You know, I've always got time for the fine masterpieces created by FilmCow, so for this week's video I'm going to use their latest opus, Gods of Olympus. It is kind of a funny thing you can watch, so you can do that after the jump. I think it's the repeated use of the name "Reginald" that really sells it.
Also, while I'm here, I'm going to do some shameless self-promotion. This weekend I appeared on the SuperHappyFunTimeShow podcast, spreading the good word about Modern Method Network and generally making a foul arse of myself. Be sure to check that out. Also, feel free to peruse Am I Hot or Not?, an article I wrote for Morphine Nation. You can read it if you want, I don't mind.
Speaking of reading, we played some videogames this week. Go look and find out which ones, because you're certainly very interested.
Cantler:Death Smiles, Otomedius, Mamoru-kun Is Cursed, Super Puzzle Fighter, Twinkle Star Sprites, Waku Waku Seven, Tatsunoko Vs Capcom, Ketsui, Castle Shikigami III, Gokujou Parodius, and tons of other stuff I can't remember. My eyes are bleeding.
Niero:Quickbooks IX: Accounting Reconcile Puzzle Fighting Edition. Also, Prinny and I've destroyed an army of 14 year old girls at TetrisFriends.com. Shift key FTW.
You know, I rarely do the analyst dance but I suspect that the future of handheld console games is browser-based, and it seems like it would happen on Android devices faster than anywhere else. I'll let you know if I was right in 5 years.
Villasenor: I've been playing a lot of Mount and Blade this week, which is quite fun. And that's about it, really.
Burch: Is this TetrisFriends thing on the level? I've beaten literally everyone I've come across with zero difficulty in games that started immediately after I hit the start button, with three other people who all possessed weirdly generic names.
Is the site using AIs to make you feel like you're actually competing against (wildly inadequate) human opponents and thus convince you to keep playing?
Concelmo: I have been out-of-town most of the week, but played a little more Final Fantasy VII before I left. Again, TIfa may be the most useful playable RPG character ever. Summons, heal spells, powerful attack ... PERFECT!
Also playing Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride on the plane. Awesome, awesome, awesome!
North:Pangya: Fantasy Golf on the PSP still has me hooked, and the strangely entertaining, wrist-busting iPhone title Exorcist has me coming back to it again and again. For the latter, I can't decide if I love it or hate it yet.
Bennett: Mostly just Tetris Friends and a little bit of Pictobits on my DSi. I also started Trace Memory thanks to a friend's recommendation and I'm really enjoying it.
Razak:Roogoo and I just picked up Sun, Flower and Rain again so hopefully I'll get through that so I can move onto some more games I need to play.
Holmes: I've been playing a lot of games this week. Went on a huge bug catching bender in Animal Crossing: City Folk last night after I found out that all the big money bugs come out after 10pm. Made about a half a million in bug sales in one night.
And yes, I'm quite proud of that.
Also playing Trace Memory so I can compare it to the sequel, Another Code: R, which I'm playing for review. Overall, I like premise and location of the original a little more, but everything else about the sequel is way better, particularly the depiction of the main character, Ashley. In the first game, she's interesting, but in the sequel, she's so likable that it actually freaks me out a little. The only thing I can really compare it to is the Wii Punch-Out!!. Just as the mere act of watching your opponents in Punch-Out!! is in itself wildly entretaining, watching Ashley just walk around and talk to people is totally riveting.
Same can be said for the entirety of Little King's Story, which I'm also playing for review. Every time I watch the intro, I get goosebumps. The game just overflows with class, charm, and humor. It's an instant classic, and will almost total certainty not be played by 90% of the people that would enjoy it, because they likely never give it a try.
Finally, I started in on Little League World Series 2009, which is not overflowing wiith class, charm, and humor, but does have plenty of play-byplay from Gary Thorne and Brent Musberger, and I do love me some hot Musberger.
Sterling: Two games for review this week have been Unbound Saga and Madballs: Babo Invasion. Both of them pretty decent for what they are -- an old school brawler and a licensed shoot 'em up. Both not bad ways to waste a bit of time, I say.
I also completed Metal Gear Solid 4 again this week. When I first played the game, I felt a bit let down, possibly due to the hype. The second playthrough was so much more enjoyable, especially with the extra new-game-plus bonuses. Otherwise, not been playing much. It's looking like it'll be a lean period before Christmas, which sucks.
Grim: Still pushing through Metroid Prime, and all of my fond memories are slowly coming back to me. Except for one part where I went all the way from one side of the world to the other only to realize I was missing a certain suit upgrade and had to go back. As for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, I'm sad I didn't play the game sooner. I think I have come to the conclusion that unless a turn-based game allows me to hit buttons to improve my attacks, I will grow bored super early on.
Sarkar: I've been playing The Bigs 2 for review, and so far, it's a lot of fun. The game's pretty damn funny, too, and Home Run Pinball is ridiculously addictive. There hasn't really been much else -- I jumped back into inFamous for a bit, but I'll wait to complete it until after I'm done with The Bigs 2. Oh yeah ... I also played The Beatles: Rock Band at MTV Games/RockGamer.com's Rock Band Bar Night in Manhattan! That was awesome, even though I'd already played it during E3. Look for tons more Beatles: Rock Band info on Tuesday morning at 9 AM EDT!
Bit.Trip Beat and Core (I suck at both), BlazBlue FNF (JackofTrades has a much better Tager than I do), Red Steel and The Conduit (They're both good in their own ways), Too Human (B-Movie/Gladiator Flick good, but I've had enough of CyberSpace and the Valkyrie show...), WoW (Lich King is really an amazing expansion) and little Valkyria Chronicles (I need more time in my day)
A little bit of Secret of Monkey Island SE. I got a SF4 Tournament Arcade Stick, so I've been playing a ton of BlazBlue and Street Fighter 4. I am really terrible at both, but I gotta do better to justify getting the stick.
Also Animal Crossing is my new drug of choice. Just got my 3rd house upgrade, and I RAPED the competition with my 86 point birdwing butterfly. (that duck that lives across from me can eff himself)
I play Quickbooks IX every day. Its fairly frustrating for a puzzle game.
other than that I've been in Vegas for most of the week so its only really been Knytt Stories. got back around to my Megaman Network Transmission levels that I'm making after 2 years.
I've been on a massive Sam and Max kick. After finishing Season 1 I back tracked and finished Sam and Max Hit the Road this week. Now I'm in season 2. I too have also been playing DQV on the DS, so Chad and I are twins! :D
I've dropped everything else and started playing Final Fantasy 6. I kept putting it off until I kept looking at the case and it was so tempting. The first time I ever played it I got pretty far, but now it's full speed ahead.
lol jim i used to red that Hot or Not on weanitcool years ago, nice to see you doing it now. This week ive played very little again, bit of killzone 2, Fight Night Round 4 and i played one level of Hitman: Blood money last night.
I'm always on tetrisfriends.com. I'm gonna try to finish up Rocket Riot this week, I will also be playing Fallout 3, Farcry 2, Brothers In Arms Hells Highway and other games I'm sure. Mostly likely XBLA shit and maybe a couple community games as well.
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9:00 PM on 07.19.2009, Jim Sterling
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