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Archives for August 2012

Weekend Gaming

August 31, 2012 by Tony 2 Comments

I’m a little late getting this one out, but this weekend is the first weekend of college football. Which means my gaming will be pretty sparse. But, I hope to get a little gaming in this weekend. I realized after posting the Borderlands 2 trailer, that I still have not beaten the original Borderlands. So I have a couple weeks to rectify that situation. I may get some Borderlands in this weekend if I can pull myself away from college football.

I’ve also been playing a handful of games on my PC and iPhone that I’ll be posting about soon. They all involve one thing: Towers.

Also, I’ll be mentioning this in a post real soon, but we’ve also added a new peripheral to the video gaming rig. So the kids will be wanting to play that whenever they can this weekend.

What will you be playing?

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Borderlands 2 is almost here!

August 29, 2012 by Tony 3 Comments

I’m posting this again because: A) I am super pumped about Borderlands 2 next month and B) I unironically love dubstep.

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Give Up

August 24, 2012 by Tony Leave a Comment

Just go ahead and give up.

(I got to Floor 31 after 1086 deaths)

Via Waxy Links

Filed Under: Gaming Tagged With: Flash Games

Weekend Gaming

August 10, 2012 by Tony 2 Comments

So, after I transformed into Albert Freaking Einstein and fixed the color wheel on my TV, I am back in business when it comes to the console world. I had a little workaround while my TV was out of commission, using my PC monitor to connect to the Xbox 360, but since my monitor’s resolution was 1920×1200, things looked a little muddy. It will be nice to get back to my normal operations, though, because I had made a bit of progress in Mass Effect 3 and I really want to finish that up. I don’t like leaving the galaxy in the lurch like that!

But, with the Xbox not being an attractive option these past couple weeks, I’ve also taken to a bit of “snacking” from my Steam Library, playing a bit of Age of Empires Online and Defense Grid: The Awakening.

So now my weekend gaming battle station is again fully operational. So I’ll be doing a little bit of everything this weekend.

What are you going to play?

UPDATE: I just noticed that Hero Academy just launched on Steam, so I’ll be adding that to my weekend gaming, starting: NOW.

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August Releases

August 6, 2012 by Tony 2 Comments

August is a holiday for a certain group of sports gamers that await the yearly release of their Super Mario Brothers, Madden NFL Football. While I’m an NCAA kinda guy, Madden will always hold that special place in my heart as one of the first sports games I ever played on the PC. That was A LONG time ago.

There’s also Darksiders II, the sequel to the cult favorite (apparently) under appreciated adventure game. I may have to give that one a looksee one of these days.

On to the releases:

Week of August 7th
Persona 4 Arena

Week of August 14th
Sleeping Dogs
Darksiders II

Week of August 28th
Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants
Harry Potter for Kinect
Damage Inc., Pacific Squadron WWII
Madden NFL 13

Week of August 14th
The Last Story

Week of August 28th
Madden NFL 13

No notable releases for the Nintendo DS

Week of August 14th
New Super Mario Bros. 2

Week of August 28th
Rollercoaster Tycoon – I thought this game was supposed to come out last month, but either way, I still think this could be a killer 3D game.
Planet Crashers

Week of August 14th
Disciples III Gold
Legends of Pegasus
Sleeping Dogs [Download]
Darksiders II

Week of August 21st
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron [Download]

Week of August 28th
Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants
Damage Inc., Pacific Squadron WWII
Guild Wars 2 – I know I’m not the only one here that lost countless hours to Guild Wars, but I have no desire to play this game. Maybe that will change after I see reviews or give a demo a try? I’m not sure.

Week of August 7th
Persona 4 Arena

Week of August 14th
Darksiders II
Sleeping Dogs

Week of August 28th
Damage Inc., Pacific Squadron WWII
Journey Collector’s Edition
Ratchet & Clank Collection
Madden NFL 13

Week of August 21st
Ragnarok Odyssey

Week of August 28th
Madden NFL 13

No notable releases for the Sony PSP

What are you picking up?

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