All I want for Christmas…
is a $500,000 solid gold Wii.
Asides
Move over Steam, Amazon is Here
It looks like Amazon is testing the waters a bit with AAA title digital downloads. Get Far Cry 2 for $5. I would love to see digital distributors get into price matching wars–even on their deep discount stuff.
Assassin’s Creed II on the Cheap
Amazon is selling Assassin’s Creed II today for $40 (along with some PS3 lightning deals). Why do you not own this game yet?
Microsoft to Nat: You’re Screwed
Well, the family just acquired LEGO Rock Band. Popped it in, navigated past the main menu, and lockup with Three Red Lights. This is the second time it’s happened. Before Christmas? Wonderful. Out of warranty? Possible. We got the thing in 2006. If it is, I’m NOT GETTING A NEW ONE. Sometimes, the console company makes it easy for you to decide whether or not to buy their exclusive games. Kind of a bummer too, because we just cracked open Forza 3 and played it once.
Weekend Gaming
Now that the weather gets cooler and the days shorter, I always seem to find more time to game. Especially now that the college football season is winding down. I already got some Borderlands in last night and I hope to get back to some Forza 3 and Mass Effect for the rest of the weekend. And of course Torchlight. Always Torchlight.
What are you playing this weekend?
Small Worlds is Amazingly Big
Just saw this on Kotaku and it may be the most unique game I’ve played this year. It’s simplistically amazing. Just take the 15-20 minutes to play it and change how you view gaming.
When streaming isn’t
For the most part, I’m not offended by the new community features added to Xbox Live last month. I use Twitter and Facebook, and seeing Facebook pictures on my wide screen is pretty cool. But Microsoft really dropped the ball with last.fm. I’m a pretty active user of last.fm and I was excited when I heard it was going to the 360. But now that I’ve used it, I’m pretty disappointed. I can’t start the last.fm option and stream music in the background, I can only listen by leaving the app running.
Until I can stream my last.fm music and play some Hexic HD, it’s another useless feature to me.
Hold Onto Your Wallets!
Look out, everyone.
It looks like Steam is rolling out the sales over the next five days and every day will have a new batch of sales.
Just when I thought I’d finished spending money this year!
The Auditorium is Open
Remember this flash-based game? My wish was that it would come out for the DS. However, almost a year later it was bought by EA and brought to the iPod/iPhone. At $2.99 for the first 5 acts (30 levels), it’s wonderful. I now have my Thanksgiving travel game. It’s only a $3 for another 90 levels. I will probably be getting those as well.
The Circle Is Now Complete
Super Mario Kart is finally being released on the Virtual Console today. My life is now complete. I can now rest in peace. I won’t be among real people for a while.