Weekend Gamer - What are you playing?

[Jetherik]

Time for the weekend and a forced vacation from work. And since I am not working, I am not getting paid. Oh well, that is life - but it means more time for GAMES! This weekend I am going to be playing mostly WoW (cool snowball fights happening there), maybe some CoH (got to get my presents), and the try to find the hidden games before Christmas so I can play one of them next week. What are you going to play?

[The Iron Weasel]

God Of War, Civ 4, Killzone.

[thecrazyd]

Goin to a LAN party. Probably be playing some UT2k4 and BF2.

[XxSATANxX]

Need for speed most wanted Jewels is going down heheheheheheheh

[amusedtoe]

I'm playing have an abscessed tooth that's also infected, sit around in pain popping Tylenol #3's and waiting for it to get pulled after the weekend. Woo hoo. :( Hopefully I should be in less crippling pain tommarow and Sunday so I'll be doing the WoW thing I'm sure, maybe I'll acctually get back to Call of Chtulhu. Don't know why I stopped playing it since it was pretty enjoyable. Depending on how much I feel like it I've been wanting to play Vampire Bloodlines again with the fan patches.

Sadly I know The Movies won't arrive tommarow so I guess that'll have to wait 'till next week.

[Kelegacy]

Say it with me everyone: DRAGON QUEST VIII.

I plan on beating it this weekend. Yes, I mean it. Then I can get back to my life outside of long RPGs.

[Suicidal ShiZuru]

WoW as usual... Darwinia... NFSMW...

[hund_]

Need for speed most wanted
breakin da law breakin da law;)

[fushi]

Final Fantasy IV Advance and replaying Deus Ex.

[UnderHero5]

Animal Crossing: Wild World, DoD:Source, and Dystopia. That's probably it, and will all be played tonight. My girlfriend is coming home tomorrow so I'll be playing something else... not videogame related!


board games with her family : (

[bean19]

I just got a tiny 5 week old pup (mother stopped producing milk, so having to handfeed anyway). So, I think I'll hang around here, bake my Christmas presents (in college so I can get away with giving away cookies), and take care of my puppy. . . he's really scared and seems sad right now.

Still no X360. . . I've been playing a couple of betas, Katamari Damacy, and UT2K4 (old standby) during my time with no X360. *sigh*

[chronocrash]

I just turned my mount into a reindeer. I think I'm going to saddle it up and over to battle grounds all weekend.

[Abash Alarmist]

Animal Crossing: Wild World, DoD:Source, and Dystopia. That's probably it, and will all be played tonight. My girlfriend is coming home tomorrow so I'll be playing something else... not videogame related!


board games with her family : (
Her family is mormon, aren't they?


j/k

[Riproar]

It’s all Strat-o-Gee on the PC for an unforSEEN impoundment of my facultIES.

Must be the gronard tri-fecta hit somewhere in game heaven to bless me with Highway to the Reich, Korsun Pocket and Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess on DVD-Rom all in one weekend!

I will not relent until vanquishing every last one of those filthy, rotten, stinking, artificially intelligent, smegheads!

LET ME AT ‘EM!

[Bydo_Empire]

I picked up my long-neglected God of War save, and finally finished it yesterday. Great game, and very polished. I'll probably spend some time with the DS (Mario Kart and Kirby), and perhaps get a little further in FFVII, which I haven't gotten around to finishing.

[spacerat100]

im gunna play me some Ufo: aftershock and finish off quake 4

[maharahaj]

Half Life 2 on the xbox, man this game rules and I just got to the second last level. Then I'll be camping out at BB tomorrow night for the Sunday morning 360 sales so I can start the 5 games I picked up back in November when I thought I would get the system Day 1 (PGR3, PDZ, NHL2K6, Condemned and Kameo, most likely in that order.)

[LilAbner]

NFSMW (Xbox)
HL2 (Xbox...beat it already on PC, but worth the replay)
Animal Crossing: WW (DS)
Mario Kart DS

[Dr Quincy]

The EVE Online tutorial. All of it.

[Bumbuliuz]

Been playing Kameo, King Kong(I want to kill that game sometimes ;) Condemed and if I need a breather some Pg3 or Nfs. On the pc side trying to finish up Cod2, I am almost there, after that finish up the rest of Q4. Hopefully when I finish most of the 360 games I can sit down and try to finish where I stopped with Ssx on Tour and Call of Cuthulu.

[nesmercal]

I will be playing Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time during 90% of my gaming time. Beside that, I will be firing up the Steam purchased Darwinia.

Nesmercal

[Worldcrafter]

Gothic 2 for me. Once I got past the weird controls the game became a lot of fun.

I'll probably play some more Sly3 as well. So far, it's the best of the bunch.

[Monroeski]

Civ IV. Moving this weekend, and the PC is really the only thing I have hooked up right now.

[NeuroMan42]

WOW, DDO, Elemental Evil, just picked up Stubbs the Zombie, and a buddy at work told me to try Darwinia.

[Phanto]

Say it with me everyone: DRAGON QUEST VIII.

I plan on beating it this weekend. Yes, I mean it. Then I can get back to my life outside of long RPGs.


Its the game good?

I have read the review on gamespot.com already but it have not convinced me to get it for christmas.

What is the most thing that you like about the game and the less or worst that you don't like??

Finishing CoD2, and maybe i'll start playing today PoP: WW.

[RandomViolence]

Replaying Darwinia and WoW. Beat PoP: Two Thrones earlier this week.

[TheKeck]

Since I finished FEAR, I've moved back to FarCry. It pisses me off so bad, though. All I want to do is save!!!! Or actually make the game live up to the "Easy" difficulty. :(

[Twigmaster]

Counter-Strike and trying to get my copy of BF2 to work correctly.

[Nessus]

Yeah, I just beat Half-Life 2 on Xbox. Beat it on PC a couple months ago, and the Xbox version is almost as good. Man I love that game so much.

Other than that probably nothing. Maybe Mario Kart DS if I can find a hotspot.

[Emabulator]

After almost 3 years of exclusively grinding (AC2, WoW, DAoC) I'm back to my old ways, shooters. :D Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, UT2004, Doom 3 and America's Army.

[Heretic Machine]

Well, I'm gonna fit WoW in somewhere... but my new HDTV is taking center stage. I have my 360 with me here at a home, and also my PS2 (mostly to play Katamari Damacy, We Love Katamari, and Disgaea). I bought FFIV: A on the way home from the dorms yesterday, and I need to get around to playing that as well. From what I understand they fixed the worst feature about that game: You can now select your own party at the end of the game.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Buffy in HDTV is an awesome you wouldn't believe... especially Once More With Feeling, since it was filmed in wide-screen. Gonna give Firefly a go tomarrow, in preperation for the release of Serenity this Tuesday.

[TalkingOctopus]

I played a bunch of games for the first time since thanksgiving with some friends tonight. mariokart double dash, tekken 5 and some lightgun games (vampire night, confidential mission).

Unfortunately, I have to study for my 3 exams so no games for a week!

[Twigmaster]

After almost 3 years of exclusively grinding (AC2, WoW, DAoC) I'm back to my old ways, shooters. :D Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, UT2004, Doom 3 and America's Army.

Ive never tryed Americas Army, I heard it was kind of like BF2. None the less I might just buy it cuz it looks kind of cool and the fact that its modern combat like BF2 makes it more interesting.

[ezzkmo]

really not sure yet. prolly try out some dungeon siege 2. and i need to continue king kong on xbox.

[Evil Avatar]

Battlefield 2: Special Forces (PC)
GUN (Xbox 360)
Call of Duty 2 (Xbox 360)

And spending a lot of time praying that I don't get AIDS after the puncture wound I got last night. Blech.

[chazio]

i'm going to be editing and adding voiceovers to my 3rd movie i made with "The Movies"...i love it.

also i'll play some 360 games...CoD2 and PGR3 for sure.

[icronic]

I'll just be starting at my copies of Dragon's Quest and The Two Thrones wishing that I hadn't overstrained my wrist with my excessive guitar playing this week. I'm thinking I'll avoid the speed metal for a while.

[Emabulator]

Ive never tryed Americas Army, I heard it was kind of like BF2. None the less I might just buy it cuz it looks kind of cool and the fact that its modern combat like BF2 makes it more interesting.America's Army is free courtesy of Uncle Sam. ;) You can get it here (http://www.americasarmy.com/downloads/).

[fndarkone]

Battlefield 2: Special Forces (PC)
I find most of the bf2:sf forces maps annoying (specifically the night vision ones). ghost town and a few others rock. mostly i bought sf for the ability to use the weapons in regular bf2.

i am so close to buying darwinia. i really enjoyed the demo. they made "tedious" fun (yes, i found leading the darwinians around tedious).

i am also rocking out in bf2. fear my tv guided missile.

also, on an unrelated note, if you liked the new green day album, check out American Edit.

[i aint yer pa]

It's all about the Nintendo DS. Mostly Animal Crossing:WW and Metroid Prime Pinball, with a little Advance Wars and Mario Kart. Man, that little machine is a piece of work!

I might have to play an excruciating game called "buy the wife presents." It's painful but I only have to play it a few times a year.

[screwtape]

And spending a lot of time praying that I don't get AIDS after the puncture wound I got last night. Blech.
Ugh... sorry to hear that. I'm assuming that happened while you were walking the beat? Dirty needle? Crazy biting inmate? I hope all turns out well.

I'll be playing Dragon Quest VIII and finishing up a few DS/GBA games - Phantasy Star, Metroid Fusion, Advance Wars DS.

[ruceree88]

Recently got back into playing Counter Strike Source.

WoW and messing around with the handcannon in RE4.

[The Iron Weasel]

And spending a lot of time praying that I don't get AIDS after the puncture wound I got last night. Blech.

Sweet zombie jesus, what happened there?

[Evil Avatar]

Sweet zombie jesus, what happened there?

I found five needles during a search and when I was putting them into a sharps container after photographing them one of them got me. Sucks. I was wearing search gloves at the time, but they are cut/slash resistant and not really puncture proof. (Nothing is.)

[gamer4life]

I just rented bf2: mc so I will be playing that a lot, I will also be playing some halo 2

[Fyd]

Just finished God of War, amazing game, and now starting ICO and try to finish RE4.

[Twigmaster]

America's Army is free courtesy of Uncle Sam. ;) You can get it here (http://www.americasarmy.com/downloads/).

Great thanks dude.

[Spigot]

I just did an overnight shift which freed my Saturday up to play the "Go Visit The In-Laws For An Early Christmas Party" game. Looks like I'll be playing lots of FFIV Advance today.

Aside from the Final Fantasy lovin', I'll probably work on a few of the holiday quests in WoW, finish PoP:The Two Thrones (I'm on the last or second last boss) and send more of my squads to their doom in Darwinia. Stupid mines...

Yes, Kelegacy, I know that none of those are DQVIII. Between Guitar Hero and The Two Thrones my console time has been dominated by more actiony games this past week than the cerebral goodness of DQVIII. I do have an entire week off after Christmas which will allow me to play DQVIII till my eyes bleed. Well, that, Final Fantasy IV, Ratchet & Clank 3, Guitar Hero and hopefully Phoenix Wright and Trauma Center on the DS I will hopefully be getting (I already have those games... I just need a system to play them on).

I just need to get Prince of Persia finished before I can allow myself to go back to Dragon Questing.

[Spigot]

i am so close to buying darwinia. i really enjoyed the demo. they made "tedious" fun (yes, i found leading the darwinians around tedious).

Take the plunge and buy it. It is definately worth it. I keep finding new things to do with the game as I go along and it does such a great job of sucking you into the world.

Plus the bootloaders rock.

[Xaerin]

FINALLY completed Wind Waker, so i've moved onto Metroid Prime which has been sitting in a cupboard for way too long. Nearly completed Thief 3 and when that happens I can catch up with Morrowind in preparation for Oblivion.

Hurrah for time off and finally being able to play games again!

[Banacek]

Finally beat DQ VIII completely, so I'm moving on to the new Prince of Persia...

[Kelegacy]

I just did an overnight shift which freed my Saturday up to play the "Go Visit The In-Laws For An Early Christmas Party" game. Looks like I'll be playing lots of FFIV Advance today.

Aside from the Final Fantasy lovin', I'll probably work on a few of the holiday quests in WoW, finish PoP:The Two Thrones (I'm on the last or second last boss) and send more of my squads to their doom in Darwinia. Stupid mines...

Yes, Kelegacy, I know that none of those are DQVIII. Between Guitar Hero and The Two Thrones my console time has been dominated by more actiony games this past week than the cerebral goodness of DQVIII. I do have an entire week off after Christmas which will allow me to play DQVIII till my eyes bleed. Well, that, Final Fantasy IV, Ratchet & Clank 3, Guitar Hero and hopefully Phoenix Wright and Trauma Center on the DS I will hopefully be getting (I already have those games... I just need a system to play them on).

I just need to get Prince of Persia finished before I can allow myself to go back to Dragon Questing.

I just did some massive powerleveling in the Slime Forest. You'll get there towards the end of the game and it's sick how fast you can rack up levels. King Metals and Liquid Metals fall at my blade...like slicing through butter.

I'm hoping to beat it by tomorrow. I have other engagements tonight, but hopefully I can put some heavy time into it this afternoon. I want to play something else! Love the game, but I'm nearing 60 hours!!

[TheKeck]

America's Army is free courtesy of Uncle Sam. ;) You can get it here (http://www.americasarmy.com/downloads/).

Yeah, there's no buying America's Army. You just download it. I just did recently, but I don't like it so far. Then again, I don't like Counter-Strike, and the similarities between the two are why I don't like either.

[Heretic Machine]

Ya... I didn't like America's Army either. I had a couple of friends who played it for a long time, but it was never my thing. I think the big appeal is in the earning of ranks and such.

[Sl1pstream]

Just finished both CoD2 and King Kong. Switching to CoH and a bit of Condemned.

[hotdrop]

just got DQ VIII so ill probably be playing that until i get really frusterated then probably some civ 4 or some GT4

[mister_slim]

Hmm. Super Mario Strikers, which is surprisingly fun, though I need to pull in some more players, Battles of Prince of Persia, which is okay but not very focused or elegant, Magna Carta, which is interesting though I haven't gotten in that far yet, and Outrun 2 for some reason.

[Crittias]

Based on the voting earlier this week, I rented Psychonauts. I'm having a lot of fun with it!

[Goronmon]

Well, I'm gonna fit WoW in somewhere... but my new HDTV is taking center stage.
Just do what I did (since I got a new HDTV, but no 360 yet) and hook up the computer to the TV and enjoy some WoW in all of its widescreen glory. ;)

[The Iron Weasel]

Hey Bapenguin, its my birthday do I get the Samuel picture!?!?!

[Everlost_MI]

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Buffy in HDTV is an awesome you wouldn't believe... especially Once More With Feeling, since it was filmed in wide-screen. Gonna give Firefly a go tomarrow, in preperation for the release of Serenity this Tuesday.


Yeah, I am itching for Tuesday so I can get Serenity!

[fitbabits]

I found five needles during a search and when I was putting them into a sharps container after photographing them one of them got me. Sucks. I was wearing search gloves at the time, but they are cut/slash resistant and not really puncture proof. (Nothing is.)
What the...? I so hope nothing untoward happens as a result of this. Are you a cop? Security?

At the hospital I work, we have a dedicated team of 'sharps shooters' (I came up with the name). Find a sharp? Call them.

[fitbabits]

Yeah, I am itching for Tuesday so I can get Serenity!
Hot damn! Tuesday? Sweet Maria...

Oh, forgot to mention to you that I'll be spending Christmas in Michigan. I fly up on Wednesday and will leave the following Wednesday. How far are you from Suttons Bay?

[Spigot]

Hot damn! Tuesday? Sweet Maria...

Oh, forgot to mention to you that I'll be spending Christmas in Michigan. I fly up on Wednesday and will leave the following Wednesday. How far are you from Suttons Bay?

Hey, Sutton's Bay isn't very far from Crystal Mountain, my very favourite ski resort in the whole wide world.

Sadly, it's pretty far from Sarnia, Ontario, where I'll be around Christmas. Ah well.

[The Iron Weasel]

I found five needles during a search and when I was putting them into a sharps container after photographing them one of them got me. Sucks. I was wearing search gloves at the time, but they are cut/slash resistant and not really puncture proof. (Nothing is.)

You should go get a test, and put your mind at ease. Also, are you some sort of law enforcement offical? Because I SWEAR that pot isn't mine....

[Heretic Machine]

Just do what I did (since I got a new HDTV, but no 360 yet) and hook up the computer to the TV and enjoy some WoW in all of its widescreen glory. ;)

I would, but it creates an akward playing position. See I keep my TV to my right, while my computer is directly in front of me. No other place to put my keyboard and mouse, so I would constantly be looking to my right. Still, I may go try to find my Dad's spare s-video cable so I can hook up my PC to my TV anyhow.

[fitbabits]

You should go get a test, and put your mind at ease. Also, are you some sort of law enforcement offical? Because I SWEAR that pot isn't mine....
Dude, I don't know what you're worrying about - you're in Canada. I thought using pot was mandatory up there. How else could you explain Mounties?

[fitbabits]

Hey, Sutton's Bay isn't very far from Crystal Mountain, my very favourite ski resort in the whole wide world.

Sadly, it's pretty far from Sarnia, Ontario, where I'll be around Christmas. Ah well.
Hmm, I may have to check out Crystalk Mountain. Although it sounds like just the place to use as a setting for a horror movie.

[Evil Avatar]

What the...? I so hope nothing untoward happens as a result of this. Are you a cop? Security?

At the hospital I work, we have a dedicated team of 'sharps shooters' (I came up with the name). Find a sharp? Call them.

I often forget that we have a lot of new visitors. Yes, I am a law enforcement officer. That is why I don't make a lot of posts 4 days a week and why I rely on great people like you, Everlost, bapenguin and Liquidize to keep the page from falling apart on those days.

I go get my baseline blood test on Thursday. That will (should?) show that I'm not HIV or Hep A/B/C positive. Then I'll get another test in 3 months, 6 months and 18 months.

[Kelegacy]

I often forget that we have a lot of new visitors. Yes, I am a law enforcement officer. That is why I don't make a lot of posts 4 days a week and why I rely on great people like you, Everlost, bapenguin and Liquidize to keep the page from falling apart on those days.

I go get my baseline blood test on Thursday. That will (should?) show that I'm not HIV or Hep A/B/C positive. Then I'll get another test in 3 months, 6 months and 18 months.
Well, good luck, and I hope everything comes back negative.

[Kelegacy]

Hey, Sutton's Bay isn't very far from Crystal Mountain, my very favourite ski resort in the whole wide world.

Sadly, it's pretty far from Sarnia, Ontario, where I'll be around Christmas. Ah well.

Canucks ski? I thought you just rode polar bears and yetis for fun up there.

[The Iron Weasel]

Canucks ski? I thought you just rode polar bears and yetis for fun up there.

We do both.

[RandomViolence]

You ride both...

at the same time!

Ba-dum-TSHHHHH!!!!

Dirty canucks. :D

[screwtape]

FINALLY completed Wind Waker, so i've moved onto Metroid Prime which has been sitting in a cupboard for way too long. Nearly completed Thief 3 and when that happens I can catch up with Morrowind in preparation for Oblivion.

Hurrah for time off and finally being able to play games again!
Sheesh, a freaking great spat of games there.

What have you thought of Thief 3 so far? I loved it, but the whole thing felt unpolished, like they were almost done with everything. Like the climbing gloves - useful in all of ... oh, 3 or 4 spots throughout the entire game. And there weren't dozens of secrets spread throughout each stage. Again, I loved it, but I wish Ion Storm had had a little more time to really make it shine.

And if you've played the first two, the third pays homage to its predecessors.

[TheKeck]

Sheesh, a freaking great spat of games there.

What have you thought of Thief 3 so far? I loved it, but the whole thing felt unpolished, like they were almost done with everything. Like the climbing gloves - useful in all of ... oh, 3 or 4 spots throughout the entire game. And there weren't dozens of secrets spread throughout each stage. Again, I loved it, but I wish Ion Storm had had a little more time to really make it shine.

And if you've played the first two, the third pays homage to its predecessors.

I really loved Thief 3. I can't compare it to the first two, though, because I didn't play them. It's funny, because I was totally interested in the first two games, but I just never got around to getting them.

[The Iron Weasel]

You ride both...

at the same time!

Ba-dum-TSHHHHH!!!!

Dirty canucks. :D

*sattles up on polar bear*

You'll regret that one! :D

[Spigot]

What have you thought of Thief 3 so far? I loved it, but the whole thing felt unpolished, like they were almost done with everything. And if you've played the first two, the third pays homage to its predecessors.

I loved Thief 3 but I agree, it shipped a bit too early. On the PC you can get the upgraded texture packs which make the game a lot better. YOu can turn off the stupid blue glow on doors and such and a lot of the game looks better.

I think I still enjoyed the first Thief the most, though Thief 3 had some outstanding levels (the abandoned orphanage was one of the best levels in any game, ever). I just wish they had scrapped the whole city hub section and presented the game in sequential order. All those hellishly long load times really got to me after a while.

[Pumped'Up]

RE4 Premium Edition PS2

Almost finished my 2nd run through with Leon using the infinite RL and CTW. When done, will start a new game on professional mode. Also just completed Ada Assignment and Separate Ways. Time for me to check out the bonus RE4 DVD...finally.

[Heretic Machine]

RE4 Premium Edition PS2

Almost finished my 2nd run through with Leon using the infinite RL and CTW. When done, will start a new game on professional mode. Also just completed Ada Assignment and Separate Ways. Time for me to check out the bonus RE4 DVD...finally.

Funny... I dreamed that a guy with the RE4 Chainsaw Controller attacked me last night <.<

[Kelegacy]

I really loved Thief 3. I can't compare it to the first two, though, because I didn't play them. It's funny, because I was totally interested in the first two games, but I just never got around to getting them.
You should play the first two games. I never played Thief 3, but Thief 2 was excellent. 1 was the start of the franchise, but the monsters thrown in hurt the verisimilitude for me.

[TheKeck]

You should play the first two games. I never played Thief 3, but Thief 2 was excellent. 1 was the start of the franchise, but the monsters thrown in hurt the verisimilitude for me.

I really should. I'm scared, though, that I missed the opportunity to really appreciate them.

Like, I would tell anybody who missed Half-Life to back and play it, but they would probably have a hard time getting over the 6-7-year-old-ish-ness of it.

Still, if I can get my hands on a copy, I just might do it.

[Spigot]

I really should. I'm scared, though, that I missed the opportunity to really appreciate them.

Like, I would tell anybody who missed Half-Life to back and play it, but they would probably have a hard time getting over the 6-7-year-old-ish-ness of it.

Still, if I can get my hands on a copy, I just might do it.

I don't know... the game ooze so much style and atmosphere that they are still a treat to play lo these many years later. I fired up Thief Gold not too long ago (late last year) and I was surprised at how well it played, even with the old graphics.

The cutscenes and intro animations are worth the price of admission alone. The amazing gameplay is just icing on the cake :)

[TheKeck]

I don't know... the game ooze so much style and atmosphere that they are still a treat to play lo these many years later. I fired up Thief Gold not too long ago (late last year) and I was surprised at how well it played, even with the old graphics.

The cutscenes and intro animations are worth the price of admission alone. The amazing gameplay is just icing on the cake :)

Hmmmm... I might have to seriously pursue this.

[Spigot]

Hmmmm... I might have to seriously pursue this.
I did name my son after Garrett the titular thief. That's how much I <heart> Thief.

[mister_slim]

I did name my son after Garrett the titular thief. That's how much I <heart> Thief.
Does your wife know where the name came from, though?

[Kelegacy]

I did name my son after Garrett the titular thief. That's how much I <heart> Thief.
You'd better not tell your wife where you got the name for your next child, Kelegacy. He'll be destined for greatness right from birth with a moniker like that!

[Spigot]

Does your wife know where the name came from, though?
Actually, she found out about 2-3 months after he was born. It kind of slipped out while we were at a family thing and talking with her mother.

Suffice it to say, I'm not supposed to tell anyone that he's named after a videogame character. So far only one person figured it out without my telling them.

On the flip side of the coin, he did help me name a character in a videogame. My gnome in WoW, Guboo, is the first somewhat intelligible noise he made that wasn't a scream and/or holler.