Pure White Lover Bizarre Jelly 5 makes me feel very, very awkward
Wow. I mean, I know Suda51 is out there and the first half-hour or so of No More Heroes 2 was crammed with plenty of tit shots, but this is just... wow. I'm dumbstruck. It seems like it's hentai for pedophiles. Seriously, what the funk?!
At least the Pure White Lover Bizarre Jelly 5 shmup is fun.
Quick ‘n Dirty Review: Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
So, I'm just going to say it: Mass Effect 2 is the best game I've ever played in my life. It's not something I say lightly, as Bioware's latest outing manages to shove its way to the top of a very prestigious ladder littered with top-notch titles like Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysey, Half-Life, Flashback, Secret of Mana and many, many more. But, there it is: Mass Effect 2 has managed to make me care for a fictional universe and its inhabitants more than anything else I've ever experienced in my life.
Shepard May Have A Drinking Problem
I don't know what I laughed about more during this exhange: Shepard going from zero to ridiculously drunk in about sixty seconds or the fact that Miranda's in the Men's room. The quiet disapproval on the squad's faces after Shepard wakes up on the Men's room floor is also pretty hilarious. I think right about when you're so drunk, you're laying in piss -- it's time to re-evaluate your life.
Do it!
I Ran Into This Weird Mass Effect 2 Glitch
The video pretty much explains it all. I was on Daratar, doing the Eclipse Cache mission, when I ran towards a rock and was vaulted into the air. My team (obviously) followed. They're a dedicated bunch!
Hands-On: Bible Navigator X (Xbox 360)
I was hoping for a bit more "XTREEEME" in my copy of Bible Navigator X, but lo and behold the Indie Games title on Xbox 360 was more or less a plain old version of the bible ... on my Xbox 360. I've no idea why anyone would need the bible on their Xbox 360, but c'est la vie. Check out my video for Joystiq above.
The One Book a Month Project: What Do I Start With?
Given that my job requires I write a ton, I've always felt like I should be reading more. In my spare time (when not playing video games, which is pretty much always), I've been working on a few ideas for books. This has only compounded by desire to be reading more. So, I've decided to do something about it: The One Book a Month Project. One book, one month, that's it.
The only thing is I need a suggestion where to start. Every book I own, I've already read (used to thrift store it up a lot when I lived in FL, which is where most of my collection hails from). So, give me a good idea for a book. It can be almost anything -- no romance novels, please. I get enough of that being friends with countless attractive individuals with love lives far more interesting than mine.
So, yeah. Thanks! I'll start the 1st of February.
Interview with Glen Schofield
Glen Schofield, the guy who came up with that very awesome Dead Space game you should've played, recently chatted with me as part of a feature for Joystiq, the site I work for. It was a great interview and Glen spoke rather candidly in our phone conversation and I think it turned out pretty well. He was one of the better interview subjects I've dealt with in my years working in the games biz -- right up there with Richard Ham -- so feel free to hop on over and check it out.
Quick bio:Hi! I'm David Hinkle, Contributing Editor for Joystiq, former Lead of DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy (now known as Joystiq [Nintendo]) and co-host on the Xbox 360 Fancast. Basically, I write about games, talk about games and play games -- all of the time.
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