Wayne Santos | Toronto-based writer and game journalist
Whoo Hoo More Rush
Working Man was one of the new songs available for purchase today. We also recently found out that–in a situation I never could have imagined when I was living in Edmonton–Rush will be giving a “hometown” concert here in Toronto in a few months.
Wow. Seeing Rush as a “local act.” [...]
More To The Pile
The Wife was in one of her “Let’s go to both ends of the spectrum” sort of moods, and so a trip to Eaton Center for a little shopping (and a pre-order payment for October’s LittleBigPlanet) resulted in the picking up of two distinctly at odds Blu-Rays to add to our collection:
The Wife is pretty [...]
And Now I Weep
96% on Green Grass & High Tides before the crazy triplet sequence at the end annihilated me. So… damn… close…
I probably won’t hit that percentage again for another two months…
Oh. My. God.
It looks like Harmonix has managed to snag the Beatles for Rock Band 2. There’s already confirmation from the Wallstreet Journal no less. Part of me is happy because it’s the Beatles, and part of me is happy because it’s not Neversoft or Activision who have been killing my former beloved franchise since [...]
First Big Feature
It took a while, but today, IGN finally put the first of a two part feature on their Insider section that I wrote. Whoo hoo, not an interview, not a news piece, but an honest to gosh old fashioned Gamer’s Rant by yours truly. Hopefully this won’t be the last. [...]
Evil Cute Games
I THOUGHT this game was going to be a nice, relaxing, stress free experience that would make a slow-paced, change of gaming styles when I bought it and downloaded it off the Playstation Store. That assumption couldn’t be further from the truth than a belief in weapons of mass destruction cached away [...]
New Toy
Surprisingly, most of today was spent watching the Wife come to grips with the creator mode of LittleBigPlanet . In retrospect I should not have found this so unexpected, but it’s still gleefully weird to see her being so hardcore about wanting to create her own levels.
No Boxing For Us
Although I did spend some time trying out the co-op mode with a friend one of the new gifts.