T w e n t y S i d e d

People have been leaving comments, emails, and Twitters, asking me when I’m going to get to one game or another. I do not take offense at this. I’m grateful that lots of people want to read what I have to say, and I’d love to be able to play games and write all day long in an attempt to meet this demand.

But my annoying habit of needing to sleep and pay bills places unwanted constraints on my time. In the interest of letting people know when their game of interest will get its turn, I thought I’d post my current queue. This is the list of games I’ve played and that I plan to write about:

1) This week I’ll be posting about Overlord and wrapping up that series.
2) After that I’ll be doing a special dual review of Saints Row 2 vs. GTA IV.
3) After that I’ll take on Mount & Blade and Left 4 Dead, although I’m not sure which one will come first.
4) I’ve been using WiiFit for two months. I’ve lost a good bit of weight, but the thing has driven me nearly nuts. This potent ambivalence will be expressed in a series of posts at some point.

I also have a running list of titles I plan to buy at some point. This list changes often and titles come and go, so it should be taken with a grain of salt:

• Madworld.
• Street Fighter IV. I’m not really a true fan of fighting games. I really only enjoy putting them on easy and button-mashing through the content. DOA 4 was too hardcore and just frustrated me when I tried to do this, but word is that SF IV is accessible to newcomers. I don’t think there’s enough story to yield any comics, but I might find something funny in there. I’m not familiar with the series except by reputation.
• Gears of War 2. I’m planning to get this one strictly because it’s a popular game with a dumb plot, which makes it prime fodder for comics. I probably won’t write about it here unless it surprises me or pisses me off.
• Resident Evil 5. This is mostly just comic fodder, but also because I’m fascinated by the racism controversy and want to see how I react to the game.
• The House of the Dead: Overkill: I might get this just to see what point-and-shoot gameplay is like on the Wii.
• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand: I was going to get this, until Penny Arcade spoiled the ending! I’m kidding. I’m just sort of curious why movie tie-ins are all horrible but a gangster rapper tie-in isn’t.
• Afro Samurai: I played the demo, which prompted me to get the Anime, which turned me into an instant fan. The game looks like light, mindless, eviscerating fun.
• I’m sure I’m forgetting something.

Maybe I should put this list somewhere on the site so that I can feel guilty for not keeping it up to date.

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