Now that my girlfriend is back at school, I've had a bunch of free time to finish some games that have been teetering atop my pile of shame for a while: Borderlands (360): Finally wrapped up Borderlands with jimmah7 (co-op), but we still have a mountain of DLC ahead of us. I played through the PS3 version back in 2009 (and it became my #5 game of 2009), but I never really got into the DLC, so I...
I didn't end up playing a lot of games during the month of August, mostly due to moving my girlfriend into her apartment and spending most of my weekends there. However, during the month of August I did pick up an iPad which has since replaced my laptop as my web-browsing device of choice. I also use it for gaming while watching Netflix, which comprised most of my gaming this month: Death Rally...
Here are the games that have kept me occupied during the month of July: inFamous 2 (PS3): It feels like it's been so long since I wrapped this one up. I felt it had a pretty weak ending, considering how much I enjoyed the rest of the game. Also, some of the powers I earned near the end of the game could have been spaced out better, considering I barely got to use some of them. One of the better...
Ever since I was a kid, I've dreamed about one day owning an arcade machine. Listening to the latest Giant Bombcast about California Extreme has me all excited about getting some sort of arcade machine set-up for when I get an apartment next spring. My main uncertainty is whether I want an HD LED-LCD for modern games ( MvC3 , SSFIV , Mortal Kombat , BlazBlue:CT / CS ) or an old-school CRT for c...
Steam once again had their big summer sale and for the second summer in a row, I spent more than I should have. The sale lasted from June 30th - July 10th and the following chronicles my purchases, so you can once again laugh at me for how much I spent on PC games that I may or may not get around to playing: $16.74 - Frozen Synapse (Already worth every penny!) $ 2.50 - Bit.Trip.Runner $ 3.24 -...
Since I'm getting to the point that I'm only updating this once a month, I figured I'd mention games I played in June first: Just Cause 2 (360): Played through all of the story and many of the side missions, totaling around 19 hours of play. However, since Just Cause 2 is such a big game, I completed it with a mere 28.15% completion rate. Much, much more to do. I really enjoy messing around wit...
With my girlfriend home and for all intents and purposes living with me, it's hard to find a decent chunk of time to dedicate to gaming, especially when I blow a Saturday looking for a new TV. I picked up a 42" Vizio LED LCD ! Here's what I'll be playing this weekend if I find the time: Dirt 3 (360): I've only spent a couple hours to Dirt 3 so far, but I'm in it for the long haul. The new envir...
I wrapped up Dragon Age II earlier this week and I've been thinking about posting my thoughts on it. 'Disappointing' is the first word that comes to mind, but more on that later. Here's what I've been playing and will be playing over the next few days: Borderlands (360): Jimmah7 and I have both dinged Level 20 with our Siren and Hunter, respectively. Now we're planning on finishing the Fyreston...
My girlfriend is home for the weekend, but I'll still manage to fit in some gaming while she studies. I'll keep my entry short this week though: NHL '11 (360): Still working on my Be A Pro career mode. My Phoenix Coyotes are 14-4-1 and my pro is leading the league with 17 goals, 14 assists, and a +/- of +23. Of course I'd rather be playing for the Bruins , but I'll stick to the team I was draft...
Telling myself that I'm going to update my blog has become a running gag that only I'm in on, so what better a day to start posting again than April Fool's Day? The last time I updated this people were looking forward to the release of Call of Duty Black Ops and eating leftover Halloween candy, so here's a list of games I've completed over the past 5 months followed by what I'll be playing this...
I've been rather productive this week, gaming and otherwise. I finished Fable III (which I'll be writing up some thoughts on soon), Split/Second , Super Meat Boy (light worlds) and Red Dead Redemption 's Undead Nightmare DLC . On the non-gaming front, I voted, changed my own oil, and wrapped up several projects at work. Here's what I'll be playing this weekend: Halo: Reach (360): I'll be jumpin...
Even with the girlfriend home this weekend I've got plenty of time to game while she's studying: Fable III (360): This game has some serious technical issues, much more than the second game. Poor design choice and overall lack of ... attention lead to an overall underwhelming experience. I'm extremely disappointed with what Fable III is so far, when compared to Fable II which is better in nearl...
I can't believe it's been a month since I last updated! It has been an extremely busy month and I've been especially busy on Fridays lately, which is when I usually update this. I've got to leave for Long Island on Sunday for business and any free time I have today will be spent playing Super Meat Boy (XBLA) . Check out the demo, I think it's easily worth $10 (only on sale through Nov. 21, I th...
Besides a party I'm going to tonight and when I go see The Town tomorrow, I think I'm going to devote most of my weekend to gaming. Here's what I'll be playing: Halo: Reach (360): So a new Halo game came out this week, huh? I'll make the time to play through three more missions on Heroic to beat the campaign, but I'll mostly be focusing on Team Slayer and Big Team Battle, while also playing mor...
I'm going on an all-day hike tomorrow in the White Mountains and I'm going to visit my girlfriend on Sunday, so I won't have much time for gaming other than tonight. Here's what I'll be playing tonight and Sunday night: DJ Hero (360): After putting this down for a few weeks to play some traditional games, I saw the DJ Hero 2 demo on the XBL Marketplace. I feel like I should finish the first bef...
I finished New Super Mario Bros. Wii with my girlfriend last Friday, and I also managed to start and finish House of the Dead: Overkill for the Wii. My girlfriend is going back to college, so I'm going to move her in on Sunday. It is a long weekend for me though, so here's what I'll be playing: Alan Wake (360): Currently at the beginning of Episode 6, I feel like I'm coming close to wrapping up...
So I rented and completed Splinter Cell: Conviction on Wednesday. Yeah, one day. I stayed up until 3:30am, totally worth it, haha. Here's what I'll be playing this weekend: Alan Wake (360): I picked this up from Dell last week while it was on sale for $25. I completed Episode 1 this morning and I'm loving this game so far. I can't talk about it without spoiling it, so all I'll say is I love how...
Last weekend I went camping, but I still managed to finish Super Mario Galaxy 2 , God of War II and DeathSpank since my last update. I've now complete as many games (26) this year as I had in 2009 and it's only mid-August. It was kinda surprising, but I suppose a lot of the games I'm finishing are substantially shorter. Here's what I'll be playing this weekend: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princes...
I wrapped up God of War last week and I've got a bit of time to play some games this weekend, but I'm going to try to spend most of my time outside. Here's the short list: DeathSpank (XBLA): I'm still really enjoying this game, but I find myself skipping through most of the dialogue to get back to the combat and questing. I don't think I have more than an hour or two left. Super Mario Galaxy 2...
I wrapped up Limbo , Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time and Sam & Max Episode 102 all in the past week, so I'm feeling pretty productive on the gaming front. Here's what I'll be playing this weekend: DJ Hero (360): I got the Renegade Edition from Amazon for $55 last week and it just came in the mail yesterday. I've completed all of the tutorials and the first five sets already and it's a blast...
I've been pretty busy the past few weeks, so I haven't updated the blog. Here's a mid-week blog to hopefully get me back on track. As many of you are aware, Steam had their "Perils of Summer" sale over the past two weeks, which concluded on the fourth of July. I've decided to post all my purchases so that you can all laugh at me and how much I spent over the past two weeks on PC games that I ma...
With the Natal event this evening, E3 is already upon us. I'm sure we're all excited to find out more about the games we're interested in, so I figured I'd make a list of which games I'm most looking forward to and why: Fallout: New Vegas (360/PS3/PC): I still need to get around to fixing my computer and finishing the DLC for Fallout 3 , but that doesn't stop me from being interested in New Veg...
Short one this week! I've got an all-day party to go to on Saturday so I won't be playing much then. It is suppose to rain most of Sunday, so here's what I'll be playing then: Saints Row 2 (360): I think I'm just about done with the story. I plan on finishing it this weekend. I'm kinda stuck at a part and keep dying, but I'll consider sucking less and beating it. I forgot how fun these games ar...
I did it!! I finally earned a gold medal in all 200 events in Forza 3!! Number of races in Forza 3? 1,060. Hours it took to get 49/50 achievements? 42 hours. Time it took to finish all events in Forza 3? 118.5 hours. Getting my 5th S-Rank? Priceless. I have very few plans this weekend, so I'll probably do a lot of gaming. Here's what I'll be playing: Saints Row 2 (360): I picked this up at Best...
Since I got my Wii and Red Dead Redemption , I've been way too busy playing games to blog about them, but I finally found a few minutes. Last weekend my college roommate Joe came to visit. We played a little bit of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and a little bit of Boom Blox Bash Party , but we mostly just did a lot of drinking, so that's why I didn't end up blogging last weekend. I started playing Su...
I've got the place to myself this weekend, good time to get some gaming done. I'm looking at 65-75 weather for Saturday and Sunday, so I'll be bringing my La-Z-Boy, monitor and 360 out onto the back porch to enjoy the nice weather and the following games: Super Street Fighter IV (360): I'll be playing some Ranked matches this weekend, maybe a little bit of the endless mode too. Hopefully Joe ca...
While watching coverage of E3 2006, I remember being skeptical of the Wii . I also thought a black one would look better than the white one they were showing off then. I thought I'd eventually pick one up and I honestly didn't think it would take this long. Fast forward nearly four years later, and Sunday they finally released the black Wii with not only Wii Sports , but Wii Sports Resort , and...
I've got an all-day party to go to on Saturday, and Mother's Day is Sunday, so if I get around to gaming I'll just be playing more of what I played last weekend with one addition: Super Street Fighter IV (360): I've gotta jump online and play some more matches this weekend. Find me in the Endless Battle mode! Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (360): Ten hours into the multiplayer so far and almost to...
Wrapped up Quest for Booty last Sunday and Heavy Rain the day before yesterday. Amazing game, blog post about that coming soon. Here's what I'll be playing this weekend: Super Street Fighter IV (360): Not sure if you know this but SSFIV TOTALLY CAME OUT THIS WEEK!! I'll mainly be playing this online, as all 35 of the characters are unlocked from the start so there's not much point to playing th...
I finished up Red Faction Guerrilla a week and a half ago, so here's what I'll be playing this weekend: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (360): I'm currently level 8 right now with a little more than 6 hours into the multiplayer. I'm not getting to play this nearly as much as I want to, but I'll have to deal. Forza 3 (360): I'm still working toward 200 Gold medals in the game. This will unlock the la...
The only thing I had been playing for the past few weeks was Mass Effect 2 , so I didn't bother updating last week. I finally wrapped that up earlier this week though, so I'll be posting my thoughts on that soon. I only have Sunday open this weekend for gaming, but here's what I'll be playing: Red Faction: Guerrilla (360): My friend got Darksiders, so I asked him if I could use the code to get...
On Saturday, I got to hit the expo floor first thing in the morning. I was apparently mistaken. I thought Max Payne 3, Metroid: Other M, Super Meat Boy and Natal would be there, but they were not. Crackdown 2 was there, but it was just the multiplayer (team deathmatch), so I skipped over it. I'm way more excited to play co-op than multiplayer. I did get a chance to check out Breach and Monday N...
Had a great first day at PAX East ! There's so much left to see and do and the first day is already over. Most of my day was eaten up by panels: PAX Keynote with Wil Wheaton @ 3pm Penny Arcade Panel #1 with Mike and Jerry @ 4pm Transversing the Twitterverse with Major Nelson, Robert Bowling and Mckenzie Eakin @ 7:00pm Get Lamp screening and panel with Jason Scott @ 9:30pm Between the Twitterver...
Here's what I'll be playing this weekend: Mass Effect 2 (360): I'm about ten hours into ME2 and really enjoying it so far, more than I thought I would. Most improved sequel ever? It's at least in the running (among Assassin's Creed II, Burnout 3, off the top of my head). I'm going to try to wrap this up before PAX East. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (360): Didn't get a chance to play much of this...
Once I got around to beating Darksiders, I moved onto Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and also beat the campaign from that as well. Feeling motivated, I tried out Medal of Honor Airborne, but unfortunately the game just doesn't hold up. The controls are poorly laid out and with the improvements in FPS's we've seen in the past few years, it really feels dated. So here's what I'll be playing instead:...
Last Thursday night my power went out and didn't return until Sunday night and my internet/cable didn't return until Wednesday of this week, so that's why I didn't update last week. I finished up Mass Effect about a week and a half ago and decided that I need a breather before diving into the next one, so here's what I'll be playing this weekend: Darksiders (360): My friend let me borrow this a...
Wow, working 4 10-hour days is exhausting! It's time to relax and my old college roommate, Joe, is up for the weekend and we'll probably do some co-op gaming. I'll still have some time for other stuff though: Forza 3 (360): Last weekend I got the Drift Lap and Season 6 achievements after putting in a few hours. I think my total playtime is around 40 hours and my completion level is up to about...
After playing the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo on the PS3 for a few hours and on the 360 for an hour, I can certainly say I'm impressed. The shooting mechanic feels a little better than most Battlefield games (on par with the first Bad Company ), but not quite as good as Modern Warfare 2 . When using the assault rifles and SMGs (my go-to weapons), it's incredible how much more effective burs...
The Superbowl and football season are over with, but the NBA All-Star weekend and Olympics are just getting started! Even if you don't like watching basketball, you might want to tune in for the Slam Dunk Competition on Saturday. It's usually pretty entertaining. When I'm not watching sports this weekend, I'll be putting a few hours into the following games: Forza 3 (360): Now that I have a 360...
I finally picked up a 360 Arcade (with free $25 giftcard)! My last 360 red-ringed two weeks ago (seems like a lot longer) and I can't wait to get back into my 360 games. I've gotta give Mass Effect another chance, since I hear the second one is so good. I'm also going to jump back into the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer. Now that I can use a hard drive again, I'll also be finishing up Forza 3 fin...
Superbowl weekend is finally here! After my 360 got the RROD about a week ago, I haven't been gaming much. I don't have a ton of games for either my PSP or PS3, so I'm hoping to get a 360 again soon. Here's what I'll be playing this weekend: FFX (PS2): I've been playing this on my backwards compatible PS3 recently. I'm about 10 hours in, just after the Highroad. My interest in this game fluctua...
Proof. Just a quick update: After my 360 red-ringed on Thursday, I decided to spend most of the weekend watching all of Arrested Development: Season One for the third time (first time for the girlfriend). That said, I didn't do that much gaming this past weekend. However, I couldn't sleep tonight, so I pulled the towel trick on my RROD 360. It worked long enough for me to boot up Assassin's Cre...
The things nightmares are made of. Well, I was going for all the feathers this morning (Thursday Jan. 28th, 2010 // 2:30am ET) in Assassin's Creed II and my 360 had a heart attack. After getting the 3 red rings back in '07 and shipping it out under warranty, I figured they had fixed the problem. In the fall of '09 my 360's hard drive port failed and I've been working off of a memory stick ever...
I'll be fairly busy with real-life things this weekend (Sat: spending the day with the gf and family in Boston. Sun: helping my grandparents move) but I think I'll still get around to some of the following: Modern Warfare 2 (360): In the past week I've played for 16 hours and now I'm up to Prestige 1, Level 44. Impressive or pathetically depressing depending on your perspective, I suppose. A li...
Soon after prestiging in Modern Warfare 2 , I realized I had already played about as much Modern Warfare 2 as I had Call of Duty 4 (my previous favorite online shooter). In COD4, I prestiged once and reached level 37 (if I remember correctly), but the max level attainable in COD4 was 55, so the progression was quicker. Here are my thoughts on MW2 after 68 hours of play-time: More fun with more...
As the football season comes to a close, Saturday and Sunday will be mostly spent watching 12 of the last 21 hours of football this season, or 24 if you include the Pro Bowl, which I'll probably watch as well. Modern Warfare 2 (360): I've finally prestiged!! I've been attempting to get some gun Titles (AUG HBAR, MG4) by unlocking all the attachments for the guns I've used before I prestiged and...
I won't be getting around to too much gaming this weekend as I'm pretty busy, but I'll probably get a few hours with the following titles: Modern Warfare 2 (360): Maintaining a K/D ratio of 1.35 still, I've worked my way up to level 62 and just hit 2 days of playtime. I'll get around to wrapping up Spec-Ops someday, just not this weekend. Torchlight (PC): I just reached 24 hours of playtime and...
I feel like I've played enough games this year to make a pretty decent top 10 list. At the bottom of this post, I added a couple of games that I simply didn't play this year, but feel like they may have been in my top 10 if I had. Keep in mind that these are only my opinions. 1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves I played through this game in two sittings and it took me 11 hours. I almost played throug...
Modern Warfare 2 (360): This game will be on this Weekend Gaming! blog for a while, if you haven't figured that out yet. Up to level 58 with 42 hours of play, still at a 1.35 K/D ratio, I'm not even close to getting sick of this multi-player. Dirt 2 (360): Up to level 41 in single-player, I'm 67% through the game. I'll probably finish this up in the next week and jump into some more multiplayer...
Best Podcast Game: Forza Motorsport 3 (360) Runner up: Borderlands (PS3) Forza 3 is a great game to play while listening to podcasts. I leave the sound effects on and crank up the Giant Bombcast, Rebel FM, Joystiq or one of the other podcasts I listen to. The rewind feature in combination with podcasts makes those LONG races in the later seasons really fun. Best TV Show Game: Torchlight (PC) Ru...
This Christmas weekend is busy so I'll keep this short. Modern Warfare 2 (360): I'll be playing the multi-player this weekend, currently at level 55. My K/D ratio has dropped to 1.35, working on bringing that up. Final Fantasy VII (PSP): I've got a car ride to Maine and back Sunday, so I'll be playing this for about 4 hours then. Didn't play too much of this the past week, I'm in the process of...
Modern Warfare 2 (360): Didn't get a chance to play any Veteran last weekend and I'm not feeling compelled to do it this weekend either. I'll be playing more multiplayer this weekend. I'm currently at Level 51 with a 1.39 K/D ratio and working on my LMG challenges. I hit a K/D ratio high of 1.41 this week, but that didn't last too long. Assassin's Creed 2 (360): I played a little of this last w...
Modern Warfare 2 (360): I'll be on and off of this all weekend, mostly Team Deathmatch multiplayer. Just got done with a two hour session with some friends and leveled up to 44, with a K/D ratio of 1.32. Catch me online (GT: JMoney156). I might also try to finish the last three missions on Veteran. So close ... Assassin's Creed 2 (360): I really want to play some of the games I've Gamefly'd bef...
Confirmed! Last April, when the PAX 2010 East registration first became available, I bought a ticket as an 11-month early birthday present to myself with much anticipation. PAX East 2010 will be taking place March 26th - 28th, starting 2 days after my 24th birthday and will be the first video game expo I attend. With less than four months left and little known about the event, I'm getting kind...