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The Backlog

Wayne Santos — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:11:04 +0000

Time to go back to those games I never got a platinum trophy on, now that my “summer project” of Demon’s Souls is finished. Next stop, God of War III.

Yay For Ron Gilbert

Wayne Santos — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:12:10 +0000

I don’t need to review it, but Deathspank is turning out to be hilariously entertaining. The actual game itself is a by the numbers, Diablo style beat ‘em up/loot fest, but the writing makes the game far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

Game Prep

Wayne Santos — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:53:48 +0000

Stupefying heat continues and now begins the set up for the fabled Demon’s Souls “super-grind.” In DS Nerd-Speak, this means pushing World 4 to pure black world tendency, grinding up a character enough to get six magic slots for casting both Soul Thirst and Soul Sucker, and then getting ready to hit up a Black Phantom over and over again for an obscene amount of experience points and a 1 in 200 chance at a rare “pure bladestone.”

Trust me, this all makes sense to the hardcore game nerds familiar with the title.

You’re So Done

Wayne Santos — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:06:41 +0000

Demon’s Souls has been finished. At least the first playthrough has. In order to get platinum on this, I’ll probably have to go through it 2-3 more times to collect all the weapons and such.

Yet Another Review

Wayne Santos — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:51:06 +0000

Wrote up the review for Transformers: War for Cybertron which surprised the hell out of me by actually being pretty good.

Easiest Review Ever

Wayne Santos — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:36:50 +0000

Currently working my way through the latest game that popped up in the office for review:

Green Day: Rock Band.

This is a complete and utter no brainer. Like Green Day? Like Rock Band? Get the game. Don’t like Green Day? Don’t get it.

I wish all reviews could be this simple.

And Done

Wayne Santos — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:14:34 +0000

Bioshock 2 was… okay. It wasn’t a bad game, it was just a game that didn’t need to be made, since it more or less aped what Bioshock had done and didn’t really add anything to it. Instead of a criticism of Objectivism we got a criticism of Communism.

Slow Going

Wayne Santos — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:34:58 +0000

Still messing around with Bioshock 2. It’s taking a bit more time because I find I frequently take breaks from it. I suspect I’m suffering from a case of “stale game” where they haven’t changed the experience enough for me to really want to finish it all in a typical marathon session.

Killing Time

Wayne Santos — Sat, 29 May 2010 03:21:00 +0000

With Bioshock 2. I like it so far. If I had to review it, my impressions would be:

1) It doesn’t embarrass itself or its franchise.

2) It didn’t need to be made, but at least it’s fun.

Bummed Out

Wayne Santos — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:18:12 +0000

I guess Red Dead Redemption must be a pretty damn good game. I finished it today and the ending actually depressed me. Games aren’t supposed to do that.