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I just started playing Stacking, which I've wanted to play since I first heard about it a while back.  It's incredibly good, I'm not too far into it but the whole concept is great and the game is just dripping with STYLE I guess.  You play as a tiny nesting doll in a sort of silent-film type situation and you solve puzzles by stacking into other dolls.  You can jump into any doll one size bigger than the current doll you're in (and there's cool shit like if you stack three dolls who are related and make a set, you get a cutscene about them).  Each doll has a specific ability and there's several different ways to solve puzzles.  One example that's early on so spoilers shouldn't be a big deal, you have to get a guard to turn around so you can stack into him and open a door that only he can unlock.  I originally started to do it by getting into a woman who screams for help so he'd go help her.  But then I went off to find the rest of dolls in her set and ended up coming back later and getting into a different woman who seduced him into following her so I could run around behind him real quick and stack into him.  I'm not sure how many solutions each puzzle has but overall it's an incredibly good concept and it's executed really well.
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Online interactions for MvC3 have gotten worse since day 1, so I'm taking some time off to play Dragon Quest VI.  Will probably toss in some Mass Effect for good measure.
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Bully, It's pretty great.
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Vell: Thanks for providing the exposition that Arcade seemed intent on not providing me with! Looks very interesting, but without someone saying it is worth playing I was hesitant to give up my precious, precious points. I will invest now maybes.

I'm dipping in and out of Aban Hawkins and the Thousand Spikes, but gone are the days of square controllers that survived a good wall-toss, so only when I'm relaxed. Itching to start Lost Odyssey but have to get a few things out the way before I devote myself to it. Otherwise, I'm grudgingly blasting through Suikoden IV so I can finally play Tactics (Rhapsodia).

Banjo-Kazooie worth playing for the 360? Played the demo and was a bit confused; loved the N64 version.
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although i will give the dark brotherhood quest a chance before abandoning the game. a lot of people have said it's a cut above the rest of the soulless drivel in the game.
yeah, the dark brotherhood questline is substantially better than anything else in oblivion that i've seen. it's still a fairly massive step back from really anything in fallout 3 or new vegas, but it's better than nothing i guess. although i'd probably like it more if the lockpick system weren't so damn unintuitive. losing thirty picks on one lock because you're a little tired isn't particularly fun.
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Vell: Thanks for providing the exposition that Arcade seemed intent on not providing me with! Looks very interesting, but without someone saying it is worth playing I was hesitant to give up my precious, precious points. I will invest now maybes.

It's definitely the sort of game I can see replaying or taking my time with in order to try out different powers and solutions.  I can't emphasize enough how much style this game has though.  Man, so well designed from that standpoint (but definitely with plenty of substance too)
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I've been loving my PS3.

I beat Uncharted 2 and played the multiplayer for a few days. Awesome game, totally going to do a Hard playthrough and plan to play more multiplayer whenever I feel like a multiplayer game. I love this game.

I beat Prince of Persia the other day. I actually really liked this game, even though it was short as fuck and I have no reason to play through it again. The graphics were great, and I enjoyed the gameplay. It's basically good old PoP on easy mode, but it was fun and innovative nonetheless. The environments are just gorgeous. I am playing all this on a SD TV so, when I get my LCD soon I'm going to play it again on a good screen, it'll be worth it (to me).

Started Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction. This game OWNS. It's fucking beautiful and is amazingly fun. I fucking love Insomniac games, they are so good. I didn't get that far, to the end of the first star system or whatever. I will probably get more games from this series, at least I know i'll get the newest one that is coming out soon. This game rules, but I'm trying to break it up and not play ONE GAME ONLY until it's beat.

Also started Demon's Souls. Holy fuck, this game is awesome and obviously hard as shit. It controls really nicely though, and I'll probably play this here and there for a long time.

And finally, started a Final Fantasy XIII game last night. Again, totally beautiful game, just gorgeous in every way. Battles are fucking EZ-Mode even for lobotomized first graders, and this fucking Sazh guy is like the worst black-comedian stereotype ever. I like it though, I like the story so far (only like 4 hours in) and I really like FF12, so I'm sure I'll enjoy this game even though it's less of a game and more of a really long movie that is a little boring and you have to press buttons to keep watching it.

Also hey DDay thanks for accepting my friend request I don't have a mic and we might not ever play together but it's nice to have a friend :fogetsmile:
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I've been loving my PS3.

I beat Uncharted 2 and played the multiplayer for a few days. Awesome game, totally going to do a Hard playthrough and plan to play more multiplayer whenever I feel like a multiplayer game. I love this game.

I beat Prince of Persia the other day. I actually really liked this game, even though it was short as fuck and I have no reason to play through it again. The graphics were great, and I enjoyed the gameplay. It's basically good old PoP on easy mode, but it was fun and innovative nonetheless. The environments are just gorgeous. I am playing all this on a SD TV so, when I get my LCD soon I'm going to play it again on a good screen, it'll be worth it (to me).

Started Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction. This game OWNS. It's fucking beautiful and is amazingly fun. I fucking love Insomniac games, they are so good. I didn't get that far, to the end of the first star system or whatever. I will probably get more games from this series, at least I know i'll get the newest one that is coming out soon. This game rules, but I'm trying to break it up and not play ONE GAME ONLY until it's beat.

Also started Demon's Souls. Holy fuck, this game is awesome and obviously hard as shit. It controls really nicely though, and I'll probably play this here and there for a long time.

And finally, started a Final Fantasy XIII game last night. Again, totally beautiful game, just gorgeous in every way. Battles are fucking EZ-Mode even for lobotomized first graders, and this fucking Sazh guy is like the worst black-comedian stereotype ever. I like it though, I like the story so far (only like 4 hours in) and I really like FF12, so I'm sure I'll enjoy this game even though it's less of a game and more of a really long movie that is a little boring and you have to press buttons to keep watching it.

Also hey DDay thanks for accepting my friend request I don't have a mic and we might not ever play together but it's nice to have a friend :fogetsmile:

Sadly the only game I play online but it has been a long time since I did would be Demon Souls but sadly there is no option to pick souls/players or you could try and beat my score in R&C A Crack in Time scores when you get it. (on demon souls i was kind of good at it but now I would suck hard core)

In all honesty Tools of Destruction is the worst in the series for me well other then deadlock.
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Anachronox. Haven't played this yet, very soon I will, but saw the movie of it. So I'll see how I do.
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can't emphasize enough how much style this game has though

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Anachronox. Haven't played this yet, very soon I will, but saw the movie of it. So I'll see how I do.

Hundley suggested I play this like years and years ago, and I went out and bought it back in 04/05. It's sat on my shelf for years though... :(

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Dragon Age 2 demo. It fucking owned.
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Hundley suggested I play this like years and years ago, and I went out and bought it back in 04/05. It's sat on my shelf for years though... :(

Update with some INFO about how fun it is when you play!!!
Dude, Anachronox is the fucking shit. Like all games from the golden era of PC games (which I consider to be 1998-2004) how well it has aged is entirely subjective. Nevertheless, the story and humor alone make it a must-play. DO IT, DO IT NOW.
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Picking up my Preorder of Bulletstorm later today,should be fun (Gears 3 Beta FTFW!!)
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I got bulletstorm too, i played some of the campaign last night, got to chapter 3 so not very far. It is really fun though, and the silliness isn't too terribly dumb or childish, though there is some childish stuff (Skillshot: kill a guy by shooting him in the butt LMAO), but it is pretty funny at times and endurable.

It's pretty fun too, controls well, the weapons are interesting and badass, and the storytelling is done well. I'm really into final fantasy 13 so I'll probably come back to it later but, it is fun.

Oh I tried playing the multiplayer but I couldn't connect to ANYbody. And I tried like 50 times. One time I did get connected and started a game, but as soon as it was about to load the map I lost connection. I played a private map solo for a bit, it was like zombies where there are waves of dudes that get harder. Pretty fun though.
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Just finished Stacking.  It was kind of short but I also used a guide to find out what the side challenges were so I guess it would have been longer if I had figured that out myself.  Even having beaten it so quickly I think it was still well worth my money and a very fun experience and I kind of want to make out with it a little bit.
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Just finished Stacking.  It was kind of short but I also used a guide to find out what the side challenges were so I guess it would have been longer if I had figured that out myself.  Even having beaten it so quickly I think it was still well worth my money and a very fun experience and I kind of want to make out with it a little bit.

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Also still playing Gemcraft Labyrinth  and Valkyria Chronicles 2 (been sitting on beating this game for as bit) also can't wait for 3 when that comes out because you can actually go Valkyrian mod with an order at least that is what I seen.
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Beat Bulletstorm,loved it highly reccomended