In an attempt to take a break from sitting here obsessively listening to Eagles Of Death Metal and Russian music and getting nothing done in the process, I'm going to take a look back on the vidja games I've played in the past few weeks. Should you chose to continue reading past this point, you should do so after listening to that Russian song (I guess it's Russian?), for it is a rather incredible driving song that must be heard!

Catherine, And How I Got Screwed By Catherine

So, Catherine. I enjoyed it! I'm tossing ideas around in my head about writing a review, which I might even do tomorrow, so I'll keep this relatively brief. Basically, I enjoyed almost everything about the game except a few puzzle segments towards the end and the end itself. My ending, I should say. It was quite literally the exact opposite of what I wanted. If you follow me on Twitter, you were probably a witness to my quick burst of rage after getting this ending, and for that I apologize. But what the heck man. I was with Katherine for almost the entire game. I fluctuated a tiny bit towards the opening parts but shortly before hitting the middle of the game I made my decision and went all the way to the end with the meter 100% in the blue. And ended up with the "Bad Cheater" ending. Explain that one.

Oh well. I have a general idea of how it happened, and I'm not too happy with said idea. Hopefully I'm wrong, but who knows. I started my second playthrough and I'm going to try to get the good Katherine ending like I should have gotten. Then I could go for Laura Bailey.... it was hard turning her down. I feel like I made the right decision though. I know some people dislike Katherine because she's too pressuring, but I didn't mind.

Thursday Night Throwdown - GTA IV Free Mode

Make it happen Giant Bomb! This would be unbelievably fun! I got back into playing GTA IV recently (Packie is still probably my favorite character in that entire game) and spent some time running amok in Free Mode with a bunch of strangers and was reminded of how great that experience is and how I feel it should have gotten a bit more praise. The other multiplayer modes aren't really worth playing when you compare them to the ridiculous shenanigans that you can get up to in Free Mode. In one Free Mode game I played today, I crashed helicopters, got chased by helicopters, got plowed over by a speeding Escalade while engaged in a fist fight with another player, had a shootout in a Burger Shot restaurant, engaged in a makeshift race at the airport, lost said race, got involved in a few horrendous motorcycle accidents, and even hopped in a car with a dude who somehow modded the game (on Xbox 360!) in such a way that enabled him to drive any car at the speed of sound with infinite health and even drive them under water. It was bedlam.

Some users agreed in the "TNT Games You'd Like To See" thread created by Jeff a while ago that GTA IV Free Mode should make an appearance on TNT. Jeff laughed like crazy during the Bad Company 2 TNT when someone was standing on top of an exploding tank, and I cannot possibly imagine how the staff would react when they see a player in GTA IV get launched across the city when they're hit by spinning helicopter blades. It's wonderful.

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Well, that's about it. Does anyone here still fool around in GTA IV free mode? Do you think they should do a TNT for it?