Today we celebrate Fleet Admiral Firmus Piett, the greatest character in all of Star Wars and my personal hero. As one of the few Imperial officers to escape death long enough to appear in two Star Wars films, he was also the only one to be played by the same actor twice. Know why? He’s bloody legendary, that’s why.
Anybody to be promoted to Admiral in The Empire Strikes Back and survive execution until past the end is an icon in my book. I’m not even a big Star Wars fan, but I have to hand it to my main man Piett. He’s a survivor, and a class act through and through.
Also, we played games this week. You must hit the jump to found out how and why.
Colette: I’m playing Pack Up All Your Shit and Move in Four Days! It’s great. Either I’ll beat it by Wednesday or I’m homeless. Also, I’m still playing Persona 3, which has the best game soundtrack since Taiko Drum Master.
Hamza: Been playing a ton of Halo 3 when Live permits it. I also finally popped in Call of Duty 4. I was thinking it was pretty bland until the ship in the first level gets hit and starts tipping over. I don’t know why, but I just thought it was amazing. I also felt … bad I guess when me and my troops were taking out the ships guards including the ones that were asleep.
Savant: Good lord have I got myself tied up in so many different places right now, it’s not even funny! Right now, I’m experiencing what I like to call “Multi-game-in-progritis.” It is both a blessing and a curse of a disease with no known cure, save a needed attention span. *Takes a deep breath* Here we go! I am currently playing Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty 4, The Orange Box, Ridge Racer 6, Rage Racer, Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda: Oracle of Ages, and The Simpsons Game.
Oh, and did I mention I just downloaded Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest and Gate of Thunder off the Wii VC recently? No? Well now I did. So, as you can see, I’ve been just a smidge busy.
Jim: I’ve been playing through the weary Rainbow Six: Vegas which is good but draining, Stranglehold which can’t hold my attention for long, Halo 3 which is not as good as CoD4, and Guitar Hero III, which I can’t play on medium yet because I have the coordination of a baby.
Faith: I checked out Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom and the Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements demo on the Xbox 360. Might and Magic sucked. Just another Oblivion wanna be, but Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom was pretty good.
The only game I really did play for long periods of time was Puzzle Quest on XBLA. Been pretty busy this week with working and appearing on TV for another 15 minutes of fame. 🙂
TheGoldenDonut: My PSP has actually been getting quite a bit of playtime this week thanks to Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles and Final Fantasy, both of which are pretty nice remakes. I’ve also been trying to get the online achievements for Naruto: Rise of a Ninja but the people playing in the ranked category are just way too good.
Nick: I’m playing a list of games that would make you think it’s still 2007: Call of Duty 4, Puzzle Quest, Super Mario Galaxy, etc.
It also looks like I’m going to have to bone-up on my Smash Bros. skills, so I may go out and pick up a copy of Melee tonight. Word on the street is that there’s a Destructoid vs. GoNintendo Brawl tournament in the works …
Chad: I just beat The Simpsons Game. I thought the game was hilarious, but the whole experience felt kind of broken to me. I don’t know. Also played a little of the addictive Alien Crush and Devil Crush (amazing!) and restarted Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (I love this series more than words).
Husky: I’ve been playing Super Mario galaxy now that I have the console all to myself. I was delightfully surprised when I accidentally made Mario start to ice skate. That has to be the best thing he’s ever done in a game… it was…. Amaaaaaaaaazing!
Gameboi: When time permits, I’ve been taking Uncharted: Drakes Fortune for a few spins. Other than that, I’ve toyed around with DK: Jungle Climber.
Ron: KUD:CoD, CoD4, Rock Band, Jim Sterling masturbation simulator 5000, Halo 3 and Forza 2.
Grim: Still working my way through Eternal Sonata. I also got Forza Motorsport 2 for extremely cheap, but I fail at the game horribly. Finally, there’s Metal Slug 3. Believe it or not, Snaileb and I actually had a good co-op session with very little lag, and it was freakin’ awesome.
Dyson: First off, there are a few games that I’m not playing this week, but would like to. The reason for this is because my stupid friend won’t let me have “our” Wii back, so I can’t finish goddamn Mario Galaxy. Friend = Worthless. I did manage to borrow the Orange Box and have become addicted to Portal. I also have Mass Effect on deck, but have once again succumbed to the siren song of awesomeness that is Okami.
Niero: Mass Effect, eternally. I’m proud that I finally finished 8th mix of Rhythm Tenguko and now my life is complete. I’m also working painfully through Syobon Action because it nostalgically reminds me of when I was a little kid someone slammed a piano cover on my finger and my nail came off completely off. I had this brown puss-filled nugget for a fingertip for about half a year before a new nail grew out. I also played Area 51: Blacksite on the PS3 for about 30 seconds before meaty chunks hurled at the console from my projectile vomit caused it to reset.
Jonathan: Been under the weather this week, which has led to a lot of gaming short bursts. I can only go about a half an hour of looking at anything before I need a nap or my eyes start to hurt. This condition has led to a return to Phoenix Wright 3 and Zack and Wiki. Both can be very fun, even if played for only 20 minutes at a time. Since both games have such dry gameplay, they make a point to surprise, amaze, or amuse every couple minutes or so just to keep you from quiting.
Also tried Puzzle Quest on the Wii. The game’s text is so small that it becomes nearly unplayable. Tragedy.
Finally, I just got Neo Geo Battle Coliseum for the PS2 after hunting for it for over two weeks. Hopefully I’ll get a review or a Bargain Bin Laden up about the game this week. At $20, the game would fit in either category.
Brad: I was given Hellgate: London as a Christmas present, and thanks to the onboard graphics card of my laptop, I had no choice but to trade it in for a copy of The Orange Box. Can’t really complain. Unfortunately, many train rides have kept me from my delicious cake, leaving me with Disgaea pawing at me for attention, like some hungry kitten.
