WeekDAY gaming(8/27/12)- What are YOU still playing?

[ADDGirl]

Good morning gamers! Welcome to your Monday. There is a high probability of overall lack of motivation with expected periods of clarity and work productivity. This week promises to include general feelings of dissatisfaction with current job, moments of frustration with coworkers, and general longing for those down moments for gaming with the occasional use of portable gaming device in the office.

In those stolen moments of gaming time what will YOU play?

I plan to play:

IPhone: mooniz, words with friends

Crafting: crochet and sewn items for a Christmas swap

Reading: Something including vampires (really I'm not that picky)

Xbox: unlikely that I'll game on it, but if I do; All Zombies Must Die and L4D maybe SAW

[Purple Santa]

More Sleeping Dogs. I'm trying to decide if I want to find the final box in North Point or actually move the story along. I feel I know North Point well enough I could give guided tours including what alley's to stay away from (thugs) or those you wish to visit (massage). It probably will come down to if i'm playing just to kill time and decompress from the day, obsess for the last box. If I'm actually not brain fried, I might finally move on the missions. Besides, I hear eventually you get to play roast a face like a marshmallow.

[EWolfmanD]

You even get the choice of roasting them on a stove or in hot coals.


Sleeping Dogs - I finished the story last night. This week I'm going to work on the rest of the favors, races, stat awards, finding the lockboxes, getting half a level of Triad exp, and finishing off the rest of the achievements.

Persona 4 Arena - I'll probably get back to this once I slow down playing Sleeping Dogs. I haven't done much in the game yet, so I need to correct that. Usually I would be worried about forgetting how to play after taking a break, but luckily I never understood how to play in the first place.

The Last Story - I'm thinking about starting it this week. Maybe I should focus on other games first, but I think I can fit it in. I'm planning on playing it slowly for a while, but perhaps a Sleeping Dogs like obsession will overtake me. Of course if that happens, I could have just played it at the beginning of last week before I got Sleeping Dogs, but oh well. Now I still have the whole game to look forward to. I should probably also find a guide for the sidequests so that I don't have the same problem as jpublic.

Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy - I didn't really play this weekend. I still need to clear a lot of songs on expert and ultimate, and I also need to unlock all the extra characters still.

Devil Survivor 2 - I haven't gotten back to this yet, and I need to fix that. If I keep mentioning it enough, maybe I will actually play. I should probably do some extra battles at least to get back into the swing of things. I should also look into fusing some new demons for that boss fight if the ones I have aren't good enough. Although maybe I'll just try it with the strategy I read in the FAQ first and see how it goes. I don't remember the exact details of the story, but I'm pretty sure that I already made all the choices that put me on a certain path, so that should be okay.

[frederec]

My main obsession at the moment is the first week of school. I've been away from teaching for a semester (though it feels like it's been years), and this is a new school, so I'm more nervous than usual.

I managed to sell two whole items in the Diablo III real money auction house last night. After they took their cut ($1 per item plus some fees? Really?) I ended up with...about $3.50. Oh yeah.

As for games, I'll probably continue my obsession with Diablo III, with intentions to play Xenoblade Chronicles and Persona 2: Innocent Sin.

[rein]

How sad is it that I am waiting to see what PS One games release on the Vita (this week isn't it)? I currently have a PS One with the screen, a PSP, a PS2 and a PS3 all very capable of playing PS One games. Yet, here I sit anticipating what games will be compatible on the Vita.

[frederec]

Originally Posted by rein

How sad is it that I am waiting to see what PS One games release on the Vita (this week isn't it)? I currently have a PS One with the screen, a PSP, a PS2 and a PS3 all very capable of playing PS One games. Yet, here I sit anticipating what games will be compatible on the Vita.

Tell me about it. When's the update dropping? Is it tomorrow?

[Spigot]

Well, I spent the weekend ploughing through Spec Ops: The Line so I'm going to get back to Persona related shenanigans.

P4: Arena (360) - I'm done everyone's story from P4 except Naoto's and Teddie's. I'm pretty far in Teddie's though, so I should wrap up both of those tonight and then I'll start to do the P3 crew.

P3P (Vita) - I'm getting back to work on this later today. I might finally progress the story past the point that I've seen!

NSMB2 (3DS) - I cracked and bought this on the eshop the other day. It's rather good. Coin Rush mode is awesome.

That's probably it for me this week. Trying to stay focused.

I am on vacation today and tomorrow and will also get a long weekend next week. Huzzah for shortened work weeks! We're going bowling tonight and out to see ParaNorman tomorrow. I just don't know what I'll do with the kids all day today. Trying to not spend money is hard.

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by frederec

Tell me about it. When's the update dropping? Is it tomorrow?

Yeah, it's supposed to be tomorrow. I'm just looking forward to having Xenogears and Front Mission III on my Vita.

So as for gaming this week, Borderlands is porbably going to continue to be the focus. I hit level 20 last night, co-op with a few more randoms, and it was so damn fun. I'm playing Mordecai, and I think I'm going to start heavily investing in pistols. I have one now that does really nice extra crit damage and a chance for explosive damage. Love this game.

Other than that, I'll be playing more Disgaea 3 on the Vita, and for some reason I've been mildly addicted to Motorstorm RC. Very simple game, but very fun.

I'm working from home this week due to the RNC being in town, so that should be fun. The boys are home from school today too, they closed schools due to the tropical storm, so I'm sequestered to the bedroom to try to get some work done. Fun!

[Doogie2K]

Guild Wars 2 (PC): Decided to take the plunge and let my friend buy this for my birthday. Currently in the process of learning WTF everything is/does, and integrating into a new guild. More than a little overwhelming, especially given the aversion I've build up over the last four years since quitting WoW. Still, everything I've seen/read/been told about this game suggests that I should be able to get super into it without any of the bullshit, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Doogie.3086

Turn In Proposal (RL): Finally. Got one or two good edits left and then it's time to be rid of this thing. Then, it's on to the side project and getting that in a presentable shape for conference season starting a month from tomorrow.

Some Other Shit: My old co-op buddy might be back online this week, so we might get back into the things we were doing a few months ago: AI War, Portal 2, stuff like that. Also, excitement because a new C-Train station opened a few blocks from here today, so I can now walk to the train instead of driving.

[MagGnome]

I had an amazing dream last night that was basically about my dream game. It's hard to put into words just how awesome it was. It was sort of like a Roguelike/Dwarf Fortress/Minecraft combo, and it was extremely immersive - as in my friends and I were literally in the game. No controls or anything, just total VR. We were able to communicate to each other outside the game, and if we died we respawned, but otherwise we were 100% in this world.

The world was different each time we played. My friends and I were roaming around as a group, moving slowly, as the world was very dangerous. One of our games ended when we were all attacked by dinosaurs. Another ended when some horrifying giant monster ate us. In the final game before I woke up, we were making good progress, but I was eaten by a T-Rex, losing all my items. I respawned with nothing, but a friend gave me a pickaxe, so I dug a tunnel until I was directly under the last spot I died, so that I could retrieve my stuff. Then I hauled ass back to my friends, narrowly avoiding a giant beetle that tried to chomp me.

It just felt so amazing, so fun, so scary, and so immersive, and then I woke up and realized that it doesn't exist. :/

[Spigot]

I thought of you when I saw this, Mags.



Tee hee.

[jpublic]

ADD, what's your Words with Fiends handle? I challenge you to a game!

I expect to play more Persona 2: Innocent Sin, Last Story, and maybe some Darksiders 2.

Today I also get to play Take My Cat to the Vet.

[Xydarc]

Originally Posted by ADDGirl

Reading: Something including vampires (really I'm not that picky)

Are the vampires gonna *shudder* sparkle?

I had a fun weekend with the nieces and a sprinkling of Guild Wars 2. GW2 is fun.

The Plan�™ for this week:

• Guild Wars 2 - My Charr Engineer continues his exploration of the Plains of Ashford.
• Guild Wars 2 - My Silvari Elementalist is doing...something. She's only level 2.
• Guild Wars 2 - Hopefully I can join up with some fellow Coggers and kick ass.
• SWTOR - I will probably take a break from GW 2 to do some Datacron hunting.
• Guild Wars 2 - I have 3 more empty character slots. I must fill them and give them purpose!
• Guild Wars 2 - So yeah...I'll be playing this. Probably a lot.

[MagGnome]

Spigot, that is pretty cool!

[AyeEmBored]

The weekend was spent on Persona 3. How was I able to avoid this game for this long? It combines my love of roguelikes (yes, the random dungeon layout and loot hits that itch for me) and my love of Japanese culture in one big steaming bowl of yum. It's hit Miss Destructo's itch, too.

Real Life Drama

Geez, there's two messes brewing, one I am partially responsible for and one that I'm going to get swept up in, I'm sure.

Number one: Over the weekend when the family was eating at a local greasy spoon, Destructo's boyfriend walked in with a bloody nose and knuckles. He'd been in a fight. And he's 18 now, so he could be on the hook if charges were brought. After hearing his side of the story, I told him that if he was my kid, I'd have him go to the police and give them his side of the story, just in case the other person went to the police and tried to get his butt in jail. But, I also told him that he needed to discuss it with his parents before he did that.

Long story short, his mom wasn't too happy with my advice, but for some reason he trusts the advice of his girlfriend's dad more than his mom's and he did it anyway. No charges against anyone, but they did tell him that the guy he was fighting with has been a guest of the county on previous occasions, so if all he ended up with was bloody knuckles and a black eye he was lucky. And try to stay away from people like him.

The circumstances of the fight were that the guy's girlfriend thought that he turned them in to child protective services, saying that they had drugs in their apartment. (Which is true). An apartment where Boyfriend has taken Destructo to hang out.

Now I've got a dilemma. What do I do? I've gotten to like this kid a lot, but he's not just made a stupid mistake, he exposed my daughter to it. I've decided that he needs to be a man, since he's 18, and apologize to me for getting my daughter near drugs. Through the child/parental grapevine, I've heard that his father has told him the same thing independently. He's scared shitless to do so, though, according to Destructo. I'm HOPING that he'll do it.

I'm personally really angry at him, but I also realize that when you're young, you make dumb mistakes. I have, you have, everybody does. What matters is if you own up to those mistakes and do your best to make things right. If he can overcome his fear and come talk to me face to face, my actual opinion of him will raise, not lower. Stoopid Boyfriend. Get it over with.

The other mess is the normal redneck bullshit with Missus' family, again with my niece and nephew caught in the middle of it. I've told my wife that she needs to stay out of this one and not let her sister or her mother drag her into it. It won't happen. She'll try to smooth things over again. The whole mess has so many layers of accusations and counteraccusations and family history that it would probably take 10 pages to explain.

The Reader's Digest version is that Missus' sister is finally marrying her live in boyfriend of 6+ years and Mommy Dearest doesn't like him, not one little bit, because then she'll have nobody left that she can call on at three in the morning to drive half an hour to clip her toenails. Not an exaggeration. She tried that with MY wife after we were married. I intercepted one of those types of calls and told her in no uncertain terms that Missus has a family now and can't wait on her, literally, hand and foot at all hours. I'm not her favorite, either.

Oh well. Enjoy the book I wrote. I'll enjoy Persona 3.

[Spigot]

Man, Aye. You weren't kidding about the drama. I think you're taking the right tack on the boyfriend issue. Hopefully he'll man up and apologize to you.

And I'm ever so thankful that neither my parents or my inlaws were that level of needy. We're almost on the opposite end of the spectrum. My mom just sends me envelopes with things in them (sometimes a newspaper clipping, sometimes important documents) but she never puts a little note in it to put it in context. And she's gone to the dark side (aka FaceBook) and doesn't call me ever. I'm not on FB so that means that I communicate vicariously through my wife's FB addiction.

It's a rainy morning here at Casa Del Spig so we're just watching stuff on the DVR and I introduced the kids to The Price Is Right. I haven't watched it since right after Drew Carey took over. Man, he's looking frighteningly skinny now. He's giving off a real Denis Leary vibe too... and not in a good way.

Did you know that there's a Crocodile Hunter movie? Well, there is, and we're watching it because we're so desperate for something to watch on this rainy day. ARG!

At least we're going bowling in a few hours...

[AyeEmBored]

Originally Posted by Spigot

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Did you know that there's a Crocodile Hunter movie? Well, there is, and we're watching it because we're so desperate for something to watch on this rainy day. ARG!

It's actually not that bad, but sad to watch knowing how he passed away.

Last night we watched Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. It was pretty fun, and even Destructo put Facebook away while it was on.

[Spigot]

I quite enjoyed Ghost Protocol. The Burge Dubai segment in particular had me curling my toes in suspense.

And yeah, this is a neat little movie. Silly stuff, but it's a good mix of education and goof.

[Karak]

Mission(s) Impossible, all the but the 2nd movie, is a pretty good series.

[AyeEmBored]

I didn't like the reveal of the bad guy at the end of the first one, all those years ago, but the series is quality. I think part of the success is going to different directors for each one.