What’s taking up so much of my time? One word (maybe two). So while Josh is ripping through Mass Effect one more time, I don’t think I’ll be playing much on my 360 this weekend. I expect my neck to be sore on Monday from the sheer amount of headbanging to commence. I can rock the plastic off a little red Gibson and you don’t want to see me in a game of old school Sonic the Hedgehog, okay.)
(Hey, the novice gamer part is local to FPS. I’ll be hammering-on the socks off of “My Name is Jonas” on Expert and beating the pants off all who choose to challenge me. I’m coming to call you out (or get called out EVERY time you kill me – haha!).ĪSTRO’s novice gamer is stepping away from the shiny new Xbox toy to head back to Old Familiar – Guitar Hero III on PS2. Goal for the weekend: Finish finding every one of the last 47 out of 200 little glowing orbs scattered across the Manhattan-based cityscape.Īfter that: I’ve been promising some of my favorite folks that I’d be squeezing in some Halo 3 on. I definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoyed any of the Grand Theft Auto games or Dead Rising. After a week of intermittent playing sessions (most of which were 3-4 hours long), I hammered through the storyline, and many of the random sandbox achievements – loving every moment of it. If you know anything about it, you can see why Prototype called to me… almost as if it were designed for me. I also tend to love sandbox games with meticulous tasks that lead to achievements. Generally I’m a huge sucker for pending/post apocalyptic themes, specifically focusing on Zombies/viral infections. Sensing an alternate theme? Anyway, back to Prototype… I also picked up Battlefield: Bad Company, and downloaded Battlefield: 1943. I finally *had* to make this happen based almost exclusively on my burning desire to try out Prototype. Last week I ended up swinging by GameStop to pick up a couple of games that I’ve been meaning to play but haven’t found the time. I also needed a bit of a break from Halo 3. Look for me in-between Mass Effect missions getting my WWII on with some Battlefield 1943 - I’ll be the one splattering your landing party with hot lead and ramming tank rounds down your pieholes. If you are a fan of science fiction or fantasy at all, you owe it to yourself to play this game (I’m looking at you, Walter).
The world that BioWare created absolutely brims with eyeball-thwacking scenery, endless places to explore, and top-drawer voice talent. Whaddya think about those odds?” Raging approval. Some of the ‘evil’ dialogue is just awesomesauce, too: “You’re a bean counter. The great part is that this time I can be a complete and utter jerkface, which you pretty much have to be if you want that Renegade achievement. So I decided to do a second playthrough of Mass Effect, in anticipation of the incredible-looking sequel. I put Halo 3 down for a bit since the shine on my Recon armor lost its luster (probably due to the imminent release of Halo: ODST). The ASTRO Gaming crew doesn’t just sit around making awesome gaming equipment, sometimes we actually have time to game! Wanna join us? Here’s what we are playing…