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Yeah, I wasn't thinking Gunpoint would be a problem due to specs, I'm just saying I'm done buying games for a bit, since I have to refocus my attention on loans and bills and school, etc. Also, $9 seems like a bit much, but after watching the trailer, I definitely plan to download the demo and add to my Wishlist. I actually have already read that review, I believe. I guess Travis reviewed a few 2D indie games I'm only now seeing on Steam.

As for the Bioshock 2 retrospective, I stopped reading when it seemed to get into spoiler territory, but the idea that it fleshed out the first Bioshock by acting as its foil, or mirror image at least, makes sense to me. I'm still content with only having the first game for now, however.

"I love popping in movie licensed games." Well damn, a lot changed this generation, huh? Actually, wait, SNES had tons of great licensed stuff. Now I'm confused.The premise of Open Season sounds fun. I remember you talking about it a while back.

Ron Gilbert sounds like a swell guy. I never played any of his games to my memory, but I've heard people go on about Secret of Monkey Island for ages, and watched Game Grumps play Maniac Mansion.The Cave looks good. I decided to watch a trailer for it on Steam. I think I'll put it on my Wishlist later. I didn't know Sega produced it, as I saw from the trailer. Is Double Fine sort of Ron Gilbert's company? I've heard of Double Fine in plenty other cases, but I'm curious if it's a SteveJobs/Apple or Bill Gates/Microsoft kind of deal, or if perhaps I'm simply mistaken and Double Fine is largely independent of Ron Gilbert for the most part.

I'm glad you mentioned both liking Gunslinger, and that Call of Juarez was criticized heavily, because when asrealasitgets posted his top 10 of 2013, I was surprised something in the COJ series would make a best of list, and I guess I shouldn't be. I guess Juarez was the only really bad one, but the only one I heard about until people on Pixlbit mentioned Gunslinger. I would love getting competitive with a shooter. In fact, does Steam have something akin to leaderboards for games? I know they have achievements, but I'd like an arcade-style ranking system as well.

Those CoD games have been focused on Modern Warfare so long, I almost forgot WWII was the big one for developers back in the day. Too bad that new Medal of Honor game didn't do better, as the MoH game that had the Saving Private Ryan-esque D-Day opening was probably the FPS I have played most of any for my entire life.

I had no idea there were History Channel games, nor that one of them was an FPS based on the Civil War. Not that I'm the type to be recreating the war annually myself, but I'm from the South, how did I not know this? It actually sounds pretty cool, too. 

Nice screen shot for Blood Knights, it got my attention. lol What is it with you and sections of games frustrating the crap out of you, and it often being boss fights? Oh yeah, you play video games. Carry on.

What was the new version of Ratchet and Clank games? I only ever rented the Commando one I think on PS2, and it had the gameplay you described. Like you, I despise looking for collectibles. I gave up looking for some frog making noises I think I'm supposed to scan to solve a Riddle in Arkham Asylum last night. I'll find it later.

I should play a God of War one of these days, they do look fun. Sucks about the QTEs, but I may add one from Steam to my wishlist if they're there, and avoid the game you mentioned.

I don't mind a bit of pathos in my action games, but it can really be overdone, plus I much prefer the Halos I've played to CoD, so while I haven't played Halo 4, I understamd where you're coming from.

My games I played for 10 hours: ummmm .... Arkham Asylum? Maybe? I played Fez for 5 so far, apparently.

"Yes, we’re all sick of the shambling undead" ... this review knows what's up. Don't worry, I never so much as tried a demo, and didn't let that scare me off from spending expendable income on something that wasn't my crippling debt. Better yet, it takes place in 80s Seattle? I'm down. I love rain and the idea of the 80s. Plus it has a dark art syle, like those Dark Knight comics I keep hearing about? Keeps getting better.

I don't like that you have a limited ammo supply, though, as I kind of wanted to treat this like Contra. Guess I should have taken the hint when the trailer showed mostly single shotgun rounds being fired, but I can live with it. Hell, puzzle platformer is a mix of two things I'm really into lately. Better watch what you call  niggle, though. That could land you in trouble.

It sucks to hear about the deterioration of control (I'm guessing this involved a helicopter, as you mentioned in your comment on my blog) towards the end, and I absolutely will not get over how stale zombies are, but I am looking forward to playing this.

Oh shit, I think I have that.

On a serious note, if Pixlbit earns money by way of CTR, I will gladly start clicking some ads.

Glad you liked Deadlight, but I'm also not liking this "story about zombies" talk. The atmosphere I think I'll enjoy though, based on trailers. I'll check out your review.

If you mean installing it from your disc to your Steam account, I get that, but I honestly don't understand when people buy copies of games they already own physically through Steam. Do you? Or is that what you're doing? I'm just curious why people do it, not judging. If it's just to have an extra copy that won't get scratched, I get it, it's just not something I'd do.

Speaking of Fez, how is Braid? I noticed you play it a couple times, but it was the one game from Indie Game: The Movie I wasn't itching to get. I think it looks like it has a good story, art style, and the time mechanic looks fun (I love Prince of Persia: Sands of Time), but I don't know, something just doesn't click with me when I see it. If there's a demo and I didn't notice, I may download the demo.

I'm excited to play Psychonauts, I've been wanting to get my hands on it forever.

I didn't see anyone's recent activity but whatsacow's for some reason. His avatar always pops up several times when I play Arkham Asylum. I should play Borderlands or 2 some time to see what the fuss is about. Dishonored looks like my kind of game. I noticed FFVII was on sale at one point, and was tempted to but it just so I could have the most famous JRPG as far as I know, but decided against it, since I don't actually like JRPGs most of the time. Never heard of Bunny Must Die, Skullgirls, or Dear Esther, but those all sound pretty great to me. I might look up some trailers and demos if I remember.

It's great, but all the same, I would never buy anything at full price if I had to authenticate an account to use it. In my eyes, there are a lot of benefits and downsides as well, but I had a gift card, so this happened. lol

That's interesting, cause while I was shopping, I had it in my head that people disliked 2. I'd have bought the $15 pack for Bioshock instead of the GTA pack if my PC could run Infinite at recommended CPU setting, which according to my own observation about my system specs and a second opinion from systemrequirementslab.com, it could not.

Hadn't heard of Gunpoint. I think these are the last games I buy for a while, because I went a little nuts on my first run-in with Steam and I know it, plus I have to play all these now, but if I see Gunpoint on sale in future, I'll remember your recommendation. What type of game is it?

I agree with everything you said about Iron Man 3, except for the plot. I just don't dig Super Soldier Serum-induced bad guys at this point. I did like the movie, and I can see why it's your favorite, but for me it's 1, then 3, then 2 in terms of how much I like each one.

I'm honestly not sure I was able to pay much attention to the finer details about MoS, but on the bright side, he never has to wear a condom now, assuming his partner is "clean." He really is a Superman ... lucky fucking ... anyway, I liked the action scenes/SFX in MoS quie a bit, they really did get my adrenaline going. I actually drove a bit too fast on my way out. The acting wasn't bad, it just felt flat to me, minus Zod's awesome scenery chewing. If there's one thing I seem to enjoy consistently in new Superman movies, it's over-the-top bad guys. I ... really did not feel Henry Cavill was Superman, more like an alien with a really dark blue suit, but that was not Cavill's fault, I just didn't like the way Superman was written in this.

I really do need to see Gravity. I'll catch it on Red Box. In fact, I just got The World's End on Red Box to catch what I missed right now. lolAnd Catching Fire was a great movie, but I think the second part of the Hunger Games trilogy may be my least favorite. I can definitly see why you have it as your number 2, though.

If I had to rank the movies you're wanting to see in order, I'd say Into Darkness, Desolation of Smaug and The World's End (finished watching just now) are about equal, then Pacific Rim, then The Wolverine. Mileage may vary.

Everything you said about Gravity makes me want it so much. I've only played Killzone 2 I think (maybe 3, whichever one where the character was a midget), but I enjoyed the hell out of what I played, especially the nail gun. That's awesome that you got it for $5. I've only played a GoW once as well, but sadly, I don' think I used th chainsaw. Or maybe I forgot I did.

Your wife sounds like a super lady.