I remember when the Wii was first announced, there was talk of hundreds of games available on the virtual console--pretty much all games released on a Nintendo platform. I have a sinking feeling Nintendo is going to drop the ball, and we won't even get a sliver of that

They're not going to make everything available from day one... I think the launch selection is a bit light, but it's not unexpected.

I just finished Bully. Good stuff, though not quite GTA Jr.

About to start Final Fantasy XII. I've got Power Stone Collection (PSP) coming shortly for review.

hexic is awesome but those black pearls achievements are whack.

the psp always went to sleep. you can kinda do that with the 360, but since it has no battery the power has to be on.

any of you planning on getting Gears Of War next week? i'm pumped but suck at online play (in anything).

also, someone talk me out of gameznflix.com. i know it makes sense, but i just like having a game an knowing it's mine. wierd?

I'm not going to buy Gears of War, but we are supposedly on the list to get one for Static. So if that happens, I'll nab that, otherwise I may pick it up after Christmas if it's really all it's cracked up to be.

Final Fantasy XII is pretty.

Once again, I'll cop to being an unconventional gamer...

Front Office Football 2007 was released last Friday and I've been playing the hell out of it. Forget the pretty graphics and joysticks of Madden, this is a glorified spreadsheet game with stunningly accurate stats, gameplanning, roster management, contract negotiations, drafting, salary cap, etc.

http://www.solecismic.com/fof/index.php

Picked this up tonight. I'm supposed to get a review copy, but I wanted to start over the weekend, so I'll just return the review copy with my receipt, should I get it.

Played a few races (already 4% done, damn) -- pretty solid. Not terribly different from Most Wanted, which was fantastic, but I hear the police chases are less common... bad move.

I JUST RESERVED A PLAYSTATION 3.

EDIT: Awesome, bestbuy.com cancelled all of the pre-orders. Time to go into hyper-dick mode and e-mail customer service.

Alright, let's get some action in here.



I'm picking this up tonight. A buddy is holding one at an EB til close, so I'll jet out there later on. I had planned to wait until a review copy came in, but here are the things that made me change my mind:

- Cinematic, said to be very akin to Resident Evil 4, the best game of 2005

- Excellent, excellent reviews (9.6 - GameSpot, 9.4 - IGN, 10 - 1UP)

- Fantastic commercial, supposedly directed by David Fincher (featuring Gary Jules' cover of "Mad World")

- Said to be 10-12 hours long, which is totally manageable for me

Having decided not to bust my ass any further to get a PlayStation 3 this year, and with my parents saying they'll pay for a larger chunk of the Macbook I'll be buying soon, I feel a bit better dropping $60 on another game. Plus, if I do get the review copy I'm on the list for, I can always return that with my receipt and get the cash back. So, win-win.

Who else is getting it?

Gears of War is by far the best reason to buy a 360 at this point, but I'm still getting a Wii first. Anyone know when Guitar Hero for the 360 is due out??

Sometime in the Spring. I'll probably buy it again, if I can't get a review copy. I'm sure there will be a solid amount of bonus songs, and potentially downloadable song packs.

I'm currently trying decide between this and Call of Duty 3. I love Call of Duty 2 already but GoW just sounds excellent. Any opinions?

My thirty minutes spent with Gears of War can't say anything really conclusive... it's as beautiful as you expect, maybe more so, and the first half-hour wasn't terribly exciting, but my buddy has played a few hours and said it's "fucking amazing." He also played co-op, which sounds fantastic.

Call of Duty 3 is a game I will certainly play within two months... its predecessor was one of my favorite games of last year, though I'm not quite as excited about this one... too many other things to work on. IGN gave it an 8.8 last night, so it should be great.

i played guitar hero 2 last night for maybe two hours. it was good. i will post more in my guitar hero thread.

yeah im on the terenas server horde side :-). i dont raid as much as i used to though, but my guild is getting started in naxx.

Picked this up last night and have been blazing through it. You start off ranked #200 in the world (or wherever) with the goal of getting to the Top 8, and I just got to #97. So, I wouldn't be surprised if I'm through this by like, Monday. I picked up Need for Speed: Carbon last Friday and finished on Monday.

I haven't played Gears in a couple of days. I'll definitely log some time today once I pry myself away from Project 8 (which honestly isn't that great, but it's still Tony Hawk and I'm still addicted).

Unbeatable.

Well, maybe...

Fucking loser, I'll never finish one of these.

dear lord FF XII is awesome
i went and got a ps2 yesterday just for this game, and ive already played 14 hours

Jesus. I played ninety minutes and decided it would be best to hold off until after the holiday rush. I'm playing so many other games right now.

Speaking of... I just beat Tony Hawk's Project 8. Started it on Friday night. Good stuff. I'm maybe a third through Gears of War, and I'm hoping to finish the second act (of five) tonight.

this is why i love you.
however, i will un-love you if you miss tanksgiving because of this.


i played guitar hero 2 the other day. i sucked.

i think it's probably because you sit when you play. noone can effectively rock out while they are sitting down. who do you think you are, eric clapton?



oh yeah, and my copy of 'smackdown' for 360 comes in tomorrow. that will definitely see me dropping john cena left and right.

in the third act of Gears Of War on harcore difficulty now. damn the environment is awesome looking. someone on some other forum full of goons told me that "casual" difficulty ruins the game. he was right, playing it on hardcore is pretty intense and gives a good challenge.

also still playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance. i want to pick up silver surfer and and bunch of other achievements. i was using cheats on this game and had to play it over to get achievements again. Raven Software is very sneaky. "go ahead use the cheats. but don't expect your e-penis to grow!"

I just got to Act 3 last night. The rainy forest setting is unbelievable... truly the best-looking game released to date on any platform. I'm playing it on Casual and have no problem with it. I'd rather get through it in a timely manner than have to replay sections several times, and Casual is no cakewalk. There have been several sections that I've had to do over and over again. If I like it enough, I'll go back through Hardcore at a later time.

I just cracked 9000 in Achievement Points last night, btw.



I've got this coming on Wednesday for review.

AGAIN! DONT YOU TELL ME HOW TO PLAY GUITAR HERO!


i did alright at that one song.....
bring guitar hero this weekend and ill show you how awesome i can get.

too late. i tried sitting once and playing guitar hero like it was a slide guitar and it worked semi-well. i felt like a tool doing it, but i've done much worse things with guitar hero. like jumping off a chair during a solo and almost taking out three bystandards. and playing a two-player game by myself using a guitar and a controller and trying to do two things at once (i managed to get through a song on medium doing this and getting like a 72% somehow).


and yeah, i'll probably pack up the ole' geetar hero for the weekend. it should be cromulent.

whoa bigshot. i'm still in the 5000's

Yikes, what games do you have for 360 and do you have a gold membership? if so, i think you and i should play some gamez against one another some night.

Dan and I have been pounding through Marvel: Ultimate Alliance at a great pace. The duo of Thor (me) and Wolverine (Dan) has proved to be nigh unstoppable. But we still have to face the baddest man in the universe....Galactus. We've resolved to finish before tomorrow so it won't interfere with playing the new WWE game that comes out tomorrow.

So yeah, it's pretty much nerd week.

Tonight I'm going to cut off Galactus's deformed chode with my huge fucking claws.


I also spend any free time i have playing this game PSU which allows me a social outlet through the wonders of the internet where I can engage in long and heated meta-physical discussions on life and spirituality.




Here is my character, Sausage, he's the ugliest and creepiest fucking thing on the planet, I like him very much.

Thor is sweet, that's who I play as. I didn't even notice the achievement points..what do they get you?

i trade in my 360 games regularly, but right now i've got Gears of War and Marvel Ultimate Alliance and a gold account. i also play Halo2 and Uno online.

gamertag: thatgamer

btw Efrim, in Marvel Ultimate Alliance the team of Ghost Rider, Blade, Luke Cage and Wolverine are unstoppable. i beat the game handily thanks to their regenerating health. i'll have the Hard difficulty beat soon with them.

dude, we restarted our team as our fan favorites forgoing actual team effectiveness. I am deadpool and spidey in symbiote costume, and efrim is Ultimate Nick Fury and Daredevil, none of us can fly and we are pretty much the coolest team ever.

yeah man, i think i have you on my 'friend' list.

i might buy Uno tonight. if so, i smell an Uno battle royale online perhaps this evening or tomorrow eve?

sounds good. it's a funny thing to play Uno on an expensive gaming machine, but the 360 Uno game is cheaper than actually buying an Uno deck...

Dude, I'm down for that too. I don't know dick about Uno, but I'm willing to learn.

Uno is one of the easiest games in the world to play. Seriously. Just match up colored cards with colored cards or numbers with numbers.

I need to see what time I get out of work, but assuming I'm out at my normal time, I will get home and get settled by 730 or so. But yeah, I will see what time this all pans out for me and will go from there. If not tonight, anytime tomorrow night after 730 will be splendid for me.

A SOMB Uno game through an Xbox is a hilarious idea to me.

Just text or IM or call or something. If I'm free, I'll hop on and give it a shot.

solid. i would anticipate moer tomorrow night it happening, though. i just remembered i am getting Smackdown tonight and will probably devote a large chunk of my freetime to that.

if possible, i'll review that thang for you if you wanted. i can free up some time to write a short lil' review sometime next week.

yeah tonights a tough tv night. i'm down for some uno another night.

ok, deal. not tonight. we shall Uno it up some night in the coming days, however.


good plan!

Oh man.



These should be in my possession tomorrow.

i really want to play the "Sneak King" one. It seems so creepy from the one screenshot I saw. I mean, the King hiding in someone's garbage can. What the hell?

We may have a bonus set of the games. If all is clear with those, I'll see if I can get 'em sent out to you. They sent a set of the games to the Chicago address for Static, but they're sending another one overnight to my house to speed up the coverage. I'll let you know what's what later on.

oh that could be fantastic. thanks dude.


And i played some Smackdown last night for 360. I definitely will try and shoot out a review for you next week of it. It's a really odd game. On one hand, it's great and has a lot of the same features as the previous incarnations of the game in the series. On the other hand, other than a new control scheme and a few new animations, it's the same basic game as last years with a few new dudez.

I don't know whether I love it or hate it but I will delve in to the season/career mode tonight probably so I can assess this bitch further.

That would be way solid, thanks. If we do get a review copy of the 360 version, we can send that to you in exchange for your review and you can always return it with your receipt.

sounds like a fantastic plan to me.

gosh i wish i was home, now, playing video games instead of working and shit.

Incoming!



I'm really overloading myself by taking on Call of Duty 3, but I find it extremely difficult to say no to a free copy of a $60 game that I would buy anyway. I'm devoting all of next week to gaming and writing... not sure there's any other way, heh. I'm also expecting a review copy of Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, but I have no clue when.

yeah andy, FFXII is LONG. im hearing 60-75 hours the first time you play through. im at 25 hours now. the first 5 hours are like all introductions. you arent fully exposed to the combat system until roughly 4 or 5 hours into the game. but once you start getting gambits, its sooooo nice. getting rid of random battles and making combat active and in real time was the best thing they could do for this installment. i only wish i could have 4 ppl in my party. i would really like to use penelo as a magic clothes wearing black mage, but with only 3 ppl in the party, there is too much of a chance of her taking damage. right now im using baasch as a tank, and ashe and vaan as healers who also do good melee damage and wear shields and heavy armor. i switch in fran who is a clothie black/white mage and panelo who is a hard core black mage with awesome mana efficiency as needed