arne360 » PlayStation 2 http://arne360.com a look at videogames and the videogame from inside the industry Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:23:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Baby Got Back… log. http://arne360.com/2008/09/11/baby-got-back-log/ http://arne360.com/2008/09/11/baby-got-back-log/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:41:46 +0000 arne diablo fallout blood darkness mario backlog super diablo fallout blood darkness mario backlog super diablo fallout blood darkness mario backlog super diablo fallout blood darkness mario backlog super sins diablo fallout blood darkness mario backlog finish barely diablo fallout blood darkness mario backlog finish barely http://www.arne360.com/?p=645 I realized last week that the next few months are going to be absolutely insane with game releases that I will undoubtedly want to pick up. I also realized that my gaming backlog is rapidly heading towards a ridiculous level. In fact, it’s probably already there and my weekly gaming log hasn’t helped too much in tackling it. In an effort to shame myself into playing more I will present my most shameful list of games on my backlog. There are games I’ve either never played, barely played and want to play more or have played and I want to finish or get close to.

Tales of Vesperia
Grand Theft Auto IV
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Just Cause
Alone in the Dark
Too Human
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Operation Darkness
Lost Odyssey
Diablo
Diablo II
Bully
Ninja Gaiden II
Culdcept Saga
Devil May Cry 4
Assassin’s Creed
Army of Two
The Club
Beautiful Katamari
Resistance: Fall of Man
Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds
Blue Dragon
Enchanted Arms
Eternal Sonata
Oblivion
The Orange Box
Braid
Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Siren: Blood Curse
The Last Guy
PixelJunk eden
Castle Crashers
Okami
Manhunt 2
No More Heroes
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario
Shadow of the Colossus
Yakuza
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
The Red Star
Persona 3: FES
God of War
God of War II
Patapon
The World Ends with You
Bangai-O Spirits
Contact
Trauma Center: New Blood
Fallout
Fallout 2
Sins of a Solar Empire
The Witcher
Spore
God Hand
Killer 7

]]> http://arne360.com/2008/09/11/baby-got-back-log/feed/ 5 The “I Feel Dirty” Post of Arcana Heart http://arne360.com/2008/04/16/the-i-feel-dirty-post-of-arcana-heart/ http://arne360.com/2008/04/16/the-i-feel-dirty-post-of-arcana-heart/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:13:18 +0000 arne arcana heart 2d fighting game fighter playstation ps2 http://www.arne360.com/?p=361 Arcana Heart screenshotI have to confess that last week I purchased Arcana Heart. I was completely in the dark that Atlus was releasing this game here in the United States. Not that it mattered, I never heard of it. Until XiaNaphryz posted his thread (with a somewhat sensationalist title) on NeoGAF, although the content was admittedly taken from a well-researched Penny Arcade thread, that sold me to the game with the in-depth information.

Although some of the design choices do have a dubious otaku quality, hence all the schoolgirl age anime characters, the game design (mix and match character and arcana) and the sheer insanity of the character design — girl with devil wings? witch with a demon staff? 10 year old scientist hell bent on taking over the world while riding in a giant anthropomorphic blog of water/jelly? — are well worth feeling a little dirty. I just haven’t gotten to the point of looking at the move list and doing something other than button mashing whilst playing it.

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Boom Boom Rocket - 30 St. Mary Axe replicaThe only thing missing from the post was a screenshot of the building in the rhythm game developed by Bizarre Creations, so, finding his post interesting, I decided to oblige. I got credited more than I should have — I really didn’t go beyond the call of duty, I just wanted to contribute to what I found to be an interesting article. At least with 30 St. Mary Axe and the genre Boom Boom Rocket resides in, Bizarre Creations doesn’t have to worry about answering to a higher power.

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Xbox 360

Fight Night Round 3 Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII

… and XBLA games, depending on if anything comes out.

PS2

We <3 Katamari Guitar Hero

PSP

Me and My Katamari Splinter Cell Essentials

DS


DS Lite

and

Animal Crossing:
Wild World		 Tetris DS
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