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For some reason my new 360 won't play video or load DLC unless I'm connected to Xbox Live. Weird. And Mirror's Edge wouldn't let me create an EA account (a concept which, by itself, is fucking annoying; I pay for an Xbox Live account — let me use that, please) because I'm "too young". What the hell? Burnout Paradise gave me no such problems. Though defaulting to 48 minute days is an — interesting choice.
I haven't seen Watchmen, yet, but great maker the game is boring. I liked it better when it was called Double Dragon.
Mirror's Edge was not at all what I thought it would be. Talk about your good-concept-poor-execution. It's like they took a perfectly good first-person parkour game and decided, no, that's not nearly annoying enough; let's make it linear and fill it with people trying to shoot you. Because god knows wall-running and jumping off fucking roofs isn't exciting enough. Well, at least it's visually interesting.
I've finally finished the Mass Effect DLC, "Bring Down the Sky" (my old 360 died around the time it came out): that was sure a waste of 800 MS points. The big problem with ME (in my view) was that the side-quests were all pretty much the same: land on some planet, ride around in the MACO shooting stuff, enter a building, shoot people. So, naturally, I thought BioWare would realise that and make up for it with their first DLC. How wrong I was. Up until the last part, it's pretty much exactly the same as all the other side-quests. Here's a tip, BioWare: the best part of Mass Effect was the story (which in itself is an interesting topic), so why not expand on that in your episodic content?
On an slightly related note: what the hell is it with BioWare games and the Tower of Hanoi? Actually, what is it with computers/power systems/&c in video games in general? Who the hell designs a power-system where you have to solve a math puzzle to transfer systems to the secondary power supply? See also: www.penny-arcade.com/comic/200….
xork recommends: Penny Arcade TV (follow Mr. Krahulik's twitter to get notified when he's broadcasting).
That is all. Be seeing you. And remember: Despite their rat-like appearance, carnies are kings among men.
