Modern Warfare indeed.
Archives for November 2009
Out of Nowhere Comes Excitebike: World Rally
After only one hour play the out of nowhere release of Excitebike: World Rally may be the Game of the Glut(TM) for the season. Nintendo was able to retain the simplistic gameplay and feel of the original while adding a few twists.
- You can play using the controller in Classic mode or Normal. Normal lets you tilt the remote to tilt the bike knowing that reaper bars are the lightest. Getting back on the bike quicker after a crash is done by waggling in both modes.
- You can pop a wheelie just before hitting someone and you�ll not crash.
- Cutting off another rider cools down your bike from overheating instantly. That new touch should prove for an interesting strategy.
- The camera can be isometric or sideways.
- There are letter rankings now on tracks just like in ExciteTruck and ExciteBots
- Unlockables.
- You can still create your own tracks and now share them via friendcodes (bleh!).
- 4-player online racing via friendcodes (bleh, again!)
- It�s $10.
I now have this crazy urge to get an �S� rating in all the tracks (set in various world locations�hence the name, World Rally)
Cheap game of the moment
Obviously I have been slack in getting these out. With the passing of my father, a new job, and even a shift in job responsibilities since starting my time has simply been too constrained. I will continue to report on budget titles as often as I can, but a weekly commitment is simply too much at this point.
November Releases
It’s November! In the words for the great Keith Jackson: “WHOA, NELLIE.” Buckle up, folks, this could get chaotic.
Week of November 2nd
Dragon Age: Origins– A member of the Four November Horsemen, Dragon Age: Origins will probably be in most Buttonmasher’s consoles.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Lego Rock Band– Kid’s Hero?
Pro-Evolution Soccer 2010
Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift– Okay now this is getting ridiculous.
Jurassic: The Hunted– Has Turok taught us nothing?
Week of November 9th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2– I don’t know how much this damages my gamer cred, but I’ve only played Call of Duty 2. Maybe I should give this Modern Warfare thingy a try.
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast– Risky, launching this week. I’m guessing a Venn Diagram of Modern Warfare Gamers and Dragon Ball gamers would have minimal intersection.
Final Fantasy XI: Ultimate Collection
Week of November 16th
Assassins Creed II– It’s heating up!
Left4Dead 2– November’s ON FIRE!
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues– Better jump in a fridge for protection!
Tony Hawk: Ride Skateboard Bundle– Yay for more plastic crap!
NCAA Basketball 10
Chaotic– And then there’s Chaotic: Shadow Warriors. Will this game sell one hundred copies?
Week of November 23rd
Karaoke Revolution Bundle– Will people be trampled at Wal-mart for a chance at Karaoke Revolution?
Week of November 30th
This is Vegas
Rogue Warrior
MX vs ATV Reflex
Avatar
Week of November 2nd
Lego Rock Band
Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift
Rabbids Go Home
Food Network: Cook or be Cooked– This game wins the inadvertently hilarious boxart. Just look at it.
Need for Speed: Nitro
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves
Week of November 9th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade– Woohoo, another chance to link my Harvest Moon post!
NBA 2K10
Pro-Evolution Soccer 2010
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage
Week of November 16th
Sudoku Ball – Detective– Yup. Solving crimes, one Sudoku puzzle at a time.
New Super Mario Bros– This game is also known as “The Reason Tony is paying 85 dollars to fix his Wii”. I cannot wait for this game.
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Tony Hawk: Ride Skateboard Bundle
Week of November 23rd
Karaoke Revolution Bundle
Scene It? Twilight– This appears to only be available on the Wii. Coincidence?
Week of November 30th
Avatar
(just a reminder, I don’t link to the copious amounts of dreck that gets released on the DS. I try to limit things to just the games that I think most Buttonmashers would be interested in)
Week of November 2nd
C.O.P. The Recruit
Lego Rock Band
Rabbids Go Home
Need for Speed: Nitro
Week of November 9th
Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans
Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands
Phantasy Star 0
TMNT 2
DJ Star
Week of November 16th
Assassin’s Creed II
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues
Week of November 23rd
Fighting Fantasy
Week of November 30th
MX vs ATV Reflex
Dawn of Heroes
Week of November 2nd
Football Manager 2010
Dragon Age: Origins
Week of November 9th
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Final Fantasy XI: Ultimate Collection
Week of November 16th
Left4Dead 2
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues
Week of November 23rd
Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny
Book of Unwritten Tales
Week of November 30th
Treasure Island
Week of November 2nd
Dragon Age: Origins
Pro-Evolution Soccer 2010
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Lego Rock Band
Band Hero featuring Taylor Swift
Week of November 9th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
Week of November 16th
God of War: Collection– Nothing like this to whet the appetite, right?
Assassins Creed II
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues
Tony Hawk: Ride Skateboard Bundle
NCAA Basketball 10
Week of November 23rd
Karaoke Revolution Bundle
Week of November 30th
Avatar
Rogue Warrior
MX vs ATV Reflex
Week of November 2nd
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
Week of November 9th
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble– Linked based solely on the killer game title.
Pro-Evolution Soccer 2010
Week of November 16th
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tagforce 4
LittleBigPlanet– Seems like it too a long time to get LBP on the PSP. Will it be worth it?
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues
Week of November 23rd
Tekken 6
Week of November 30th
MX vs ATV Reflex
Avatar
That is a LOADED month. What are you picking up? When are you going to have time play everything?
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What did you dress as for Halloween?
I didn’t dress up for Halloween, but my Xbox Avatar did.
The ODST armor is courtesy of Halo Waypoint, which was released this weekend for those in the Preview Program. I was awarded nine Halo-related pieces of Avatar clothing for my various Halo-related achievements! I’m one of the few people who think that it is okay to spend real money on virtual clothing, but not too much; 80 MSP is a fair price for a shirt, but 400 MSP for a light saber is just too much.
I did think about buying that light saber though. Just for a second.