I stumbled into Gamestop on Saturday and got enlightened as to the buy-2-get-1 sale. Then I went to three different Gamestops and picked up 9 games.
Gears of War 3 is fantastic. My friend and I played it nonstop (mostly Horde mode, but also the campaign in co-op) for like three months before I had to pull myself away or I would still be playing it.
James makes just those points in both reviews. Alien is more psychological and Aliens is more about action. Each review is less than 15 minutes. Perfect length, I think. His Aliens review is so great the way he weaves in the video game connection. As soon as I saw it, I felt I had to do a blog and share it. It's not on youtube yet though, so I couldn't put the video on the blog page.
I do that with so many games and it frustrates me to no end. I want games to be shorter so I can say I finished them. This is why I've been choosing easy mode and looking up speed runs for games lately to try and ensure I get to the end. It's like picking up a book and stopping half way through. How can I talk about a book having not finished it? Same with a game.
Oh yeah! This is going on my list. Where's the mosh pit. I gotta THRASH!!!
My everyday has been EOU. I'm at level 37 and down to level 12. My characters had to go back to Gladsheim, so I'm exploring a new level there. Are you playing on Picnic, Standard or Expert difficulty? I'm on Picnic 'cause I want to see the whole game in a reasonable time, but it's a little too easy. I'm considering bumping it up to Standard; however, I've only got a few more weeks to finish it before Angry Birds Star Wars comes to XBL on Oct. 29.
I've told myself I have to play what I have first many times. It doesn't work. I just love going to stores and shopping for games.
I hear ya about space. I live in a very similarly sized place; more like the storage locker Hiro Protagonist has in the novel Snow Crash. I'm thinking maybe I could wallpaper the walls with games as a method of storage.
I'm wondering where I'm going to put the Wii-U when I get it around Xmas. I was actually considering giving up on consoles and having only handhelds. It's certainly a space saver to do that and fits my mobile life style a little better. But what will I do without Pikmin?
I wish I could buy online. I don't trust my mail because I've had stuff stolen before, especially games and electronics. Sometimes I have it sent to my friend's place. That works, but I generally avoid it. I have a $50 Amazon gift card too. I may get books or music instead 'cause I know they won't get stolen. The next place I move to is going to have secure mail - my first priority.
I know it's to save space, but they never offer them to me. They just throw everything away. My Gamestop warned me they were about to throw out all their DS cases the other day. Am I supposed to get all crazy and buy up everything? No way! I buy when I'm ready. Why couldn't they just warehouse them somewhere and make them available online? Costs I suppose. I guess there's no way around it. I just got to get on things when they come out and not wait so long, or get a secure post office box and go online.
I don't regret any day-one purchase except maybe Duke Nukem Forever. I'm very careful now to choose only the games I really must play right away for day-one purchases.
The characters' faces in the game are hideous, but the environments are sweet. I'm a sucker for good environment art. It's the hiker in me.
