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It's really great. Possibly one of my favorite games so far this year.

Well, any thoughts on the new DLC? Personally, I'm not quite sure what I think yet. I've played probably 5 hours of it now, with some good games and some bad games and noticed how Conquest Domination usually seems to go down. Aaaand, it's pretty much just CoD. I have to hand it to DICE with the new maps, they all look fantastic, the destruction is great, and they managed to have pretty much no chokepoints, something I was worried about. That aside, CQ domination is a bit of a mess. You can capture points, and they change hands fast, but unlike regular CQ, you can't spawn on the point after you capture it. You at least have the option to spawn on your teammates, but otherwise you're stuck with random spawns ala TDM. And as many of you already know, those random spawns are pretty shitty. I've capped a point many times only to find that someone has spawned right behind me. IMO, until the spawns get fixed CQ Domination is going to be a bit of a mess. Gun game is alright too, but it seems like a bit of an afterthought. It's great to see all the people that only use the M16/G18 try and get kills with stuff like a bolt-action and LMGs, though. Oh, and the new guns are fantastic, probably reason enough to get the DLC, IMO. The AUG and SCAR-L have their own little niche in the assault class, ACW and MTAR are nice variations for the engie, and the M417 for the recon is actually probably a tad OP right now. Nothing in the pack seems like a simple reskin except perhaps the SPAS-12, and that's a nice change from B2K. Everything seems to have its own niche. Anywho, I'll probably be playing a bit more of it, but it doesn't exactly grab me like the other modes. It's fun enough, but it's so frantic and inconsistent sometimes.

What's the album like? I just bought it but haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. I love the song with the Peter Serafinowicz video, in fact I think I may have posted it in here... It's pretty good. Motion Sickness and Flutes are probably the standout tracks for me, and I don't really like the single all that much, but it's a solid album. Definitely on par with or better than some of their older ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEALh88ysY4 Favorite off the new album.

It looks interesting. Johnny and I have been talking a bit about the new units. The way I see it, Terran gets the (slightly) short end of the stick with the new expansion, but I have a feeling that's all likely to change in the next few days. As a Protoss and Zerg player who's not very good at either, I'm particularly curious to see if the Terran's new mines reflect damage back to friendly buildings as well, as that'll make for some interesting cheese possibilities with 6 pools and the like. Hell, even probes could do a fair amount of damage to buildings if they pick up a mine on the way and carry it into the enemy base before it explodes. Other that that, should be interesting to see how it changes MP a bit. The mineral deny that the Protoss has is going to be clutch mid-game if you can tech out the unit, and I'm interested to see how the Mothership Core changes early attacks and rushes with its recall. Only thing I'm not too excited about are the Tempest's 22 range and the Viper's Abduct, as both just seem to be able to reach a tad bit too far, but what do I know about balance anyway. I'm pretty sure they'll be fine.

Maybe I'm crotchety, but I'm finding it awfully hard to care about BMS right now. I was really hyped for it back in 2009, when it actually seemed like they were going to release it in the near future but a combination of Source aging quite a bit since then and well, 3 years have turned my anticipation into something more along the lines of "meh". When I have the game on my hard drive I'll be excited, but 3 or 4 screenshots with some nice lighting and textures or even a release date just doesn't quite get me excited about BMS anymore.

The maps are always one of my favorite things about content updates. As I said, it's simply a rumor, but a multiplayer Vancouver and London would be great. I'm especially interested to see how they would do Rio, considering we don't go there at all in the campaign. My guess for Rio: favelas. Seems like every single game that includes somewhere like Rio always ends up going the favela route. Should be interesting to see how they bring it into the Mass Effect timeline, though.

Best Walkmen album yet. And that's saying something.

Beat Diablo 3 on Normal (doesn't really count, but whatever). I liked it a lot, but normal is just far too easy. Died once playing as a Witch Doctor, and it wasn't even during any of the boss fights. Now onto Nightmare, ready to be taken down a few notches.

Because of course the only thing to an IP that matters is price. And besides, didn't GOG say this same thing recently? EA can do better with their butthurt than this.

Not sure why I haven't heard of this band before, as apparently they were in Left 4 Dead.

The queen is also a bitch. I mean, who the fuck brings earplugs when Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney give a concert in YOUR honor? I take it you've never worn earplugs to a concert before.

Everything from the lighting, the UI, the movement, animations, music, hell, even the ambient dialogue gives me a DX:HR vibe, and that's awesome. Maybe it's something about Asian dudes talking on cell phones that starts my "DXHR-meter" off, but goddamn, this looks good in that department. That aside, I'm wary. It could be great if it keeps the gameplay non-linear, but a linear TPS just doesn't appeal to me right now, no matter how good the story and world ends up being.

That could be the UK release date, as I believe GMG is UK-based.

I'll be buying it. The beta hasn't been a blast, but I haven't missed a CS game yet, and I really dig the new changes to gun game.

I guess it's probably about time for me to play Heavy Rain then. This looks really neat, even if it doesn't seem too different or new.

I believe you need to create an account with them, which then involves making a different username. In my case my username was the same as my steam one, but if yours is taken I'd imagine it'd be something else.

Everyone who wants to do it should post their in-game names here, as it asks me for the people participating when I go to start one. Right now it looks like Me, Shaner, Johnny, and Dean, but it'd be good if we could get more than that. That's an awfully small tournament.

Why?

So the new DLC added a tournament mode for all players, it looks like. I know there's been talk about setting one up here in the past, but would anyone be down for a semi-official one now that the game has it supported? EDIT: You can use the mode whether or not you have the DLC.

That's what I was worried about. It sounds like a great game and one I'll definitely pick up this summer, it just doesn't sound like a very good Max Payne game.

This is a really great bundle, IMO. I already have all of the games minus Sword and Sorcery already so I won't be buying it, but this is the type of quality that I feel recent bundles have been severely lacking. All of those games are great.