October 1 - October 5
Those of you who think they have figured out my modus operandi for The Week Ahead may be somewhat surprised to discover that I will not be awarding my not-at-all-coveted Game of the Week honors to either Enemy Territory: Quake Wars or Project Gotham Racing 4. Despite my constant desire to artificially prop up all things PC-gaming related, with Quake Wars I can't help but feel that the ground of class-based, control-point-centered action gaming is so well trodden that it should appear in the next Rand-McNally atlas. It's a decent enough game that will generate a limited but rabid fanbase, despite never dramatically separating itself from the pack. As for PGR 4, if I have to read the press release to tell what the difference between the newest game and the last game is, then it might not have needed a sequel. And yet, a sequel is exactly what I am recognizing for the week, with The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass taking the honors. As a direct sequel to the Wind Waker, and following a host of glowing reviews from its summer release in Japan, it's hard to deny that Zelda on the DS looks like the best bet to start off a busy October of gaming.
If you have missed Ken Burns' The War, which has been airing on PBS, and you have even a passing interest in World War II, then pick up the DVD set of the series to be released this week. It's been absolutely amazing! More, less deserving, DVDs here.
PC:
Race 07 (10/01)
Monopoly 2008 (10/01)
Hoyle Card Games 2008 (10/01)
Hoyle Casino 2008 (10/01)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (10/02)
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (10/02)
Loki: Heroes of Mythology (10/02)
Next Life (10/02)
PS2:
Crash of the Titans (10/02)
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (10/02)
NBA Live 08 (10/02)
NBA 2K8 (10/02)
MLB Power Pros (10/02)
Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, The (10/02)
GBA:
Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, The (10/02)
DS:
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, The (10/01)
Race Driver: Create & Race (10/01)
Kurupoto Cool Cool Stars (10/01)
Crash of the Titans (10/02)
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (10/02)
Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, The (10/02)
Holly Hobbie & Friends (10/02)
PSP:
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (10/02)
Crash of the Titans (10/02)
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (10/02)
NBA Live 08 (10/02)
XBOX360:
Project Gotham Racing 4 (10/02)
Crash of the Titans (10/02)
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (10/02)
NBA Live 08 (10/02)
NBA 2K8 (10/02)
FlatOut Ultimate Carnage (10/02)
PS3:
NBA Live 08 (10/02)
NBA 2K8 (10/02)
WII:
Ninjabread Man (10/02)
Crash of the Titans (10/02)
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (10/02)
NBA Live 08 (10/02)
MLB Power Pros (10/02)
Dave Mirra BMX Challenge (10/02)
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Nothing for me, which is perfectly fine.
Yet even then we ran like the wind,
whilst our laughter echoed under cerulean skies...
Hum, every year I wait for Nba Live, usually dissapointing me. The last one I played and still play is 06, but now the say that Nba 2k8 is also comming for the PC, so I have an alternative, or not. The thing is that in the official page they don't say anything about the PC version and the funny thing is that at my local store they have publicity boxes of the game with the PC icon printed in them. Any other basketball fans out there know something about this?
...and so it continues, The Dark Times for my wallet, for it will suffer another $60 blow with the release of PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4! – Historian/Accountant XXVIII, The Dark Times.
Xbox Live: Nei HD | Playstation ID: Nei_GWJ
What, no love for Ninjabread Man on the Wii?
Oh, and Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for me. Go go wallet empty!
MrDeVil909: I feel it necessary to point out that there are drug resistant strains of most STDs. Especially in developing nations.
Funkenpants: Great. Yet another area in which we're losing our lead to foreigners.
Monopoly 2008? Is Monopoly published by EA now?
JUST PUZZLED YOUR ASS UP, SON! -Mr Crinkle
Crash of the Titans?
MaxShrek .. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doing it.
Horror Vacui
"War, it's gods way of teaching Americans Geography.." -Jon Stewart
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." - Howard Philips Lovecraft
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Another game that will probably be purchased to join the ranks of my shelf dwelling "to-do" list. Someday I will complete them all! Really!
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PSN: GWJ_Stryker
You can "compete" in Quake Wars, but you can't "complete" Quake Wars
Shelter: 11/08 gameplay: Youtube version, annotated
True. Maybe I should refine that to "get my money's worth".
Though I'm sure that all my "getting my money's worth" in WoW has got to have bled over somewhere into the rest of my stash.
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PSN: GWJ_Stryker
Is this coming out on Steam? The demo is on there, but i haven't seen anything else announced.
"The real toy is imagination, it turn sticks into sword, chairs & blankets into forts and kids into heroes." - RedJen
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Thinking about picking up PGR4 as well. I'm in wait and see mode right now, waiting for the reviews to start rolling in.
"Screw the speed of light, fan-boy rage is my new gold standard for measuring velocity." - Dr. J
"Lupus with a crowbar is the meaning of life itself." - Certis
Holly Hobbie & Friends. Yes!
XBox Live: PoppinfreshGWJ
LobsterMobster wrote:
I'm planning on snagging NBA 2K8 for the 360 sometime this week. I enjoyed the demo and always need a new hoops game.
souldaddy wrote:
Check my thread, I've posted a link to a first review from Eurogamer.
Xbox Live: Nei HD | Playstation ID: Nei_GWJ
Somethings to add to my Gamefly list (PGR4, Spider-man[demo was fun], Zelda), but nothing this week. Must save for Rockband and maybe GH3. Some others are a possible in the coming months, but I may have to hold off on many games if I plan to survive this semester.
"The pen is mightier than the flaming bag of poop" - Bart Simpson
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Am I a bad man for wondering what exactly this game is?
Yet even then we ran like the wind,
whilst our laughter echoed under cerulean skies...
I will be taking my copy of Zelda now, thankyouverymuch.
XBL / Art / Blog (09/20) / Buy! (10/07)
Hollie Hobbie Ho's Hoboken?
XBox Live: PoppinfreshGWJ
LobsterMobster wrote:
Quake Wars is not a control-point oriented game, nor is it DM or Team DM, which is exactly why it is different from Halo, TF2, CoD4, the BF series, and the forthcoming UT3. Of course, I'm a part of the rabid fanbase minority who appreciate the steep learning curve. Does every game need to be exactly the same? Aside from TF2, which is really a very different type of game, I've never seen a game outside of the RtCW/ET series where the classes, and teamwork, were so important.
PGR4 for $46 shipped (for new subscribers w/ coupon: NEWMEM5F)
for $48 shipped (for existing member w/ coupon: NEWMEM3F)
http://www.familyvideo.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=276769
Zelda, PH for $26 shipped (for new subscribers w/ coupon: NEWMEM5F)
for $28 shipped (for existing member w/ coupon: NEWMEM3F)
http://www.familyvideo.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=276190
ps. while you are there, check out the deals on Orange Box, Assassin's Creed, COD 4, Mass Effect, Halo 3; even w/ the $.99 shipping the deals are usually about $10 below retail, and NO tax
pps. as far as my experiance, the above coupon codes work for all games
-enjoy the savings
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As much as I hate mascot titles...
ORDERED.
The DS Advance review listed its lowered difficulty as a negative point, which gives me some hope toward this product.
Shelter: 11/08 gameplay: Youtube version, annotated