It is so triumphant, its prey is sore,
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All...
As it swings away the victor once more,
The Cheekiest Monkey Of All.
It knows the cheekiness that men do,
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All...
But it knows only it holds cheekiness true,
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All...
A canine fool made to turn it's back,
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All...
For said pooch doth know that the cheek it doth lack,
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All
The hound most humbled pressed the assault,
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All...
But a primate prankster made good on his fault,
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All...
With clothy agility limbs shall be snatched,
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All...
Begone, hapless Fido, for you are outmatched!
...The Cheekiest Monkey Of All...
[Epic poetry by Jim Sterling, Introducing Leo and Bioautographical]
Colette: I'm now fully absorbed into Lost Odyssey, to the point where I haven't touched another game in over a week. I have to salute Mistwalker...it's hard to keep my attention for so long! Since Baroque is coming out soon though, I may be very tempted to stray.
Topher: Having my ass handed to me by N+.
Dyson: Totally not playing Lost Odyssey because I have no time in my life because Professor Layton and his wicked puzzles have taken me over. I also got a chance to play Street Fighter IV this week. All I can say is about it, is that it's FUCKING AWESOME. That is all.
Orcist: I've been playing Lost Odyssey, and then using Geometry Wars to cheer me up and release adrenaline and endorphins into my poor, dilapidated shell of a psyche. Seriously, Lost Odyssey is unrelentingly sad, but I simply can't get enough of it.
Grim: N+ has been kicking my ass as well. Also, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin.
Jim: Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of my week has been soaked in a Dynasty Warriors 6 euphoria. Check out my full review if you so please. Not much else for me -- I need to polish off both DMC4 and Lost Odyssey but the allure of mindless hack n' slash action is just too strong for me to resist. Also, IT'S LU BU! LU BU HAS COME TO DESTROY US!
Nick: I spent the week at GDC in San Francisco, and played a bunch of games, including a handful I can't talk about. Those that I can talk include Too Human (write-up/impressions coming soon), Street Fighter IV (Linde's got you covered on that), flOw on the PSP, Secret Agent Clank, and a handful of the XNA games now available on Xbox LIVE.
The game I'm playing right now is Nursing the Flu or a Cold or Death, which Husky let me borrow.
Chad: GDC! WOO HOO! TAKE OFF YOUR TOP! Besides playing Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol on the plane rides to and from San Francisco, I got some hands-on time with Echochrome, Fez, Street Fighter IV, Bionic Commando: Rearmed (impressions coming soon), Secret Agent Clank, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Castle Crashers, Okami (Wii), and some super secret games. Also, the Stickam party was the greatest thing of all time. I love you all.
Hamza: I played LOL for the DS and played Wii Fit and absolutely loved that! Then I beat Super Metroid, Super Mario RPG, and Super Mario World all within a half hour and had the best time of my life at the NARP with all the awesome peoples.
Niero: I BEAT COBRA TRIANGLE! THE LAST BOSS IS A SHARK!
Gameboi: I finally finished up DMC4, and enjoyed Viewtiful Joe in my spare time. Boy oh boy, would I love to see another VJ game this generation. I could really go for another Jak and Daxter game, too.
Your turn, community. What have you been playing?
Contest:
11:17 PM on 02.24.2008
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Also, I don't think I have time for Lost Odyssey since I hear you have to put 60+ hours into it to get to the end. I can't keep playing games halfway through.
Also, it has nothing to do with our editorial content.
Companies pay us to tell you a product exists. They don't pay us to tell you it's good. :-)
Bonjour, voux le vou aux croque monsuier!
Thanks for asking Jim ;)
Interesting poetry Jim, lol.
But no, I've been playing non-stop Warhawk
I’ve been working my way through my solo drum career in Rock Band (medium difficulty). I think the last city I unlocked was Berlin. Also, I’ve played through the MLB 08 demo a few more times, and I feel pretty much the same way about it as I did when I wrote up my impressions.
Of course, I did the WNW thing, and also played some CoD 4 on FNF, but otherwise, that was it. Mostly Rock Band. It’s so awesome, because I actually feel like I’m getting better as I go along. I can’t tackle songs on hard yet, but I hope to get there eventually.
Reaprar, get N+ before Pokersmash, for the love of all that is ninjas.
Also, Audiosurf has joined TF2 on my Steam time. Otherwise I think it's been... Layton and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon on DS.
I'm also looking into finally getting a DS, so if that goes through then Professor Layton and I will have a little chat with each other.
*throws controller, runs and grabs it, hits A and tries again*
Does anyone know how much abuse those Rock Band drums can take? I got a tad too excited and go nuts on 'em. They seem sturdy enough.
Huh? Am I lame? Wha- well. Yes...
Cobra Triangle is awesome!! I remember being amazed by its graphics as a kid, but it was way too hard for me back then. Over the last year or so I've been going back to beat old NES games that got the best of me as a youngster--Star Tropics and the first Ninja Turtles game were my last conquests.
For some reason I have a strong urge to play Turning Point since visiting Destructoid, but other than that I've been playing N+, trying to finish Call of Juarez, Mass Effect, and kicking a sober BlindsideDork's ass in Halo while drunk.
AE is a card-based empire-building wargame, that uses dice to work out combat. That's really the entirety of the review, you now know whether this game is your enemy or your new significant other. I should also mention that you spend no extra people money on these cards.
Other than that I've been playing Metal Gear Solide 3 after not touching the game for 2 years. I'm at The End but since I don't have the thermal goggles I might have to start over to find those. And also, when my 360 hasn't been giving me DDEs out the ass I've been playing Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 and Halo 3.
but I suppose my cats also play with the birds they catch for hours before finally killing them...
I am at the final fight in Gears of War pc, and still the same spot in Resistance. I also got to play a few minutes on my DS and Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX).
Stop being a drama queen. We didn't mock ads, we mocked ad departments and editorial departments sleeping in the same bed. The only way this advert affects Dtoid is that it, y'know, keeps us running.
You any idea how expensive it is to run a successful Web site? Being ad-free is cool and all, and I'd love that, but I'm a realist and don't live in some communist make-believe land. If you don't want our site to close down tomorrow, accept that we need to ads to support the huge traffic we pull, please.
This isn't Hippy Happy Land.
I finished Phantom Hourglass this week - so glad because I think I was starting to get arthritis in my wrist. I was gonna take a break from the DS for a whiles after, but my Mario games arrived today so that may not be an option. Also my R4 DID NOT arrive today so I WONT be trying to figure out how to put a NOT EMU on it.
I also finally borrowed the Orange Box from my brother and played through Portal. Good times were had, GLaDOS rocks. I've only barely started the Half-Life portion... And I've played me some Rock Band...
ALL. FUCKIN. WEEK.
...I still haven't downloaded N+ yet... but when I do... I'll be your ninja buddy, TIE Egg. ^^