February 12th - 17th

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Normally I'd give this week's Game of the Week to the Galactic Civilizations II expansion, but I know we have a strong cadre of gamers who seethe and boil when I give GOTW to an expansion, so I'm going to keep their heads from exploding just this one time. Considering that I've already seen the game on the shelves in a combo pack with GalCivII I'm not sure whether the game belongs in this week's list or last week's or what, so it's a decision with which I can be comfortable.

Besides, I'm kind of a Ratchet & Clank geek, and if I hadn't happily ditched my PSP months ago I'd definitely be picking up Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters. I'm not sure how well it's going to play with the PSP's one amputated analog stick, but I'd be willing to lay down my thirty or forty bones to find out. So, Ratchet gets my nod for Game of the Week.

P.S. I look forward to the hate mail for not even considering Monster Kingdom.

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On DVD this week, a movie I've been dying to see, The Departed. There's probably other stuff too, find it here.

PC:
Backyard Basketball 2007 (02/13)
Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar (02/14)

PS2:
Ghost Rider (02/13)
Backyard Basketball 2007 (02/13)
Chulip (02/14)

DS:
F-24: Stealth Fighter (02/13)

PSP:
Warriors, The (02/12)
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (02/13)
Ghost Rider (02/13)
Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (02/13)
Chili Con Carnage (02/13)

WII:
Wii Play (02/12)

Comments

There's a difference between a decent game of the week and blinding rage that clouds your otherwise sound judgment.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean but I've decided to interpret it as: I <3 Elysium

I'm not sure exactly what you mean but I've decided to interpret it as:

Elysium wrote:

I hate JRPGs whether they are good or not, Certis is my secret love child turned lover, and I only have a beard to hide my femininity.

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"Defend me Edwin! Save me before my man-panties fall off!"

This conversation skipped all the seriousness and went straight for gay right out of the gates. Nice.

Ew. Monster Kingdom looks by all accounts mediocre at best.

I hate JRPGs whether they are good or not, Certis is my secret love child turned lover, and I only have a beard to hide my femininity.

I take serious issue with this! It is completely out of line. I mean, you make the assumption that a JRPG _can_ be good.

Blasphemy!

The rest of it's right on, though.

Edwin wrote:

Ew. Monster Kingdom looks by all accounts mediocre at best.

Indeed. Ratchet & Clank FTW!

Now I have to get a PSP, if only for Ratchet. Rats.

Certis wrote:

"Defend me Edwin! Save me before my man-panties fall off!"

I feel certain Edwin will wait until juuuuuust after they fall off to save you. Assuming, of course, you have a fairly generous definition for the word "save."

Wii hater.

Sorry, Edwin, but you're on your own this time.

Is this the part where Certis starts stripping and crying again?

dhelor wrote:
Edwin wrote:

Ew. Monster Kingdom looks by all accounts mediocre at best.

Indeed. Ratchet & Clank FTW!

Now I have to get a PSP, if only for Ratchet. Rats.

Evidently, I'm receiving this as a belated bday present. Hooray!

I tell you though, the day they ship a R&C title for the PS3... that's the day I say "DAMN, PS3s are still too expensive!"

wordsmythe wrote:

Is this the part where Certis starts stripping and crying again?

Here's hoping. I got my dollar bills at the ready.