Starting the week with games

This past week was my gaming invitational with quite a few of my online connections. From late Friday night all the way through last night was all games. During that time I played a lot of Team Fortress 2 on Steam to lay into the new Badlands, which is awesome by the way. I also played quite a bit of 360 which included a crate-load of Call of Duty 4, a bit of Alien Hominid, and Guitar Hero 3. I planned on playing some Halo 3 but never really got into the mood of it. I guess COD4 just ruined it for me because it is such a better online environment.

On another note, I have been playing the crap out of the US Patapon Demo. I am on my 5th playthrough of this demo and it is the first time since the Burnout 3 demo on XBOX that I have loved the demo and played it more than some games. The game is hitting stores next Tuesday and I fully plan on grabbing it even in my financial state. PSP has always been one of my favorite systems for the sheer fact that it is a media player as well as a game play; AND NOW A PHONE!
God of War: Chains of Olympus is the other PSP
game that I have gotten my hands on. This preview build I have been playing is actually the most surprising thing I have seen within the last few months. First off the lack of controls, less buttons on the PSP than the PS2 controller, actually makes the game so much better. This may sound ass-backwards but some of the controls are sort of shifted and combined with other buttons. This allows you to easily pull of some quick motions as well as some combos. I can't wait to get my hands on the final game March 4th. I very well think that this could be the best game in the series, if it isn't too short.

I am anticipating spending $10 tomorrow on a game that I have played for free. That's right, I am going to pay for a free game! N+, is a complete rehash of N, the freeware game from Metanet Software, is releasing tomorrow on XBL Marketplace. It has a lot more stuff added and I was addicted to this game before so I have to check it out. You can find more information here including the free download.