It's an old video that you've likely seen before, but this week's Games of the Week video is the WTF Blanket, and you're just going to have to learn to deal with it. It is a funny video if you have not seen it, and it might make you do laughing right out from the inside of your mouth.
Speaking of mouths, the Destructoid staff played videogames this week. Hit the jump to find out what games have been played, for the love of God.
Chester: Played a bit of Wolfenstein, which I'm having a surprisingly good time with. Also, been playing an early preview of Tecmo's Undead Knights for the PlayStation Portable. Having an undead army has been a dream of mine for quite sometime, so I'm glad this game exists.
Holmes: Went through a dilemma this week: couldn't decide if I wanted to potentially melt my 360 with Shadow Complex or not. Plus, I think the game's art direction and premise are totally bland, so I eventually decided against the purchase. Instead, I picked up Samurai Warriors: Katana for ten bucks. It was totally worth it, if just for the voice-overs alone. As for the gameplay, it feels just like it looks: like a first-person Samurai Warriors game. You beat 20-30 guys to death at a time, walk a little, beat another 20-30 guys to death, walk a little, fight a boss, and repeat.
Good times.
Also got back into Flower, Sun and Rain. I didn't realize how big the game's world is, or how funny it was going to get. There is a kid that shows up about 1/3 of the way through things who continually mocks the game for having crappy graphics and being weird for weirdness's sake. It's pretty awesome. There are also a lot of references to other Suda51 games that are pretty intriguing. Any fan of No More Heroes or Killer 7 should grab this game while it's still in print.
Beyond that, it was just some Flipnote studio making, and the regular Animal Crossing: City Folk and Game Center CX 2 routines.
Cantler: Mostly the usual from me, though I have been spending quite a bit of time with the Lost Planet 2 demo, which is excellent, albeit in need of some polish. Maek to come out nao plz.
Villasenor: I played a bit more of Valkyria Chronicles, but my biggest time waster this week was undoubtedly Sins of a Solar Empire. Good strategy games are dangerous for me, in that I can sit down to play for "just a few minutes" and then realize that six hours have suddenly gone by.
Bennett: Still playing a little bit of Persona 3: FES, but feeling less motivated now that I know the PSP version is coming. Messing around with a little PixelJunk Monsters in the evenings. Also tried out the Lost Planet 2 demo and really dug it.
Sterling: Mostly been playing Wolfenstein this week for our review. In fact, that might be the only thing I've gotten round to playing. I did attempt to play the Section 8 demo, but it seems that nobody else in the world is trying its multiplayer -- a very bad omen for the full game release, methinks.
Yeah, that's about it.
Concelmo: I finally beat Little King's Story and was perfectly pleased, surprised, and satisfied with the game's ending. What a great game!
Speaking of great games ... I played the heck out of Shadow Complex and think -- barring any last minute crazy design choices -- it is my current pick for favorite game of the year. I love this game. My God, do I love this game.
Sarkar: Let me save you some time, fair reader: SPOOOOOOOOOOORTS!
In Madden NFL 10, I won the Super Bowl with my New York Giants after a 12-4 season, defeating the San Diego Chargers by a wide margin. I then went back to MLB 09 The Show, where Samit Sarkar won the Cy Young in his rookie year, going 24-0 with an ERA of just over 1.00 and a WHIP of something like 0.70! My New York Yankees set a new mark for wins in a season with a 120-42 record (.741), and we're going to take on the Chicago White Sox in an American League Divisional Series matchup.
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Lots of PGR4, finished Shadow Complex and played some more SFIV. Getting really tired of people who have no title/icon online when they are obviously not new at the game and are just doing it to get easy wins :P
Persona 3: FES (How long is this game gonna take, man...), some LittleBigPlanet (really fun in small doses), Shatter and Fat Princess, which is actually really easy to jump into and be good at.
Playing Shadow Complex and Im trying to get tlmy last achievement (finishing Proving Grounds). Excellent game, I might go for the in-game challenges later, but I'm done with it for now.
Also bought Splosion Man. Lots of fun, and I can't wait to play the Multiplayer to see what it's like.
I started school 13 days ago. WTF is with that?
I've beaten Mega Man Star Force 3 and now I'm onto SMT: Devil Survivor, though I won't get to play it much next week because Layton 2 comes out tomorrow.
My DSi has taken up all of my gaming time.
I am desperately trying to find some Touhou games to play. Other then my failed quest, I'm playing Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, which is fun and hard.
I was sick all week, which impacted my game playing depending on how bad my fever was. I'm trying to finish up Season 2 of Sam and Max, started a little bit of Shadow Complex, and played a bit of Dragon Quest V on the DS.
Played a ton of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, worked a bit more on New Super Mario Bros., and managed to pass the final tier of Guitar Hero III's expert mode. All in all, a pretty damn fine week.
Pretty much Chrono Trigger on DS, which I finally finished last night for the first time EVER. It is a very good game, but one more final boss/form would have made me send my DS through a window.
Also Marvel vs. Capcom for Dreamcast. 2 is amazing but the first one has, like, cool stages and music and shit. And no characters that just totally dominate everyone. And Onsluaght is a fucker. Unlocked Orange Hulk so far, so that's nice.
Been playing mostly BlazBlue as usual, cramming in as much ranked matches as I can before classes start again. Getting even more decent with Ragna, won a match against a lv 40 Noel player I swear I heard him going into a temper tantrum over the mic. Also picked up Fat Princess, having fun with it. I need to record that one line "HELP, WE'RE GETTING GANKED!"
Why would Persona 3 Portable make you less enthusiastic about finishing FES when FES is clearly superior in every possible way?
I've been playing Skate 2. The game's trick challenges are way too specific on what you have to do. I'd prefer more score runs like having to get over 12,000 in one location to get the crowd "pumped up."
Re-playing Mass Effect and Psychonauts. Also trying Fable 2 for the first time. Shadow Complex is a lot of fun. I'll be playing lots of video games for the next 8 weeks cause of my surgery.
Just finished Mass Effect for the first time, though I'll likely hit another playthrough in the near future. I finally downloaded Castle Crashers and am slow-pacing my way through that.
Also, picked up "I Made A Game With Zombies In It" [sic] and thoroughly enjoyed the hell out of that. I hope that guy makes a ton of money off of word of mouth.
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Had to start over after reaching Chapter Five. On my previous non saved file. :(
But hey it's still one of the best schizophrenic games EVER made... Which is a good thing!
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We don't start school until after Labour Day.
But, this is Canada, eh?
Bye bye high school.
Also bought Splosion Man. Lots of fun, and I can't wait to play the Multiplayer to see what it's like.
Forza 2, TF2, the usual.
I've been replaying Chrono Cross, with some Touhou on the side. Good week.
I've beaten Mega Man Star Force 3 and now I'm onto SMT: Devil Survivor, though I won't get to play it much next week because Layton 2 comes out tomorrow.
My DSi has taken up all of my gaming time.
The end cut scene was glitched and my dude had white/purple hair under his helmet.
Awesome game though.
Regarding Samit's 120-42 Yankees record, does that literally mean that he has played 162 games of MLB '09? That's impressive.
Also Marvel vs. Capcom for Dreamcast. 2 is amazing but the first one has, like, cool stages and music and shit. And no characters that just totally dominate everyone. And Onsluaght is a fucker. Unlocked Orange Hulk so far, so that's nice.
I've been playing Skate 2. The game's trick challenges are way too specific on what you have to do. I'd prefer more score runs like having to get over 12,000 in one location to get the crowd "pumped up."
Good week. ;O)
Also, picked up "I Made A Game With Zombies In It" [sic] and thoroughly enjoyed the hell out of that. I hope that guy makes a ton of money off of word of mouth.