I LOVE GAMES -- displaced persons center

Ever wonder how Santa Claus manages to work his way down chimneys way too small for him? Or how he seems to stop time in order to visit all of the world's good boys and girls every Christmas morning? LucasArts and TT Games know the answer: Santa Claus is a Jedi Knight whose amazing Force powers allow him to pull off such spectacular feats. A long time ago, he came to us from a galaxy far, far away to exile himself from the Jedi purge led by Darth Vader. (No... that's not official canon.)

But what would have happened if jolly ol' Saint Nick had stuck around to assist the Rebellion? Find out by creating him in LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. Here's how:

Step 1: At the Mos Eisley Cantina, enter the following two codes:

CL4U5H (for Santa hat and red clothes)

TYH319 (for white beard Extra)

Step 2: Go to the Character Customizer and create the proper costume. Use a human head, the appropriate red clothing...and don't forget the red cap! Santa can wield the weapon of your choice -- we recommend the green or red lightsaber to seasonally complement his shiny red duds. (Remember, the color of his lightsaber decides whether his Force powers are naughty or nice.)

Step 3: In the Extras menu, activate Disguise 3. Now have her open the box.

Step 4: Enter the character-based level of your choice in Free Play.

Step 5: Spread holiday cheer to a galaxy in pieces.

Yeah, Hotel Dusk is by Cing, the guys that did Trace Memory which I just finished the other day. I'll be buying.

Note that Spicolly 2K7 gets his wii on.

• Dragon Quest VIII which I have been playing for about 60 hours straight.
• Harvest Moon: Magical melody...haven't played yet but it better be a lot better than A Wonderful Life
• Jeopardy 2 for the PSone! Yay! My favorite party game and it was only $5. The computer player kept kicking me & the boys' asses tho. It can buzz in way too fast. Unfair.

Also picked up Trace Memory for $15 from the local CD Exchange place. I love those places.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121200

COD2 was bleah compared to the expansion for COD1. Not sure if COD3 is actually any good yet.

Gears of War I got into way too late and I don't think there's any real hope for me. Co-op is good and I like it overall, but the masses are just too far ahead of me online to hold my interest. That and no jumping, which really pisses me off.

little preview of upcoming games

includes SimCity DS and something called "Panzer Tactics"

The 360 has been out for over a year and has one RPG, four thousand racing simulations and online UNO.

the PS3 has a WW2 shooter, plus they put aliens in it, to make it different. They also have, uh, a racing simulator, which looks better on the 360. And they have a giant robot combat simulator with the Gundam name attached that everybody in Japan HATED. I don't even know how you fuck that up.

the Wii already has golf, bowling, swordfights, werewolves, tennis, and fucking Madden, plus the VC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_titles_%28Europe%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_titles_%28North_America%29

So what are you worried about, again? (sorry to fanboy it up)

drop everything, Super Robot Wars for the DS is out in March.

I have to agree that I'm feeling a little nervous about the Wii lineup at the moment, though there are plenty of things on the unspecified horizon, such as fully-featured golf games, and tennis of course which I hope will expand nicely on Wii Sports.

There's also the Nintendo big names, which have already been mentioned like Mario, Metroid etc. Mostly though, there's just more on the Wii and coming soon to the Wii that I'm even remotely interested in compared to the other two options.

I was stupid enough to fall for the grass-is-greener thing with respect to my DS and bought a PSP only to realise that I don't like Burnout, Ridge Racer, Tekken and all the other guff. I spend my (limited) psp time playing Lemmings, which I probably can get for my PC from an aband0nware site, and Killzone, the only actually 'good' game I've played so far. Deep down, I know my experiences would be exactly the same on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

i do love the way you get into the zone and it goes zen and you can just glide around without thinking, killing everything in your path. have also noticed that immediately after a high scoring game i tend to have a really low scoring game.

also got ico from my brother. am stuck in 2nd room. oh um.

Also, the Metroid-style Castlevania games are awesome.

Oh yeah, Castlevania. Beat HoD and AoS, am now playing Circle of the Moon on the GBA. I've already beat most of the game playing the backup on an emulator, but the novelty of a portable game is still worth it.

And yes, I'd go back and get the extra controller, pronto.

Me: "When are you going to get another shipment?"
Manager: "Four months."
Me: "Really?"
Manager: "Could be tomorrow."
Me: "I thought you said four months."
Manager: "Yeah."
Me: "..."
Manager: "Or tomorrow."

dammit.

Loving my Diaz crib sadly enough!

I've been playing it with the sound off, though. compared to yoshi's island the music & sfx leave a lot to be desired.

Anybody tried pokemon mysterious dungeon yet?