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• 21Aug 08

  One other question

  One more thing to add to the previous blog. I'm really thinking about selling my Wii.

  All I play is Smash, Wii Sports, and Super Mario Galaxy. Any reason you think I shouldn't?

  • Posted Aug 21, 2008 2:46 pm PT
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• 21Aug 08

  I used my Too Human credit towards a game for my nephew

  -Too Human tore itself apart according to Gamespot's review. 5.5 is pretty ugly and after reading many reviews and snippets (I love snippets) I understand where it went wrong and why it's not the game for me.

  So I had $30 down and traded it towards Boom Blox for my nephew's Birthday next month. I waggle down to college in just over a week though so it's gonna blow his face apart to see this early gift (hopefully it will).

  -Also I got Madden 09 Collector's Edition. It's a really great game and I'm playing tons of it before I write a review. There's little quirks in the gameplay. Most of them can totally be overridden if you modify your play style slightly. (like timing your button presses) It's deep, it has been fun and I can't wait to dig more into it. NFL Head Coach 09 is also a great game. It's worth $30 or $40 but not the full $50 they're gonna charge for it next month. Packing it nice and tidy next to Madden each year should at a slightly discounted price is the way to go. EA should keep that up as I am willing to trade in Madden Collectors Edition for the newest one every year if they do this. The boxing for it is tight too.

  -Finally I played a little Castle Crashers. I played the demo on newgrounds, Castle Crashing Tom Fulo's Beard. Tom Fulp is one of the Behemoth's few developers. It was a special game. The opening line from the big Tom Fulp head and beard was, "Welcome to die." ('die' sounded like it was recorded separately from 'welcome to') and the gameplay was extremely smooth and fluid. This only represents opinion but it was exactly what I'd call fun gameplay.

  My wish list is now:

  -Castle Crashers

  -Super Street Fighter 2 HD Remix

  Possibly wish list:

  -Banjoe Kazooie Nuts and Bolts (if I do the pre0order)

  -Gears of War 2

  -Far Cry 2 (the map editor sold it)

  Rent first:

  -Mirror's Edge

  -Silent Hill: Home Coming

  • Posted Aug 21, 2008 2:43 pm PT
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• 11Aug 08

  I think I'm obsessed with XBLA.

  I exchanged Skate today after realizing the game had some major gameplay issues. Notably getting onto side walks when skating slow... you always end up grinding the curb. Plus I really felt some of my moves weren't being read properly. It was no loss though Gamestop has a one week exchange policy for used games. So I traded it in towards more XBLA points and the remainder to add to my Too Human pre-order.

  Now about XBLA..... I can't get over it, this is exactly what I wanted to see in video games. There's a great variety of games on there. My most recent purchase is Braid (I'll post a review on that once I beat it, but so far it's incredible). But being able to play all these demos makes me search around for something new to try and then buy.

  They aren't full scale games but they do have a lot of replay value because almost all of them utilize Xbox Live.

  But I'm serious when I say this: I hardly play disc games any more. I sit down and play XBLA games or console game demos instead of playing Halo 3 or GTA IV. Which are also both mammoth games.

  Basically because of XBLA I can buy games that I would normally think twice about when they're boxed and $30 and instead spend $10. I can't wait for XNA Games either then there will endless content to check out.

  • Posted Aug 11, 2008 8:39 pm PT
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