After last night’s drinking/Guitar-Heroing/Ground-Kontrolling escapades, I have absolutely no energy to entertain you people. So in my stead, I’m going to rely on those kindly Koreans to do it for me. After showing this video to the PDX DToid boys last night, and realizing none of them had seen it, it came to my attention I really need to start showing this to everyone I know, constantly, and possibly while wearing anachronistic hats.
As such, I present:I Love Egg.
(Note: We expect you teen boys to somehow find this offensive to your tenuous grasp on your sexuality, but repeating “zomg gay” or “old x is old” is just so passé and most of all, not funny. We understand the evolutionary triggers that make you would-be alpha males lash out at things you don’t understand or figures of authority, but you do realize it doesn’t actually impress the opposite sex, right? There will come a point when you’ll be angry that women your age are all dating older men, and you’ll have no one to blame but yourself … well, and your parents’ genetics for cursing you with such a pliable bone structure and eyes that look like puddles of milk on a linoleum counter. — Nex)
Colette Bennett:Portal, We Love Katamari,Shadowgate, Dementium: The Ward, Puyo Puyo 15th AnniversaryandThe Witcher.Ron Workman:Battlefield:Bad Companyis F%&king amazing!!!Viva Pinata Party Animalsis good. It pains me to say it but I like this one too dammit. I still haven’t got past99 nights. I just like this game a ton and I know it’s by no means an amazing game. When it came out I thought it was over-hyped but it hasn’t stopped growing on me. Me and Husky rubbed wieners at camp while Linde took pictures. I actually playedGuitar Hero 3(1 game)Halo 3, Jerked off into a cup, andAce Combat 6all on the 360. Niero got me to play “Racial Stereotypeland” orDef Jam Icon, same thing, on the BS3.Faith:I’ve been playingFront Mission, Dragon Quest Monster: Joker, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom HourglassandBrain Agefor the DS.Puzzle Queston Xbox 360.My Sims, BoogieandEA Playgroundon Wii.
Boogieis a weird game. I sound like cats screaming when I sing and yet I’m still getting gold on each karaoke session. I love dancing with it though.My Simsis a great game and I love making furniture with the sweet, sweet essence of video games. Mmmm … video games.
Aaron Linde:Super Mario Galaxy. Holy balls.
(Editor’s Note: Little known fact: “Holy balls” was the same exclamation used by John Cabot upon discovering Newfoundland. — Professor Nex)
Dale North:Every time I pick upPersona 3I like it more, and I loved it from the first session. Needless to say, I’m so attached that I hope it won’t end. From what others are telling me, I have quite a bit more time to live in this bliss.
Topher Cantler:I’m a little disappointed withWartech: Senko No Ronde, but for ten bucks it’s solid enough. The emptiness left me hungry for whatever other danmaku games I could find lying around likeChaos FieldandCastle Shikigami. I’m also pretty surprised to find myself enjoyingSwitchballon XBLA.
Chad Concelmo:You know all those old cartoons, the ones where two characters are stranded on a desert island and one sees the other as a giant leg of lamb or something? That has been me this whole week as a result of my hunger forSuper Mario Galaxy. My dog has become a goomba, my shower head a giant question mark block. Luckily, I had another amazing Wii game,Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure, to hold me over. Now, back to stomping on my ottoman koopa troopa.
(Editor’s Note: California is being immolated and Chad is busy stomping the hell out of furniture. This isexactlywhy L.A. eventually floats into the ocean and becomes a prison colony. — Nex Plissken)
BlindsideDork:I just can’t seem to get enough ofTeam Fortress 2andPicross DS.
Dick McVengeance:Disgaea: Afternoon of Darknesshas been a major timesink for me, and when not blasting away on that, I’m also getting in a bit of Scurge: Hive.
Leigh Alexander:Dracula XandPhantom Hourglass. I haven’t had, like, any time this week.
Nex:Games, games, games …Call of Duty 4(which will, if I have any say, usurpHalo 3’sspot for FNF),Final Fantasy Tactics PSP, Virtua Fighter 5 Online, Guitar Hero’s 2&3and every arcade game in this city with the PDX DToid readership.
And, of course, the reason why I bought a new PSP:Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles. For $30, you get 3 (technically 4) giganticCastlevaniagames that comprise the number two through number four slot in the heirarchy ofCastlevaniatitle quality. There’s something about IGA’s take on vampire slaying (especially when it’s horribly goofy as in the originalRondo) that makes my inner woman moist and my inner dachshund happy enough to skitter across a wood floor and pee a little on the way.
(Editor’s Note: Nex skipped analogy class to flirt with girls’ soccer players and to huff glue in the quad. — The Other Nex)
(Editor’s Note Note: I’m kinda hoping that commenting on my own habits and taking shots at myself doesn’t rend the fabric of time and space … if you guys see any singularities or headless, three-legged dogs,run.— Nex Ph.D, Theoretical Physics, MIT)
Gameboi:While wishing I could secure a copy ofSuper Mario Galaxybefore the street date, I’ve been consoling myself withBurnout Revenge(still),Portal, andCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It’s been a great week 🙂
Tristero:I playedPrey, which was an above-average, but not quite there shooter title for the 360. It had a lot of unique aspects likePortal-esque boxes to crawl through, rooms with switching centers of gravity, and entertainingly grotesque alien guns. The whole technologically advanced alien society committing genocide against American Indians motif definitely sat uneasy with me. It’s heart is in the right place, but it comes off so awkwardly by relying on the same old stereotypes of Indians as “spiritually advanced” people. Nice stab at post-colonialism though, 3D Realms. Maybe next time.
(Editor’s Note: For those playing along at home, thats minus one point for 3D Realms, and plus one point for the solitary tear running down Tristero’s face. — Chief Running Nex)
Jim Sterling:I’ve been busy with many games, and I expect this list of titles to remain unchanged when we do this next week. Firstly, I’ve been sampling the delights ofThe Orange Box, becoming absorbed inHalf-Life 2, lost inPortaland … trying two incomplete games ofTeam Fortress 2.
Next up, my review copies ofBladestormandDynasty Warriors Gundamfinally arrived, so I’ve been battling through medieval and robotic forces. Expect reviews soon.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, I merrily traded in the awfulConanfor the sublimeCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. As someone not known for their multiplayer leanings, I’ve been sucked right into the online mode for this. Was rocking team deathmatch with some Destructoiders last night — let’s keep doing that.
Grim:It was a total blast playingCall of Duty 4with Jim and the other Dtoiders on Friday night. Single-player was a little on the short side, but 99.9% of it was non-stop fun. ForgetHalo 3, CoD4is the next big multiplayer game in my eyes.Nick Chester:Been playing:Conan(Xbox 360),FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage(360),Puzzle Quest(XBLA),Dementium(DS), andCastlevania: Dracula X(PSP). I have to get all of this stuff finished, because next week I’ve gotRock Band, Assassin’s Creed, andSuper Mario Galaxyon my agenda.
I love November.
Dyson:Huzzah! I just finished about three solid hours ofSuper Mario Galaxyand I was loving it! I borrowed a copy from an industry friend just to make sure that it will be worth the dent that it will make to my wallet and, my oh my, this game is fun. Must get!
Now for the rest of the week, I’ve been playing moreZack and Wiki, along with a new game:Guitar Hero 3(Xbox 360).Z&Wis still enjoyable as all get out, butGH3is pissing me off like nothing else. Who the fuck thought it would be a good idea to put boss battles in this game? Total fucking bullshit, I say. Go buyRock Bandinstead.
Oh, and I finally finishedBioShock. I got the “good” ending by not harvesting any of the Little Sisters, although, it was pretty tempting to crack one of their skulls open and drink deep from their well of Adam. I know that you understand.
(Editor’s Note: Dude … that’s terrible. They’re just little girls! According to the ending they all have wonderful futures ahead of them filled with college, marriage and holding the hands of sick people! — Sympathetic Nex)
Now it’s your turn. What did you play this week? Don’t screw up or we’re sending the baboons after you!
