I started doing these “in Review” posts a while back, then got lazy and never got back to them. I’m picking up as if I never stopped, so here’s a look back at May here at buttonmashing.com.
May’s posting was (at least for me) adversely affected by the release of GTA IV. When it came down to either blog or GTA, GTA won out most of the time, resulting in a paltry 18 posts. Pretty weak-sauce.
Top posts
As usual, people are still searching for Resident Evil 4 translations, Halo 3 stats and MMO Sports games, so we’ll skip over those posts. The top three most popular recent posts were:
1. A Reason for All the Perfect Scores?
2. Why I Am Not Playing GTAIV
3. Pic Lens
GTA and pictures. That about sums up things recently around these parts!
Strange Searches
Of course, I would be remiss to not mention a few of the funny and sometimes troubling search terms that brought people to our humble site:
“how many video games do you finish each month” – Not as many as I’d like.
“eve is boring” – I get this one a lot more than you’d think. Ya, EVE Online isn’t for everyone, but maybe calling it boring is being a little harsh. Then again, mining asteroids can get tedious quickly.
“tales of symphonia tickling” – “Tickling” comes up quite a bit in searches (thanks, Nat) but this one takes the bizzaro cake for this month.
“adult games to play while travelling” – If you’re married, your options are severely limited.
“i want to trade my dirt bike for world of warcraft character” – That character better have some sweet gear.
“irony of agent toht reading life magazine” – That is something I had not thought about before. (For background, I use a picture of Toht (the scary dude from Raiders of the Lost Ark) for one of my posts)
I could go on, but I won’t bore.
Games being played
This list is actually pretty short. The month of May was spent mostly playing one of three games. What get to play comes down to one question. Are the kids up? If yes, then I’m playing Super Mario Galaxy (unless they ask for Mario Kart Wii). If no, then it’s GTA IV.
I’m working on posts for all three of these games, but they are both most excellent.
I’ll let Nat fill us in what games took up his month of May.
I also spent a large portion in May really getting hooked on Twitter. I don’t really know why or what it is, but I get the shakes when Twitter is down (which is quite often). The honeymoon seems to be over, but I still find myself there quite a bit.
I’m not really sure what June will bring (other than another year of blogging). At the very least, I’ll be finishing GTA IV. Who knows what happens after that.
– 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
– Kute Kittens! At least they didn’t spell it Purr Palz.
– 2?! How did I miss the first one?
– I’ve played a lot of bowling in my days, and I’ve never seen a pin bust. Those suckers are hard!
– 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.
– Words fail me.
– 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.
– Must… not… snark…
– 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.
We need things like air, water, food and shelter. We want things like T-bone steak dinners and down comforters. All of us have the things we need. Luckily, most of us have a lot of things we want.