2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341345#Comment_341345 2012-10-01T00:35:38-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

The final quarter of the year is a dangerous time for videogame companies. For some reason publishers still think they need to cram all their big releases into the small October/November window in ...

This leads to too many games for any one person to buy, and often good games will simply fall through the cracks (often taking their developers with them) simply because they decided to go face to face with the Call of Duty's of this world rather than wait until the Spring to launch.

So anyway, holiday madness is upon us.

For me, the first title I'm picking up from this rush will be the XCOM reboot. All signs point to this being essentially my perfect game.

(It's also out on the same day as the game I've spent the past two years on, Fable: The Journey, but there's not exactly much demographic overlap there so I'm cool)

Later in the month I'll be getting Assassin's Creed 3, but beyond that I think I'll let reviews and word of mouth guide me on games like Dishonoured, Black Ops 2 etc...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341359#Comment_341359 2012-10-01T04:18:45-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

I am so inordinately excited about XCOM. I'm not blind to the apparent shortcomings from reading about the demo, etc etc, but I am SO excited. I haven't been this excited for a game realise since... ...

I still love and play the original, but I'm ready for a modern take. XCOM looks like the right stuff so far.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341368#Comment_341368 2012-10-01T06:54:33-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

This XCOM video from Gametrailers is the first I've seen of someone just playing the game. It'll sell it to anyone who liked the original as it shows boh what they've changed and what they've kept.

This XCOM video from Gametrailers is the first I've seen of someone just playing the game. It'll sell it to anyone who liked the original as it shows boh what they've changed and what they've kept.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341371#Comment_341371 2012-10-01T07:43:24-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

That actually makes me a little bit horny. I see pretty much all the beats I would expect from an old-school mission, with the added bonus of an enemy jumping in BEHIND your troops to try to mess ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341372#Comment_341372 2012-10-01T08:52:34-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

@Flabyo My brother and I, when they came out, bought all of the original XCOM games (and I just about peed myself when Steam offered them all for $7 a few years ago and I jumped on that in an ...

My brother and I, when they came out, bought all of the original XCOM games (and I just about peed myself when Steam offered them all for $7 a few years ago and I jumped on that in an instant). We're incredibly excited about the new game.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341376#Comment_341376 2012-10-01T09:57:31-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron was full of very satisfying set pieces and gameplay, but holy cow did it end abruptly. I guess it's one of those where the campaign is just the training mode for ...

I'll be trading it in for Darksiders 2 or Dishonored.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341381#Comment_341381 2012-10-01T10:50:35-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173

just scored DEAD ISLAND for very cheap, hope its fun enough for me to get my moneys worth. NiGHTS, one of my favorite games of all time gets its 16 year HD facelift tomorrow!!! as far as the ...

NiGHTS, one of my favorite games of all time gets its 16 year HD facelift tomorrow!!!

as far as the holiday rush, HITMAN (another old favorite) and DISHONORED are about the only things on the slate that look up my alley...however i usually get games like 7 -12 months late so those are more like Games Of The Future for me.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341412#Comment_341412 2012-10-02T00:08:04-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

I'm playing a lot of FTL lately. It's like a space-roguelike with a time limit, and it's both incredibly compelling and frustrating. You WILL die. A LOT.

FTL lately. It's like a space-roguelike with a time limit, and it's both incredibly compelling and frustrating. You WILL die. A LOT.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341418#Comment_341418 2012-10-02T02:23:25-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723

I was playing FTL the other day at work when my lead tapped me on the shoulder and got me to turn around - 30-50% of the monitors I could see had a Kestrel on them. It was beautiful.

It was beautiful.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341420#Comment_341420 2012-10-02T02:33:14-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

I love it when that happens in an office. I remember one time some years back when the lunchtime Quake CTF matches were interrupted for an entire week while everyone played through HalfLife. Bit ...

Bit of a mixture in the office lunchtimes here at the moment. Lot of people playing DotA and LoL, some playing the new WoW expansion.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341445#Comment_341445 2012-10-02T13:54:02-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220

When Diablo III came out, as soon as a break hit, my entire former office would degenerate into a storm of mad clicking from every direction.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341452#Comment_341452 2012-10-02T14:53:49-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

If you have a PS3, I can't recommend Tokyo Jungle strongly enough. All the humans have disappeared from the world and, years later, the animals have overrun the streets of Tokyo. Starting from an ...

It's also more than a little disturbing, depending on your fondness for animals. I see cats as friendly little weirdo-beasts. Any random carnivore sees them as both a competitor for and a source of food.

Also, I learned that a pomeranian doesn't stand much chance against an alligator. Who knew?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341454#Comment_341454 2012-10-02T15:07:27-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 andycon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10109

Tokyo Jungle is great, I am pretty terrible at it but I love every moment of it. I wish I could buy it a few more times just so it will be a success and Sony will see there is a market for weird ...

I wish I could buy it a few more times just so it will be a success and Sony will see there is a market for weird 'Japanese' games here in the west]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341455#Comment_341455 2012-10-02T15:18:42-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173

TOKYO JUNGLE: one of the verrrry few reasons i wish i had a ps3

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341474#Comment_341474 2012-10-02T18:29:56-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 agentarsenic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2955

So I bought Borderlands 2 on release day and I'm up to level 10. Damn you 12 hour days, 6 days a week. I still need a new gaming laptop after the giant Toshiba I had died, hence all the ...

I still need a new gaming laptop after the giant Toshiba I had died, hence all the overtime.

A new baby could factor into both things, as well.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341490#Comment_341490 2012-10-03T00:59:39-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723

I like Borderlands 2, but I feel it has the same problems for me that Borderlands 1 did. For instance, when I'm driving along and I get attacked by a cloud of Rakk, I get afraid. Not because they ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341523#Comment_341523 2012-10-03T13:55:38-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Tomba is finally on European PSN. The US version, too, which is awesome, since that means it's properly optimized. Yay! Neither that nor Resident Evil 2 are currently transferable to the Vita. Boo!

Neither that nor Resident Evil 2 are currently transferable to the Vita. Boo!]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341569#Comment_341569 2012-10-04T02:20:28-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

Here's Gametrailers round-up of what's out in October. These are US dates of course, so Assassin's Creed and Need for Speed are both November games here in the UK...

Here's Gametrailers round-up of what's out in October. These are US dates of course, so Assassin's Creed and Need for Speed are both November games here in the UK...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341651#Comment_341651 2012-10-04T15:24:28-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

Xposted to the US Election Thread: Maine GOPer releases campaign flyer criticizing Dem opponent for playing an Orc Rogue in WoW.

Maine GOPer releases campaign flyer criticizing Dem opponent for playing an Orc Rogue in WoW.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341665#Comment_341665 2012-10-04T19:37:08-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

Yeah, the GOP in Maine isn't too bright. Demonizing video game playing? Seriously? World of Warcraft is mainstream. I live in Maine, albeit Portland, which is almost a different state from ...

Still voting Angus King, though.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341700#Comment_341700 2012-10-05T09:49:48-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1173

im so exhausted from my week DEAD ISLAND came in the mail, NiGHTS is out, new track pack for TRIALS EVOLUTION i really want to just loaf about and recharge this weekend unfortunately my most ...

DEAD ISLAND came in the mail, NiGHTS is out, new track pack for TRIALS EVOLUTION

i really want to just loaf about and recharge this weekend

unfortunately my most out of hand booze hound friend is in town for theee days

i already know how this ends, with me opening my eyes monday morning grunting 'Uuuuugh']]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341702#Comment_341702 2012-10-05T10:15:29-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

Started up Borderlands 2 with my brother the other night. So far enjoying it.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341734#Comment_341734 2012-10-05T19:14:02-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Corey Waits http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=453

I have also been playing an awful lot of FTL. Love it. Also got into the alpha/beta for a couple of stompy mech games... Not sure where the NDAs are at at the moment, so that's all I'll ...

Also got into the alpha/beta for a couple of stompy mech games... Not sure where the NDAs are at at the moment, so that's all I'll say.

Chomping at the bit for HOTLINE MIAMI. Can't it just be out already?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341737#Comment_341737 2012-10-05T19:44:12-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088

Playing Borderlands 2 at the moment... XBOX Live handle: GovSpy79 Never played with any of you WC'ers, but wouldn't mind giving it a shot...

Never played with any of you WC'ers, but wouldn't mind giving it a shot...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341745#Comment_341745 2012-10-05T23:38:48-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

Unfinished Swan and Retro City Rampage both in October? I've barely scratched the surface of Tokyo Jungle, and haven't had a chance to look at Hell Yeah! yet. Fall is trying to kill me, again!

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341761#Comment_341761 2012-10-06T09:47:27-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 andycon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10109

gog has some good stuff on sale this week. Picked up Arcanium and Vampire: The Masquerade- Redemption part of me hates not having a PC back in the day, the other part of me loves that I can get ...

part of me hates not having a PC back in the day, the other part of me loves that I can get all these games for like $4 a pop]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341793#Comment_341793 2012-10-07T01:51:06-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

'Mark of the Ninja' on the 360 folks. Seriously, a game about stealth that actually works and makes it fun. Took me a while to cave into pressure at work and try it, and I'm glad I did. And the ...

And the art style is awesome (reminds me a little of Samurai Jack)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341805#Comment_341805 2012-10-07T09:13:18-07:00 2012-10-07T09:13:27-07:00 screaming meat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1219

^This. 'Mark of the Ninja' is excellent. It reminds me of a cross between the original Metal Gears, Shinobi and/or Shadow Dancer.... with maybe a little Tenchu (in 2D). Hours of fun.

'Mark of the Ninja' is excellent. It reminds me of a cross between the original Metal Gears, Shinobi and/or Shadow Dancer.... with maybe a little Tenchu (in 2D). Hours of fun.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=341817#Comment_341817 2012-10-07T15:05:55-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

Mark of the Ninja gets a Steam release in a week or so, on 10/16. My 360 isn't quite in retirement, but after a while I get tired of scrolling through a front-end that's about anything but video ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342041#Comment_342041 2012-10-12T02:14:42-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

XCom day today. Woooooo. I have next week off and I shall be playing it a lot.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342042#Comment_342042 2012-10-12T02:54:36-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665

Oh hey lookie, here's the new thread. Crosspost from the old one, to which I posted yesterday since I was too hangoverish to be arsed to find the new one .) *** 1) Remedy is hiring programmers ...

***

1) Remedy is hiring programmers and animators, you derpers might be interested: http://remedygames.com/extra/job-openings/

2) If not, a pal who's a writer in Remedy had a fun idea - come play in his X-Com squad :D http://community.remedygames.com/showthread.php?t=9366]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342066#Comment_342066 2012-10-12T10:23:55-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665

Hah, this looks like a fun start to the previous: http://community.remedygames.com/showthread.php?p=157094#post157094

http://community.remedygames.com/showthread.php?p=157094#post157094]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342101#Comment_342101 2012-10-13T12:24:30-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

I kind of wish I hadn't gone through and done budgeting. Now I know exactly how little I am earning, and can't afford all the great games coming out right now. XCom, Dishonored, Torchlight 2, Worms ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342110#Comment_342110 2012-10-13T17:45:31-07:00 2012-10-13T17:45:42-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Arrrrgh. NOW I remember why I hated "Chocobo Hot & Cold" at the end of my first playthrough of Final Fantasy 9 a decade ago. I just spent AN HOUR grinding out those last two ...

I just spent AN HOUR grinding out those last two Chocographs in the first Chocobo forest. AN. HOUR. The main problem was that last Chocograph, the one you need to make your Chocobo walk through rivers. I'd forgotten just how mindnumbing it is to play the same minigame again and again, digging up nothing but Gysahl greens, potions and whatever else piddly items the game tosses at you when each Chocobo location is mostly emptied of good items. It isn't made any better by the occasional fiddlyness of the game when you're a pixel away from where it wants you to dig. It got to the point where I was looking at FAQs to make sure that I'd remembered correctly, that I was supposed to actually, really do this.

No more. I'm 47 hours into the game and I haven't even gotten to Terra yet. I'm powering through the rest, and Choco can go K-K-KWEHHHHH!!! himself. I'm not going through that with three or four more locations.

(Beyond that, I actually still like FF9. The random battles can be a chore at times, since they're annoyingly slow when fighting certain enemies, but I *really* like the story and characters and the world they've built. And when the battle system's at its best, it's actually still really fun.)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342304#Comment_342304 2012-10-18T07:55:19-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Fauxhammer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=27

Holy shit, Dishonored is amazing. Bioshock meets Copper, kind of.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342305#Comment_342305 2012-10-18T08:18:15-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

The Walking Dead game series remains really neat. Episode 4 is as good as the previous ones, and I'm REALLY looking forward to the fifth now.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342346#Comment_342346 2012-10-19T02:47:04-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254

Carmageddon on iPad. Yeeeahhhhhhh.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342347#Comment_342347 2012-10-19T03:47:18-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 MWHS http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5283

I picked up Rome: Total War on a steam sale and have been playing it like crazy again. I also re-installed EB mod. It's... beautiful. Wars of the Roses is also fun, if a bit lacking in depth. ...

Wars of the Roses is also fun, if a bit lacking in depth. Hopefully the developers will add more content/finish the damn game without Paradox pushing them to make everything DLC.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342356#Comment_342356 2012-10-19T06:11:15-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723

I caved in this week and got XCom, it's pretty awesome. This lunchtime I started a game at work and decided to try out Classic Mode. I thought "what's the worst that could happen?" and the ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342376#Comment_342376 2012-10-19T09:59:00-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

@Ben - Was the old "aliens send an RPG into the back of your troop transport at the end of round one and now your squad is a bunch of BBQ corpses" trick? Fucking hated when they did that in ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342388#Comment_342388 2012-10-19T12:44:42-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

They're not quite as unfair as that was, but they do use cover and flank your men far more effectively on Classic than they do on Normal.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342391#Comment_342391 2012-10-19T13:01:15-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723

Yeah, the only unfair I had was a Thin Man Arrival dropping someone into a space I was already standing on, and going to overwatch. Talking of Thin Men, please tell me I'm not the only person that ...

Talking of Thin Men, please tell me I'm not the only person that looks at them and sees Jarvis Cocker meets League of Gentlemen?
]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342398#Comment_342398 2012-10-19T16:01:59-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

@Flabyo and Ben - Ah, well that's at least not as bad. First couple of times I played the old game I was like, "The hell are these smoke grenades for?" Figured that out quick after they ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342436#Comment_342436 2012-10-21T00:09:02-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299

XCOM is breaking my heart, right at this very moment. Let me tell you all a story about how XCOM is breaking my heart. Emily St. Albans grew up on the streets of Manchester, U.K., and she grew up ...

XCOM is breaking my heart, right at this very moment. Let me tell you all a story about how XCOM is breaking my heart.

Emily St. Albans grew up on the streets of Manchester, U.K., and she grew up tough. The youngest of six children, she was essentially an orphan, and she found a home in run-down houses, boarded-up factories, and friends' flats. Emily dropped out of school and ran away from home at 15, and it took her parents three days to realize she was gone. In her teens, she was fed on a steady diet of punk music, cheap beer, and regular fights with the local gangbangers. Emily was one of those kids who, if you ask just about anyone, just wasn't ever going to go anywhere, or do anything that mattered.

Then the aliens came.

Emily was one of the only survivors of the Manchester Incident, and escaped her city on board an XCOM Skyranger. She earned her seat on the dropship by feeding a Sectoid three cartridges of birdshot, saving the life of an XCOM squad leader in the process. Emily got to keep the shotgun, and XCOM got to keep Emily. Seven months passed, and Emily became one of the most deadly and dedicated squad leaders at XCOM. A veteran of more than thirty operations, she saved countless lives and put down more than sixty alien combatants. As the Great Invasion dragged on, and fewer and fewer things could be counted on, the men and women who fought against the aliens knew that, when they needed a one-woman door breach, a flanking maneuver against a trio of Floaters, or someone to cover the VIP's escape, Emily St. Albans could be counted on to get the job done.

Then came the mission in India. The bad mission. A bomb has been planted, and things had gone wrong - disarming simply wasn't an option. All that was left was to evac the squad back the Skyranger, and try to get everyone home to fight another day. The aliens, of course, had other plans. Emily, who had no problem running and shooting (she'd been doing the former for as long as she could remember, and the latter for as long as she cared to remember), kept up with the squad until the last set of cover. Everyone was wounded, even Emily, and the aliens were hot on their heels, and coming out of the woodwork all around them. Fighting wasn't an option, and running might save two, maybe three people, but not the whole squad. There was a third option - someone could remain behind, keep the aliens busy, and take as many of them down as possible while the squad high-tailed it back to the dropship.

That someone was Emily St. Albans.

Six members of XCOM set down in Calcutta, India that night. Five made it back. One died a hero.

All of that, up there? All of it was the story I told myself while playing through my first campaign of any XCOM game, ever. This game forces you to tell yourself a story, and then it rips you apart when it brings that story to an end. I totally get why people obsessed over the original game back in the nineties. I seriously had to set my controller down and mutter "fuck fuck FUCK" to myself afterwards.

God damn, this is a good game.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342439#Comment_342439 2012-10-21T00:47:31-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

I'd post more on gaming, but at the moment it would be an endless litany of "shot stuff in Borderlands 2". Not very interesting, I'm afraid. Still, if anyone's curious, I'm shooting a ...

After Borderlands 2, I think I'll give Unfinished Swan some time. :)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342478#Comment_342478 2012-10-21T22:44:12-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 InvincibleM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3064

I've been taking bites off Uncharted 3 here and there. It doesn't flow quite as well as 2 and is frustrating as a result. Not to mention that Sully as the near constant tag-a-long is growing tired ...

I downloaded Tokyo Jungle from PSN and It's fun, definitely different. It's sort of exhausting to try and unlock all the animals though, especially when I know that my score ultimately has a cap, based on the leaderboards.

Going to pick up XCOM tomorrow because once I heard the words turn based strategy, I couldn't resist.

I'll also be downloading the Unfinished Swan when it comes out.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342499#Comment_342499 2012-10-22T04:40:02-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oscillateur http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2424

Dark Souls DLC very soon...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342510#Comment_342510 2012-10-22T08:33:29-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

@Alan Tyson The worst, THE WORST, about the original XComm games was when you had a squad member make it through mission after mission after mission and you finally get to that point, the point ...

The worst, THE WORST, about the original XComm games was when you had a squad member make it through mission after mission after mission and you finally get to that point, the point where no matter what you do, no matter how many times you might reload from your last save point, they are positively fucked.

I know people who stopped playing the game when their squad got wiped out because in some small way they blamed themselves. Harsh.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342512#Comment_342512 2012-10-22T08:40:32-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052

I've been going back through Richard Garriot's Ultima series, playing I-VI in one big slogthrough. I-III were okay, if a bit off-kilter, especially I, which is a fantasy RPG including such items as ...

Ultima IV is totally different. Most games want you to become a great wizard or deadly fighter. This one wants you to become a combination of Jesus and Bhuddha, the Avatar, in a quest to become a more and ethical paragon to provide an example for the Britannian people. I'm playing through though this as a Shepherd. Yes, Shepherd, the class of Humility. You know what special powers a Shepherd gets? Nothing. My best weapon is a Sling. Best Armor is Cloth. You're essentially playing someone as weak as a Mage but who has no magic. How did I end up with this? By honestly answering the questions at the started.

See Ultima IV differs from most games in that instead of assigning numbers or random rolling, you pick your character's class (and possibly starting attributes) by picking between a series of moral dilemmas and life choices. You decide which virtues best define you and by doing so, decide what you'll end up playing. It's just a lovely, awesome game that apparently came out in 1985.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342529#Comment_342529 2012-10-22T12:48:28-07:00 2012-10-22T14:24:47-07:00 Ryan S Thomason http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5360

I might have to take the plunge on x-com when my schedule clears a bit. @johnjones, that recommendation might get me started on ultima IV as well. I think I need to quit sleeping so I can fit in ...

I think I need to quit sleeping so I can fit in the time for all these games, I'm halfway through RE6 oh and I'm trying to wean myself off Dwarf Fortress as well.

[EDIT] While I'm talking about DF and its insane difficulty, have a nosey at this thing I tried]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342530#Comment_342530 2012-10-22T12:56:44-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 andycon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10109

gog.com gave me Ultima IV for free, there goes the rest of my week.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342553#Comment_342553 2012-10-22T20:29:48-07:00 2012-10-22T20:36:57-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052

@ Ryan and andycon I got all my Ultima games from Gog. BTW, assuming you get the full series, you should know that you can transfer your character from IV to V and then from V to VI. Also, ...

I got all my Ultima games from Gog. BTW, assuming you get the full series, you should know that you can transfer your character from IV to V and then from V to VI.

Also, Andy, be prepared to set aside a couple of weeks for Ultima V, which is, if anything, even better than Ultima IV. Ultima V takes the idea of the Eight Virtues and deals with them at the societal level. It effectively shows the land of Britannia living under "Buddhist fundamentalism" in which the Virtues, which are meant as guidelines are instead applied as harsh laws with specific behaviors and punishments delineated. "Thou Shalt Not Lie or Thou Shalt Lose Thy Tongue" is the law for Honesty. In Yew, you meet a father and child who are locked up in stocks for violating the Laws. The father broke the second law by not giving enough to charity. The child broke the Seventh law by not turning in his father. More than any game I've played Ultima V brought home the evil of the villains in a truly personal, "in your face" way.

For one thing, the Shadowlords will sometimes be in a town that you visit. While there, they will hunt you if they see you (and they are both extremely tough and impossible to kill permanently until you figure out how). They will also color the interactions you have with the NPCs in the town. Cowardice makes every one there respond conversation attempts with "Please don't hurt me, please go away." Hatred makes them say "Begone, scum!" and they hit you for a small amount of damage. Falsehood allows for interaction but merchant will cheat you and overcharge you, plus anyone speaking to you will steal something from you at the end of the conversation. Also, Ultima V has day and night now - and you can't buy stuff at night because everyone's asleep.

For another thing, there's a scene that can play our if your party is captured by Lord Blackthorn, the overall villain of the game. In this seen he puts one of your party members into a thing with a swinging axe above it and demands to know a piece of information from you. If you don't give it to him (and you shouldn't) the axe splits your party member in two, killing him. And not just killing him, he's permanently deleted from your party roster and you can't get him back without starting the game over or restore at a save point. Despite the primitive, 1987 graphics, the dialogue makes it a harrowing scene that deeply personalizes the villain and your relationship to him, which makes the ultimate win you'll achieve much more satisfying. You're not defeating some generic Dark Kind or Evil Wizard, you're getting that fucker who murdered Iolo and that feels a hell of a lot better.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342560#Comment_342560 2012-10-23T00:57:33-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Ryan S Thomason http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5360

@johnjones thoroughly convinced :D I've been trawling through GOG for a good long time now, I think after dwarf fortress I can handle mid-80s graphics again...

thoroughly convinced :D

I've been trawling through GOG for a good long time now, I think after dwarf fortress I can handle mid-80s graphics again...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342570#Comment_342570 2012-10-23T05:58:48-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 vandalhandle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4586

I loved UFO Enemy Unknown back in the nineties, I may have to give this new X-Com a look, I've been on a retro thing lately spent the weekend modding an xbox 1 (is that how it's referred to?) so it's ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342612#Comment_342612 2012-10-24T06:56:57-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723

I've kind of turned against XCom as I've got further into it. At the start, there are all these interesting one-off missions. Later in the game there are... the same missions. The aliens apparently ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342629#Comment_342629 2012-10-24T10:04:43-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

If you're not pushing on through the fixed plot points then it can feel like it's bogging down. You should always have a 'goal' on the world overview screen (an early one being 'capture a live alien' ...

But the original did that too, and had the disadvantage of not even making it clear what you should be targetting.

Those council missions though, it is weird how those don't get any harder past a certain point. They're good for blooding rookies at least.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342640#Comment_342640 2012-10-24T14:09:13-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Come on, PSN... Where's my Astoria DLC for Dark Souls? Or anything new that's not the annoying unremovable Singstar icon on my Games list?

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342644#Comment_342644 2012-10-24T15:28:27-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Whoops, never mind. Turns out it was under the "games" section, which HAD been updated despite the "what's new" section not being updated. Huh.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342659#Comment_342659 2012-10-24T20:58:49-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7065

Thanks to previous recommendations, I picked up a copy of Alpha Protocol today, and will hopefully fire it up tomorrow. I've heard from many it also has it's flaws, but for $7, i couldn't resist. ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342668#Comment_342668 2012-10-25T01:01:32-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

$7 for Alpha Protocol is something of a bargain yes. You'll think it's a bit clunky and not get why it gets the love at first, the whole opening mission just feels like 'A.N.Other shooter'. But once ...

If you see 'Spec Ops: The Line' for a similar price, I can totally recommend that too. Again it feels like a fairly standard shooter at first, but the game is really about how in war everyone loses, and it evolves storyline wise into a massive subversion of the 'America saves the day!' trope.

I do love games that take a chance and experiement with their narratives. Videogames are a unique form, and there are things we can do with them that'll blow peoples minds once we can get properly past the 'kids stuff' baggage.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342689#Comment_342689 2012-10-25T12:52:12-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 andycon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10109

Oh man I LOVED AP. I have no idea why it got such crap reviews. I would kill for a sequel. Just remember that it is an RPG, and stats mean something,, when you are shooting at someone from 10 ...

Just remember that it is an RPG, and stats mean something,, when you are shooting at someone from 10 feet away and keep missing]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342691#Comment_342691 2012-10-25T13:54:40-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Just finished Final Fantasy 9, for the PS1, for the second time in my life, this time on my Vita. Spent about 65 hours on it. Mainly, I think, since I wasn't powering through like I initially ...

Spent about 65 hours on it. Mainly, I think, since I wasn't powering through like I initially intended to do. I actually let myself get distracted by all those little things, like Chocobo Hot 'n Cold, the card game, poking around the sidequests, etc.

There are bits of the game that drag. In particular the bits where you're walking around trying to solve environmental puzzles that involve walking around and poking at things until they open up, while you're fighting (through random battles) the same two sets of enemies that take too long to kill even though they're not actually much of a threat. The rest is actually pretty awesome, though.

It's a curiously dark story despite the visual style, centered around people dealing with their own mortality (in particular, those given really short lifespans). That's right: The game's theme is people dealing with the fact that they're going to die sooner or later, and how they make their lives count. This is done while fighting turn-based battles against fantasy critters. Well, it IS a Japanese game.

If you've got a hankering for old-school RPGing, I really recommend it. Especially now that you can play it portably.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=342874#Comment_342874 2012-10-29T13:56:56-07:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

I've decided to play through the God of War trilogy again. I don't know what makes it so much more compelling than any of the other similar games I've tried, I just love the thing to death.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=343944#Comment_343944 2012-11-12T12:23:08-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

Picked up Pshychonauts on Steam. Though a lifetime of playing on some form of console has left me feeling weird playing on a keyboard and mouse, I am LOVING the game so far.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344125#Comment_344125 2012-11-15T15:39:35-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Having just spent another forty or so hours on Dark Souls (god that game is addictive) and completed it with a new character, this time doing the DLC as well, I just started playing The Legend of ...

This game's obsession with trains borders on the unhealthy. There's a whole race of wise people called Lokomos, whose defining trait seems to be that they're crippled, their life consisting of hanging around in temples while puffing around on steam-powered wheelchairs. Like, whut.

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344126#Comment_344126 2012-11-15T15:41:38-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196

I like to imagine those wheelchairs are powered by farts.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344371#Comment_344371 2012-11-20T09:28:12-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

Baludrs Gate: Enhanced Edition due out in eight days and if there is no Minsk and Boo I will be very, very displeased.

Baludrs Gate: Enhanced Edition due out in eight days and if there is no Minsk and Boo I will be very, very displeased.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344372#Comment_344372 2012-11-20T09:32:32-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

oh boy...getting a PS3 soon!

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344375#Comment_344375 2012-11-20T11:08:25-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 InvincibleM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3064

@Oldhat Get Uncharted first. It is a really, really, really well made series of games.

Get Uncharted first. It is a really, really, really well made series of games.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344379#Comment_344379 2012-11-20T12:54:54-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

I'm looking at getting the Uncharted 3 bundle package. Also plan on getting Mass Effect 2 (was in the middle of it on my xbox when it redringed on me) and LittleBigPlanet because, well, it's ...

Also plan on getting Mass Effect 2 (was in the middle of it on my xbox when it redringed on me) and LittleBigPlanet because, well, it's adorable.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344380#Comment_344380 2012-11-20T12:58:06-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

In a day or two I'm going to link to a review of the game I've been playing obsessively for the last little bit. I absolutely love every second I've put into it, except for the ones I haven't, but ...

Oldhat- Demon's Souls. *evil laugh*]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344381#Comment_344381 2012-11-20T13:47:36-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

@oldhat: Uncharted 2 is the best of the series so far. LittleBigPlanet 2 is pretty awesome. Yes, Mass Effect 2 and 3 are both very worth it. Special recommendations: Demon's Souls, Dark Souls ...

Special recommendations: Demon's Souls, Dark Souls (both amazing games, and Dark Souls is the spiritual sequel to Demon's Souls). In fact, make sure to get them and play them fast... Some of the most interesting stuff that happens in them depends on online interactivity, and their server life isn't eternal.

Another special recommendation: Valkyria Chronicles. If you have ANY interest whatsoever in strategy games and/or RPGs, this is essential.

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344409#Comment_344409 2012-11-21T03:25:51-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

Valkyria Chronicles is not only the best game on the PS3, it's one of the best games of this entire generation. I rather like it.

I rather like it.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344474#Comment_344474 2012-11-22T14:02:03-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

I would say it's worth it getting the full set of God of War games as well. The first two hold up surprisingly well for being basically just PS2 titles with a higher resolution, and the third is one ...

I'll admit, I've played Civilisation: Revolution many, many times on my PS3, though it looks as if XCOM is replacing that one as my go-to game for when I just want to play SOMETHING for a bit.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344488#Comment_344488 2012-11-22T20:03:16-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

Valkyria Chronicles is fantastic. If you've got a PS3, you should spend the $0.05 it's going for nowadays. My review of Far Cry 3 is up. RPS mentioned the mission nagging in their review, ...

My review of Far Cry 3 is up. RPS mentioned the mission nagging in their review, though, and now I feel silly for having forgotten to gripe about it in mine. I can't be too harsh on it, though, because damn but I do love Far Cry 3. I'll love it a lot more when I'm playing the PC version, though. :)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344496#Comment_344496 2012-11-23T01:49:10-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

Friend of mine lent me 'Sleeping Dogs' recently, after banging on about it for months until I caved in. It's actually really rather good. Basically GTA, in Hong Kong, but with combat controls that ...

It's actually really rather good. Basically GTA, in Hong Kong, but with combat controls that actually work and an interesting melee combat system that has fancy combos and the ability to perform environment based attacks (like shoving someone into a giant fishtank)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344509#Comment_344509 2012-11-23T09:54:06-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

Bluh, new Steam Sale going on. Must... resist... temptation.... I've already caved and picked up the Walking Dead season pass, as well as Offspring Fling (the latter for only $2!).

Steam Sale going on. Must... resist... temptation....

I've already caved and picked up the Walking Dead season pass, as well as Offspring Fling (the latter for only $2!).]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344512#Comment_344512 2012-11-23T10:07:18-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

Damn it, Steam... I'm getting Ticket to Ride at half off, aren't I? Damn it...

I'm getting Ticket to Ride at half off, aren't I? Damn it...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344513#Comment_344513 2012-11-23T10:18:21-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

And question about the PS3.. Still worth getting? I know there's some rumours going around about the PS4 being released next year...Really don't want to get a console and then they just stop ...

Still worth getting? I know there's some rumours going around about the PS4 being released next year...Really don't want to get a console and then they just stop making games for it.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344514#Comment_344514 2012-11-23T10:38:44-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

Any new console rumours are sill in the "complete speculation" category. No hard facts to back up anything, other than that we know they will exist at some point in the future.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344515#Comment_344515 2012-11-23T10:59:55-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

gotcha.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344517#Comment_344517 2012-11-23T12:33:15-08:00 2012-11-23T12:39:43-08:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220

The new Xbox and Playstation are definitely coming next year. Now former employer had specs and was shifting development on a few titles to the new systems. They're not going to just stop making ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344522#Comment_344522 2012-11-23T13:55:47-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723

Plus there'll still be that whole phase where no one knows how to make stuff that runs properly on the new machines, and all the games are either previous-generation-identical or valiant attempts to ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344525#Comment_344525 2012-11-23T14:59:35-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

Buying into this generation at this point boils down to one question, assuming you're already thinking about buying a console: Do you own a Blu-Ray player? If no, then PS3. If yes, then 'you ...

Do you own a Blu-Ray player?

If no, then PS3. If yes, then 'you really need to have lots of friends already playing 360 to take it over PS3'.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344535#Comment_344535 2012-11-23T23:55:41-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

Finally finished XCom. For a game with almost no story to speak of (and the attempt that they made was pretty pitiful) I still rank this as one of the best games of the year. That's right, on par ...

Also, I highly recommend naming all of your squad members after people you know. It's a very fun way to play, especially when coupled with Iron Man mode. The odd thing about XCom is that for it to really work, you kind of have to meet it half way, adding in your own personal emotional connections. The game gives you very good tools for exploiting these connections, but offers little to establish them in the first place.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344540#Comment_344540 2012-11-24T07:01:43-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Just finished the season finale to Telltale's "The Walking Dead" game series. Will definitely be buying the second season when/if it comes. The game's slightly clumsy in places, but damn, ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344547#Comment_344547 2012-11-24T13:54:01-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

Parents just made the decision for me. Early Birthday present! Got the 250GB/Uncharted 3 bundle. :)

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344548#Comment_344548 2012-11-24T13:55:42-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

Sweet! I guess you don't have to sell your XBox this way, either.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344553#Comment_344553 2012-11-24T17:39:39-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

PSN folks, my name on there is wornoldhat. Feel free to add me! Tonight will be playing Uncharted 3 and maybe something free I can find.

Tonight will be playing Uncharted 3 and maybe something free I can find.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344567#Comment_344567 2012-11-25T09:00:31-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7065

Awesome. Picked up the Infamous/Uncharted bundle this week. I haven't unpacked it yet but looking forward to it. I've been putting off picking up a ps3 for years, and have been happy with other ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344574#Comment_344574 2012-11-25T15:20:47-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220

Finally picked up Battlefield 3 since it was on sale on Origin for 12 bucks. Of course everybody who's still playing it has unlocked everything and knows how it all works, so I'm kind of stinking up ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344617#Comment_344617 2012-11-26T14:15:45-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 InvincibleM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3064

Just beat Uncharted 3 which was a definite step down from Uncharted 2, but still a good game. Went kind of wild with the Steam sale and picked up: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Star ...

Went kind of wild with the Steam sale and picked up:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
Orcs must Die! 2
NightSky
Braid
Spacechem
Aquaria
Psychonauts
Legend of Grimrock
and Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP which looks really cool.

all for under 50 bucks.

I would've picked up Civilization V if I didn't already have it. 8 bucks for that game is insanely worth it.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344619#Comment_344619 2012-11-26T14:48:16-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

Pretty annoyed that the Mass Effect trilogy set for PS3 is now coming out in February instead of on my birthday next week. Was only in the middle of 2 when my Xbox died and I'm anxious to play my ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344650#Comment_344650 2012-11-27T10:34:53-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196

Got Assassin's Creed 3 for $25 off a black Friday sale, also Dishonored and some other things from the Steam sale. I also have a bunch of work I need to get done, but fuck everything because video ...

My life is hard.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344664#Comment_344664 2012-11-27T16:02:33-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

The Pinball Arcade is $5 on PSN+ this week, and it's cross-play for PS3/Vita so you get both versions with the one purchase. I made the mistake of buying the 360 version, which has been met with ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344670#Comment_344670 2012-11-27T18:38:12-08:00 2012-11-27T18:38:28-08:00 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7065

I know I am late to the game on this one, but just picked up Bastion. Thank you Steam sale! Great game so far. Fun game play, awesome soundtrack, and wonderful aesthetic. I am thoroughly enjoying ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344680#Comment_344680 2012-11-28T06:33:25-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Will Couper http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=190

I've been playing Rage since I got it in a sale the other week. It's an okay game, and I'm just trying to get as much of it done as I can before I discard it. Some of the minigames are complete ...

Will]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344738#Comment_344738 2012-11-29T11:07:36-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

New Humble Bundle! From THQ of all people. Currently has Saints Row 3, Company of Heroes 2 and expansions, Metro 2033, Darksiders, and Red Faction: Armageddon. The first three are excellent games, ...

Humble Bundle! From THQ of all people. Currently has Saints Row 3, Company of Heroes 2 and expansions, Metro 2033, Darksiders, and Red Faction: Armageddon. The first three are excellent games, and I haven't played the other two.

Sorry Mac & Linux people, this bundle is Windows and Steam only.

Oddly, I'm seeing some surprising backlash against this bundle on my twitter feed.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344740#Comment_344740 2012-11-29T11:27:48-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

Putting this here.

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344748#Comment_344748 2012-11-29T13:06:35-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723

I can sort of see why there would be a backlash, reading the games list it sort of looks like a shark-jump, like they're now really just another bargain bin. Also, god dang, I bought SR3 only two ...

Also, god dang, I bought SR3 only two days ago.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344749#Comment_344749 2012-11-29T13:28:06-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

@oldhat: Snrk. @Ben: It is a bit of a departure, sure. But some people are acting like Humble has personally killed their cat, with quotes like "Well, they completely abandoned Linux and Mac ...

@Ben: It is a bit of a departure, sure. But some people are acting like Humble has personally killed their cat, with quotes like "Well, they completely abandoned Linux and Mac gamers. That's 50% of their customers." or "Indie community proves yet again that AAA is the enemy until a lot of $ shows up. Humility can be bought." (These are direct quotes off of my Twitter feed).]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344751#Comment_344751 2012-11-29T14:34:14-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

I will say that while I think it's great that they have higher-profile games on the Humble Bundle. That being said, I will not buy it, as I AM a Mac user. Wifeyface has a monster Windows machine, but ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344754#Comment_344754 2012-11-29T14:48:06-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792

They've had android only bundles before. Excluding users isn't new with this bundle. And it's not really their fault if THQ games are windows only as far as computers go. Honestly, when I got my ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344757#Comment_344757 2012-11-29T15:00:41-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

The android only thing doesn't annoy me as much as it's for a different platform altogether. I'm not saying it's Humble Bundle's fault, but they ARE putting their stamp on it, so they're part of the ...

But, like I said; I think it's great that they're on the bundle. Just disappointed that I'm not joining in the fun. (Because I know I wouldn't be playing the games)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344761#Comment_344761 2012-11-29T15:15:56-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

As a note: most of the android bundles can also be played on windows/mac/linux. I'd definitely like it if there were linux/mac ports of these games, but honestly if there is anyone I'd let lack of ...

I'd definitely like it if there were linux/mac ports of these games, but honestly if there is anyone I'd let lack of cross-platform slide on, it's the bigger companies, because of the phenomenal cost of properly porting a AAA title. Even the Psychonauts Mac port is a bit dodgy, and that game came out in 2005.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344768#Comment_344768 2012-11-29T15:40:59-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

I too am disappointed. Also annoyed with Steam at the moment, as I bought a Ticket to Ride pack for about $10 and the thing just won't play. Have contacted support twice now with no response, so I'm ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344809#Comment_344809 2012-11-30T04:07:57-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Will Couper http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=190

Having mentioned that I bought Rage recently, I found out that Bethesda seem to be planning on releasing DLC for the game. Over a year after it was released. How odd and, from my point of view, ...

Will]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344852#Comment_344852 2012-12-01T01:59:52-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665

Okay, for the first time I'm really annoyed with Telltale Games. I've loved The Walking Dead to pieces, it's exactly that sort of adult, socially driven storytelling I've been looking in games for a ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344861#Comment_344861 2012-12-01T08:38:51-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

Been fiddling with the XCOM demo. I'm not one for tactical games, but this is pretty fun. Otherwise Uncharted 3 is a fun game and the writing is definitely keeping me there. And LittleBigPlanet is ...

Otherwise Uncharted 3 is a fun game and the writing is definitely keeping me there. And LittleBigPlanet is just a big bag of adorable and really fills those "stressful day at work don't wanna think much" needs.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344862#Comment_344862 2012-12-01T09:08:53-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

I'm very much in the same camp as you. The original XCOM is the only tactical game I ever stuck with, and I'm now enjoying the shit out of the new one. The demo is basically an on-the-rails version ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344871#Comment_344871 2012-12-01T12:26:28-08:00 2012-12-01T12:44:19-08:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

EDIT: Hang on, I think I mentioned this elsewhere. Moving on to other things... Started playing "Henry Hatsworth" for the DS. It starts off slowish, but it's proving to be a lot of fun.

Started playing "Henry Hatsworth" for the DS. It starts off slowish, but it's proving to be a lot of fun.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344872#Comment_344872 2012-12-01T12:30:14-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

City of Heroes shut down last night. I'm a little... upset, to put it mildly.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344883#Comment_344883 2012-12-01T15:45:53-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665

...just finished The Walking Dead season ender and man, all is forgiven. I had to go all PC gamer there for awhile and tweak files in folders and all that shit to make the game work, but damn. I'm a ...

Dayum. Blogspam.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344925#Comment_344925 2012-12-02T18:03:19-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

@twentythoughts, did you delete your LBP planet names? Because I was just looking them up on here and now they're gone and I'm pretty sure it was you that had them.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=344943#Comment_344943 2012-12-02T23:59:00-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

@oldhat: I deleted'em initially 'cause I could've sworn I gave'em earlier this thread, and didn't want to nag. But then I realized that was somewhere else, most likely. So here! PSN: ...

PSN: T20thoughts.

Levels:

Hobo Wizard
Hobo Warrior (sequel to Hobo Wizard)
Big Darn Wheels Inc.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345034#Comment_345034 2012-12-04T20:35:21-08:00 2012-12-04T22:16:58-08:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

It appears all those levels are in LBP2, which I don't have yet. Turns out EB Games store guy was a lying liar who lies. Mass Effect trilogy DID come out today! And I decided to pick it up. So ...

Turns out EB Games store guy was a lying liar who lies. Mass Effect trilogy DID come out today! And I decided to pick it up.

So starting all over again after my xbox crashed in the middle of ME2. Still don't know the ending, so I'll thank you for no spoilers (even though everyone's stopped talking about it).

EDIT TO ADD: OH SHI-


Twyla Shepard. Near as I can make her to the last one I was playing on Xbox.

Thoughts so far on the crossover: a little buggy with audio sync and a few repeats. Glad that I'm able to mess around with the controller , so my trigger finger lands on the R1 button instead of R2.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345043#Comment_345043 2012-12-05T00:04:22-08:00 2012-12-05T00:04:34-08:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

Warning: Mass Effect Spoilers ahead! Shepard is secretly the last of the space unicorns.

Shepard is secretly the last of the space unicorns.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345164#Comment_345164 2012-12-08T07:33:56-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

DARK SOULS 2 IS COMING AUGHAUGHAGSFDHSH Seriously, Dark Souls may be my favorite game of this generation. If this one is even half as good, it'll be worth it.

DARK SOULS 2 IS COMING AUGHAUGHAGSFDHSH

Seriously, Dark Souls may be my favorite game of this generation. If this one is even half as good, it'll be worth it.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345205#Comment_345205 2012-12-09T15:10:55-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345225#Comment_345225 2012-12-10T01:24:12-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7065

So thanks to a recent Steam sale, I finally bought Civ 5. Started my first game ever tonight, and now it's 5.5 hours later, and 3 hours before I have to wake up. Needless to say, I am loving it so ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345229#Comment_345229 2012-12-10T02:04:08-08:00 2012-12-10T02:04:38-08:00 Ben Klumaster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723

@cjkoger: I bought Civ 4 the weekend before last. Substitute Coke for Red Bull and that's exactly what I could have typed a week ago (instead I opted to get another turn or two in. Just till I could ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345249#Comment_345249 2012-12-10T14:40:42-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

Oldhat: I'm disappointed that it's not going to be an 8bit brawler instead of a Mega Man game. I would have played the crap out of a Street Fighter game with 8bit graphics. (Though not actual 8bit, ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345257#Comment_345257 2012-12-10T16:55:02-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 vandalhandle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4586

@magnulus, emulaters and the street fighter 2 rom for the commodore64 would have you covered for that

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345259#Comment_345259 2012-12-10T17:13:12-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

Hah, saw a video of that and it looks terrible! Almost as terrible as Street Fighter 1 was on C64! :D

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345264#Comment_345264 2012-12-10T18:40:47-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7065

@ben Yeah, at 2ish I was like, "Let's just see if this attack works." Suddenly, it was 3:30am. I made it through work today as well. Woot. I didn't realize how much I missed games in this ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345266#Comment_345266 2012-12-10T18:59:27-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Yaboo Chingoa http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6685

Oh, shit! Memory trigger! There was a late-era NES game called Metal Storm, which was a mech run-and-gun. You could reverse the direction of gravity and walk on ceilings. Dig it: Contrast ...

There was a late-era NES game called Metal Storm, which was a mech run-and-gun. You could reverse the direction of gravity and walk on ceilings. Dig it:



Contrast those graphics with what might have been the first PC game I ever played:



It was awful]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345268#Comment_345268 2012-12-10T19:31:48-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Yaboo Chingoa http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6685

Memory cascade: a friend of my brother came from a Christian survivalist family. Through them, we got the exciting chance to play the first bootleg NES games we'd ever seen. Unfortunately, these ...

Unfortunately, these were the games in question.

They weren't particularly bad, you understand... but once you'd played for three minutes, you pretty much got the idea, and changed cartridges. Unless those were the only NES game your folks allowed in their home, I guess.


There were a couple of Christian FPS games for the PC, but I never played 'em.

War in Heaven

Catechumen]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345314#Comment_345314 2012-12-11T20:37:45-08:00 2012-12-11T20:38:07-08:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

So, Super Hexagon. I just lost a week to spinning through the quickly-encroaching walls of color-shifting techno geometry. It's evil, ridiculously simple, and crazy-addicting.

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345352#Comment_345352 2012-12-12T19:00:48-08:00 2012-12-12T19:01:01-08:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299

I think I vaguely remember a review of Catuchumen in PC Gamer. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it actually turned the reviewer away from God.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345353#Comment_345353 2012-12-12T19:03:37-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792

Super Hexagon is so hard! But it does the same thing Geometry Wars does, where it takes so little time to restart it essentially all feels like one long game and you end up never rage quitting as a ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345354#Comment_345354 2012-12-12T19:19:35-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7065

@yaboo metalstorm was awesome. I loved playing that game.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345357#Comment_345357 2012-12-12T23:06:10-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Yaboo Chingoa http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6685

@cjkoger: yup, Metalstorm fuckin' rocked. Wasn't a huge fan of the one (or two) shots and you're dead bit, but otherwise I love that thing. It's probably my favorite NES game ever.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345446#Comment_345446 2012-12-14T13:02:48-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

Free games are always good. Especially ones that are a homage to classic 80's arcade game 'Ghosts n Goblins'. Maldita Castilla Most PCs will be able to run it.

Maldita Castilla

Most PCs will be able to run it.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345468#Comment_345468 2012-12-15T02:20:17-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Magnulus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6716

Damnit! Windows only! I want that game. NOW. Ghosts 'n' Goblins was one of my absolute favourites on the C64. Archon and Donald Duck were the others. Guess I'll have to make do with this.

this.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345712#Comment_345712 2012-12-19T07:11:59-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306

Couple of nice little montage videos here: Games of 2011 Games of 2012

Games of 2011
Games of 2012]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345729#Comment_345729 2012-12-19T14:30:37-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220

And THQ (my former employer) has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Not massively shocking, but a little bit surprising, since the stock seemed to be trending upward in the wake of the Humble Bundle. ...

has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Not massively shocking, but a little bit surprising, since the stock seemed to be trending upward in the wake of the Humble Bundle. And despite the news story saying there were 'no layoffs planned' I texted a friend who's still there and she replied that she was 'busy packing.' So layoffs apparently are happening.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345731#Comment_345731 2012-12-19T14:38:43-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155

Those are some awesome videos.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345794#Comment_345794 2012-12-20T19:03:05-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925

The Steam Holiday Sale is a go! I'm safe today, but tomorrow? A few hours from now when flash sales start to update? Who knows. It's dangerous territory and my wallet is going to end up far ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345797#Comment_345797 2012-12-21T00:39:24-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Morac http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266

I'm already $50 in the hole. Hitman: Absolution, Arkham City Game of the Year edition, Intrusion 2, Cargo Commander and an expansion for Dungeons of Dredmor. I am really glad I got a new job ...

Hitman: Absolution, Arkham City Game of the Year edition, Intrusion 2, Cargo Commander and an expansion for Dungeons of Dredmor. I am really glad I got a new job recently.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345801#Comment_345801 2012-12-21T01:00:52-08:00 2012-12-21T01:03:30-08:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220

ArtRage 3 Studio Pro for a little over twenty bucks in the current flash sale is really tempting, even though I already have the full version of ArtRage 2 and like its interface better than ...

[edit] Fuckit. The additional tools should make it handier than 2 has been. Boughted.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345940#Comment_345940 2012-12-24T21:56:38-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 Frank http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1074

Spending way too much time on Xcom Completed the thing on Normal and now playing on Classic difficulty (Not on Ironman mode yet though, that'll be next!)

Completed the thing on Normal and now playing on Classic difficulty

(Not on Ironman mode yet though, that'll be next!)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345969#Comment_345969 2012-12-26T15:14:33-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347

Santa is nice in Dark Souls, but don't. Fuck. With. Him.

Santa is nice in Dark Souls, but don't. Fuck. With. Him.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10854&Focus=345981#Comment_345981 2012-12-26T23:01:37-08:00 2013-06-17T22:44:38-07:00 brittanica http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2296

Steam sale has claimed another victim. I snatched up Borderlands (level 8 so far, hot damn is it satisfying to find guns that set things on fire) and just downloaded Sims 3, because why not.