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Playing through the Assassin's Creed III King Washington DLC. A little steep for $10 x3. However, it's great to revisit AC3. It's still my favourite game of that franchise. I never quite understood the hate on this game. Yeah, it took too long to get to actually playing as Connor, but the Haytham stuff was fun! I think that was just a problem of marketing, since no one really knew you'd spend a good 1/3 of the game as someone else, I can maybe understand the disappointment. There was also some problems with some mechanics (crafting) not being properly explained. But other than that, it was an Assassins Creed game, the tree running felt great, the frontier was awesome, and things the game tried to do, like having snow actually change the game world and the way you traverse, worked great. Not to mention how often do you see an actual First Nations character, played by a First Nations person, in popculture? Especially considering the way the treatment of aboriginal people in that area has been glossed over, it was great to see that represented. THAT SAID, the DLC is pretty good. I always prefer DLC giving us new areas to explore, like the Fallout/Elder Scrolls DLC (well the good ones). This DLC gives us an interesting enough story, and new gameplay mechanics, so Ubi has managed to keep it interesting. Just for basically half the price of the game, not really enough new content here. This would have been great as 3 $5 DLC packs, or one $15.

Sucks that Moffat won't release the Comic Con trailer online

None of the characters really clicked with me, not the way Lee and Clem did, but maybe that'll change once we get to know them better.

Walking Dead 400 Days... Pretty good, I'm assuming the whole thing was a set up for season 2.

I actually really enjoyed TDKR on my first viewing. But maybe it was just the excitement of seeing what happens after TDK because on second viewing I noticed all the problems everyone else had. Maybe I'd like it again if I watched it a third time..... It just felt way more of a sequel to Batman Begins than TDK, which maybe was an easier way to go but it just reminded me how average Batman Begins was compared to The Dark Knight.

Maybe. I want to live in a world where people understand that Nova (Richard Rider) and Hawkeye (more along the lines of Matt Fraction's new book) are the best two super heroes. ONE DAY, ETHAN, ONE DAY!!!!

Me reading the press release: "On the heels of the worldwide success of Man of Steel, director Zack Snyder is bringing together the two greatest Super Heroes of all time..." OMG WOLVERINE PLUS SPIDERMAN TEAMUP MOVIE?! OHHH I NEED IT NOW!!!! "...Batman and Superman —for the first time on the big screen. "...—Batman and Superman —for the first time on the big screen." Fuck!

Fallout New Vegas x3. Last summer I finished the Yes Man ending, this past few weeks I did all the DLC and the NCR, Legion, and Mr. House endings. Going to do a couple more missions before moving on with that game.

Could Sam be his wacky neighbour?

Hey, ST, get out of here, you Xbot!

Is Season 4 confirmed to end at the end of the 3rd book or is it going past?

I KNOW! My girlfriend is not going to want to sit there and watch me play a 16-bit SNES game for 4 hours every night for two weeks. But this is the kind of shit I want to play on the Wii U tablet. Super Metroid on the tablet controller? BALLIN'

I love how, except for sales, all the NES and SNES games on Wii U have had standard pricing, with SNES games being 7.99. But they finally release Earthbound and they jack the price up on that game for no reason. I understand they're a business and they're entitled to do this, I just think it looks bad. Clearly they know Earthbound fans will pay extra. ALSO WHERE THE FUCK IS: A Link to the Past Super Mario Bros Super Marios Bros 3 Donkey Kong Country

That's what I like about PS+ though. I don't play online often enough to warrant paying for an Xbox Gold account, but I like having it there as an option for the odd time when I want to play online. PS+ though, is worth it even without the online play. So even though I might only play a couple hours of multiplayer a month, I'm still getting value for PS+.

Sony was offering 3 months free when you signed up for a year, awhile back.

I just think it's too bad, how often do we get a black female lead in a game? Especially one as cool as Aveline? The character deserved better development, backstory, and quest than she got. It's a shame. Also: does anyone know how to play as Connor in Liberation? Supposedly you can either replay the mission they had together as Connor, or there's a totally unique mission you can play as either of them (I was never clear) if you have both games.

Overall I liked it. However I did have some problems. Mechanically it felt like a full fledged Assassin's Creed. Sure there was no villa/homestead/boat to upgrade, or assassins to recruit but combat, overworld and mission structure was nailed completely. Though to be fair the missions were all pretty short, that probably worked out well for a handheld game. It was on the short side, those last few sequences felt like they only had one or two missions each. The game also had some technical issues... the game was plagued by glitches and everything felt very unpolished, it's too bad they didn't give it another 6 months and release it this summer instead of last winter (but Sony probably pushed for a holiday release). While they nailed a lot of bringing the real Assassin's Creed to a handheld, my biggest grievances wasn't on the mechanical and technical aspects of the game, it was the story. Assassin's Creed 2 spent most of the game setting up Ezio becoming an assassin, it was a revenge story, seeing him seek out the people who framed his family. Assassin's Creed 3 spent half the game setting up Connor's father, even spent a sequence on his childhood and showed him joining the brotherhood. This game though, didn't properly introduce anyone, set up any motivations, or have an interesting plot. It just kind of... was. Which is too bad because that's the one area the game wouldn't have been held back by hardware limitations.

That's not really an issue. It'd be an issue if Ellie made a noise and got her or Joel killed, which would cause the last checkpoint to reload.

I knew all of that! BUT IT'S ALL STILL AWESOME!

You know, I'm starting to get a lot more optimistic about the Vita's future. The way they're going after indie games is smart. A lot of these games are available already on PS3 / PC, but Hotline Miami, Limbo, Guacamelee!, Sound Shapes, Thomas Was Alone, etc etc feel at home on the handheld. I'm eagerly awaiting Terraria, Flower, and Proteus. Proteus, oh god, oh sweet lord, looks amazing. I just don't know how someone can look at this library, factor in all the Uncharteds/Metal Gears/AC Liberations/etcetc and say this is a system without games. Not to mention Tearaway and Killzone on the way. I also have the sneaking suspicion that Minecraft, at least something similar to it's iOS version, is coming.

Filch/Frey looks soo much like William Hartnell, they need to have the 12th Doctor meet him as the 1st Doctor at some point.

Hopefully this allows games like Bastion, Fez, and Cube World to finally come to PS.

Close to my neck of the woods! Whistler is super nice, enjoy!

Canada in the winter, oh hell yeah!