Slog - Comments on Games: Overdue Reviews http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews Not sure what I'm more torn up by as of late--the lack of the Games column in recent print editions of the Stranger, or the lack of the neighboring Porns column. ("These are a few of my favorite things...") Either way, we're coming up on three months of uncovered games since the last piece printed, and I figure today's as good a day as any to start catching up--PC gamers got a World of Warcraft update today, while 360 nuts get a free Halo 3 update of their own. Those games don't need the pub, though, so here goes. Burnout... Copyright 2008 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:33:56 -0800 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:59:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Levislade What about Condemned 2?

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978328 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978328 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:49:18 -0800 Comment by some dude i got a rrod the other day and just bought a new xbox since my first gen doesn't have hdmi (the new pros do). i'll get the old one repaired (it is out of warranty) and sell it on ebay bundled with a few games i don't want and i'll make some of the money back. bummer. but i figured it was money well spent in that i wouldn't have to wait the "3 weeks" they estimate repairs will take.

more video juego coverage, btw. you can be the antithesis to gamespot reviews, eh?

]]> some dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978345 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978345 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:59:17 -0800 Comment by StrangerDanger Have you reviewed/played Call of Duty 4 yet? Amazing game.

]]> StrangerDanger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978348 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:04:34 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle There's a WoW update?

Sorry, I've been waiting to hear about Spore ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978378 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:19:28 -0800 Comment by Mrs. Jarvie Thanks for this, I need more game reviews, especially for the PC. :D

]]> Mrs. Jarvie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978426 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:50:45 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Some of the puzzles in Professor Layton definitely had me ready to put my DS through the wall.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978441 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:09:41 -0800 Comment by stinkbug Have you chilled out to Endless Ocean yet?

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978456 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:20:24 -0800 Comment by Cow I *loved* Layton and highly recommend it.

However, adding to the math puzzles: don't play if you hate matchstick puzzles. I had no idea how much I hated them until I played that game.

]]> Cow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978544 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:12:33 -0800 Comment by MacJ Professor Layton is crack to my girlfriend. I'm still trying to get her started on Phoenix Wright though, Layton's only a gateway drug.

]]> MacJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978835 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:46:04 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder Burnout Paradise is way, way fun.

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978856 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978856 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:41:37 -0800 Comment by Sam M. @1 - Don't have it yet, though word on the street is generally favorable.

@3 - I figured everybody with an itchy trigger finger has gotten hip to Call of Duty 4 by now. Won enough "Game of the Year 2007" awards, anyway.

@7 - Nope. My Wii is running Smash Bros pretty much non-stop lately, anyway, so it might be another little while, but I'm already biased against Endless Ocean. (For the uninitiated, it's an ocean sim on the Wii--you swim around and encounter big-ass virtual fish with no real goal, no weapons...just swimmin'). That sort of exploration might be worth it if the game was running on the 360, complete with HD support and realistic-looking marine life. The basis of the game is total immersion, but an underpowered system like the Wii doesn't make the game look even close to, say, one of those stupid high-def aquarium DVDs that play on flat-screens in cheeky lounges. Then again, some people REALLY loved Ecco the Dolphin back in the '90s, so I understand why people are into it. I plan on finally signing up for one of those online game rental services, and EO seems like a good title for the queue. Right between Zack & Wiki and Dark Sector.

]]> Sam M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978870 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978870 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:45:33 -0800 Comment by winwithwynn anyone here interested in exchanging gamertags?

]]> winwithwynn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978874 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/games_overdue_reviews#c978874 Tech Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:59:42 -0800