My Skate 2 highlight reel
With the dearth of gaming news going on this week, I took an hour to slap together this quick highlight reel of my Skate 2 replays. Nothing amazing, but I'm pretty proud of that sick manual line across the lily pads, thank you very much!
Oh, and sorry for the crummy quality, but that's how EA's site spits 'em out. Oh, and stay tuned for my Halo 3 replays, if you care about that kind of thing. Oh!
Racist Avatar in 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live
So me and coworker Alexander Sliwinski were playing the live show of 1 vs 100 on Tuesday night and this fine young individual above ended up being the 1. Now, I know the new deal is that the 1 is chosen based on score, so the more you play, the better your chances at being in the mob or the 1 are. Still, are there no screeners? Nobody looks at the Avatars before they go on? Come on -- a blackface Avatar is not appropriate!
Note: Sorry for the crummy pic. I had to use my Pre and I was snapping from a projector, so it's not the brightest. But you get the idea!
[Via @DaveHinkle]
Quick ‘n Dirty Review: Assassin’s Creed 2 (Xbox 360)
Assassin's Creed 2 is an improvement on the first title in every single possible way. Before you haters of the first game think that means you'll like this, know you probably won't. At its core, it's still very much the same game: a sandbox-style title with some stealth and a very simple, yet highly intuitive, combat system. That said, I could not put it down from start to finish.
Listen to me on the latest Xbox 360 Fancast
I guest-hosted on the latest Xbox 360 Fancast this week (we actually recorded on Friday). Joining the Xbox 360 banter you'd expect, there's plenty of talk about the Dropbear problem in Australia and I even do a funny voice or three. It was a hoot and a holler and if you enjoy entertaining things, I suggest you make with the link clicking.
Quick ‘n Dirty Review: South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! (XBLA)
South Park Let's Go Tower Defense is quite the surprise. Developed by Doublesix Games, it's not a revelation in the tower defense genre, but it uses its license well and combines it with solid design to create a fun experience that is easy to pick up and play -- doubly so for even a mild South Park fan.
Why Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight is better than Gears of War 2′s Horde (and why it’s also not)
When Halo 3: ODST dropped into stores yesterday, I was determined to snag a copy. While I'm only two missions into the campaign, I found myself gravitating more toward the game's Firefight mode. It's an absolute treat and one of the better online co-op experiences of recent memory, but it will undoubtedly (and already has) draw comparisons to Gears of War 2's Horde mode. So here's my dos pennies on the matter.
Quick ‘n Dirty Review: Wet (Xbox 360)
In an attempt to get more content on my blog (it's starving, the poor little guy!), I'm going to try and do brief reviews for games I'm playing to supplement the other random junk that finds its way here. Hence, the quick 'n dirty review. In this edition, I'll be talking about Artificial Mind and Movement's Wet.
My Xbox 360 keeps forgetting who I am
Earlier today, I tweeted about something that's turned into a daily scare: My Xbox keeps forgetting who I am. Now, while the box knows my Gamertag and will log me in and show my list of friends, it forgets all of my Avatar data and, more importantly, my Gamerscore. I'm not as crazy about my Gamerscore as I used to be (I don't play craptastic games just for the score anymore), but when you have over 66K and you turn on your Xbox and see four years of work down the drain, it takes a toll.
Mind you, I have fixed it by recovering my Gamertag a few times, while other times it'll just kick in automatically, but the point is it's scary as hell! A couple coworkers at The Stiq confirmed they'd had this happen to them on occasion, but it's at least once a day for me. What's the deal?
Quick bio:Hi! I'm David Hinkle, Contributing Editor for Joystiq, former Lead of DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy and co-host on the Xbox 360 Fancast. Basically, I write about games, talk about games and play games -- all the time.
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