DMV:BesidesLooney Tunes: Cartoon OrchestraandWacky Racestaking up a good chunk of my free time (thanks, Eidos), I got to play several games from Crave. Check the recent previews to see those games. I finally popped inSoul Nomad and the World Eatersagain, in order to try and finish it up. I missed this game so much — still a ton of fun. Also,Marvel vs. Capcom 2just came in the mail. Any of the editors want to kick my ass in it? Bring a Dreamcast controller over.
Hamza:I’ve been playing withmyself.
DMV:Oh, I’ve been doing that, too. Not playing with myself, but with Hamza.
Savant:Touhou shmupin’. I’ve been trying my damndest to finish bothPerfect Cherry BlossomandImperishable Nighton Hard, but I’m not making very much headway. The bullet patterns never cease to amaze me.
Oh, and I just wanted to take a moment of everyone’s time and sayDIABLO III! F***ING FINALLY!Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go be the creepy/weird guy who camps out in front of a store months in advance for a game with no announced release date.
(I hope there’s a Secret Cow Level!)
I hear that Brad is helping Hamza play withhimself. I hear it’s a pretty fun game and all, but I also hear itsshortand hasvery little replay value.
Nick:Guitar Hero: On Tourhas been cramping my hands;Rock Bandhas been bothering my neighbors;Too HumanI can’t say anything about yet; andCommando 3on XBLA has been mindlessly fun. I’m also playing the “Schedule meetings for E3” game, which has been taking up a lot of my time.
Dyson:I’m playingZack and Wikistill. I’ve made it to what I believe to be the last level and, like Samit mentioned last week, it’s a bitch. The motherfucker is like every puzzle in the game all at once. I also spent last night playing some of theSSFIIT HD Remixbeta. Aside fromSFAlpha 2, this is my all-time favorite Street Fighter. The beta is kinda janky (it hard-locked my system twice), but it’s a beta, so what would you expect, right?
I think I’m going to go play someHalf-Life 2now, just to make up for the lack of it this past week.
Also playingBlast Workson a regular basis, just for the player-created content. I hear a lot of people are having trouble finding this game, as many outlets don’t carry it. They had a few copies left at Best Buy, so if you’re still looking for the game, that’s probably the way to go.
Finally, there’sThe World Ends With You. Seriously, whatisthis game? Never have I played a game that is so simultaneously broken and innovative. Never mind the fact that in battles you control two characters on two different screens simultaneously, but the longer you gowithoutplaying the game, the more experience points you get.
That’s like being told I’d get in better shape if I stopped exercising and only ate at McDonalds. I just can’t wrap my head around it.
Also, I just turned the top screen on auto. Otherwise, I would have quit as well.
This game is for people with so little life that they are actually decreasing in age, and instead of dying, will turn into a baby one day.
I still likePokémon, but I would never, ever consider playing the game competitively. So many people use hackedPokémonanyway that it doesn’t even matter how hard you work at getting a good Poké team together.
Maybe you’ll like the game more once I give you that Scyther you wanted. I can also score you a Mime Jr if you want.
Anyway, this week I wrapped upHalf-Life 2: Episode 2, thereby completing the single-player quadfecta of awesome inThe Orange Box. Other than that, a little Subspace Emissary with friends, someNinja Gaiden II, trying to finish upPersona 3andFinal Fantasy III DS.
