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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.


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casualweaponry's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:11
casualweaponry
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.
Fking Nasa's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:14
Fking Nasa
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.
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:18
Guagloves
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.
grasslunatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:22
grasslunatic
I've been playing Uncharted 2. I'm searching for all of the treasures. That game is still awesome.
The Silent Protagonist's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:23
The Silent Protagonist
Persona 4 Extreme Mode
Crimsom Gem Saga
Jeanne D'Arc
Prinny
KH358/2 Days
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia
And the trial version of WoW.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:24
Monodi
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.
Vigilante8's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:27
Vigilante8
Played some Bioshock and Brawl but the highlight was The Neverhood, I finally own one and I'm loving it...why they don't port it to the Wii?
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:35
Syn
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.
runtheplacered's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:37
runtheplacered
@ Vigilante8,

Just a sidenote about The Neverhood.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058777

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.
Kraid's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:51
Kraid
Borderlands , Borderlands , Borderlands and a little bit of Demon's Souls Newgame+. Mostly Borderlands.
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:52
Dale North
@The Silent Protagonist - Damn, son!
Trebz's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:53
Trebz
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.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:56
Jonathan Holmes
@ Vigilante8- Wasn't The Neverhood on the PS1? I don't know if the Wii has gotten any ex-PS1 games as of yet. Think we'd have to go PSN for that one.
runtheplacered's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 19:57
runtheplacered
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.
turbbit's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 20:03
turbbit
They're magically turning butterfly farts (or something else ecologically friendly) into tires.

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.
naia-the-gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 20:34
naia-the-gamer
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.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 20:48
Dexter345
I have mostly just been playing Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty 4, with bits of Fable II, as usual.
theredpepperofdoom's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 20:51
theredpepperofdoom
I have been playing Tetris.
On my cell phone.
Yeah, I'll shut up now.
dwolfwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 21:06
dwolfwood
Just finished 1st play-through of Demon's Souls, and been hungover all day so thought it was a good time to start playing Uncharted 2. Fantastic.

This generation of games is finally picking up the momentum that I remember back in the 16-bit era.

Still need to buy: Batman AA, The Orange Box(I know!), Borderlands, possibly InFamous, GTA4, and then I should be caught up.
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 21:13
TheCleaningGuy
@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.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 21:21
Los255
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.
AudioTerror's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 21:33
AudioTerror
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.

Borderlands tomorrow.
Birdman the Friendly's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 22:00
Birdman the Friendly
Hook Champ on my iPhone, and little else.
Seriously, that game is awesome.
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 22:03
Projectexodus
This week I've been nearing the end of both Brutal Legend and Mario & Luigi: BIS.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 22:06
brainderailment

BURN THE WITCHES!
deadline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 22:16
deadline
Demon's Souls
Brutal Legend
Borderlands
Demon's Souls some more
Brandnamecommercial's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 22:25
Brandnamecommercial
Just waiting for Demon's Souls to come in the mail...
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 22:41
Tubatic
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!)
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2009 22:50
Xzyliac
WET, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and Brutal Legend.

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!
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2009 06:09
Jonathan Holmes
@ TheCleaningGuy- That's totally what I was thinking of.

You so smart!
matty125's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2009 09:28
matty125
They have very nice arms and hair.
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