I wonder if I’m the only one who instinctively hit X after I died the first time in Bionic Commando Rearmed, only to have time not rewind. The game looks pretty dull visually, like your playing a brightly colored diorama. Where’s Viewtiful Joe when you need him.

Fallout 3, Dead Space, Fat Princess, Little Big Planet, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Galaga, Geometry Gars 2, Gears of War 3, Too Human, etc… I do wish I had a ps3. Hope to get one over the holidays.

Oddly enough, Animal Crossing City Folk didn’t really make me want to buy a wii, but I’m not an old lady, so I’m not really their target market. I’m also a bit dissappointed that there wasn’t any Half-Life 3 info revealed.

…would obviously be Capcom vs. Konami vs. Square Enix. I don’t  really care about the Dragon Sword side of things but, if I could play a 2d fighter and my team was Simon Belmont, Strider, and Frog, I’m not sure I would ever need to buy anymore video games. If somehow you could toss in the Cole Train, Gordon Freeman, and a Hunter from Halo, I probably would never have to buy another console either. That would just be the end of videogames right there.

So I my xbox got red ringed last week and I’ve decided to plug in my dreamcast for a bit. Two things happen whenever I do this: 30 minutes later I look up Dreamcast arcade sticks on ebay, and then I wish that Jet Grind Radio controlled better. It looks like an arcade stick is about sixty bucks, so I probably won’t succumb to that urge anytime soon. Jet Grind Radio usually just makes me mad whenever I play it, since it has some of the clunkiest controls of any game that I actually enjoy playing.

I had hoped to download the new Halo map, Cold Storage, but alas, the red ring. I was mildly interested at first, until I realized that it wasn’t a remake of Damnation, but Chill Out, a map I never much cared for. Everytime they release new maps, I can’t help but pine for a few old classics that I hope will eventually get modern versions. My favorite maps from the olden days of multiple xboxen setups are Prisoner and Boarding Action. I don’t think any of the new maps have the fun verticality of prisoner, and I’ve never had as much fun with sniper rifles than on Boarding Action.

There’s also 2 maps from the PC game that I’d love to see revamped. Gephyrophobia, Ice Fields, and Danger Canyon were all fun maps, but they’re probably a bit too big to get proper remakes. Gephyrophobia got a partial Halo 3 revamp with Narrows, but it’s not the same as the giant 2 level bridge, with cliff ledges on either side.

So that’s that. I guess I’ll be playing Einhander next.

Artwork for a show with some friends, soon to be a print available at the comic-con.