The 2009 Tokyo Motor Show is currently happening right now in Japan, at Makuhari Messe, which is the exact same place they hold the Tokyo Game Show. Me? I'm into it to see the cool concept cars and the lovely booth babes. In my search for said babes, I came across the above really strange footage.
Yes, sometimes booth babes are paid to do some really strange things (try the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for the really weird sh*t), but they usually have a point or make some kind of sense. But in the above footage, I have no idea what the hell these pretty girls are doing. Waving wands over tires? Dancing with tire pieces?
Interestingly enough, this video makes for the longest time I've ever spent thinking about tires.
Enough about beautiful Japanese women. What have you been playing this week? Hit the jump to see what we've been playing.
Razak: I've been playing LostWinds 2 and A Boy and His Blob. I'm pretty much drowning in adorableness and great gameplay. It's awesome.
Rice: Been getting serious in Street Fighter IV and BlazBlue. Or at least trying to, as I seem to have much difficulty fighting the AI in Street Fighter IV. Oh, and Heavenly Sword. I know, I'm on the cutting edge of the PS3's lineup!
Sterling: This week I've been playing Borderlands, but I've only had a short amount of time with it. I think the long wait built it up a bit too much for me. Been having great fun with Half-Minute Hero, which is beyond adorable and very silly fun. Also been playing Dragon Age: Origins for review. I can't say too much about it, but let's just say I'm not deviating from the stance I had when I played it a few months ago. In other words, it's pretty fantastic so far.
Holmes: Forced my friend Andy to play some JU-ON: The Grudge with me. At first he mocked it, but after a few of the scares in level two, he had to admit that the game could do its job. My guess is that most people would have a similar experience with it. We also played Manhunt 2, Obscure 2, and the new WiiWare shooter Shootanto. At first, we mocked them all.
Then we mocked them some more.
Other than that, just looked for some more memories in Domino Rally before finishing up the review. Still haven't had the time to really jump into A Boy and his Blob, which is a shame. From what I played so far, the game is amazing.
Devore: It's mostly been Borderlands with Brad ('nuff said) and Half-Minute Hero. Right now I'm just trying to beat the final mode, which is hilariously cruel but I won't spoil the surprise.
North: It's me and the PSP and our unnatural (according to Nick Chester, at least) love. Gran Turismo is still my portable game of choice, as it has been for weeks. I'm also playing Japanese title Minna no Sukkiri (Everyone's Refreshment) which manages to be pointless and fun at the same time. Finally, I'm plugging away at Atlus' Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble for review this week.
Chester: Things have been crazy, as I'm playing a bunch of games in preparation of my Spike VGA nomations, which are due this Monday. A few of those games I can't talk about, so I'll just a list some stuff I've played this week for "fun" or work. (Oh, who am I kidding? It's all basically fun.)
Borderlands long enough to get the "play with someone from Gearbox achievement" (I need to find time to play more... soon); some Dark Void; Family Feud on the Wii ("Name a job where it doesn't matter if you're ugly." -- note: "rapist" is not an acceptable answer); sliding around in puddles of blood with my wife in Fairytale Fights; Rock Band 2, as usual; Rock Band on the iPhone; Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time (my review is up, but now it's time to play my retail version!); Marvel Super Hero Squad on Wii; Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the PSP; Demon Souls; and some other stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting or am not allowed to mention.
So as usual, I'm playing too many things at once. Sigh.
Sarkar: I finally started up Batman: Arkham Asylum again, and it's still just as awesome as the last time I played it (it's been a while -- end of August!). I love how they mix things up combat-wise -- I'm at 35% completion, and it's still challenging. And that Sonic Decrypter doohickey is awesome.
Otherwise, I played a bunch of Rock Band 2 this week after downloading the Queen 10-pack. The lead guitar riff in "Tie Your Mother Down" was really fun once I learned it, and of course, I got my Freddie Mercury on as well. Singing "Somebody To Love" brings back wonderful memories of my high school choir days! I just wish I had the money to pick up Abbey Road, too.
I'm still not playing Uncharted 2, which makes me really sad.
I've been playing Rock Band (iPhone) and Tekken 6. Rock Band iPhone is ok, but Tekken 6 is very good.
Thanks to Best Buy, I grabbed Borderlands, Uncharted 2, and Beatles Rock Band. Can't wait to hop on the L4D2 demo.
Earlier last week I played around with the new characters in Tatsunoko vs Capcom at the Capcom Fight Club here in NYC. Frank West and Zero will be all around favorites. Tekkaman and Joe the Condor, not so much.
I have heard a lot of positive feedback on Boderlands, so I am thinking about picking that up. But you lost me on the WTF Tires thing, I guess Japan is allowed to get away with stuff that makes little or no sense.
Lots of Borderlands and some Space Invaders Extreme 2. Having the round challenges in Space Invaders go on at the same time as the game itself is pretty damn insane.
Lots and lots of Team Fortress 2, getting through Half-Life, played some Killing Floor (didn't like it) and started an archive in Assassin's Creed. It's a bit hard to control on PC, but I could get used to it.
I've also been playing Borderlands, and strangely enough I have to first echo Jim's statement: "This week I've been playing Borderlands, but I've only had a short amount of time with it. I think the long wait built it up a bit too much for me."
Not to say that it's bad or anything, I've been enjoying it.
There's a link for the film that's in production based on that game. You have to be an IMDBpro member to actually see anything about it, which is stupid.. but dig around the internet.. or even Wikipedia and you'll find some info about it. Just figured I'd pass that info around in case it wasn't already known.
I spent the week playing Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction from start to finish. Today I got an hour into Uncharted 2, which (from what little I've played) looks to be a great ride.
And I'm almost done with Mother 3, which is still way awesome.
Uncharted 2, Demon's Souls, Tropico 3 (great game, btw). I just rented Brutal Legend so I'll be playing that later tonight. Once Borderlands hits for PC I'm sure I'll be playing that, too.
I've been playing mushroom wars which isn't complex enough but still kinda fun, and eternal sonata which isn't very good but I'll probably finish eventually anyway.
I've been playing Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, a little bit of Penny Arcade episode 1 and have been completely sucked in to the Dragon Age Journeys flash game. It's getting my psyched for the PC game in a few weeks.
@Holmes: Yeah, technically the Neverhood was ported to the PS1, but only in Japan as "Klaymen Klaymen". You might be thinking of the sequel, Skullmonkeys (AKA Klaymen Klaymen 2) which is a PS1-exclusive platformer, rather than a point and click adventure.
On topic, I played Uncharted 2 (which is mind-blowing!), SFIV, Brawl, and Vampire Savior, which I'm finally starting to figure out! I also played one chapter of Wanted: Weapons of Fate, which isn't quite as much fun as I'd remembered.
Well, since I moved to a new apartment and got my first new HDTV, my fucking 360 doesn't wanna read the fucking discs so now I gotta send it to repair. Borderlands, how I never even got to start thee....
Also, since upgrading to Windows 7, all my Steam shit reset and now I have to restart Machinarium. It's good and bad cause I remember most puzzles, but the green and red triangle I will hate to go back to.
Got a new computer this week. Been playing adventure games like crazy. Wallace and Gromit Adventures: The Last Resort, Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay, Machinarium.
Finished Prototype, and just now finished Ghost Busters (Bustin made me feel good!), started playing Punch-Out! (excellent. Just really excellent), played more Bit.Trip Beat (damn you, Descent), a bit more with Way of the Samurai 3 (That was a an intense weekend..) and more Street Fighter (you know, that game is really good!)
All very good titles. WET actually surprised me. I planned on getting a cheap hour of fun and getting bored but I played straight through and was really surprised. Despite it's flaws I think it was a great step in the right direction. I have my fingers crossed for a sequel with more effort. Also Rubi Malone is WAY hotter than Bayonetta. Just sayin'. She's a grindhouse dream.
This week is all about my music games. Queen pack, Abbey Road and DJ Hero are all on my calender. I plan on mini-reviewing DJ Hero ASAP!
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Thanks to Best Buy, I grabbed Borderlands, Uncharted 2, and Beatles Rock Band. Can't wait to hop on the L4D2 demo.
Earlier last week I played around with the new characters in Tatsunoko vs Capcom at the Capcom Fight Club here in NYC. Frank West and Zero will be all around favorites. Tekkaman and Joe the Condor, not so much.