Jason’s babblings.

Screw books, how could I forget about games?

Being summer, especially right before the expansion, WoW is getting a bit boring - almost chore-like - with nobody raiding and nobody to talk to. For those who are unfamiliar with the phenomenon, when an expansion is released everybody’s equipment goes to waste, no matter how awesome. So raiding 10 hours per week (or more) for the ‘big boy gear’ is futile, as it will be replaced in the first few levels of the expansion. And with everybody doing other stuff for the summer, the servers are pretty barren. Fortunately that means I don’t need to split my time as much between WoW and other forms of digital entertainment. Unfortunately, it reminds me I have so many games that I haven’t yet beaten.

The first game that needs a shout-out is Bionic Commando: Rearmed. It’s cheap, easily accessible, and challenging. It’s also visually pleasing, which isn’t a very common thing for me to say about 3d side scrolling games, especially remakes. Grin (the developers) did an awesome job giving the gameplay and visuals a hefty update, while keeping them reminiscent of the original. My hat goes off to you!

I gotta give some love to Harmonix and MTV Games for releasing so many awesome songs for Rock Band (and the upcoming sequel), and not missing a single week of DLC since the release of the game. Not only that, they are making DLC and disc songs available and the original instruments usable in the sequel! Sofa King Awesome! They really know how to take care of their customers.

I picked up Folklore a while ago and never finished it. It’s an action-RPG with a unique method (or methods, in this case) of telling the story, and beautiful flashy effects. I didn’t finish it ’cause I picked up Burnout, a fun arcadey racing/crashing game, shortly thereafter. Before that, I played half of a great golf game from the Hot Shots series, and a Tower Defense type game that I picked up cheapish on PSN.

Combine all these with Resistance, which was given to me for my birthday, a few neglected Wii games from waaay back, and a few games coming out in the fall that really make me happy in the pants area… I think I need to take a few weeks off and shut myself in my basement to get caught up.

The couch futon will be very convenient for that.