Dear Father,
Thank you for raising me, teaching me the difference between wrong and right, and helping to mold me into the respectable young man I am today.
But, um ... y'know, if you really loved me, you would have carried me in your womb before expelling me in a cloud of afterbirth, like the chap above.
Love,
Nex
Professional Oceanographer
None of the below people actually have fathers, so today is just Sunday for us. Hence, we play video games!
Jim Sterling:
Most of my time has been spent with Crackdown and honestly, if you got rid of that game as soon as the Halo 3 beta ended, then please, drown in glass-filled water as soon as possible. It's great to play a GTA-style game where you're not trying to emulate GTA's criminal style (which always pales in comparison and just looks childish - Hi Saint's Row!) and just dispenses some beefy justice.
Aside from that, I was lent a copy of Enchanted Arms which manages to be offensive to gay people but ISN'T funny with it (I partly love the cock myself, but gay stereotypes are usually hilarious). More recently I went and bought Pac Man Championship Edition too, which has reminded me of life's biggest lesson - ghosts are assholes.
Savant:
My struggle for free time as of late has been an uphill battle. However, I have found enough time in the early morning to enjoy a few rousing rounds of Command & Conquer 3 for the PC. Granted, I'm still getting my ass handed to me on a regular basis even after the patch, but I am slowly working my way through the ranks.
Look for [Dtoid]Savant in a C&C3 automatch near you!
Ron Workman:
Pac-Man Championship, Prince of Persia, and C&C3. I can't believe I haven't got into C&C3 much. I guess it's the transition to console that is making it tough for me. I really want to get into that game but I just haven't been drawn in like I wanted to be. on the PC I have been playing How Many Wolves Must Die along with the rest of the staff. We set a world record this week of 71. Congrats everyone.
Dick McVengeance:
I've barely been able to touch video games, and so I'm only playing Phoenix Wright: Justice for All ... except for the fact that I'm stuck and I have no idea where to go.
Nex:
Aside from my regularly scheduled titles such as Castlevania: SOTN and Earth Defense Force 2017, I've been utterly addicted to SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters Clash DS. The game itself is almost fatally flawed, and there isn't much to it, but for someone with the pure, non-sexual affection for Capcom and SNK's respective game universes as myself, it's pure bliss. I don't even want to make it something dirty by adding a quip about impregnating the game, either!
Gameboi:
I'm still getting my Lara Croft fix, but had the uncontrollable urge to revisit another favorite series of mine - Legacy of Kain. Needless to say, Defiance is in my PS2 at the moment. Funny thing is, I almost forgot I owned the thing. Luckily, Mrs. Croft and Kain were there to remind me. My deep apologies to Sony.
Hushgush:
This week has been pretty hectic and I think I might have spent a collective four hours gaming. I fell to my death a few times in Prince of Persia on XBLA, ran through one event in Forza 2, and played Loco Roco the other day for about 40 minutes. I have no explanation for where that last one came from.
Faith:
I've been playing Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Rayman Raving Rabbids for the Wii and I just finished Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis for the DS. Now I'm trying to finish Touch Detective for the DS, so I can be ready for my new games coming from Konami soon.
I've also been playing Dawn of Mana for the PS2 which is not really that great of a game and Oblivion for the Xbox 360 which I'm about half way through. I also tried to play Harvest Moon DS for a bit.
Tiff:
Since I'm through academically priming my brain for the "real world", I've determined to utilize my sharpened cranium to spend countless hours lazily leveling up Steven the Turtwig in Pokemon Pearl (riveting isn't it!). I've managed to memorize the touchpad actions during battles so I can casually kick Bobby the trainer's ass while I simultaneously catch up on my psychological thriller movies AND eat nachos with cheesesauce. Yatta! Also, while I still have access to a PS3 for another month I've been dilly dallying with the miraculous wonders of Flow and nostalgically reminiscing the past with one of my favorite old games Jumping Flash.
Grim:
I nearly killed myself trying to beat Prince of Persia, but eventually managed to do it. Other than that it's been mostly Crackdown orb hunting and Gears of War multiplayer.
CTZ:
I only played WarioWare Touched this week and that's because the power went out. FUN FACT: The DS Lite makes for a perfect flash light.
Chad Concelmo:
Along with playing Rogue Galaxy for yet another week, I found out I was stupid via Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree. Your mom's stupid, Nintendo. Aw, snap!
Nick Chester:
Lemme see here ...
Still playing Spider-Man 3 on the Xbox 360, a game which not only is terrible, but also continually locks up my console. Why am I playing it? Because I hate myself.
This week I was also a ninja and a race driver, with both Tenchu Z and Forza Motorsport 2. Oh, and Fallout on the PC.
Dyson Grigsby:
Hmmm ... um, well, other than a Super Smash Bros. Melee, I haven't really been playing much else. I spent most of the week fucking around with the DS Opera browser, but that's about it. I did finally get my copy of Crackdown back, so I'll finally be able to play with the rest of the crew.
David Houghton:
Lots more Mario Strikers again, mostly. Though I have also played a bit of N, and I went through the first seven missions of Earth Defense Force last night too. Admittedly I've only played a small bit of it, but does that game get any better? Or any less glitchy? I just seemed to be doing a great deal of not much at all while watching graphics break down.
What have you guys been playing? Stratego? Strip-Backgammon? I MUST KNOW!
Contest:
4:46 AM on 06.17.2007
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Also, today is my first Father's Day as an actual father!
kabu trader shun - woo stock trading game, im liking it more than i thought i would
rune factory: fantasy harvest moon- just got married, still growing stuff and killing stuff in the dungeons.
i also just started heroes of mana, so far its pretty cool, its pretty much just like ff 12 revnant( spelling) wings
but im really waiting for the new zelda to come out, i dont care if i cant read any of it, im still playing it
Still finding time for Motorstorm too, its a lot more fun now the cheating appears to have been fixed, makes battering motorcyclists even more satisfying! *splat*
Also, Warhawk beta, arcady BF, how could you go wrong!? (For the record, they haven't.)
really didn't expect to enjoy the game as much as I am.
I'm like level 47 and nearly 500 gamerpoints in.
Panzer Dragoon Orta is still collecting dust. it probably think I forgot all about him.
Now that the Halo 3 beta is over and done with, all I can do is look at my 360 and...weep.
Otherwise, I've been ripping a bunch of my old PS1 games to the PSP and adding on some SNES gems. I also picked up Guitar Hero II for 360 last week and have been trying to play that when I get the chance. Next on my list: replay Xenogears and finish Phantom Dust.
My girlfriend has been exclusively playing Wii Boxing and cursing at all the poor little Miis that dare challenge her.
I bought Total Overdose for 10 bucks.
It really is a mexican gta.
Other than that, Prince of Persia (fucking game I hate it so god damn much but I'm striving to beat it), Tenchu Z(which is a fuckton more fun than I thought it would be), and Forza 2.
I really liked Total Overdose. Sure, it's a total ripoff, but it's still damn fun.
Damn I have way too many games to play ;_;
Also I've been playing to beat Gears of War and Rainbow six vegas single player, plus working on forza 2
also worms, Uno, PoP classic have been taking up my time.
And PSYCHONAUTS just came out on gametap... gotta give that one a runthrough again
Fighting the computer is thus far not getting boring, as the AI of the opponents in Boxing is pretty unpredictable, but does get tougher once you go "PRO".
I'm eagerly awaiting a nex boxing game on the Wii though, just because I feel like there is a lot of untapped potential there.
Other than that, I've been playing a little bit of Odin Sphere, Scurge for the DS, Phoinix Wright, and Super Smash Bros Melee.
BTW-Jim "partly love the cock"? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
jumping flash!!!!! yay! although i love JF2 a lot better because of that freakazoid captain kabuki. i heart narcissistic cosmic deity-like villains. AND----of course----that end song performed by the Muu Muu's.
Anyway, I've been slugging away at Battlefront II online. After Halo 2's matchmaking system, almost everything else just feels like shit. And, apparently, I have lost any and all skills I once had back when I was an NES fiend, because I just really, really suck at video games, these days. As simple as that. It's amazing.
w00t. I don't want to see Jumping Flash remade in any shape or form. Pixelated 3-D spaces on acid ftw. Am I right?