Your Daily Dose of Gaming.

[sunteam_paul]

It has the typical Lego humour.

I love all the Lego games by TT, they are structured almost perfectly for my tastes - not frustrating, easy to complete but lots of replay value to unlock all the extra stuff.

[Ji-L87]

Finished Ghost in the Shell for PS1 yesterday, have a few cutscenes left to unlock tho', probably from the training mode.

Tonight I've yet again failed miserably at Avenger and trying my best to complete Browning - because I'm at level 5 now and I refuse to quit because I refuse to do it all over again. I want it over and done with, so I can put it back on the shelf where it belongs :p

Edit: Argh. Could not seem to beat the final boss. I've taken care of the first two phases but the last one, or what I assume is the last one, was really hard. Only reached him once tho'.

[Retrocool]

Turbo - Sapphire

IM JEALOUS YOU ARE PLAYING SAPPHIRE....

Did you not get one of the repro boot discs?  There are some 400+ of them floating around

I did not get the repro boot disc at all.. (insert sad face emoticon here)

[TR0N]

PS3
DC Universe Online

Genesis
Monster World IV

[roflmao]

It wasn't on a console, but while we were out RVing I picked up "Forbidden Island" at a nearby game shop and we played it this evening.  It was a real hoot!  Here's a link to the game on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Gamewright-317-Forbidden-Island/dp/B003D7F4YY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314503875&sr=8-1



It's a co-op game, is easy to learn, and the game is relatively quick (30 Minutes) which is a big bonus now that we have a 3 year old and are pretty wiped out after he goes to sleep.  I've been a big fan of Euro-style board games (Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Java, etc) for a long time now and this one snuck up on me.  It's great, and cheap.

I wanted to give a quick update on this (non-video) game. 

I've played this roughly a dozen times now, usually there's 3 or 4 of us playing.  When I had initially posted, we won the first game and lost the next couple games.  We went on to lose the next 5 or 6 consecutive games and I started to think it was a poor investment.  Well, we've won the last 3 consecutive games, so now I'm really liking it.  There's enough randomness to the game that it can be a cakewalk or extremely challenging.  Careful strategy and teamwork go a long way.  Games still last roughly 30 minutes, which I really like.  Depending on the luck of the draw, though, the game can end very quickly with a loss.

I still highly recommend it.  The link above still works and it's about $15. Considering how much use we've gotten out of it over the past few months, I'd say that's a steal. 

[munchiaz]

played some mars matrix for the first time last night, really like the system in this game

[Ji-L87]

Took the remaining 2 achievements for Just Cause 2 earlier today. I have thus proved that I should consider getting a life.

[munchiaz]

last night i played some bomberman 64 with my girlfriend. I think the multiplayer is pretty fun. Then we played some bonanza brothers on the genny. I wanted to play some micky's world of illusion, but when i picked it up it dropped on my book shelve, and i think it broke. Theres something rattling around in the cart?

[roflmao]

I wanted to play some micky's world of illusion, but when i picked it up it dropped on my book shelve, and i think it broke. Theres something rattling around in the cart?

Oh no!  That doesn't sound good.  That's one of my most-played Genesis games (though that mostly because I have a 3yr old obsessed with anything Disney).  It's an awesome game and I've managed to make it to the final level, but I haven't beaten it yet.  I was actually playing it some today.

I've also been playing a bunch of Deathsmiles on the Xbox360 (it's $15 at newegg.com - seriously, if you're into shmups check it out!) and some Turbo/PCE stuff: Spriggan, Star Parodier, Devils Crush, and Ys Book II.

[roflmao]

Lately I've played a fair bit of Civilization IV and Diablo II on the PC.  I haven't picked up Civ V yet and don't know that I will for awhile.  Civ IV is just so much fun, when I can set aside enough time to enjoy it.

I played some Halo 3 the other day and lost interest in it pretty quickly.  Which is a shame because I really enjoyed the first Halo. 

Also played some of Master of Monsters on a Genesis emulator to take some screenshots and hopefully help work though the PCE version.  Unfortunately, it seems the PCE version menu layout is quite a bit different...  From what I played on the Genesis emulator the game is a blast!

[Lilgrafx]

and some Turbo/PCE stuff: Spriggan, Star Parodier, Devils Crush, and Ys Book II.

Star Parodier will be the next game I pick up it just looks so fun. I've never really gotten into PCE games but this game look amazing.

Been playing Some Rondo of Blood thanks to Sadler, I'm on stage 5 and really enjoying it so far. I've also played some paper Mario on the N64. I'm gonna sound crazy but the paper Mario series (at least the first two) are my favorite RPGs of all time based purely on Nostalgia.  

[munchiaz]

just more street fighter 4 arcade edition. Practicing with Ryu and Balrog

[VenomMacbeth]

Been alternating between Gradius, Raiden, and Soldier Blade on my new iphone (I got the Turbografx-16 gamebox).

[TR0N]

Genesis
Pier Solar
Rocket Knight Adventure

[BlueBMW]

Lately I've played a fair bit of Civilization IV and Diablo II on the PC.  I haven't picked up Civ V yet and don't know that I will for awhile.  Civ IV is just so much fun, when I can set aside enough time to enjoy it.

Civ IV is excellent, but Civ V is also great!  They play quite a bit differently, so for me V will never replace IV.  The way you do combat in V is a lot more tactical, not stack and smash like IV is.  You're only allowed one military unit per hex (yeah its a hex based map instead of square) but units have ranged attacks etc.  About my only gripe in V is the fact that you cant build a monster empire like you can in earlier games.  Its just impossible to keep building cities because you cant support them.  You can take over enemy cities without absorbing them into your empire, so that does work. Do pick up V though, its a very enjoyable game!

Oh and I played Neutopia on the TG16 (had to test out a booster plus) and some Modern Warfare 3 on the PS3.