gaggle64

Blackberry. Lots of thorny protection.

Browsing through the 360 library, it strikes me that the choice available to me ranges across four different genres - shooters, driving sims, sports and Viva Piñata. Perfect really. Wii for gaming, Xbox 360 to sate my incessant lust for speed, violence and candy.

Does EDF have online co-op?

Just my cup of tea Stefkov. I've personally prefer GRs ranged, semi-tactical game, particularly in multi player, to the high action claustrophobia of R6. I'll most likely get both eventually at any rate. Bah. Well, at least the door's open for downloadable content. Why on earth would wide levels be a challenge for online co-op specifically?

Now, we all know the kidz are just crazy about The Gears, but how's the GRAW? Would you recommend it to someone who had serious fling with GR2 in his youth, and can a man still get a good game on the first one or should I just skip straight to the sequel?

Alright, I already posted this in the Miscellaneous Links thread, but everyone simply has to try this at least once. Don't ask me why it's so funny, but for some reason I can't stop chuckling until my lungs explode every time I play. Basically it's a bitchslap simulator. Hope this becomes a Wii Ware title. Enjoy. http://nigoro.jp/game/rosecamellia/rosecamellia.php

Seeing as how it's one of the most popular series in recent years, I'm willing to bet lots of all kinds of different people look at GTA in shops. Hell, I'll bet some even buy it sometimes too.

Huzzah! Should be great! Actually I'm surprised those kinds of sports sims are so slow in coming. They could make an absolute bomb with a decent tennis or boxing sim.

I'll probably pick that up too if I see it cheap. I just love the PGR series. Will you be investing in PGR4?

BF2 is my game, going on 40 hours of total active service. Still haven't learned how to fly helicopters.

360s plays DVDs out of the box doesn't it? Is that multi-region?

Anywhere between £200-300 generally. It's getting cheaper, but that's still awfully sore on the bank balance.

Couple of questions of curiosity: For the driving sim folks, is everyone playing PGR or Forza these days? What TV/setup does everyone have? I only have a wee 15-inch DVD-combo and I'm feared to waste some of the 360s tasty visual treats on it.

I've stopped playing MGS2 - the story is awful and Raiden is an irritating knob jockey. The levels aren't the greatest in the world either. I just can't carry on. I'm not to fond of GTA or the voice acting on FF10 but "hate" would be rather strong words for those games. They have their qualities. I also have a love/hate relationship with Dues Ex. It's a great game but way, way too hard. It would be easier manipulating world events until they represented the game and then doing it for real.

Desert Strike, Super Tennis and Stunt Race FX were all fantastic. God I hope they come to the VC one day.

Finally finished this about a week a go. On the whole I very much preferred Wind Waker. TP is still a real wonder, but not I think a guaranteed classic like the most of the rest of the Zelda series. The last two bosses do leave a very pleasant taste in the mouth though, and I thought the mountain/ice dungeon was a wonderfully classy and charming piece of design and story telling. Midna is also a wonderful, personable character which will endure in the memory for years to come. I think possibly the best element of the whole game. So, not the very best but still with moments of unremitting genius. May the Legend endure for many more games to come.

I only associate music with games really because I sometimes like to daydream about what the film version would be like if I got a big Hollywood budget to make one. The most common association would be Red Hot Herman remix of Dagula with the Starfox franchise. Fox & co are stranded on Lylat after a sudden invasion by a mysterious alien force destroys their operation. Key scenes include a bar shoot out, a crashing space liner, an Armada battle and Krystal diving from the top a crumbiling skyscraper and through several ceiling windows to save Fox.

From Kotaku: Basically it's a bitchslap simulator. Hope this becomes a Wii Ware title. Enjoy. http://nigoro.jp/game/rosecamellia/rosecamellia.php

Hell no. The only thing on there I want and can't play on a 360 is MGS4, and some version of that will probably end up on 360 eventually anyway.

And that's why I've decided not to see Die Hard Four-Point-Zero. Also applicable to how I felt about 300.

Would like to see: Rabbids Assist item.

Nintendo prefer to stay one step behind technologically and make their hardware affordable - it's a strategy which has worked for them from the original Gameboy to the DS and the Wii today. How they pitch their next console against their rivals is going to be interesting. The console wars aren't so simple any more, thanks to the increasingly diverse strategies of all three companies. It's not likely to be mono-et-mono every six years. The Xbox may stick to this pattern, but Sony have previously indicated that they intend to run the PS3 for at least a good ten years. What Nintendo do over the next decade, whether they focus on graphics again with a "Wii 2", or re-reinvent the wheel, is anybodies guess. Best guesstimate: Wii 2 released in Xmas 2013 - accused of being "souped up 360."

I agree 3rd party games are a little thin on the ground this Q3/Q4 , but I imagine we will see a fair increase in support for next year as the Wii has been turning heads recently. The Wii simply being still a relatively new console is also factor. At least we get some cool exclusives like MySims and Zack & Wiki, as well as the usual Nintendo stuff. Looking over the PS3 release list for the rest of the year, almost all of it seems to be games destined or already on 360.

Last night I dreamt I torched a music store because it was doing a big sale on Mark Ronson's new album. I'm not joking even for a second, I really did. At least, I think it was a dream. PS. I do also enjoy a bit of Ash, Girl from Mars, Shining Light and Candy being personal favourites.

I'm surprised actually that we're getting Galaxy so soon after America. What are the exact dates again, for comparisons sake? Hopefully this means we won't spend too much of 08 without Brawl and Kart.