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soccer moms — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:55:12 GMT

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re: Wii Fit Review (Kinda)

Brian — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:33:01 GMT

Thanks for your impressions. I think I might just save the 90 bucks for something else.

re: Wii Fit Review (Kinda)

wyulittle — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:20:48 GMT

HaHa How long you think it will be before someone tries to sue?

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re: XBLA Review: Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One

sauer — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:28:56 GMT

I have to say, I did enjoy PA, but there were a few things that bothered me.

1. More Game humor. - I understand that Penny Arcade is a gamer strip, so why was the entire game almost devoid of inside game humor? The story and writing was clever, but I would have enjoyed more of what the characters are known for making fun of videogames, and the corporations that create them.

2. Weak tasks. - kill all the garbage cans, hobos, barber shop quartet members was kind of lazy. Also, those carnival games were pretty lousy

3. A lame final boss. - After their experience playing every RPG ever conceived, all they could come up with was a rather boring and stationary boss? The foot soilders had more character.

using Bretts new rating, Id give it a B-. Especially for the cost. Next time give me more of those awesome cut scenes, some more voice work, and more game jokes.

re: XBLA Review: Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One

John — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:53:42 GMT

Solid! I enjoyed PAAOTRSPODEO quite a bit, but I did feel slightly disappointed by the dollar to minutes ratio. I'm an every week PA reader, so the rest of it was right on for me. Can't wait for the next one.

re: 40 hours in Liberty City.

John — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:58:20 GMT

PS - I'm closing in on 70 hours >.<

re: 40 hours in Liberty City.

John — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:56:07 GMT

Good summary of the game's problems, Mike. I agree on most counts, however the game did leave a more favorable impression on me in a few areas.

1 - Friends: Although I found the friendship mechanic a little monotonous, I thought the friends were all complex, deep characters. I agree, I would've liked it if the game fit them into the missions late in the game a bit more. For the most part, they fall off the map when you get to Alderney, and I think that's why it's the game's weakest island. I would've liked Jacob, Brucie, Packie, and especially Dwayne to show up more in Alderney missions and the later Algonquin ones. Dwayne has tons of promise when you meet him, and he comes off like a real deep character. But after his scant two missions, I felt like the only reason to hang out with him was to get my 90% for the achievement. Still, all the friends were very interesting, deep, and fun to be with. It would've been cool if they all came to help in the final mission, not just Jacob. Why didn't you call Packie when his sister dies? Doesn't make sense.

2 - Driving - I never tired of careening around the city at breakneck speeds, getting into trouble with the cops, and getting away from them. I'm currently cleaning up the odds and ends in the game to get my 100%, and I'm still having fun getting into shootouts with the cops and generally going wild. In fact, I think it's more fun now that I have well over one million bucks, tons of guns, and nothing to spend it on, so I can just go on rampages and use mad amounts of rockets, take on legions of cops, and not care if I die or anything.

3 - Controls and cover system - While the cover system has a few small problems like inconsistent running/sliding to other cover areas, I find it works very well on the whole. You're a monster with proper cover and a shitload of smg/assault rifle bullets, and add grenades into the mix and you're a one man army. I never really found this to be problematic, and shootouts remained fun to me throughout the game.

Other than that, I think the mission variety needed a little kick in the ass, but I'd say 2/3 of the missions were fun and exciting, while basically Alderney was where the game ran out of steam. It's kind of anticlimactic anyway when you're robbing banks in Times Square and flying in choppers around the Empire State Building, and then your reward is to go to fucking Jersey.

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temeraire — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:27:59 GMT

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re: 40 hours in Liberty City.

Raul Duke — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:01:50 GMT

Damn, Don't know where my comment went. Good review, and definitely one of the best 60 spots you can spend in gaming. Online only adds to the value of the game, which, as you said, is the best open world game ever made.

re: 40 hours in Liberty City.

sauer — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:14:43 GMT

I'll admit I haven't played online yet. This a review for the single player game only. It's definitely worth the $60 you spend on it. There is ALOT of game on this DVD. It's too bad that a lot of the missions are simiar and that some of the gameplay has problems, that you will get tired of the title before you should. Still a must buy/rent.

I'll play online later, Im a bit burnt out at the moment. Started playing Gears of War last night. Pretty good so far.

re: Geeks, Soccer Moms and Wii Fit

Raul Duke — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:08:09 GMT

Hope you find the impressions helpful...

re: Geeks, Soccer Moms and Wii Fit

Brian — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:20:38 GMT

I'm looking forward to reading your impressions. I'm on the fence about this one. I'm interested in buying it, but is it really worth 90 bucks?

re: Geeks, Soccer Moms and Wii Fit

sauer — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:50:08 GMT

I appreciate you braving the hordes of disgruntled soccer moms to obtain another Nintendo gadget we'll all be bored with in a few weeks.

If your experience is a common one, we should expect to see massive sales of WiifIt..

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re: Radiohead 05/05/08 - setlist with some quick thoughts.

Brian — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:11:01 GMT

Yeah, I saw them at Tampa last night and they were fucking great as expected. The Tampa set-ilist included some Amnesiac songs and a few more OKC songs. Besides that the set-lists to the two shows are pretty similar.

re: Radiohead 05/05/08 - setlist with some quick thoughts.

Raul Duke — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:48:21 GMT

Nice work! This show was pretty damned fantastic. My only complaint was it didn't seem like the crowd in the lawn area were really into the show, which was disappointing.

Their stage set-up was one of the coolest I've ever seen, and they were amazingly tight. Thank god they played so much off the Bends, as I missed that at their last show.