December 10 - 14
Sometimes, it's as though the Nintendo Wii is operating in a completely different industry than the one with which I am familiar. Not a week goes by that some bizarre game which I've never even heard of is summarily launched onto the inscrutable machine to, what I assume, is some kind of retail success. In a way, which I admit isn't entirely negative, the generic nature of the Wii library is almost reminiscent of the bygone NES days, and I wonder, as I so often do, whether Nintendo is operating from a position of almost prescient genius or resolute stubbornness.
Either way, I suppose some credit should be paid Nintendo for managing to get anything out this week, or apparently this month for that matter. The sudden drought continues and should extend into the foreseeable future, though PS3 gamers get something of a treat this week with Valve's The Orange Box finally making its way onto the languishing system. For those of you with a PS3 and no 360 or PC, this is one of those easy must-buys that trump other lesser priorities like food and shelter. Sell your blood if you have to. Sell your friend's blood if you have to. Just find a way to treat yourself to this week's Game of the Week.
On DVD this week, People Magazine's Sexiest Man of the Year, Matt Damon, does a lot of very actiony things while apparently being filmed by Michael J. Fox in The Bourne Ultimatum. I know, a Parkinson's joke may not be in the best of taste, but seriously, Paul Greengrass needs to stop shaking that camera so much! More DVDs here.
PC:
- The Lost Crown (12/10)
- Golden Compass (12/14)
PS2:
- Daisenryaku Exceed (12/11)
- Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (12/11)
DS:
- Luxor 2 (12/11)
PSP:
- Warriors of the Lost Empire (12/10)
PS3:
- Half Life 2: The Orange Box (12/11)
Wii:
- Super Swing Golf Season 2(12/11)
- Indy 500 Legends (12/14)
- Kawasaki Quad Bikes (12/14)
- Kidz Sports: Basketball (12/14)
- Mythmakers: Orbs of Doom (12/14)
- Rig Racers 2 (12/14)
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Now I realize why the Week Ahead today was so late. The list is downright depressing.
Not that I'm even close to through the backlog of games I've yet to finish.
"If I was Obama I'd have made a joke about that. Then again, if I was Obama I'd have f*cked up my own campaign long ago by making c*ck jokes." - 1Dgaf
"Poor Achmed, only three days away from retirement ... from Jihad." - Mike Nelson
Isn't UT3 coming out this week for PS3?
There's an equestrian game out recently for the Wii called, 'My Horse and Me'. It has the approval of the International Equestrian Federation. There is only one review I've found on it and it's favorable and looks interesting (12/05)
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PSN: Toxdon
And this week's "Low Blow" award goes to...Sean Sands!
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
Mass Effect for me!
Xbox Live: Nei HD | Playstation ID: Nei_GWJ
Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack DL content - avalible Dec 11th
"Why do I keep whipping it out, it never does anything!" -- Yes, I said this
XBox Live Gamertag:
Inigo Mantoya
Bourne Ultimatum on HD-DVD.
Thank god there's no more games (that matter) for at least a short while.
XBLive: Thin J
PSN: Thin_J
I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf
Go PS2! Keep getting releases you plucky, can-do console!
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Favorite puzzle: Grim Fandango -- the metal detector
What The Golden Compass didn't make game of the week?
BTW The book is pretty decent I hope the movie is good as well.
Prederick wrote:
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis.
I agree with you about the book and I'm sorry in advance.
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Favorite puzzle: Grim Fandango -- the metal detector
Still. Its true. Great films anyway, but there's a limit, Mr. Greengrass. A limit.
Quintin_Stone wrote:
I actually enjoyed the first Super Swing Golf. I'll be checking out Season 2 eventually.
XBox Live: PoppinfreshGWJ
LobsterMobster wrote:
I seem to remember some goodjers calling for sanctions/bans (in a forum?) against me for saying Michael J Fox should have been the new James Bond. Glad to see you've adapted a mutation to your senses of humor since then!
MaxShrek .. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doing it.
Horror Vacui
That, or those people are unlikely to suggest I ban myself.
"I think Elysium has the right of it" - Certis
You should ban yourself for a bit. Take a nice Christmas vacation. Tell you what, I'll step in for you. You know, write a bit, run my mouth on the podcast. And I promise, when you return, you won't find me sitting on a throne of unused PS3 consoles, being fed peeled grapes by comely gaming wenches, while my enemies are forced to play Godzilla: Unleashed so that I may be amused by their cries of anguish. There would be no hint of EA corporate honchos working in salt mines to pay for my magnificent PC gaming rig, and neither Rabbit nor Nyles will be issuing daily written homages to the magnificence of the new Gaming King who has, through sheer strength of will, reconstituted Black Isle, Looking Glass, and other titans of gaming studios.
So...nothing to worry about. You can just IM me the admin password.
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Alas, Coldstream, we hardly knew ye.
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
What? No!
A Torrent of Verbal Abuse, Cynicism, and Staggeringly Insightful Commentary.
http://unlikelylife.wordpress.com
I wonder what the online amount of people playing Orange box PS3 will be? If anyone buys it and wants to report, please do. I sort of sense a failure, but it might be the haterade speaking.
OUCH
The man wears a bucket of KFC on his head. I wouldn't expect anything less. - Pred