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Post by Vitamin Z on Jul 8, 2010 8:53:05 GMT -5
Just picked up a slim last night.
My hard drive on my old 360 is toast and the disc tray was starting to stick so I figured it was time to upgrade. so glad I did.
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Post by Doomrider on Jul 8, 2010 9:34:36 GMT -5
Just restarted Fable 2 last night...hoping to pick up some achievements I never bothered with, like getting all the silver keys, gargoyles, the 2.5 real estate empire, etc. Hopefully Alan Wake comes in the mail today as it's supposed to.
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Post by Mole on Jul 9, 2010 16:04:05 GMT -5
Bah. Singularity and Crackdown 2 arrived from GameFly yesterday, and I got around to trying them out today. They're back in the mailbox. Yuck.
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Post by Double J on Jul 9, 2010 16:16:48 GMT -5
At one point, I was interested in Singularity, but as time went by, the interest waned, and by the time I read the reviews, it was all over.
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Post by King of Kings on Jul 9, 2010 16:17:12 GMT -5
I don't see the fuss about Crackdown 2. I played it at a friend's place, thought it was boring and a new take on Jak and Dextar which I hated to begin with. I'm picking up Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Never played a Battlefield game asside from the demo last night but it looks fun as hell, and a nice welcomed change from COD. I love team strategy.
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Post by Chris Hammers on Jul 9, 2010 16:35:48 GMT -5
anyone want Earthworm Jim HD from XBLA? The review people sent me a few and there's one left. First come first serve.
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Post by moocow on Jul 9, 2010 16:38:44 GMT -5
I would love it if it isn't taken yet.
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Post by Double J on Jul 9, 2010 16:43:19 GMT -5
GOD DAMNIT Mukau.
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Post by Mole on Jul 9, 2010 16:49:48 GMT -5
At one point, I was interested in Singularity, but as time went by, the interest waned, and by the time I read the reviews, it was all over. Yeah... both games are not bad by any means, but they just aren't particularly good. I have decided that my time is too valuable to spend it on mediocrity.
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Post by moocow on Jul 9, 2010 16:52:34 GMT -5
I'm kinda interested in playing Singularity, when it was first announced it sounded cool, after it got delayed I lost intrest but after hearing Jeff Gerstmann talk about it I am becoming interested in it again. Maybe if I can find a place to rent it or buy it cheap I'll try it out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2010 16:58:14 GMT -5
I absolutely hated the first Crackdown but for some reason decided to press on and finish the main campaign, tried the Crackdown 2 demo and it was just more of the same and bored the crap out of me. People will tell me "oh you gotta try the co-op" but I doubt watching another person jump 100ft into the air beside me would make me feel any different about it.
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Post by Mole on Jul 9, 2010 16:58:59 GMT -5
After Jeff's review of Dark Void, I realized that he and I had very different scales of quality. That game was not a 3/5 for me, and Singularity is not a 4.
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Post by Double J on Jul 9, 2010 17:00:39 GMT -5
As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that came out of Dark Void that was 3/5 was Dark Void Zero.
Welp. Looks like I'm getting me my 360short today. Nerd need.
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Post by Double J on Jul 9, 2010 20:35:26 GMT -5
twitpic.com/23wccrFinally got my 360 Short. They weren't kidding. It is whisper quiet. My Dreamcast is officially the loudest piece of consumer electronics in my room again.
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Post by Almost Like Flacco on Jul 9, 2010 22:07:21 GMT -5
I downloaded Zeno Clash from the marketplace the other day. I kept seeing all kinds of great reviews over on another video game forum I'm on, so I figured I'd give it a shot.
I'd say I'm about halfway into it and I'm really liking it so far.
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Post by Double J on Jul 9, 2010 23:27:23 GMT -5
Zeno Clash is delightfully bizarre.
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Post by moocow on Jul 10, 2010 0:24:34 GMT -5
Father-Mother is the most disturbing thing ever.
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Post by Chris Hammers on Jul 10, 2010 5:05:05 GMT -5
Singularity arrived today (review copy) Just found it a bit odd, since a) I didn't even know they were sending me it, and b) you were all talking about it yesterday. Game looks decent anyway, will take me away from playing Sniper: Ghost Warrior (which is a dud in my opinion)
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Post by Random Weddle on Jul 11, 2010 1:09:10 GMT -5
I wish there was a game coming out this month or next that interested me. I thought I would love Crackdown 2, but the demo quickly changed that.
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Post by Double J on Jul 11, 2010 1:54:37 GMT -5
Yeah, everything I want to play is either downloadable or portable. Nothing strikes my fancy until the very end of August.
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