Weekend Gaming
The fall is upon and the deluge of good gaming is about the crest over the breakers and flood us with warm gaming goodness. But for now, it’s the calm before the storm.
I’ll be entertaining family visitors this weekend, but that hasn’t put a cramp in my gaming style before so this weekend shouldn’t be any different. I am getting really close to the end of Mass Effect 3 and have, above all obstacles, managed to avoid any spoilers to the ending. So with it this close, why did I download the latest DLC? And why does it always seem to be voodoo magic to get the DLC to actually be recognized in game? Either way, ME3 is my focus this weekend. That and whatever else Steam tries to sell me.
What will you be playing?
September Releases
It’s that time again, the long list of monthly releases. Now that we’re hitting September, the big guns start showing up on the release lists. For the next three months there will be multiple day-one purchases for a lot of people, starting this month with Battlefield 3 and Borderlands 2. And things only get better from here.
Week of September 11th
NBA Baller Beats
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
NHL 13
Battlefield 3
Week of September 18th
Kinect Sesame Street TV
Kinect Sports Ultimate
Zuma’s Revenge! with Bejeweled 3 and Feeding Frenzy 2
Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set
F1: 2012
Borderlands 2
Week of September 25th
Phantom Breaker – Special Edition
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Dead or Alive 5
FIFA Soccer 13
Angry Birds Trilogy
Week of September 11th
Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition
Week of September 25th
FIFA Soccer 13
Wow, not a great month for Wii owners!
Week of September 25th
ThunderCats
Week of September 25th
Angry Birds Trilogy
Boulder Dash-XL 3D
FIFA Soccer 13
Week of September 4th
The Sims 3 Supernatural
Week of September 11th
Battlefield 3
Week of September 18th
F1: 2012 Windows
Borderlands 2
Week of September 25th
FIFA Soccer 13 [Download]
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire
Week of September 11th
Mugen Souls
Battlefield 3
NHL 13
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Week of September 18th
Borderlands 2
Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set
F1: 2012
Week of September 25th
FIFA Soccer 13
Dead or Alive 5
Angry Birds Trilogy
Week of September 25th
FIFA Soccer 13
LittleBigPlanet
Week of September 25th
FIFA Soccer 13
What are you picking up?
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In My Hands
(Image from here)
Yeah, I’m a couple years behind the curve on this one, but I never felt there was a compelling reason to get a Kinect. Yes, I knew the kids would love playing on it, but we had the Wii already and the Kinect just didn’t seem necessary. Then grandpa decided it was time for the to have their own Kinect and delivered us our hardware last week.
It’s already got the kids sweating and that’s a win in my book. I’m just not yelling Skyrim Dragon Shouts anytime soon. The other stuff? Can’t wait to try it…
Weekend Gaming
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?
Borderlands 2 is almost here!
I’m posting this again because: A) I am super pumped about Borderlands 2 next month and B) I unironically love dubstep.
Give Up
Weekend Gaming
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
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.
August Releases
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
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
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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Weekend Gaming
The weekend approaches and I have a pile of games I’d like to play. Sounds perfect, right? How about, then, my TV goes on the fritz. Right before the Olympics and right before my perfect weekend of gaming. Just so you know, this sort of thing pretty much only happens to me. You’re probably safe. You’re TV will be just fine.
Mine? Well, I’ll be calling a service center tomorrow morning with the hopes that he can squeeze me in some time tomorrow. If that’s happens and everything gets fixed, I’ll be working on my NCAA 13 Dynasty and making some progress toward the end of Mass Effect 3. And watching lots of the Olympics.
If that doesn’t happen (it won’t) I will just have to turn to my PC for some entertainment. I’m currently stuck in Act IV Nightmare in Diablo 3, having a tough go against Rakanoth so I’m not exactly anxious to get stomped repeatedly by him. I may call on some of my more powerful friends to help me with him, but we’ll see. I have some new shiny games purchased during the Summer Steam Sale, so I may dive into some of them. The possibilities are limitless!
What will you be playing?