) again, though I’ve just recently noticed that my score is higher than anyone else’s on the Dtoid staff/friends list. Consider that a challenge.
Topher Cantler:I’ve been catching up on years of missed adventure games likeSam & Max Hit the RoadandDay of the Tentacle. Both are every bit as great as everyone’s been telling me they are. Throw in someRiver City Ransom, Little NemoandTaiko no TatsujinDS and you’ve got a party. Or not.BlindsideDork:Sleep and issues with a female of the species have kept me away but I keep trying to pull myself back to my video games somehow. I would’ve gotBioShockbut I reserved the Limited Edition one soSecond Sightfor GameCube is trying to fill the Big Daddy of a hole. It isn’t too bad, a little fun, but I got stuck at this one part with a balcony…the doors won’t open! Oh well, I still gotRebelstaron my DS.
Jim Sterling:I downloadEcco The Dolphinand had the worst experience of my life . I don’t really want to talk about it anymore because it’s actually painful. Painful. Outside of that, I’ve had nothing to really occupy me but some rubbish roms and, of course, theBioShockdemo. I can’t be all cool like the review team and play early copies.
Savant:What a busy week of gaming it has been! I went on nothing short of a game-buying rampage in the past few days that makes my mouth salivate with win. I now ownHalo: Combat Evolved,Fable: The Lost Chapters,Hexic 2, Madden NFL ’08, and soon-to-be proud owner ofBioShocknext week. (Y’know, on the real release date like everybody else?)
My fiancee also has found a new game she likes as well, and it is a bit of a departure from her normalAnimal CrossingandEternal Darknessfair;The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. She’s been playing it on-end since we rented it for the 360 and I didn’t even think she’d want to play it when we got it. Go figure.
And for the record, folks,BioShockhas “Game of the Year” written all over it. You can quote me on that, too.
Dick McVengeance:I’m on my third runthrough of Listen to Linde talk aboutBioShock. It’s like I’ve already played the game. When I’m not doing that, I’m suffering from horrible ADD and downloading every damn demo on the PSN and Japanese PSN. So, for real games, it’s a bit of a crapshoot betweenOblivion, Persona 3, andTony Hawk Pro Skater 1and2. Goozex: Send meThrasher: Skate and Destroyalready!
David Houghton:I’ve been playing an interesting new browser game. It’s a text-based adventure where you have to send e-mails various games publishers and PR departments, using your interpersonal skills and time-management abilities to schedule various appointments for a games convention. What’s really cool is that in a hark back to the adventure games of old it actually has a real-world prize for successful players. The only drawback is that they’re making me go over to Leipzig to claim it…Aaron Linde:B is for the breathtaking environments you present, I is for your iconic enemies, O is for —
Er, right.BioShock. It’s fucking awesome.
Chad Concelmo:I threw a temper tantrum all week because I didn’t get my copy ofBioShockearly (like some people) and refused to play anything. Unless you count standing in the corner with my arms crossed, stomping my feet, a game. In that case, well, I played that. huff
Faith:I tried both theBioShockdemo and theBeautiful Katamaridemo on Xbox 360. I’m in love with both and plan to join in holy matrimony with them both in a private, little ceremony.
I’m still trying to finishTwilight Princesson the Wii. I’m in the Desert Prison right now. I also gotHeroes of Manaon the DS which is driving me around the bend with its annoying controls. Oh, and I’m still training my brain withBrain Ageon the DS. All of this is slow going cause I sprained my finger on Thursday while trying to kill a real life Mr. Mosquito. I hit a locker instead of the bug..tiff:What can I say. I’ve had some of the most epic gaming orgasms in the last 24 hours. Mr. Husky Hog was gracious enough to let me kidnap him and experience the mighty wonder that is BioShock all night long. A mere few hours later, we had a hands-on with[CONTENT DELETED]and[CONTENT DELETED]at[CONTENT DELETED]. A huge shout-out to[CONTENT DELETED]for giving us the most rockin’[CONTENT DELETED]ever!
Leigh Alexander:I’ve been playing demos I haven’t seen yet since I just got a 360 — BioShock, Eternal SonataandBeautiful Katamari, mostly. I’m out of town at my parents’, so of coursePokemonandPokemonandPokemon.Nex:I spent the week getting back to my roots. My roots are mostly wood with a hint of Sega Genesis, so that meant picking up the Game Boy Advance version ofShining Forceand weeping over the fact that no one has managed to continue the finest SRPG series in history properly. Sure,Final Fantasyhas its devotees (mostly the same kids who consider agnosticism as a badge of hipness), but Sega’sShining Forcewill always have my heart and the associated monetary rewards.
Gameboi:This week has mostly been about catching up with all the demos I missed while my 360 was getting worked on. At the top of the list wasBioShock, which impressed me in all sorts of ways. I also quite enjoyed my short run-in withStranglehold.Beautiful Katamariwas nice, but ended waaaay too soon for me.
After playing through the demos ofEternal SonataandBlue Dragon, I have to say that I enjoyed the former a lot more than the latter — which surprised me. Finally, I decided to erase my save file, and start from the very beginning withOverlord, since I couldn’t recall what the heck I was doing in the game at the time it conquered my console.
Grim:I really got intoCastlevania: Symphony of the Nightthis week and beat it with 195% completion or something like that. Other than that, it’s mostly beenBurnout Revenge, theMythosbeta, andPunishment 2: The Punishing.Dyson Grigsby:Punishment 2: The Punishing? Seriously, is that really a game? Anyway, I’ve mostly been playing demos this week, specificallyBioShockandBeautiful Katamari.
BioShockwas awesome and deserves every single point that it can get.Katamariwas, like Gameboi said, waaay to short. Not to mention that it was the exact same demo from E3, only this time in English. Still, I love me someKatamari,so I can’t complain.
Hopefully next week I’ll get a chance to play this new game calledJoust 2: The Joustening.
(Seriously, they really didn’t call itThe Punishing, did they?)
Now, ladies and gentlemen, it’s your turn to tell us what you have been playing this week.Space Quest?Manhole?Phantasmagoria?SOMEONE MUST HAVE PLAYED A MID-90S ADVENTURE GAME, RIGHT?!
