Considering the nefarious actions of certain sites of, some might say, ill repute, I think it's important to note that we do not sell our billing for Game of the Week. We have taken this firm stand because we are mighty in our principles! We stand side-by-side with our readers, watching out for their good fortune above that of our own, and rejecting the publishers out there who might, for example, try to convince you that HUMMER: Badlands is anything short of an attempt at cashing in on the Hummer brandname. There's also the fact that no one has ever approached us about selling out. I have reason to believe that our mighty principles would hold fast against as many as three zeroes! I kid.
As to our GotW? Uh, coin says heads so it's Auto Assault, barely defeating MLB 2k6 for the Xbox 360 in a straight-up 50/50 coin toss. Tough luck, Major League Baseball.
On the DVD front we have - ... checking ... checking ... - Nothing! Browse the void of releases here.
PC:
Auto Assault (04/11)
Stacked (04/11)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (04/11)
Condemned: Criminal Origins (04/11)
Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff, The (04/11)
Baseball Mogul 2007 (04/12)
XBOX360:
Major League Baseball 2K6 (04/10)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (04/11)
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (04/11)
XBOX:
Stacked (04/11)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (04/11)
Classified: The Sentinel Crisis (04/11)
Army Men: Major Malfunction (04/11)
King of Fighters NeoWave, The (04/11)
HUMMER: Badlands (04/11)
GAMECUBE:
Odama (04/10)
PS2:
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (04/11)
HUMMER: Badlands (04/11)
Monster Rancher EVO (04/11)
Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (04/11)
GBA:
Cabbage Patch Kids: The Patch Puppy Rescue (04/11)
PSP:
Major League Baseball 2K6 (04/13)
Comments
Odama might be the wierdest game I've ever seen.
Yep, and the weirdness is more than just a little compelling.
If anyone wants to see Odama in action, check out these videos.
http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage...
Makes me want to get a GameCube.
Same here; actually, I'm rather surprised at the weakness in this week's releases. Odama is the only title interesting enough here that I want to try it.
Switch: SW-5816-4534-9106
No love for the new Lara?
No... none here either.
I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
Watch me learn to draw.
You mean it would only take two?
If you rule like Megatron, you're going to raise Starscream.
Woot!
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2012, 2015, 2016
Tough choices, but unless Auto Assault has suddenly become spectacular, it's definitely not the highlight of this list.
NOTE: Not a doodle bug.
Anything new on xLive... say, perhaps a new download for Oblivion. Oblivion... good game, yep, yep,... yep.
True story...
It's only gonna get worse. Welcome to the pre-E3 wasteland. Hope you like the games you've got, cuz there ain't more to get for a while.
The thing about smart people is they seem like crazy people to dumb people -- Thing I saw on the Internet
It's just you and me baby.
"That's because you were 10. Everyone likes Garfield when they're 10. When you're 10 you think a cat eating lasagna is genius." - Mumford
2005 GWJFFL League Champion
Can anyone clue me in on what sites beardy was referring to selling favors? I'm clueless and lazy.
"You know, hubbinsd, as much as I don't want to go into library science, I still think you're pretty sexy." -Wordsmythe
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/feature...
The thing about smart people is they seem like crazy people to dumb people -- Thing I saw on the Internet
Odama is finally out? Sweet.
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I don't know man. I don't think that anything good can come of this:
(Actual Odama Screenshot)
"I like to hear people talking when they're not talking to me," I said. "It's soothing to know that I don't have to listen." -- Bill Harris describing a truism.
I... um.... huh? That latest trailer hurts my head.
Certis: Quintin is both smart and attractive.
Fedaykin98: Good lord, I wouldn't have expected brilliance like that from that nemeslut Quintin Stone!
Yonder: It's weird to say this, but Quintin Stone may be the wisest person here.
C'mon, God, really? You're really making it this easy for us?
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. "” Samuel Beckett
You know, that's an example of just how fast time is flying by this year. I keep forgetting it's already April. Geez!
That said, at least it's almost E3 time, when we will hopefully finally get the rest of the info on the Revolution and PS3, and get some actual hands-on impressions of some launch titles! I hope...
Switch: SW-5816-4534-9106
Proof that good writing comes in all sizes and packages. (others might point out that Elysium is a good writer...) I like how you deliquesced an industrial fixation down to a sentence fragment.
I appreciate the sentiment that our CEOs are not looking for short term financial gain. I wonder if GWJ might actually be the fulfillment of Plato's philosopher kings, i.e. rule by wisdom...
Coincidence that these titles are listed together? I think not.
"Once you can accept the universe is matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy." -- Albert Einstein
A number of my guild mates in the auto dual, ur, assault rather, beta have not had very charitable things to say about it. With much picking on the the lack of a physics engine or even a reasonable facsimile there of. I have no first hand experience though. Off hand I'm planing to wait on several review rounds before even considering it.
-Griffon
Did Samurai Jack ever get back to the past?
I disagree. There is Dreamfall next week and the week thereafter is Guild Wars: Factions.
Also for something completely different, consider Brain Age:
http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?p...
Hello my baby!!!
Dreamfall is a potentially excellent but niche title in a nearly dead genre. After that, an expansion pack. (though, certainly exciting for owners and lovers of Guild Wars). There're always a few titles that try to sneak in on the lull, and of course there are always indie and niche games to be excited about that aren't really on the same rotation.
In fact, this is a great time of the year to get some press if you are a smaller developer, which, I suspect, is exactly what Dreamfall is shooting for.
The thing about smart people is they seem like crazy people to dumb people -- Thing I saw on the Internet
No love for Condemned?
I liked the demo for it, and I lack a 360.
I played Auto Assault for awhile, and I found it to be okay.. it's main problem is that repetive action based gameplay mixed with tradtional MMO grind time means a game that is both fast-paced in combat, yet takes quite a bit of combat to level up, meaning that it becomes quite boring fast, and the combat is fairly simplistic.
It would be better if there was a way to de-synchonize the weapons, so that the top turrent could bring death nonstop, but the other weapons (that tend to do more damage and have a smaller firing arc, along with a longer reload time) were triggered by seperate buttons, or anything at all, as AA gets really boring really fast, and grouping seemed pointless as long as there was someone who could heal to lessen trips back to repair areas, to keep the killing constant.
The crafting is also TOO DAMN COMPLEX, and the game requires early, permanant decision making that have long term consequnces, which is always a Female Doggo.
On the Bright Side, AA lets you blow sh*t up, lots of sh*t up, but I blow sh*t up by using a flamethrower and a machine gun on telephone poles... that should not work! I also lit trees on fire with machine guns.
Actually, Guild Wars Factions is not an expansion pack, but rather a stand alone game that allows a crossover to zones contained in the original Guild Wars in the vein of City of Heroes/City of Villains (without subscription of course).
Hello my baby!!!
I played the Condemned demo a couple weeks ago but man, you would think that a game that focuses on melee fighting would try and do a better job of it. I can give it props for excellent sound/atmosphere though. About Odama, i'm wondering how a game where you kill your own troops by complete accident (every 2.5 seconds) got approved.
Living in a nightmare hellride.