Everybody is at PAX this week, except for me and a few other people who don’t count because they’renot me. Between PAX and that Labor Day stuff you Americans love so much, it’s quiet and boring and there’s nobody else in the Destructoid office. It’s so cold here, and lonely. So very lonely.
In a show of pity, however, a handful of the Destructoid staff actually contributed to Games of the Week this Sunday, so if you reallymustknow what we’ve been playing, I suppose you may hit the jump. I mean, you don’t have to if you don’t want to. I’m sure you have plenty of PAX and Labor Day related business to be getting on with. Don’t let the likes of me keep you. I’ll just stay here. I’ll just stay here androt.
DMV:I’m playingThe Last Guy, which would be a lot more fun if the game had any sound. So, I jump between that andDisgaea 3, which is fantastic, minus Vic McDuck’s voice acting.
Colette:It’s funny to think that I’m at PAX and haven’t played many games, but it’s easy to be distracted when you have 75 friends around you at all times! I got to seeGears of War 2andLeft for Dead, but of which look amazing. I also got to see gameplay ofVelvet Assassinwhich I went from knowing nothing about to wanting really bad! Other than that, starting to work my way through the hard levels ofRhythm Tengoku Gold. Second ping pong challenge: fear it.
Justin:By some stroke of fortune I happened to find a copy ofSuper Robot Taisen Original Generationin a K-Mart bargain bin, so I’ve been playing that along with someCastle CrashersandBubble Bobble.
Jim:Well, obviously I’ve been playing plenty ofCastle Crashers(Destructoid review coming soon, kids) and having an utter blast with it. The ending sequence made me burst out laughing and that’s something that rarely happens in a videogame. On a less pleasant note, I am also playing throughToo Humanfor the official review. I will leave the discussion of the game for the review itself, but let’s just say that I am not too Jimpressed thus far. I have no idea how some of the stuff in that game waseverconsidered a good idea by somebody.
Orcist:Trying to move has limited my time with games, but I’ve been squeezing small chunks ofSuper StardustandFinal Fantasy IIIinto my spare time.
Grim:Loads ofCastle Crashers,Mercenaries 2, andTimeSplitters 2. It’s been one hell of a good week in terms of gaming.
Jonathan:Was playingThe Last Guyfor an impressions piece I hope to do with Brad, but my TV shat the bed and had to play with a barely functioning screen. Itisa game that you may play with a only minamally functioning TV, just not very well.
So I got a new TV today, as well asDragon Quest Swords(on sale for $20 at Best Buy),Beautiful Katamari(always $20, if you may find it). Still haven’t played either though, still too busy withThe Last Guy,Castle Crashers,Bionic Commando Rearmed, and moreMega Man 1.
The downloadable game has finally triumphed over it’s disk based forefathers. The king is dead, long live the new king!
