Weekend Playlist, 9/4/2009
9/4/2009 6:10 PM | 4 Comments | Page 1 of 1
Ryan Kuo: I've sworn off
Word Challenge for good, after having a few too many waking dreams of letter blocks rearranging themselves (F-I-E-R-G-A). So I'll be playing lots of
Word Ace online. It's a spin on Texas Hold 'Em where your goal is to make words instead of hands. If anyone gets the game -- it's free -- and wants to play, my Friend Code is 55495.
Also hooked up my cans to my consoles, so I finally have no qualms about putting mildly disturbing games like
The Dishwasher and
Killer 7 on full blast.
Paul Semel: I had planned to spend the weekend replaying
Mass Effect, until I heard it was a double-XP weekend for
Gears of War 2. So now I'm planning on spending the weekend playing
Mass Effect during the day and
Gears of War 2 at night. Weird, huh?
Gus Mastrapa: I too am planning to re-approach
Mass Effect. But the game will have to wait a week or two. This weekend I'll be at
PAX touching fun, new stuff like
Left 4 Dead 2. But I'm really looking forward to meeting up with the Source Dorks from Minnesota (faithful Crispy commenter
w1ndst0rm will be there) and a good friend from Stanford. We've got a big honking suite and plan to play board games until our eyes pop out. I'll bring
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 on the airplane with me and, if the next-day shipping gods are kind, I may have a copy of
The Beatles: Rock Band to fire up if in one of those gaming rooms that PAX provides. Will be a cool way to make friends. [Editor's note: The next-day shipping gods did not smile on Gus.]
Chris Buecheler: I'm spending the next six days, more or less, in Syracuse, NY visiting my family. So I probably won't be playing many games. I might install
Deus Ex on my laptop though, and give it a replay. There's also always
NetHack!
When I return, it'll be back to finishing up the last few bits of the
Fallout 3 in-box experience before moving on to
Broken Steel and the other DLC. Also, the overwhelming praise for
the new Batman game and for that
Metroid-esque shooter whose name I forget have piqued my curiosity, so I'll probably check those out shortly.
William Abner: I am playing
Guitar Hero 5, which so far absolutely sucks.
James Fudge: I'm playing through
Champions Online for a review and a little
City of Heroes for comparison. So far, so good -- the character-creation system is pretty impressive. I'm also at the end of my journey with
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again, which is proving to be a better experience than I thought it was going to be on the Wii. Go figure.
Harold Goldberg: I expect I'll be playing way too much
Beatles: Rock Band for my Crispy review. I'm not proud of it, but I eschewed a John Fogerty concert at the Seaport (real legend live) for six hours of the game the other day (cartoon-looking characters, not live, but in my living room). I started with drums and migrated to bass and guitar. And for two hours, I interviewed Minoru Arakawa, the first Nintendo of America president, for "The Game Changers" book. So I'll be adding his surprisingly candid take to the Nintendo chapters over the weekend.
Marc Saltzman: I, too, have been playing an insane amount of
The Beatles: Rock Band on Xbox 360, and expect this weekend will be no different. Already submitted my review, but friends keep dropping over to play -- and hey, this bird can sing (sorry). I'm also playing
Mini Ninjas for an upcoming review,
Guitar Hero 5 and
Dissidia Final Fantasy for PSP.
Jason McMaster: I'm playing around with
Guitar Hero 5 for a review (why, in the name of God, would you put Kurt Cobain in this game?) and, well, still playing
Arkham Asylum, this time for a second run on hard. Never far from me lately are my trusty DSi with
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor and the PSP with
Persona -- Atlus has complete control over my handheld situation!
Evan Narcisse: It's going to be a relatively light but Japan-intensive weekend for me. I just got a copy of
Muramasa: The Demon Blade and am excited to play it after having seen it a few times. I'll be alternating that with the final retail copy of
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. So, lots of slash-based combat for me.
What's on your own playlist this weekend? Inquiring Game Trusters want to know. Leave a comment below.
