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Go Buy: Day of Defeat Source – $5
Go Buy: Day of Defeat Source – $5
As in, go buy it right now. It is currently on sale through your friendly steam client. Based on the very good HL1 mod, this HL2 stand-alone product just got the Achievement patch from valve.
Now, some of you may scoff at picking up this game:
-“My computer’s too crappy.”
-“I’m busy, so I don’t think I can get to it in time.”
-“I don’t know what it is, so I’m not interested.”
I’ll counter with:
It’s FIVE dollars; no tax, no shipping. For the price of a DLC plane skin, picture pack, or a couple songs you get an entire game. A game that is permanently associated with your steam account. Automatically patched; automatically installed when you want.
Plus, you get to shoot Nazis. Or Allies. You know, depending on the team you’re on.
So, boot up steam, and leave your steam login name in the comments. Link and instructions after the jump:
pLayday revamp? PC Gaming?
So, I pose this question:Â would pLayday be better on a different day or at a different time or more Systems?
Currently, it seems like people may be able to make a 9pm slot easier than an 8pm. However, lately we have gone for 2 hrs (8-10pm), and some people can’t play much past 10. In the current iteration, the slot is 8-9pm and we play longer if we want to. Would it be improved if it officially started at 9, and people who want to play longer just show up early? I find this less likely to happen.
Another idea is to mix more systems in. We have been exclusively Live for a bit now, and I haven’t documented the games people actually own yet (but I should). We could branch out and fit in some Mario Kart Wii, or Team Fortress 2 for PC.
We all own PC’s. Would people be willing to pick up games like Team Fortress 2 for $20 (or Orange Box for $30), Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, or freebie’s like Command and Conquer 1, or games we may already own like Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, Fallout Tactics, Defcon, Battlefield 2?
The PC Market certainly has some other options for gaming other than FPS that support more than 4 people, namely RTS and RPG games.
Also, if we want to incorporate PC gaming in, which IM Client should we use? Since we all have an MSN Messanger accounts (your Live acct uses it, I recommend syncing them up) we could all actively begin to use that. Or Steam has a friends list as well.
pLayday: 7/1 – Let's meet in Halo
pLayday: 7/1 – Let’s meet in Halo
I’m not sure what I feel like playing today. I could do CoD4, GTA4, Halo3, Undertow, Rockband,…I’d be up for almost anything. Let’s see who shows and just decide based off that. I’ve got an open slot at my Apt as well (the 2nd 360 is hooked back up in the office, and I have multiple copies of CoD4 and GTA4).
Get Hyped for: Left 4 Dead
FPS. 4 player co-op. Zombies.
Published with Valve (Half Life/Team Fortress 2), made by the Counterstrike guys.
This is all you should need to know to begin to get excited for this game. Not enough? Well, lets delve into the other details they’ve reveal:
I finally beat: Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney
I finally beat: Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney
Dang. That 5th case is really long.
The initial tutorial case is short, and the next is double its length. What you do not expect is that each case doubles the length. Save points between each of the 3 days stretches to between phases of each day. Then during particularly long court sequences you may get another auto-save. During the 5th case, you get several checkpoints during a single conversation.
pLayday: 6/24 – Halo 3
Last weeks showing was a bit weak, perhaps because I was lax and did not post here. GTA Free mode works quite well with any number of players.
Well, this week I hope to get a few more people in. This includes split screeners. The theme: “Invite some people over to your place to join you this week.”
Sure, it’s short notice, but anyone up for Halo 3 split screen lan party will drop any other activities and join you (or, not be doing anything already).
Preferences on gametype? Maps?
Welcome! Got a lot of good things on sale, stranger!
Welcome! Got a lot of good things on sale, stranger!
So, I was in my local game shop browsing when I saw the gem Panzer Dragoon Orta for $10 bucks (it’s backwards compatible now) and I decide to walk up to the register to pay and leave. After all, I had to get to bond movie night.
They have one of those 10% off used games clubs (so technically, PDO was $9). The clerk asks for my last name to look up my club info.
Like a man wearing a trenchcoat around an alleyway, he leans over the counter:
“You want Wii Fit, right?”
Puzzled because I had just handed him an old Xbox game and had made no mention of the Wii, I still nod. After all, I had just added my name to a queue; a list I was a few dozen low on since I had added my name to it just the day before (Thursday).
He must have recognized my name from the pre-order list for Wii Fit.
…or I just looked really out of shape…and hipster enough to own a Wii.
I finally beat: Resistance – Fall of Man
I finally beat: Resistance – Fall of Man
This was the PS3 launch title. This was the system seller. Made by Insomniac (of Rachet and Clank, and the original Spyro) fame, this PS3 fps combined the best aspects of WWII shooters and Halo (including a Co-Op campaign). With the other PS3 launch titles delayed, Resistance had to stand on its own. Was it smooth sailing, or a bumpy ride? Continue reading
I finally watched: The Strangers
I finally watched: The Strangers
Ok, this was a decently scary movie, but not because of any suspense it manages to build. It pulls off its scares because it creates a pair of victims in a realistic setting. Victims you care about (well, one of them at least)…