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Rent versus Buy

Gamefly.com is offering $9.99 for the first month, $22 a month after. I was gonna do Blockbuster first, but at $10, I will give the Tampa Bay distro point a chance. I loaded it up completely with new games that I would want to play and listed as to be shipped or low availability. Let’s see how they do.

Mirror’s Edge and Gears 2 are first on the list with Left 4 Dead after that.

My son saw a bit of Mirror’s Edge tonight. The demo is pretty harmless at a Teen rating and he liked the idea of disarming the opponents and tossing the gun.  Me too.  I will check it out the full game when it comes in and make my decision on whether he can play this one or not.  Right now, I am inclined to let him do the training session over and over for free. =)

Have I mentioned lately that I think the ESRB is pretty dumb?  If I haven’t mentioned it, let me reiterate that the ESRB is NO substitute for sitting down and playing the games your kids want to play or you would prefer them to play.  Night.

Tags: children, esrb, games, kids, purchase, rentals, saving money

iPhone Pangea Software is On Sale

Great games are on sale right now including the highly rated Enigmo.

Pangea

Tags: games, iphone, pangea

Game Essentials: Lego Games

Um, yeah.  No, really.  You got kids?  No?  So?  Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga and Lego Indiana Jones: The Video Game are simply two of the best games out today.  It’s the graphics?  Chicks dig the graphics?  No, not the most advanced graphics.  Really, not the most advanced anything.  The short list:

• You play all six Star Wars movies and the first three Indy movies.
• Available in some format on anything that will turn on.  (iPhone Lego Indy anyone…whip the phone to whip Indy’s…whip.  Yeah, I can see it now…)
• A tremendous amount of humor.  Oh, come on, they break apart when you beat up a bad guy — how is that NOT funny?
• You can play it with your kids or your Mom.  Did I mention that there is no swearing or blood?  Take a break from GTA4.  Mom can only off so many hoodlums before it gets old, right?
• Easy to pick up.
• Easy to put down.
• Heavy on the fun factor.  Frankly, that stupid grin at the end of a level.
• Two player cooperative play is a blast.

Ok, I am unlikely to ever work for Gamespot reviewing games.  You want that kind of review, go to Gamespot Star Wars or Gamespot Indy.  I can recommend this game on any system for anybody and any gender.  Have fun!

Tags: games, indiana jones, indy, lego, star wars

Game Essentials: Call of Duty 4

My friend Shawn told me to get this game nine months ago.  Over and over.  And over.  I bought it on sale for the 360 from Target.  Then he told me I should play it.  Over and over.  And over.  I finally did about a month back.  Really, it was tough for any game to follow in the footsteps of Bioshock (see here and here).

Story-wise, if you are into straight-up modern warfare, you will find nothing better out there.  Nothing.  Gameplay, nothing.  Fun, nothing.  After pondering this for a bit, this game is easily in my top 5 of all time, up there with Halo, Bioshock, Knights of the Old Republic, and Infocom text adventures (yes, I am THAT old).  Now, I could do like other sites and write multiple pages of review on the games I play which would prevent me from pulling a paycheck, getting my butt whupped by Dylan in Lego Indy (another excellent game, BTW), or examining the insides of my eyelids; but I won’t.  Try it if you can, then buy it.   I think it is still up on XBox Live.  It is even out for Mac (yes, Mac does get Triple A titles when the moon and stars align).  On second thought, just go buy it already.

Call of Duty 4 PC Demo

Tags: bioshock, call of duty, call of duty 4, games