Weekend Gamer - What are You Playing?

[Jetherik]

As August progresses, many people will be going back to school, and gaming time will be killed. What games are the must be played and finished before school starts? For us working stiffs, what games will you be playing this weekend? I am still on Gothic 2 with my magician and enjoying it just as much as the first time I played, maybe even more. What games out there that you like to revisit every now and then?

[Pumped'Up]

PSP emulators - SNES, Amiga, NeoGeoCD, MAME, GB

Probably looking forward to Oblivion the most....otherwise the outlook of games look pretty damn dry.

[Claus DuBois]

........ What games out there that you like to revisit every now and then?

I like to revist System Shock 2 and Deus Ex every so often.

[PIPBoy3000]

It's demo season: Dungeon Siege II, Dragonshard, and soon F.E.A.R.

I'm sure I'll be working on my endless NeverwinterNights project (http://adamandjamie.com/da) as well. Mapping and QA to do.

[Kalash]

I like to revist System Shock 2 and Deus Ex every so often.


Man, if I could only get System Shock to to fire up on XP. I found the CD and manual a couple of weeks ago while cleaning out mom's garage. Damn you XP....
On the other hand I am now officially addicted to Blender, this kick ass free 3d rendering program. So that pretty much sucks up all of my free time.

[bapenguin]

Guild Wars....maybe some PSPing?

[Hugenex]

Nearly perfectly emulated Zelda and Chrono Trigger on PSP also guilty of playing The Sims 2.

[Dirty Harry]

I'm replaying diablo again.

[Superunknown[GP]]

I'm working on getting my WoW guild ready to raid MC, mostly.

Mmmm....purple lewt.

[Sirod]

Messing with my DS still :D

That and my second time through on Chaos Theory for the PC.

Also, hopefully the F.E.A.R demo whenever it finished downloading.

[evilpenguin9000]

']I'm working on getting my WoW guild ready to raid MC, mostly.

Mmmm....purple lewt.


purple lewts is good. I too am searching for those mythical items for my warlock.

[Everlost_MI]

Between working on refinishing the deck and clearing/creating an area for my son's swingset, I'll be playing Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. But I am impatiently waiting for next Tuesday so I can play some Madden!!!

[Kid Moxie]

I decided to get back into WoW to join in the struggle against Panda Attact with the Knights of Arcadia on the Black Iron server. That server is seriously the Penny-Arcade Vs. PVP server. Great community though.

[Furious Wang]

Planescape Torment, Viewtiful Joe 2, and I downloaded Maple Story for some reason. I'm not really sure why. I was pretty drunk at the time. May have something to do with it.

[Liquidize105]

I got Guild Wars through a trade, need the EA clan's help to level it up!

[ReaverX]

The free copy of MLB for PSP that Sony gave out at Wizard World Chicago. God I love free swag.....

[Kefkataran]

Well, I just blasted through the great F.E.A.R. demo tonight. Other than that, I'll be hitting up that Dragonshard demo, probably some Disgaea tomorrow night, and hopefully some Guild Wars. Thinking of finally joining up with that EvAv guild I keep hearing so much about...

[Wombat]

I just downloaded the XP compatible version of Star Control 2 they're working on over at http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ and I am loving it just as much as when I first played it. The various gameplay elements mesh together, the exploration, the combat, the overall pacing of the discovery of new races and ships, and of course the excellent level of humor throughout. Even when they get serious they got it right. They gave a great backstory for the bad guys, rather than the usual "kill everything in sight" alien.

It's said too often, but in this case it's true: They don't write games like this anymore.

[riposte101]

I'm revisiting Halo 1.

[KamaItachi]

Star Wars Episode 3 for DS. I got it pretty cheap and an actually digging it quite a bit. It's got that good, old-timey 16-bit scrolling neat 'em up charm and the art style and animation are all well done and full of character. The 3d ship parts seem slighty tagged on though, but quite fun if you can get used to the non-analogue controls.

Also just picked up Mighty Atom for the Gameboy. That should tide me over in Treasure goodness until the next Gunstar Heroes.

[Kagger]

School starts the week after next, but I was at school everday this week (Student Council Officer)

Now...I never got to play all the gamecube games I wanted too...seeing as how I never got a gamecube. I really accomplished alot of the games I wanted to play.

Hm...games I still need to complete:

Final Fantasy V
Jak II
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner

[resikel]

Although I'm in the mood for Diablo, I can't seem to find my cd. So I've been playing Diablo II v.1.11 instead.

[twitchreflex]

I got a week rental on Ghost Recon II: Summit Strike. It's still much more twitch/arcade than I'd prefer, but it's trying.

[woodentaco]

I'll be playing guild wars, which I just picked up.. Speaking of which, where do I sign up to join the EA guild?

[kwillhan]

eve online, baby.

kel

[TrackZero]

School in August? Is that when they go back in the states or something?

[score]

Some more Guild Wars for me.
It is so damn addicting. My wife now officially hates this game.

[nesmercal]

It is a demo weekend for me...Dungeon Siege II, Dragonshard, and F.E.A.R. I've touched on all of them already and they all have great potential. Depending if on I make it through the demos, I'm going back to Riddick and Silent Hunter III.

Nesmercal

[bobmitch]

F.E.A.R. (Underwhelmed so far.)
Live For Speed (Best driving sim evvar. Just got a new force feedback wheel as well... yum!)
Replaying HL2 on my new rig. (5 second load times compared to 2 minutes... makes all the difference...)
Golf? (www.golfquestionmark.com - check it out - bizarre golf game...)

[Borys]

Dungeon Siege, currently "following my nose" through the Ice Caverns. Dated graphics though sometimes it looks great.

[BalekFekete]

City of Heroes here, as my wife and my main toons cracked through to another milestone level and a new area. Founders Falls is a biatch with all the snipers on the rooftops. :D

[bstiff]

just got my copies of shadowhearts and shadowhearts covenant in the mail. Just playing through the first one so far and seems pretty good. Have to keep reminding myself about the judgement ring thing though. At first I would just hit attack and forget to do anything else and ended up missing all the time. Also picked up star ocean 3 for 14 bucks at cc seems pretty good although the cut scenes get on my nerves a little.

[Spigot]

I didn't really get to do much gaming this week as I spent all my free time watching Season 1 of Deadwood on DVD.

I'm finally off this weekend so I'm hoping to spend more time on WoW and get some of these quests cleared out that I've had for the last 10 levels (stupid dungeons).

Also going to put some more time into Atelier Iris, Fire Emblem 2 and maybe load up Final Fantasy 7 and play through that again. I was watching Steamboy and they had the trailer for Advent Children at the beginning and I remembered that I never did finish VII...

I wouldn't mind trying the F.E.A.R. demo out either, if it ever downloads...

I tried getting into the Knights of Arcadia the other day but that was when the server guild system was busted so none of the invites worked. Ah well. I'll just stick with my main.

[StoneGut]

Running my new video card (X800 XL 256!) through the paces. Playing lots of Battlefield 2 along with Guild Wars. Also dabbling in Doom 3 and some F.E.A.R. demo ... very mixed thoughts about that last one.

I'm trying to revisit The Dig for the PC. Might have to go the DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/) route I'm thinking.
Have a good weekend everyone!

[The Tenth Hokage]

I'm replaying a whole bunch of games before classes start.

Resident Evil 4
No One Lives Forever 2
SSX 3
Prince of Persia

Occasionally, I like to play Battlefield 2 and DDR Extreme.

[Bydo_Empire]

Working all day Saturday, going to the beach w/ my wife Sunday, so not much gaming time. Played a little Meteos last night, and I might do another level or two more in Kirby.

[FOX 3]

Me, I just got back into Halo 2. Do we have a Halo 2 Clan?

[jim_rock]

I just got a new gadget filled cellphone, Ill mess with that a bunch im sure.
Some Halo2, some myspace, dukes of Hazzard movie tonight also.

[Kefkataran]

School in August? Is that when they go back in the states or something?

Well, in high school I always started back in early September, but most of the colleges around here start in mid-August/late August. I start the 29th, I believe.

[Metal Jesus]

Chrono Trigger via the SNES emulator on the PSP

Time Splitters Future Perfect and Burnout 3 via Xbox Live

[thiby]

Im visiting my older sister in Jordan so I renewed my account for WOW after i found out that my brother-in-law has a Mac G5 with 6800 ultra and the sexy Apple 30inch LCD wide screen, and the game looks real nice. Plus some Lumines and Meteos on my PSP and DS respectivly.

[KarmaGhost]

Guild Wars, BF2 Demo, GTA:SA, and most of all F.E.A.R. SP demo. Amazing.

[mister_slim]

Psychonauts (though my Xbox is having some problems with it), Oddworld: Stranger, Nanostray, and hopefully some Riveria.

[The Iron Weasel]

I'm gonna be dabbling in the Enemy Territory, Medal Of Honor: Pacific Assault, maybe a little Hitman: Contracts, and to top it off some Call of Duty, and the expantion pack.

[VoodooKarma]

Playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms X (yeah, I am one of the 5 american gamers that play it) and waiting patiently for Advance Wars DS to come out. Only a few more weeks!

[Spigot]

I actually picked up a Dreamcast with 4 controllers, memory cards and the fishing rod controller, not to mention a whole CD sleeve full of games, while at the local rummage sale. Only cost $20 Canadian for the lot!

Now I have two DC's and lots of controllers and games. Plus I can virtually fish all year long :)

I need to see if I can find the SNES emulator they did for the DC a few years back and find some ROMs to play on it (preferably CT, since everyone else is playing it on their PSP this weekend).

[Kelegacy]

No games. :( I'm stuck babysitting 3 fucking dogs who are truly worse than children, but at 10/11 A.M. on Sunday I'm free! I've been playing Atelier Iris but i might stop. I just dont seem to be engrossed as I'd hoped to be. Plus I have too much writing to do to really devote myself to a new RPG.

So, as always, I'm staring at my game cases instead of actually playing them.

[Kelegacy]

Psychonauts (though my Xbox is having some problems with it), Oddworld: Stranger, Nanostray, and hopefully some Riveria.

How're you liking Psychonauts? Also, I havent looked yet, but my copy of Nanostray may have arrived in the mail recently. I haven't been home to check in many days, but somebody has been signing for my mail for me.

[Kefkataran]

I haven't been home to check in many days, but somebody has been signing for my mail for me.

Is it your cat?

[HALO 32]

Burnout 3: Takedown and the Burnout Revenge Demo, it may only be one stage but damn is it fun :)

[EmoryM]

With all the great releases this summer I'm going to spend the weekend cramming as much ham as possible into my finest pair of fishnet stockings, assuming my alter ego Ms. Hammypants and giving free swim lessons to underpriveledged youth down at the local Y.

[Jadbalja]

Wow. I guess I'm the only person here playing GTA: San Andreas. Have to do it on the QT, though. My wife's been hearing all the bad publicity on the TV and told me, "You're not playing that awful game, are you? It's all sex & violence."

[Kefkataran]

My wife's been hearing all the bad publicity on the TV and told me, "You're not playing that awful game, are you? It's all sex & violence."

I would hate myself if I were married to a wife who is that ignorant. Or punch her.

[Jadbalja]

I would hate myself if I were married to a wife who is that ignorant. Or punch her.

That's the kind of remark that's likely to lead to you living alone in your parents' basement.

We talked it over, and she acknowledged that she had no first-hand knowledge about the game, but asked that I not tell her stories about what I do in the game. Marriage is all about compromise.

[Kefkataran]

That's the kind of remark that's likely to lead to you living alone in your parents' basement.


:p I actually did show it to my girlfriend before I posted it. She tsk'd and then punched me in the shoulder.

But it's cool that you talked it over then. Always good to have communication going.

[TrackZero]

Wow. I guess I'm the only person here playing GTA: San Andreas. Have to do it on the QT, though. My wife's been hearing all the bad publicity on the TV and told me, "You're not playing that awful game, are you? It's all sex & violence."

No, I'm playing through San Andreas as well. Though it's kind of off/on since I'm not finding it as fun as everyone else did. I feel like I've done this all before a million times and the story isn't really engaging me (though maybe it's only the part I'm at, I just did all the missions to help your buddy become a rapper). I think I'd have more fun with it if I hadn't already clocked some 300 hours in the previous 2 games. That and I'm finding the whole turf war thing exhausting (constantly running around trying to expand/defend turf, bah).

As for the wife thing, eh. Different strokes for different folks. As long as you're happy.

[Kelegacy]

No, I'm playing through San Andreas as well. Though it's kind of off/on since I'm not finding it as fun as everyone else did. I feel like I've done this all before a million times and the story isn't really engaging me (though maybe it's only the part I'm at, I just did all the missions to help your buddy become a rapper). I think I'd have more fun with it if I hadn't already clocked some 300 hours in the previous 2 games. That and I'm finding the whole turf war thing exhausting (constantly running around trying to expand/defend turf, bah).

As for the wife thing, eh. Different strokes for different folks. As long as you're happy.

DONT do any turf war shit.

Trust me. It's a waste of time that'd you'll soon learn. I did that bullshit in the PS2 version and then when the PC game came out i basicaly skipped right over it. At least, dont get too involved in it just yet. Oh and the "OG-Loc" missions are not comparable to the rest of the game. Maybe it was because I hated that little shit. yeah, that was it.

[TrackZero]

DONT do any turf war shit.

Trust me. It's a waste of time that'd you'll soon learn. I did that bullshit in the PS2 version and then when the PC game came out i basicaly skipped right over it. At least, dont get too involved in it just yet. Oh and the "OG-Loc" missions are not comparable to the rest of the game. Maybe it was because I hated that little shit. yeah, that was it.

Heh, alright, I'll keep plowing on. Thanks for the heads up K. ;)

[Jadbalja]

:p I actually did show it to my girlfriend before I posted it. She tsk'd and then punched me in the shoulder.

But it's cool that you talked it over then. Always good to have communication going.

Good for her :p. My wife and I generally have good communication. I didn't tell her I was playing GTA because she normally could care less about what I'm playing. She's not into computer gaming herself, and basically considers it one of my geek passtimes.

[Kelegacy]

Good for her :p. My wife and I generally have good communication. I didn't tell her I was playing GTA because she normally could care less about what I'm playing. She's not into computer gaming herself, and basically considers it one of my geek passtimes.

Most women and "normal people" do consider gaming to be a geek pastime. Kind of ridiculous, really. If i waste 2 hours playing a videogame, I'm a geek. But if she spends 2 hours caking the makeup to her face or having an Asian put fake nails on her hands, it is time well spent.

I found that if i didnt talk about my current videogame too much to her, I would be fine. That's why I come to Evil Avatar. I can let my videogame geek toxins seep out into the internet, keeping the geeky pollutants from her proximity. To her, I'm still that high school jock with the just-below-average penis that she fell in love with. And that's fine by me.

[mister_slim]

How're you liking Psychonauts? Also, I havent looked yet, but my copy of Nanostray may have arrived in the mail recently. I haven't been home to check in many days, but somebody has been signing for my mail for me.
I'm enjoying it, but it's freaking out my Xbox. I'm currently at the Milkman bit, and parts of it are unplayable. I'm pretty sure it's really the Xbox, and not the game, but I'm worried Advent Rising won't work at all.

Anyway, Schafer is genius. He writes damaged people very well.

[Kelegacy]

I'm enjoying it, but it's freaking out my Xbox. I'm currently at the Milkman bit, and parts of it are unplayable. I'm pretty sure it's really the Xbox, and not the game, but I'm worried Advent Rising won't work at all.

Anyway, Schafer is genius. He writes damaged people very well.

Psychonauts could be a blockbuster Saturday morning cartoon, or at least Cartoon Network/Nicktoon. The characters are bizarre, as is the world they inhabit. I sometimes stopped just to appreciate the art direction and excellent dialogue. I agree that Tim Schafer is a madman/genius. He and Burton should join forces and recreate the cosmos...but I'd settle for a movie, cartoon, or game.