It’s the new year and what a year it’s going to be for gaming! The excitement starts this month and hopefully the momentum carries us through the year. Let’s get to the list:
Week of January 4th
Bayonetta
Darksiders
Divinity II: Ego Draconis
Week of January 11th
Vancouver 2010 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games
Army of Two: The 40th Day
Week of January 18th
Dark Void
Week of January 25th
Mass Effect 2
Week of January 4th
My Fitness Coach 2 Workout and Nutrition
Week of January 11th
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces
Crazy Chicken Tales
Walk It Out
Sleepover Party
Week of January 18th
Fast Food Panic
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection
Week of January 25th
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
Week of January 4th
Fast Food Panic
Learn Chess
Week of January 11th
Daniel X
Sands of Destruction
Week of January 18th
Glory of Heracles
Bejeweled Twist
KORG DS-10 Plus
Week of January 25th
Quad Kings
Personal Fitness Women
Legend of Kay
Week of January 4th
Divinity II: Ego Draconis
Week of January 11th
The Sims 2: Fun with Pets Collection
Insecticide
Two Worlds
Week of January 18th
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventure
Dark Void
The Tudors
Week of January 25th
Hotel Giant 2
Mass Effect 2
Alcatraz
Week of January 4th
Bayonetta
Darksiders
Week of January 11th
Darksiders
Army of Two: The 40th Day
Week of January 18th
Dark Void
Week of January 25th
MAG
Week of January 11th
Army of Two: The 40th Day
Week of January 18th
Shepherd’s Crossing
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Week of January 25th
TNA: Cross The Line
Shadow of Destiny
Not a bad way to start the year off. While I think I’ll be grabbing Mass Effect 2, I’ve got plenty to keep me busy. What are you picking up?
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– If you happen to one of the seven people who don’t own Gears of War, here’s your chance.
– If you want to fry your 360 from overuse, do it in a Civilized manner.
– Just when July was looking bad, UT3 comes along.
– I never “got” track and field games. Probably never will.
– Ugh. I have faithfully purchased EA’s NCAA since 2003. Every year I say I’m done with them, every year I pick it up anyway. Will it happen again this year?
– I used to be a HUGE fighting game fan. I played a lot of the original Soul Calibur in the arcade, but haven’t played much since then. Maybe it’s time to go back to the franchise.
– Milking the FF Franchise, one platform at a time.
– EA abandoned Nintendo with the NCAA line near the end of the console cycle, so it’s nice to see NCAA back in the Nintendo library.
– Golf games are right in the Wii’s wheelhouse.
– Haven’t we suffered enough with these Arcade Compilations? The Wii is 100% backwards compatible. Go to Gamestop and find the Gamecube versions of these compilations. Save yourself some money.
– I started out really liking the first Trauma Center. Then I started hating myself for liking Trauma Center. Then I just hated Trauma Center. I’m not worthy of its hardcoreness.
– Seems like the DS is perfect for a Civ game. I wonder what they had to give up, game-play wise, to fit it on a DS cartridge.
– The DS and its game titles are single-handedly wrecking the spelling skills of our poor children.
– That’s more like it. This is probably my only must-buy this month.
– This game wins “Title of the Month.” Unemployed Ninja. Is that even possible?
– “Puchi Puchi certainly sounds like a virus.
– I can’t figure this one out. How is this a game, basically a job simulator, fun? I can’t watch the show for more than five minutes.
– “A Spicy Time Management Cooking Adventure”. I’ll pass.
– Fate is a great game, wish I had time to play more of it.
– The words, they fail me.
– Man, I’m torn on this one. I’ve heard mixed reviews so far and I’m not really one for punishingly hard games, so this may be a rental for me.
– The report from the brother-in-law on the Bourne demo was a meh, so I doubt I’ll get this one.
– This one looks amazing but unfortunately will probably never make it to my 360. It’s a shame.
– I’ll see the movie, but I’ll probably pass on the game.
– Ditto.
– Seriously? A show about catching crabs? I don’t see how this can be a game, let alone a fun one.
– I smell a GTA IV/Don King Boxing crossover here!
– I thought this game already came out. Or maybe it has just been marketed like crazy or something. Not really sure.
– I’ll be giving this one a try soon, thanks to 
– Where’s Guitar Hero Joe Satriani?
– I’m a huge fan of Hellboy. I like science, a lot, too. I will not, however being seeing how the two mix.
– Again: movie, yes. Game, not so much.
– No comment.
– My brain read “Coconut Racing”. I assume that would have been more exciting
– 2?! How did I miss the first one?
– Pre-ordered!
– This just really seems like a poorly thought-out idea. It does not look fun to play. At all.
– This one has been getting a lot of rave reviews. For 20 bucks, it seems like a good pick up.
– Same here. Seems like a lot of people are high on Arkanoid.
– 3?! I missed the first Vet game, and now I learn I’ve missed the first two Cornershop games? I am ashamed.
– TOO MANY ZEES! Whatever you do, do not look at the box art for this game. It’s like staring into the portal leading to The Nothing.
– We already have Wii Fit. Why do we need another Nintendo product to tell us what we already know — that we’re a bunch of fatty-fat-fats?
– Finally, a game that doesn’t make me ashamed to own a DS. I will most likely get this one to pass some lonely nights while I’m on business travel this summer.
– I’m getting mixed signals. Should I be trying to lose weight or gorge on cake?
– Can anyone keep these Mega Mans (Men?) straight?
– I give up.
– Again, with the fattening cooking games. Where is the “South Beach Diet DS” game?
– Hey, it’s compatible with Windows 98. That’s gotta count for something, right?
– AKA Microsoft Windows ever since 3.1
– Try as I might, I can’t get excited about Spore.
– I can’t even imagine…
– Here’s another one I thought came out months ago.
– The first game that makes me wish I had a PS3.
Sony, You Have It All Wrong
Allow me to respond to this video. (If you don’t see it in your reader, come to the site.)
I will admit this video is funny with the whole texting grandma bit. However, this video does not logically make sense. First, some disclaimers:
Sony’s major argument is that you can play high-quality games for only $9.99. I can play three maybe four games on the iPod for that amount.
Second, this doesn’t make sense because there’s hardly anything there for $9.99. Let’s see, I can get GTA: Chinatown Wars for $10 on the App Store or $20 on PSN. Sure.
Certainly the argument can be made that there is a lot of trash on the App Store. I agree, but usually amongst the trash there is a gem or two. Before PSP fanboys get up in arms, I do have some PSN games on it, but I only ever bought them on sale (God of War, Savage Moon, Thexder Neo, Pixel Junk Monsters Deluxe, and a few other unimpressive titles).
The PSPgo had so much potential to be awesome, but there was nothing available for it but full-retail priced titles and a few small games. If the thing had been “opened” up like the App Store they’d be swimming in cash, but no, they had to keep a lid on it and so it’s a loss–for everyone.
This video does not work for me. Curiously, who does it work for? The few 13-30 somethings that are not socially connected and know better?