I am fairly certain I have used “Born To Be Alive” as a Games of the Week video before, but Iliterallydo not care. The Hernandez, with his unique blend of French disco and fondling of canes is worth posting multiple times, and I swear to GOD that this shan’t be the last time I post his glorious videos. Just be thankful I did not choose to post “Disco Queen.”
Speaking of Disco Queens, we played videogames this week. Check out what ones after the jump for crying out loud!
Rice:For the most part, my week has been filled withCross Edge, which is flawed but still enjoyable, and finishing upRetro Game Challengein my free time. I’ll likely be done with that by the time I make it to Anime Expo this week.
Villasenor:After watching theSuper Robot Wars Original Generationanime, I felt the urge to replay the similarly-named Game Boy Advance title. So I did. I’m only about 25 percent through so far.
I also remembered that it had been some time since I had last touchedChrono Trigger, so on Friday morning I played through it in one sitting.
Concelmo:What started as a Wii-exclusive week (c/oFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years, the superbKlonoaremake, and the addictiveBoom Blox: Bash Party) turned into a week ofgeneralawesomeness once I started playing — and almost completed in one sitting —Sam & Max Save the Worldfor Xbox Live Arcade. I have always lovedSam & Max, and this Season 1 compilation is no exception. The game is incredible, with some of the most clever and intuitive puzzles I have ever expereinced in an adventure game. What a great week of gaming! 🙂
Burch:Season Two makes Season One look like shit.
Sterling:Dynasty Warriors 6: Empirestook up the bulk of the week, but I found time to playKirby Super Star UltraandHotel Dusk: Room 215. That is, when the morons at GameStop finally packed the games in the box. When we first went in, they handed us two empty cases and we took them home, only to discover later that nothing was in them. Anyway, they’re fun games.
This weekend has been spent almost entirely in service of the Overlord, withOverlord II. It is a good game, if a little disjointed and, so far, Rhianna Pratchett’s writing is not especially funny. Still, we’ll see how it develops, as I’m in the early goings.
Chester:I decided to map my face to a character inFight Night Round 4. It decided to use it to make a human being, no doubt, but it’s certainly not me. So instead, I’ve been using a mongoloid of my own creation to build my own boxing legacy. It’s been working out okay so far, but I look forward to the day when every sports game season doesn’t involve looking at a boring calendar and checking boring emails to advance my career.
Concelmo:Oooooh, now I amreallyexcited about playing Season 2! 🙂
Razak:I’m about to pop in The Conduit for the first time, but the rest of the week has been taken up by Flower, Sun and Rain (or whatever order they’re supposed to be in). It started off slow, but like most of Suda’s games there is a lot to be found in it. Looking forward to getting to the end and still understanding nothing.
Grim:As much as I genuinely liked screwing around inPrototype, the story missions were lacking the fun factor to the point where I didn’t even want to play anymore. On the bright side, early on in the week I tried out bothIllusion of GaiaandEarthboundfor the first time ever and they have been nothing but awesome and impressive since.
Bennett:I haven’t gamed too much this week, but what little time I did I spent onFlower, Sun and Rain. It seems pretty intriguing, and I’m looking forward to digging deeper into that one.
Ross:I’ve been getting back intoTF2after not playing it for a couple weeks. That’s actually about all I’ve played, other than theCities XLbeta briefly.
Orcist:Since I’m on vacation, I’m doing mostly DS gaming. I meant to playHotel DuskandPhantom HourglassandFinal Fantasy IIIandIV, but it’s mostly beenPuzzle Quest. It’s weird: even though I recognize what a repetitive and flawed game it is, it drags me back in every time. I go without playing it for months, but it’s so easy just pick it right back up.
Holmes:Can’t findFlower, Sun and Rainanywhere. Is it sold in stores, or do I have to go all futuristic and use the internet to buy it?
Been very bust with videogames this week. Got SCUMM VM running on my Wii, which lead to relivingMonkey Island 1and2, and the discovery of graphically enhanced version ofZak McKrackenwhich ran on a Japanese PC called theFM-Towns. The graphics are amazing, but it has no music. Still, it’s very existance has filled me with delight.
Also broke down and boughtKnights in the NightmareandDevil Survivorbased on rave reviews, played them for about 15 minutes each, and then realized it was going to take hours that I didn’t have in order to even sort of understand how to play them. Then I popped inSuper Robot Taisen OG Sagainstead, and loved it; fun and funny from the first second on, with great sprite-based animation. It’s actually exactly what I was hopingCross Edgewould be like.
Also-also gotThe Conduit/Street Fighter 4deal at Toys R Us this past Wed. Thanks to the sale,SF4only cost $24, but it steal feels like a bit of rip off. It’s not gteat, but it should hold me over unilBlazBluecomes out in… two days. As forThe Coduit, it’s more fun than I thought it would be, and easily the most fun non-MetroidFPS I’ve played on the Wii. Full review should be up real soon.
Oh, and played some four playerLet’s TAPyesterday. I was incredible, so much more fun than single player or even two player.
