Huge thanks to Samit Sarkar for filling in for me last week while I was busy being afflicted by some mystery virus that still plagues me. I’m getting better though, just in case one of my five self-styled rivals and/or enemies were preparing a great feast in celebration of my demise. It’ll take more than the frail mortality of mankind to finish me off, mark my words.
Next week we won’t be having this feature because most of the staff, myself included, will be too busy financially crippling an all-inclusive bar in Cancun. In the meantime, however, indulge in the rock stylings of Nicki Rose as he informs us of his electric warmongering. Also, feel free to hit the jump to find out what was played this week.
Dale:I’m mostly stuck in the bunkers, trying to finishHot Shots Golf: Out of Boundsfor the PS3 for a Destructoid Review. I just wrapped upWild Arms XF, and am just now getting into the vintage fighting action of SNK’sWorld Heroes Anthology. Rasputin is da shit, son!
Nick:Earlier in the week I plowed throughDark Sectorfor review, which was a good time. I’m working throughNinja Gaiden Dragon Swordson the DS, and I think I’m close to completing it (review soon). After a year break, the wife and I have picked up and continued our game ofUntold Legendson the PS3. Fun tip: If your SIXAXIS is dead but you still want to play without being tethered to your PS3, charge it from your laptop! I think I also got one star inSuper Mario Galaxythis week, too.
Here’s what I won’t be playing this week: Any Xbox 360 games because my retail system is dead, son. I’ll continue to spend time with my preview build ofNBA Ballers: Chosen One, though, so look out for an article on that soon. Someone send me a new 360. Thanks!
Also, later this week I’ll play not one but TWO games where you steal cars and shoot things. Bang bang vroom.
Orcist:As usual, my barrage of school work has kept me from gaming as much as I’d like, but I’m still going throughPersona 3(70 hours and counting, with 4 months left to go) and I picked upBioShock(finally). I also managed to sink some time intoLost Odyssey. Other than that, I recently went to the beach with some friends, but the weather was bad — ergo, multiplayer:Mario Kart: Double Dash,Brawl,FIFA 07,Guitar Hero 3.
Colette:Crisis Corehas been a delight to play, but since I had to rush through the first playthrough to complete my review I decided to go for a second. Also pickingPersona 3back up and determined to spend some quality time withFatal Frame 3this weekend.
Jim:Aside from spending most of the week wearing my coat indoors, coughing and trying to breathe, I squeezed in a fewCall of Duty 4rounds, and found time to playDisgaeaon the PSP casually. Yes, I said I play itcasually, spinning the whole casual/hardcore stupid divide on its head and thus restructuring the belief system of an entire industry. Go fuck yourselves.
I also tried to playGears of Warafter months away from it and failed hard. I got mad and closed theGearscase … kind of violently. I need a new case for myGears.
Gameboi:This has been yet another week ofWarhawkandCoD4multiplayer mayhem. Other than that, I’ve been testing the waters withDark Sector(which I’m enjoying), and doing theRainbow Six Vegas 2thing on the singleplayer mode. I also downloadedMortal Kombat IIon PSN and fooled around with it briefly. Nice trip down memory lane for me, and I fell in love with Sub-Zero all over again. I hope to set aside some time soon, in order to really did into those new maps forUnreal IIIthat Epic tossed our way.
Topher:Lots ofMetal Slugfor some reason. I also caught the way-late bus toHalf Lifetown.
Chad:OMG, Topher, that is the best busEVER! Can you pick me up? I miss Alyx.
I got back intoAdvance Wars: Days of Ruinand played through the entire campaign again this week. I love that game so much. Also, a littleCastlevania II: Simon’s QuestandTrauma Center: New Blood. Good times.
Topher:Can’t talk, playingHL2.
Husky:This week has been thrown away to the Devil’s game, or as you people like to call it,World of Warcraft. I had to leave my consoles behind as I made my way home for spring break, and as a result I’m left with just a mac. Although I’m sure nobody cares what I’ve been up to within the game, I got attuned for every heroic dungeon, and geared up for Kara… man… I need to stop playing this game… In the few opportunities I had to play the consoles of other people, I playedRock Band, Burnout Paradise, and Super Smash Brothers(Oh yeah… N64 version baby).
Dyson:Reverend Anthony just gave meThe Orange Box, in the vain hope that I’ll finally playHalf-Life 2(I will, I swear). Also, community member Cho sent me a connector to connect my SNES controller to my laptop. Because of this, I will finally get to play/finishEarthboundon my NOT emulator.
Johnathan:Still trying to beat the last boss ofPatapon. I’ve probably been killed by the thing at least 100 times, yet it’s still fun to play (and lose). Also playingSmash Bros. Brawl, trying to collect all the CDs and trohpies.
Finally, I went ahead and boughtDrill Dozer. It’s way better than I thought it would be, especially in terms of the music.
Samit:I had too much schoolwork this week to be able to do WNW, but playingRock Band,CoD 4, andWarhawkon FNF last night was a ton of fun, especially since I’d been away from it for a while. I was afraid I’d suck again inCoD 4, since I hadn’t played that game in nearly a month, but those fears went out the window in the first game. ‘Twas awesome.
Unfortunately, I think I may have to send my replacementRock Bandguitar back to EA (grr). The buttons and strum bar work, but the Overdrive detector doesn’t do its job — I have to hold the damn thing fully vertical for a good second or two sometimes to engage Overdrive. Goddammit, why the hell can’t I just use myGuitar Hero IIIcontroller?!?! DIAF, Activision.
Hamza:Raping FNF people inHalo 3, waiting and wondering why Chad wouldn’t join me inBurnout Paradiseand just played throughHalf-Life 2: Episode 1while at work just cause. I also finally playedPerfect Dark: Zeroand wanting to slap myself with the metallic collectors edition case for how horrible the game was. I can’t believe the series got so bastardized with the Xbox jump. Glad I didn’t actually buy it.
