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What are you playing: Aloha edition


You may have noticed a few hints that I'm getting married soon. Well, tomorrow actually. Incidentally, that's why I wasn't in Barcelona covering X06 -- much to the dismay of many of my friends: "You should totally go, dude." But no, I'm getting married and that's more important. The point of all this is that I won't be here for a little while. I'll be enjoying the sunny skies and sandy beaches of Hawaii with my beautiful new bride (assuming we don't get rained on the whole time). As such, I won't have time for posting, because I'll be ... busy. Of course, Ken will still be here and Joystiq's own Chris Grant just might be popping in as well.

On a personal note, I really hope you have all been enjoying our new energy around here. Some of you may have guessed that this is now my full time job, and I'm taking it seriously. We're going to be growing X360F like crazy and all of you are a part of that. That means more community, more posts, more everything. We want to know what you like, what you don't like, and if you think something is bull, by all means call us on it. Stick around, it'll be worth it.

So, what will I be playing this weekend? Nothing -- looks like Dead Rising will have to wait 'til I get back (just when I thought it was over ...). How about the rest of you? Hope you all have a good time. I'll see you on October 12th.

-- Richard Mitchell

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21. I hate nostalgic gaming - after the novelty wears off, you're left with a weak game, crappy graphics and spoiled memories of something you once thought was fun - this is why Doom or Street Fighter is NOT in my lineup. Live needs to step it up and release some new stuff.

CHROMEHOUNDS
DEAD RISING
ENCHANTED ARMS
CLONING CLYDE

Killing time til GEARS hits with whatever is on the shelf.

Posted at 1:44PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Joe 0 stars

22. Enjoy the wedding and honeymoon. Were you as disappointed in Enchanted Arms as I was? This weekend I hope tog et in some godfather and TDU.

Posted at 1:54PM on Sep 29th 2006 by puh_fifer 1 star

23. Doom! I actually never finished Doom on PC, so this is kind of a fresh experience for me. I love the simple controls. No worrying about jumping or looking up or down. Kinda like real life.

Congrats Richard and have sex! I mean... no, that's what I meant.

Posted at 2:13PM on Sep 29th 2006 by zenprism 0 stars

24. Congrats Rich! Hope you 2 have a great time over there. See you in Oct!

Posted at 2:14PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Godfree 0 stars

25. Congratulations Richard, on both the marriage and being able to make blogging a full-time gig.

As far as games go, I'll be playing Dead Rising (just starting to get into it) and Oblivion (still have five achievements to go, all in the main story line and Dark Brotherhood.) If I'm looking for a change of pace, I'll most likely pop in Lego Star Wars II.

Posted at 4:50PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Dirk Dorkelson 3 stars

26. Enjoy your real life versions of TDU and GTA's hot coffee mod and leave the gaming to us.

Posted at 5:10PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Jellodyne 0 stars

27. Nothin now. I was getting the Red Lights of Death, so I sent my 360 back to get repaired.

Posted at 5:11PM on Sep 29th 2006 by John 0 stars

28. Playing Lego Star Wars II

Posted at 5:49PM on Sep 29th 2006 by xfan 6 stars

29. Ive been playing halo 2 lately because I haven't played it in a wile. Besides that I love Saints row (especially online play omg awesome) Ive also been playing some splinter cell chaos theory man that game is Frigging awesome. Also have been playing some COD2.

Posted at 6:05PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Eric Dude 0 stars

30. Lego Star Wars, Oblivion and maybe some Prey.

Posted at 6:09PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Boudin 0 stars

31. Congrats on your marriage and awesome trip to Hawaii Ricardo!!!

Im getting hitched on September of '07 and am contemplating between Hawaii or Puerto Vallarta.

I'm sure Hawaii is going to be freakin awesome, have fun!

Posted at 6:43PM on Sep 29th 2006 by John Juan 2 stars

32. Good to here your coming to the islands. Which one are you going to be on? Anyway I am stationed on Oahu. If for some reason you just need a 360 fix during the "love fest" hit me up.Oh yeah one last thing Aloha. I might not have been the first comment but at least i gave you your first Island greeting.

Posted at 1:52PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Jason 0 stars

33. I think I am probably the only 360 owner haven owned his 360 for six months and only own one game. I've become greatly disenfranchised at the one game publisher that, in the beginning, took me away from shooters on the PC and got me to start consoling.

Now, this one game publisher has scorned me and my friends that use to group together for private XBL gameplay every Saturday night. Instead of this weekly activity, this publisher single handedly managed to break the group leaving no one playing and some seriously evaluating returning to the PC gaming world.

The PC games from this publisher are cheaper, the additional download content free (XBL additional download content is not free for the 360), and the idea of loyalty completely thrown away in the Xbox Live Marketplace relationships with publishers willing to pimp their consumers than reqard them for being loyal.

Alas, I will not be playing on the 360 this Saturday night, but rather playing on the PC. Anyone looking for a Premium system (complete with one game) for about $200 plus shipping?

Posted at 9:41PM on Sep 29th 2006 by GhostDoggy 0 stars

34. i got addicted to BFME2 again

Posted at 10:53PM on Sep 29th 2006 by The Rev 0 stars

35. Congratulations and Aloha, as I am also spending time in Hawaii, via Test Drive Unlimited. What a great game! It will hold me over nicely until Forza2.

Posted at 11:06PM on Sep 29th 2006 by Ramrodicus 0 stars

36. GhostDoggy i would be interested in your 360.

Posted at 3:29AM on Sep 30th 2006 by tiMVP21 0 stars

37. i just finished downloading doom when my 360 decided it didnt love me any more. hope it has a safe trip b/c i know ill miss it. man i was just starting to get into 2k7 that sure does suck. well anyways have a good honeymoon.

Posted at 3:25AM on Sep 30th 2006 by tiMVP21 0 stars

38. COD2, PGR3, and various demos, as always. Thinking about picking up Battlefront II again. Congrats on the marriage Richard!

Posted at 8:49PM on Sep 30th 2006 by Doug 0 stars

39. Well, I was playing TDU. But a corrupt save put an end to that one. And I didn't want to start over (at 83% completion before the corrupt save).

So I was going to download some old school Doom, but my 360 also did the 3 red light thing, so I guess the answer to the question is: tonight I'm playing Candy Land.

Posted at 8:52PM on Sep 30th 2006 by Dave 0 stars

40. Congrats XBOX360 #1 blogger!

I'll be playing OBLIVION STILL! I'm just now getting around to the Fighters Guild quests. I just made a new character for it, since punching horses gets you kicked out of the guild, and I didn't want to collect 20 bear pelts. Bah, I probably just sound like a crazy person.

Posted at 4:05AM on Sep 30th 2006 by christophrr 0 stars

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