Weekend Gaming - What's in Your Queue?

[Heretic Machine]

You know the drill guys. I saw that no one had carried over the tried-and-true Weekend Gamer topic from EA, and thought it'd be a prudent to create one myself; it always seemed pretty popular.

I'm going to try to get out to a Gamestop this weekend and pick up Blue Dragon, since it has now dropped down to $20. I may also pick up Iron Man on DVD. If I have the time, I also want to finish up Beyond Good & Evil, but I have a feeling I won't get all of this accomplished and end up spending half the weekend in front of a browser.

What plans are in store for the rest of you CoGs?

[Deadend]

LAN party all day Saturday, so probably some games.

[Gorvi]

I'm by myself with my two sons (20 months and 5 months) until next Friday, so I'm not sure how much gaming I'll get in. FFXI, Wild ARMs XF, WipEout HD, and Disgaea 3 are all strong contenders if/when I get the time.

[violent]

Disgaea 1 and 3 and Little Big Puh-lanet.

[PathMaster]

Going to try getting really into Fable. Maybe some Burnout Paradise (bike update). Hopefully I will get to watch Iron Man and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Maybe some Sins.

[Hellbug]

I'll probably end up playing a bunch of WAR this weekend, though I still have a lot of work to do this week. I might mix in some Mount and Blade or some Crysis Warhead, as well.

[Young Al Capone]

Disgaea DS, Mega Man 9 and Super Metroid.

[Mdot]

I really don't think I'll be playing much this weekend. Bachelor party tonight, another party tomorrow and football Sunday. Maybe some RB2 early Saturday, but not much.

[astranoir]

Probably SW: TFU, Culdcept Saga, and maybe Starcraft and/or Diablo II

[Maskatron]

Going to try and finish up Fallout 1 for the first time this weekend. Jeeze, why didn't I play this when it came out?!?!

[atrus20]

I'll be going through my library of unfinished games starting with Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. Hopefully my kids will let me finish the blood elf campaign this weekend. ;)

[DiBiddilyBop]

SC4 and Disgaea 3. I might try and dig into the Witcher a bit as well.

[hunterx280]

Going to try and finish up Fallout 1 for the first time this weekend. Jeeze, why didn't I play this when it came out?!?!

I hear ya. I am probably going to get a little deeper into the game this weekend as well.

Beyond Fallout 1 I am going to play Carcassonne (board, not XBLA) on Saturday and that may evolve in to some SSBB or Mario Kart Wii. If I get some time to myself I have had a real craving for some Legend of Zelda so I think I am going to pick up my game of Ocarina of Time from where I left off. I could really use some dungeon crawling!

[Spigot]

Huzzah! You continued it!

I think I've almost beaten the final boss in the "Get A Building Permit To Renovate My Basement" game. No wonder nobody bothers getting a permit if it's this much of a hassle.

Assuming my brain cools down from the stress that has been dealt it from the repeated trips to the city offices this week, I'll then get to start playing the "Rent A U-Haul Truck And Empty Out Said Basement" game, a game that I look forward to playing about as much as the new Wii edition of Roh-Sham-Boh (South Park Edition).

If/when I can peel myself away from those fun endeavours, I'll be playing some Wipeout HD, maybe some Persona 3, some R.A.D. (all on the PS3) and maybe some Mercs 2 on the 360. I might also fire up Rock Band 2, but I'm tired and probably won't muster up the strength this weekend.

I just downloaded Hinterland, so I'll probably take that for a spin. I'm also THIS close to finishing up Time Hollow, so that'll likely happen tonight and then I can get back to working on one of the many JRPGs on either the PSP or DS... I'm probably split between Tales Of The World on the PSP and DQIV/FFIV on the DS.

And to top it all off, I'm playing the "Fly To Fort Lauderdale" game on Sunday. WoO! A week (almost) with no kids. Huzzah!

[Spigot]

Going to try and finish up Fallout 1 for the first time this weekend. Jeeze, why didn't I play this when it came out?!?!I'm in the same boat. I just installed Fallout 1 & 2 on my laptop and am slowly chunking away at them. I've started playing Fallout so many times but I always get distracted or bored or something. I'm going to toss on the 1.1 patch and try to get the Hi-res upgrade to work... that might help me stay focused.

It's what I hope to play while I'm down south this week.

[rinichanraar]

Boyfriend and I are getting excited about Gears 2, so we've just been playing co-op on insane (or whatever "hard" is called).

[Zrikz]

I get to play the "Girlfriends father is visiting and sleeping on the couch" game Saturday / part of Sunday.

Then I get to start / finish a 5-6 pg paper.

Other than that, I want to squeeze in some UT3 and Witcher time.

[Deimos]

Tonight will hopefully be some Williams Pinball and RE:Umbrella Chronicles with my brother. Tomorrow I'll be enjoying the outdoors on the disc golf course. And Finally if homework and errands don't eat up all my time on Sunday I will get to spend some quality time with The Witcher EE.

[pomeroy]

Damn, Spigot...your games suck! :p

[Iron Past]

Fable: The Lost Chapters (like a bunch of others (http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/09/30/live-activity-for-week-of-september-22nd.aspx), apparently), and that's about it.

[Goronmon]

WAR, Tiger Woods '09, hopefully Mercenaries 2, maybe some WoW, and some Mass Effect.

[Spigot]

Damn, Spigot...your games suck! :pTell me about it. I think I've developed my first migraine this week from playing them. It hasn't helped that we're going to be out of town for a good week or so and the contractors want to start when we get back... TOO MUCH STRESS!

I liken getting a permit for renovations to playing tennis... in the dark... with bricks. Only not as fun.

[Shandor]

Since it looks like I'll have all weekend away from work, I'd like to get some Warhammer in. But, if it's anything like the last weekend I had off, it'll be a lot of catching up on TV shows and Rockband 2. :)

[VerseD]

GTA4 and CoD4. I'm stuck in the past until Fallout 3, Dead Space, Left 4 Dead and all the rest of this fall's super-attractive titles come out.

[Norse]

I might pick up Fifa 09 this weekend. If so I'll probably not play anything else. I might waste too much time in my hopeless quest to advance in WipeOut HD.

[NoName]

Birthday weekend. I'll be drinking. Tonight is Rock Band night though.

Probably some DQ IV if I have the time, I'm getting close to beating it.

[Bad Buddha]

The Witcher, Hinterlands, probably a bit more Spore and I'll continue to let Colonization humiliate me.

That probably won't kill my self respect enough, so I'll abuse myself by reading Wuthering Heights whenever I start to feel any amount of self-worth!

[McPhail]

Normally I'd be playing WoW, but there isn't a whole lot to do at the moment until WotLK drops, so it's a perfect time to go through the back catalogue and clear through some of these suckers. So this weekend, I'll be trying to finish off Bionic Commando and Castle Crashers and I may finally start Assassins Creed.

[SilentScreams]

I was going to be playing the new FIFA, but my god damn cats just knocked over my 360 while I was playing it and the disc is totally fucked.
Brand new today, £40 down the hole :(

[rein]

I hope to play some Tales of Vesperia if my hand holds up. Fuck it's annoying waiting on this thing to heal. I can't even do that thing guys do when they are alone. :o

[TheManEatingCow]

Travelling home on Saturday. I might try to finish off Brothers in Arms on Sunday.

[Nameless]

Probably not much outside of Rock Band 2, I don't think I'll have too much time available, I've really gotta get crackin' on assignments.

[Karak]

War
Boardgames

[Lekon]

Lesse. WAR a fair bit, and Silent Hill 5.

[shunoshi]

My weekend will consist of heavy amounts of WAR and NHL09.

[Camel]

Little bit of WoW, whole lot of Tales of Vesperia (hopefully!).

[ADDGirl]

Guitar Hero 2, Guitar Hero 3 with santa, and viva pinata trouble in paradise

[Purple Santa]

GH II and III with Ms. Claus, need to finish Silent Hill: Origins, and the best for last...Lego Batman...the game owns me...

[Ghostbear]

Got a D&D game on saturday (new campaign!) and then WAR on sunday.

[Jackel]

I will probably play a bit Civ 4 BTS lan w/ my wife. I might possibly even install BG2 for another play through with her.

By myself, I'll do a bit of music surfing on Audiosurf...and finally keep plugging my way through Prey.

[KingGorilla]

The witcher, followed by more of The Witcher, followed by talk to Doc Finger about site integration, followed by The Witcher.

[total]

I will be playing the get my ass to California for Blizzcon game. So I'd imagine I will be playing quite a bit of DS and PSP.

[digitalErich]

WAR, maybe some TF2 and that new Wario platformer for the Wii. I picked it up midweek but only played maybe an hour of it so far.

[BLeeP]

I'm playing Megaman 9. I picked it up yesterday, and I'm at the first stage of Wily's Fortress now. I also bought Hinterland and will probably play that some more (very addicting game).

Other than that, I have Resistance that I just started up last week or so, and there is always WoW. If I take the time to play a hand held game, it will be Shiren the Wanderer since someone (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/member.php?u=57) was very kind and rescued me!

[Commissar Rob]

Took the Xbox plunge...picked up a copy of Halo 3 and Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise. But first, must run a 5k tomorrow morning. Then I'll have an excuse to lay around for the rest of the day playing games ;)

[Xerxes]

I think I'm on the last case of Phoenix Wright. Turnabout Samurai. I've been to court once or twice so, it should be ready to pop.

Then if I get my PSP charger from my brother, I can probably knock on Jeanne d'Arc. I just got Roger, and we are fighting the other guy with a bracelet. Again ready to pop.

And I'm on the fourth stage of Condemned 2. I'd like to take a bigger bite of that action.

And I can really see my self getting a little Wipeout HD action.

WILDCARD: I'll be checking Live to see if you guys are all in something like Bad Company, COD4, or even Shadowrun.

[pomeroy]

Then if I get my PSP charger from my brother, I can probably knock on Jeanne d'Arc. I just got Roger, and we are fighting the other guy with a bracelet. Again ready to pop.

So you're just starting. It only gets better.

[Xerxes]

So you're just starting. It only gets better.

Oh gawd. Don't say that. I though Chapter 7 was the last. My battery died as soon as I plotted who would fight on that large ass-map.

[JRR006]

Demos this weekend, to see if there is anything I need to add to the ungodly list already created for the holiday season. I tried the Force Unleashed demo and I can wait until after Christmas, I think. I was hurling crates and bits of machinery around, which were exploding nicely as they smacked into walls. Then I picked up a little cleaning droid on accident, so I very, very gently set it back down. It stood still for a second or two then exploded. Turns out cleaning droids are the most volatile substance known to star-man!

Also, the Megaman 9 demo. Is hard.

[drobvice]

I was itchin' for a weekend gamer thread. Awesome!

When I saw WAR listed, I thought there were some real old school (as in elementary) card players here. :p

I have Drill Dozer and either Halo 3 or Zelda Twilight Princess and maayybe some Halo ActionClix. Oh, and I prepared for the Wii Fit I just ordered by actually walking/running 1 mile each. MMMM sweeaty

[BLeeP]

I was itchin' for a weekend gamer thread. Awesome!

When I saw WAR listed, I thought there were some real old school (as in elementary) card players here. :p

I have Drill Dozer and either Halo 3 or Zelda Twilight Princess and maayybe some Halo ActionClix. Oh, and I prepared for the Wii Fit I just ordered by actually walking/running 1 mile each. MMMM sweeaty

I envy you. I wish I could play Drill Dozer again for the first time! I want a sequel to that badly.

[Rogue_hunter]

I will be playing the "working on the Illustration project that is due Monday" all weekend. I expect to grind out 20 hours into this game alone.

There is also the "write 2 paragraphs in Italian" miniboss. This miniboss preludes the main boss of "Italian presentation at the end of the semester," so I need to do really well against this boss. I need to stock up on health packs, extra ammo, and make sure I have the right level maps.

[Kielaran]

I have 4 games in my backlog so I will be:
"Doing the same thing I do every weekend...try to take over COD4!"

Oh, and trying to unlock all the background stories for The World Ends With You...hard as hell, but very satisfying.

[Spigot]

Oh, and trying to unlock all the background stories for The World Ends With You...hard as hell, but very satisfying.I think I'll probably do this this week as well. I just finished Time Hollow so I can start working on Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword too.

I'm going ot have so many things to keep me occupied during my flight(s) that I won't have time to obsess about whether or not the rivets will suddenly pop out mid-flight.

[pheriannath]

I'm playing Silent Hill: Homecoming.

[Spigot]

I'm playing Silent Hill: Homecoming.And how is it? After reading the Gamespy review, I have to say that I'm very tempted to get it.

It does say that the first few hours suck but then it takes off and feels just like old times for the latter half to 3/4's of the game.

[TrackZero]

Probably getting Megaman 9 and beating it in short order. I'm tired of hearing people complain about how hard it is. ;)

[pseudopseudo]

Halo 3 with my brother (and hopefully some of you CoG guys), and copious amounts of Little Big Planet - I found a Takeshi's Castle level AND a Ninja Warrior level last night that are both fantastic.

[Superman's Dead]

Yeah, this is the hardest weekend with school and everything I've had so far...and Gamefly just got me Force Unleashed AND I found the first season of Boomtown for twelve bucks.

So as I memorize my lines and study my roman theatre and work on my Chekhov, I'll be crying tears of sorrow.

[TrackZero]

I have 4 games in my backlog so I will be:
"Doing the same thing I do every weekend...try to take over COD4!"

Oh, and trying to unlock all the background stories for The World Ends With You...hard as hell, but very satisfying.

It's on Kiel, let's CoD4 it up!

[Wolvie]

I got Pure from Gamefly so I'll be playing some of that. And I also bought Silent Hill: Homecoming so I'll be playing that when the kids are asleep.

[Zero]

Gonna finish up Black (XB, two years too late). Then I pack. :(

[flinxz]

I have really been enjoying King's Bounty, and plan on playing more of that as well as some Company of Heroes.

[Lance Uppercut]

I've got Disgaea DS on queue, but still need to finish at least the main quest for Tactics A2 first.

[Wilkz07]

PC
Warhammer Online


360
Rockband


PS3
Warhawk - just got it today and its pretty solid (well training anyway)... didn't know until i got it home that it was online only... will have to try it out tonight.

[pseudopseudo]

PS3
Warhawk - didn't know until i got it home that it was online only...

Really? Doesn't it say right on the front "PSN only" or something like that? LOL

Either way, enjoy. It's really fun. :)

[bean]

Warhammer Online.

Maybe some Hinterlands. . . but though I enjoy the game, it doesn't have much staying power. If you've beaten it once, you've beaten it. There are so many things I can think of that would extend the life of this game enormously, and it was an awesome first play through. Definitely worth the $20. Hopefully, it will be a success and they'll be able to expand on it.

[Blue]

Might play a little WoW and do some Kara on my Druid. Nothing fancy but I haven't been in there yet on him and it might be a nice laid-back run before the expansion hits. Nothing fancy. Wrapped up The Darkness and am about half-way through Prey (picked it up for 3 bucks) and it's not awful. Not great, not awful. Fun to play around with in my down time.

Depending on what else happens I may be able to squeeze in a game of Arkham Horror.

[Fubl]

going to play a luittle rock band one solo for a bit, Im fried from work this week so its probably going to be alot of vegging on my part. Plus we have football and i have the bosoxs game tomorrow so its going to be light gameing. Going to read some and finish re watching season 2 of entourage.

[HALO 32]

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway and finally start Eternal Sonata.

[Brady]

It is all Tiger Woods 09 for me.

My flatmates and I have become obsessed.

[agentgray]

I received GRiD from gamefly this week. In short...

GRiD is my racing game of the year. Maybe the best I've ever played. I've only won one race, and it is difficult. However, I get such a sense of immersion with it like in no other racing game I've played. It has achievement candy as well.

The attention to detail is astounding. I'm sad we don't hear much about it because it's simply brilliant.

[anakin876]

COD4 and some Rock Band 2 - although there is one person on my friends list who seems to play a lot of TF2 on the 360 - perhaps I can play some of that too.

Also went and saw "An American Carol." Twas amusing - don't go see it if you are a fan of Michael Moore or Moveon.org.

[itchyeyes]

I've got a growing backlog at the moment. Heavenly Sword, The Witcher, Spore, Wii Fit, Wipeout HD, and Civ 4 Colonization have all made their way into my house in the last couple of weeks. So I'll be focusing on finishing off The Witcher and Spore as well as putting in some time with Wii Fit this weekend.

[Suave Peanut]

Wow, I'm slacking. I need to check the News more often, I'm missing a lot of threads!

In My Queue:
Blue Dragon, Halo 3, MegaMan Anniversary Collection, Rock Band 2

[Morangie]

Trying to finish up Mercs 2 and play through the backlog before the three week crunch of Dead Space/Fallout 3/Gears of War 2 hits.

[BlackPete]

Etrian Odyssey 2 for me... then after that (ha!) Disgaea DS.

I know I'm playing with fire in terms of addiction and eating up hours of my life. :D

[DeathtollWRX]

Bought Lega Batman a few weeks ago... but the big surprise is..

Dark Sector, I got it from J3DI, although I didn't really want it and never heard of it before J3DI offered to trade...

To my surprise it turns out that it is a very awesome game and I'm loving it. I can't believe this flew under my radar.

[Variable Gear]

Halo 3, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Ikaruga, Mega Man 9 & Rock Band 2.

[Spigot]

Man... I can't seem to patch Fallout with the Fallout 1.1 patch.

It doesn't help that Vista is making me pine for the Windows 3.1 days. Yeesh.

[Gorvi]

I've failed on the same map in Wild ARMs XF going on 13 times now. I want to kick a dev in the junk. I guess maybe I should just grind a bit, but I've been able to avoid that completely up to this point. It wouldn't be so bad, but you can't have any units die, and there's a turn limit.

I did get in a little Disgaea 3 and I was again reminded that I really need to spend more time with that game.

[SilentScreams]

I did get in a little Disgaea 3 and I was again reminded that I really need to spend more time with that game.

Disgaea 3 is the game that's going to make me eventually buy a PS3, I know it.

Since my 360 chewed up my FIFA 09 disc, I'm going to spend what's left of the weekend getting re-acquainted with Galactic Civilizations 2. I really need to pick up the expansion packs though.

[Wedge]

Fifa 09. I am surprised over how much fun I am having. Can't wait until PES 2009 arrives so I can decide which game I'll stick with for the next year. PES has got some competition this year though.

But mostly I'll be watching movies. I got a bad cold or something, so concentrating while playing for long periods makes my head hurt. On the positive side I've watched like 5-6 movies I've been meaning to watch for a long time.

[CES]

Playing through killer7 yet again because I love the game. Also playing WAR, which is pretty damn addictive when you've got a good setup for RvR.

[Norse]

Fifa 09. I am surprised over how much fun I am having. Can't wait until PES 2009 arrives so I can decide which game I'll stick with for the next year. PES has got some competition this year though.

I played a lot of Fifa yesterday, and it's great IMHO. I've tried the PES 09 demo, and while the gameplay is good, the presentation is just terrible compared to Fifa. I'm not sure if I'll pick up PES this year. I have to get tired of Fifa first.

[SilentScreams]

I'm obliged to pick up PES 09 due to Liverpool finally being licensed.
I might not pick it up on release though, which will be the first time in about 5 years that I haven't.

I want to buy FIFA 09 again, but I'm still stinging from the loss of my first copy.

[wyeast]

UT3, and the obligatory maniacal laughter when I start blasting surfers with the Leviathan. :D

[Mashidar]

Well as I traveled to Ohio for the week without a next gen system I've resorted to playing games with friends on there systems.

360:
Castle Crashers
CoD4: Split Screen VS

PSP:
Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2
Capcom Collection Vol. 1
Marvel Card Battle Game

[Zero]

Well, I beat Black.

[Troggles]

I just played a bit of NHL 09.

[Wilkz07]

Really? Doesn't it say right on the front "PSN only" or something like that? LOL

Either way, enjoy. It's really fun. :)


yup. it says Online only right on the top of the box. just knew that i wanted to play it and it was cheap. the training has been good so far.

[National Kato]

More and more NHL09 Be A Pro. I've played 50 games in the season. The coach keeps changing his mind about whether I belong on the 1st or 2nd line, but in all honesty, my stats are better on the 2nd line with Parros opposite my position.

[Troggles]

I've only played maybe 20 games total on my be-a-pro, and I was just put on the second line. I think it will be a long time before I'm thrown onto the first line with Vanek and Afinigenov.

[Wilkz07]

I just picked up Warhawk for ps3 and it is sweet. Online modes are fast paced and lag free. just need a headset now to coordinate attacks. First online game that I can fly the jets and not get smoked on take off or shortly afterwards.