Weekend Gamer

[Jetherik]

The weekend is here - and for some colleges and high schools, it means the start of Spring Break. If I had spring break I would have many a long nights up in CoH or WoW. But I don't, so I just have to rely on the weekend for my long nights. What are you going to be playing this weekend?

[fitbabits]

GRAW (360), Burnout Revenge (360), God of War (PS2), Resident Evil 4 (GC)! Gaming nirvana... :)

[Felonous]

GRAW and Burnout Revenge on the 360, and Morrowind on the PC (just to scratch my Oblivion itch).

Love'n GRAW so far, even though some spots on the missions require that I make a dozen attempts to advance.

[Liquidize105]

Spring Break at the beginning of March, really? I've always had my spring break around the end of March.

I've been playing a lot of Grid Wars, it's damn awesome.

[Mortis]

Nothing but GRAW.

[Swat]

GRAW and lots of it!

[Borys]

Hoo boy, I finally found some time to game:

- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (boring yet fun)
- System Shock 2 (whoa, it *is* actually better than Deus Ex)
- Syberia (oooooohhhhh, the mechatoys are creeeeepy)
- Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy (3 cookies for the first person who recognizes this game without googling it)
- Enclave (11th level I think (the one underwater with the skellies), Druid kicks ass, game is way to easy)

[GunnyMo]

Burnout Revenge 360 and GRAW. Oh the gaming goodness! We should have an EA Coop night on GRAW this Saturday night, perhaps? Isn't there a 16 man coop map?

[Undertakr]

Guitar Hero and D&D Online for me.

[dead_parrot]

I'm thinking of picking up GRAW. My 360 needs a little love.

Otherwise, I'll be playing WoW and lots of it.

[kizke]

Guitar Hero and Karaoke Revolution, interspersed with some Stolichnaya. I consider the latter to be a game, too.

We know how to rock it.

[maharahaj]

Burnout Revenge and G.R.A.W. - 360

[AspectVoid]

For Saturday I'll be playing a mix of Onimusha DoD and Shadow Hearts FNW. On Sunday I leave on a business trip, so what I play will depend on what I can do in the hotel. If the TV has input plugs, it will be more Onimusha and Shadow Hearts. If it doesn't, then I'll be playing a mix of Generations of Chaos on my PSP, Baldur's Gate 2 on my old (P3) laptop, and Fire Emblam: Sacred Stones along with Phoenix Wright on my DS.

[GrinR]

...


The Outfit demo until my god damn eyes melt out of my head.

[LilAbner]

This little pissant will be playing GRAW on Xbox, with some Fight Night Round 3 mixed in.

[Phades]

I'll be all over GRAW and Burnout Revenge 360 camp. Probably most GRAW, want to finish up the single player, but I'm sure I'll take an occasional "breaK" to play a few rounds of Burnout.

[GodFather]

GRAW is fantastic. Been playin that since I got it. Im surprised more people arent talkig bout it in the forums here. Its a game that lived up to its hype which is a rarity these days.

[Everlost_MI]

GRAW, a little studying for my midtem, GRAW and the final episode of this seasons' Battlestar.

[Kelegacy]

I'm not too smart. I, just last night, bought component cables for my PS2 and Xbox. Wow! at the difference. I've been ghetto gaming for far too long, never thinking new cables would make much of a difference. And I have an HDTV! Thanks bobbler, for getting me off my ass!

That said, I have lots of gaming "work" this weekend, so I'll be up to my balls in it. If I somehow find time for myself, I'll be playing Black on Xbox (I love this game) and finally finishing my season (World Series--My BoSox vs the Mets!) of MVP '05, just in time to run out and buy MLB: The Show.

[SkippyLeBeef]

GRAW in the morning, GRAW in the evening, GRAW at supper time.....

[defcon311]

Lots of GRAW. Just last night my squad finished the first chapter of multi co-op. I'll probably play through it again with whoever. I definitely think it would be cool to hook up this weekend with other EvAv readers on this game.

[EyesNoMore]

I'll be playing a fun little game called 'Try Not To Kill Myself After Watching Battlestar And Then Realizing I Will Have To Wait Many Months For The Next Season'. And if I have time, Burnout 360.

[bean19]

GRAW and Burnout Revenge on the 360
I'd be playing these too if I wasn't a Gamefly whore now. Having to play Grandia III while I wait for these to ship out to me.

This is lame, but I'm saving tons of money.

[Sinistar]

Wow - spring break sure has changed. There's a time & place for gaming and then there's a time & place for some 1-on-1 style action. Spring break is ONE of those times.

[Librum]

WoW, and then maybe I'll work on this big stack of PC Games That Are Not World of Warcraft that has been growing on my shelf. But probably just WoW, and maybe a little DDO, which I'm really trying to like, but the game isn't making that easy.

[Hugenex]

Looking and NOT playing with the following:

PSU EPOWER|TG-530-U15 530W RT
CPU AMD|ATHLON 64 X2 4400+ 939P R
MB ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe NF4SLI 939
VGA EVGA GF 7900GTX 512-P2-N570-AX
MEM 1Gx2|OCZ D500 OCZ5002048ELGE-K
HD 320GB|WD 7200RPM 8MB WD3200JB%

Not playing because:
CASE LL|PC-6077 BLACK ALUM
DVD+/-RW NEC
Will only be here on Monday. Bummer...

Oh and DQ8.

[bean19]

WoW, and then maybe I'll work on this big stack of PC Games That Are Not World of Warcraft that has been growing on my shelf. But probably just WoW, and maybe a little DDO, which I'm really trying to like, but the game isn't making that easy.

I used to think I was weird, but I'm a pretty typical young person in this.

While I really like sex, I'm totally not into spending my time seeking it. I'll go out on dates on Friday or Saturday night, but I don't want a steady girlfriend who wants to spend all her time with me.

College girls are pretty cool this way too. Especially if you date one that is involved with a sport that takes up a lot of her time. I've actually gone after girls based on the sport they play and the sport season before. How sick is that?

I'm really not alone at all too. Girls call me and my friends that don't return phone calls assholes, but they are perfectly willing to go out again if I call them. . . so why waste more time than you have to.

[Swat]

I'm thinking of picking up GRAW. My 360 needs a little love.

Otherwise, I'll be playing WoW and lots of it.

Quit WoW. I barely played with my 360 until I cancelled my account in December, from then on it's been a high-def orgy. Cut that shit off like cancer :)

[ezzkmo]

GRAW (360), and tons of it. I can't believe no one else said that yet. Anyone even heard of this game? :p

But I can't get enough. I'm half way through the campaign and I'll be doing lots of single player as well.

[Watership]

I'm not too smart. I, just last night, bought component cables for my PS2 and Xbox. Wow! at the difference. I've been ghetto gaming for far too long, never thinking new cables would make much of a difference. And I have an HDTV! Thanks bobbler, for getting me off my ass!

That said, I have lots of gaming "work" this weekend, so I'll be up to my balls in it. If I somehow find time for myself, I'll be playing Black on Xbox (I love this game) and finally finishing my season (World Series--My BoSox vs the Mets!) of MVP '05, just in time to run out and buy MLB: The Show.

Hah, I remember when I got component cables for the first time with my xbox and I lost my mind. Component cables also comes in handy in some key PS2 games like Shadow of the Colossus and GT4.

[TalkingOctopus]

Castlevania Symphony of the Night (ps1) - I'm enjoying it so far. My only complaint is that it's really easy.

My spring break ended last week and started at the end of Febuary. It sure didn't feel like Spring!

[joruussuun]

Quit WoW. I barely played with my 360 until I cancelled my account in December, from then on it's been a high-def orgy. Cut that shit off like cancer :)
I was in remission for about 7 months...
The cancer came back about two weeks ago.

[Swat]

GRAW (360), and tons of it. I can't believe no one else said that yet. Anyone even heard of this game? :p

But I can't get enough. I'm half way through the campaign and I'll be doing lots of single player as well.

I'm on the second to last mission. One thing that I really hate is if you reach a checkpoint with barely any health and you're about to enter a really tough part of the game. You're pretty much screwed and have to restart the whole mission. I tried this one "situation" for at least 45 minutes last night before giving up. Graaaawww!!!

[Genital Eclipse]

I'll be dipping my meat into a pool of GRAW all weekend.

On a side note, all you peeps with burnout on 360.... is it worth it? I'm ON THE EDGE MANNN!!!

[Kefkataran]

My spring break was this week, so it's actually ending this weekend. That said, I'm still planning to get in quite a bit of gaming. Just finally beat Dragon Quest VIII last night and I'll be working on the bonus dungeon/special ending tonight. Also get in some Guitar Hero with my buddies who are co-hosting the podcast with me tonight (tune in!) and probably some Shadow of the Colossus.

[Rakael]

Killzone and maybe Partners in Time. Maybe a little fishing or otherwise doing something besides gaming with the wife.

[NGage]

Originally Posted by EyesNoMore
I'll be playing a fun little game called 'Try Not To Kill Myself After Watching Battlestar And Then Realizing I Will Have To Wait Many Months For The Next Season'. And if I have time, Burnout 360.
You took the words out of my mouth....plus GRAW

Originally Posted by Genital Eclipse
On a side note, all you peeps with burnout on 360.... is it worth it? I'm ON THE EDGE MANNN!!!
Im gonna say its worth it if youve never played Burnout Revenge before, or your just really really into the series. Im in the later group and I picked it up and am so far loving it. However, if you already own it for the xbox, the changes aren't all that substantial.

[dotbomb]

Ok I'm now seriously bummed you all brought to my attention BSG is ending this week.

Ugh.

I must go out a locate a copy of GRAW to make me feel better.

If no such luck I'll be spending my time with Ninja Gaiden Black and continuing to slug through my collection of unplayed games.

[gzsfrk]

PocketNES on my GBA--gonna try and finish Kirby this weekend.

Wishing I had a DS so I could play Mariokart, and even that new Princess Peach game looks like fun, if not a bit overly simple.

[JRR006]

Thanks to my little sister, I was able to secure a 360 this past week, so Kameo for me! And Condemned: Criminal Origins, if I can get comfortable with the sprint function. My hands are too small to be *really* comfortable with the analog sticks as they are arranged on the 360 controller. But I love the wireless!

[Heretic Machine]

Well, Morrowind/Tribunal/Bloodmoon... Plus I just bought Temple of Elemental Evil, and a copy of Howl's Moving Castle. I also have a tendency to play Civ IV a lot <.< Then there is WoW/CoH/CoV, and U5: Lazerus.... I've got a lot to play :p

That's not even counting my 360...

[Phades]

I'll be dipping my meat into a pool of GRAW all weekend.

On a side note, all you peeps with burnout on 360.... is it worth it? I'm ON THE EDGE MANNN!!!

I skipped burnout Revenge on the Xbox/PS2 because I had just been playing Burnout 3 before it came out and was a little burned out (heh.... that's just terrible). But, Burnout Revenge on the 360 in high def has revitalized the experience for me. So, i'd say if you don't have a different version of Burnout:Revenge, go for it. Otherwise, dunno..

[Sl1pstream]

GRAW

Might play a bit of WoW although it won't be for more than an hour.

[screwtape]

My gaming time just expanded considerably. I broke up with my girlfriend about a half hour ago. It sucks, but I think it was the best thing for both of us.

I feel melancholy about the whole thing. There were plenty of good things about the relationship but plenty of bad things as well. It wasn't going to end in marriage, and her contract at her apartment is about to expire. She'll have a couple months to figure things out and move on.

Sorry for the derail - I needed to purge somewhere.

So... what the hell do I do? Probably some Zelda Collector's Edition on my GC, catch up on a few miscellaneous XBox/PS2 titles, and pursue my relaxing new hobby: learning to play the piano. Beethoven fucking rules.

Edit: Oh, and try to find an XBox 360 somewhere. My brother just got GRAW, so if I can't find one, I'll just hang out over there.

[Wolfgang]

City of Heroes/Villains and GRAW 360

[Kefkataran]

My gaming time just expanded considerably. I broke up with my girlfriend about a half hour ago. It sucks, but I think it was the best thing for both of us.

I feel melancholy about the whole thing. There were plenty of good things about the relationship but plenty of bad things as well. It wasn't going to end in marriage, and her contract at her apartment is about to expire. She'll have a couple months to figure things out and move on.

Breaking up with someone's always difficult, or always has been in my experience. Good luck with that and hopefully you both move on alright.

[bapenguin]

G.r.a.w.
and
GRAW

[Everlost_MI]

G.r.a.w.
and
GRAW

Excuse me, sir. Would you care for a side of G.r.a.w to with your GRAW? We can supersize your G.r.a.w to G.R.A.W. for another $1.00.

[YoungAlCapone]

I have been replaying Deus Ex and playing Trauma Center lately. Plus some HGe Wars here and there.

Civ IV is just a staple, so I will be spending some time with that.

Put a 7800 gs oc in my rig on tuesday so I have been trying out everything on that, so far very pleased.

Maybe finally start Psyconauts or Jade Empire.

[Ghostbear]

I have been on a two week break from WoW, whew let me tell you its damn liberating. hehe then of course i head to another addiction Civ 4. I never played any of the previous CiV games and now i am kicking myself for all the missed out fun i could have been having. That being said, it'll be a WoW and Civ 4 weekend for me. See ya when i come up for air.

[NeuroMan42]

DDO, WOW, Temple of Elemental Evil, Living Greyhawk, reading and eventually getting back to my short story.

[askheaves]

I had to choose between paying my water bill and buying GRAW this week.

This weekend, I will be drinking water, showering and flushing toilets.

[Heretic Machine]

Jeeze-god! Temple of Elemental Evil might be the most boreing, dry game I've played in the past five years <.< Does it get better?

[Banacek]

Damnit! Shadow Hearts 3 AND GRAW in the same weekend? Why do they do this to me?

[Phanto]

Some Warcraft III TFT, and I'm starting Morrowind III...lets see if I can learn the curve of the game :rolleyes: :D

[GrinR]

My gaming time just expanded considerably. I broke up with my girlfriend about a half hour ago. It sucks, but I think it was the best thing for both of us.

I feel melancholy about the whole thing. There were plenty of good things about the relationship but plenty of bad things as well. It wasn't going to end in marriage, and her contract at her apartment is about to expire. She'll have a couple months to figure things out and move on.

Sorry for the derail - I needed to purge somewhere.

Translation: I'll be deeply immersing myself in video games, punctuated by occasional sniper-fire from my recent emotional heartbreak.

Sorry to hear it man. Think of it as "freeing yourself up for Jessica Alba." Works for me.

[The Iron Weasel]

Black on Xbox (so much fun!), Empire At War.

[Spigot]

Plus I just bought...a copy of Howl's Moving Castle.
Me too. HMC and Season 1 of Fraggle Rock, actually. I'm about 3/4's of the way through Howl's Moving Castle and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I think I like it a bit more than Spirited Away...

It's gotta be the fact that there are more airships featured in HMC than Spirited Away.

As for gaming, I'm working this weekend so it'll be mostly DS stuff while at work. I also just picked up Dawn Of War (for $15!) and Galactic Civilizations 2 today, so while I want to play WoW, I'll likely be doing some form of Turn-Based or Real Time battling on my PC.

As for the consoles, I'm just working on Grandia 3 at the moment. I have Shadow Hearts 3, but I want to finish Grandia first. Anyone have any idea how long it's supposed to be?

[Atepsflame]

Still got another week till my spring break. Tomorrow I'm at Mock Trial regionals (we're gonna lose like we always do) most of the day, but since the stress of life is off, I'm gonna have some time to really dig in and play games. It'll probably just be more Ultimate Spider Man, which I gotta say is fun as hell. If I get tired of that, I'll load up Jak 3 and try to polish that off.

[Heretic Machine]

Me too. HMC and Season 1 of Fraggle Rock, actually. I'm about 3/4's of the way through Howl's Moving Castle and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I think I like it a bit more than Spirited Away...


I think I actually liked Spirited Away better... But they're both so good that comparison is a bit silly :)

[fitbabits]

Sorry for the derail - I needed to purge somewhere.
And where better than EvAv! I'm sorry about you and your girlfriend. Know this - you may have split with your lady, but EvAv will always be here for you! :)

[Spigot]

I think I actually liked Spirited Away better... But they're both so good that comparison is a bit silly :)
I still prefer Princess Mononoke to either Spirited Away or HMC...

And of course, none of them hold a candle to my all-time favourite Miyazaki flick, Laputa: Castle In The Sky. I need to pick up the Disney release of it as my Ghibli box set doesn't have English dubs and my little guy is a wee bit too young to read subtitles. Of course, he is young enough that he could theoretically start learning Japanese...

[Spigot]

And where better than EvAv! I'm sorry about you and your girlfriend. Know this - you may have split with your lady, but EvAv will always be here for you! :)
We'll send Kelegacy to keep you warm tonight... :eek:

Or you can pay us and we won't :)

[screwtape]

Thanks for the kind words, guys. And the Kelegacy-gram. Room for one more!

Just rented Black for XBox. Somewhat fun, but .... meh. I don't know. I doubt I'll finish it.

[i aint yer pa]

This weekend is a MMOG weekend - I'm playiing EVE-Online, doing some missions in Guild Wars and maybe joining in the Auto Assault beta. A little Animal Crossing. The turnips market hasn't crashed in my Town. I need a market recovery FAST!

[Snoy Cracken]

Lot's of Guitar hero for me. I'd been playing without using hammer-ons/Pull-offs but then I got to expert mode and I swear those last five songs are impposible unless you use them. So then I started trying to learn them and it was like trying to relearn the whole game. That's when it hit, me why not just start the game over playing left handed!?!? :eek: I've beat medium mode and am about to move on to hard. Yeah, I like this game way too much.

[agentgray]

GalCivII.

I cannot believe there is no love this weekend. Silly GRAW!

Anyone play GRAW on Xbox 180 yet?

[Spigot]

GalCivII.

I cannot believe there is no love this weekend. Silly GRAW!
Hey, I'm playing GalCivII. Just got it today!

Very nice 4X game, although I'm just learning the ins and outs right now.

[Orosco]

Finally finished Dark Cloud 2, blew thru Silent Hill 3 to get the possessed ending (not really worth it, like 8 seconds long), now gonna finally play thru Halo 2. I'm in one of those "beat some old games" mood, and its a great way to save $$$. I'm holding out for Kingdom Hearts 2, loved the first, was surprised at how hard it could be at times.

[Crittias]

GalCivII.

I cannot believe there is no love this weekend. Silly GRAW!

I'm also on the GalCivII kick. Great game so far.

[Borys]

Jeeze-god! Temple of Elemental Evil might be the most boreing, dry game I've played in the past five years <.< Does it get better?

Uh-oh.

It's a dungeon romp. Take Baldur's Gate, strip it out of its story & characters and you'll have ToEE.

ToEE is about moving from one room to another, killing monsters alongside.

If you don't like it now (or if it doesn't click with you now) then it probably won't later, because it's pretty the same from the very beginning to the very end.

The Temple (the main & only) dungeon is its saving grace - just wait till you find the back-entrance or the Elemental Temples inside or the Elemental Nodes.

Some awesome battles there, better than the best encounters in BG2.

So, uhh.. give it a try - at least play untill you enter tToEE.

[Xaerin]

Still on the Morrowind GOTY with mods. Just not enough hours in the day for that game.
Finally finished a crap load of cw so I can garnish the morrowind with some Grid Wars and Daggerfall.

[LilAbner]

Castlevania Symphony of the Night (ps1) - I'm enjoying it so far. My only complaint is that it's really easy.

The classics never die! :)

[Liquidize105]

Alotta people playing GRAW I see.

I've been reading a book that talks about the Future Objective Force Warrior program, which is the tech featured in GRAW; apparently the military's been working on it since the end of Cold War to protect US interests aka combat terrorism. Has anyone read the Ender's Game? It's exactly like it - a big videogame in the real world.

[Spigot]

The classics never die! :)
Nor will Dracula, apparently...

[EL CABONG]

wow and some fightnight (360)

[Heretic Machine]

All this GRAWing makes me sad... The other night I had six people on my friends list online, and they were all playing GRAW. I could buy it if I wanted, but I -hate- tactical shooters...

[Achilles]

Okay, clearly this thread is where all the copies of GRAW went. It’s sold out at every store in the area... bastards.

I'm playing WoW and Burnout Revenge (360). In Revenge dislike the simplification of the crash mode scoring system, it makes the scoring feel too random, and makes it hard to decide just what you need to hit in order to get a high score apart from 'hit a whole lot of cars'. There's more to the scoring than that, but it's not as apparent as the multipliers that were in the last game. Other than that the game's amazing.

[Pumped'Up]

Elf Bowling 1 & 2 (DS)
Bankshot Billiards 2 (360)

...maybe some WoW.

[dotbomb]

I must confess, I have added to the sold out GRAW phenom. I found 5 copies of GRAW at my local Best Buy and picked it up along with the last copy of Burnout Revenge.

So much for my plan of playing Ninja Gaiden this weekend. It has been GRAW and Burnout for me.

[bean19]

I jumped on the hype wagon and got GRAW.

While this is probably the best game in this genre to date, I still hate the genre and should have known better.

Oh well. Life goes on and hopefully I can return this if I only do it one day after the purchase. Probably not, but I'll give it a try.