Monday, January 12, 2009

Questions of Vital Importance

Firstly, let me exclaim about the fact that it is nearly the middle of January(!), and I have yet to make a post in 2009. Not that I'm surprised. However, my office is much neater, and I have had a few distractions.

Chiefly, I bought an Xbox 360 over the holiday. I had initially wanted to wait until I could lay my hands on a Jasper unit, but the Boxing Day sales were too enticing and their appearance in Canada is going to take some time. My will was broken by $60 discounts. I didn't get to set it up until I returned home from my family holiday away (after New Years), but I've been playing quite a bit already.Which leads me to...

My Very Important Questions
Which full games should I play?
Which arcade games should I buy?
and
Is Xbox Live Gold worth the money (for me)?

Also: Would you like to be my virtual friend?
My gamer tag now occupies a space to the right of the blog (if you are reading this via RSS, it's GhostInTheGame).

The List So Far
Arcade
Braid (already finished an inital play-through, need to write some on this)

Full Games

LEGO Indiana Jones (played to 100% on the Wii, but achievements are just so much fun)

LEGO Star Wars (borrowed)
Viva Pinata (for Morgan)
Mass Effect (borrowed, currently playing)
Fable II (borrowed, Morgan likely to play first)

2 comments:

  1. I was going to post a big long comment here, but your comment form has mysteriously eaten it. Here's the tl;dr version:

    I like Braid. I haven't beaten it yet, but it's simultaneously the most challenging and yet rewarding game that I've played.

    I recommend Castle Crashers. It's a 1-4 player beat 'em up with a delicious art style, and it's only 1200 microsoft points. They also just released their first DLC, for 200 microsoft points - it gives you a character that can heal.

    I preferred LEGO Star Wars over Indiana Jones; I found that the puzzles were a bit difficult to find in Indiana Jones, especially when playing two player. Maybe I just don't notice the whip/grapple points easily enough or something.

    Let me know how Viva Pinata turns out; I've been considering it, but haven't had any time(who does anymore?) to actually get around to trying it out.

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  2. Hi there, missed this post somehow over the last couple of weeks.

    Friend me: GregT 314

    Go hit my blog at click anything with the XBox 360 tag for a rundown of what I played that I liked; highlights were Mass Effect, new Prince of Persia, The Darkness, Left 4 Dead, Condemned, Crackdown and Mirror's Edge as full games, and Braid, Castle Crashers and Geometry Wars on Live Arcade.

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