WRUP: American Edition

by Ross Miller { Jul 4th 2008 at 4:00PM }

You might not recognize him, but that's Captain America saving the world from what looks like cast of WALL-E. With Commodore 64 graphics, you have to use your imagination to fill in quite a few missing pieces.

A happy 4th of July to all our readers (even if you're not American, just have a happy day, k?). Here's what we'll be playing this weekend. Be sure to let us know what games will be occupying your time!

Alexander Sliwinski: Metal. Gear. Solid 4. And Ticket to Ride, which is strangely addictive.
Andrew Yoon: Ludwig's coming over! YAY!
Chris Grant: Having finished Metal Gear Solid 4 (finally!), I've taken up arms with Battlefield: Bad Company. I find the destructive elements vaguely cathartic and, though I'm not very far yet, the storytelling well done. How's multiplayer? I totally skipped the beta.
Griffin McElroy: (See: Justin's answer)
Kevin Kelly: I'm out of town, and it's all board game action for me: Ticket to Ride, Zombies!!!, and the new Risk: Revised Edition.
Kyle Orland: Finally going to dive into Metal Gear Solid 4 in the serious way it deserves.
James Ransom-Wiley: In lieu of playing I'll be watching another friend take his walk down the aisle. And then I'll try out that game McElroy suggested a few weeks back: drinking.
Jason Dobson: I've recently had an itch to play games of the tabletop variety, and with family all gathering to set off small explosives in celebration of our nation's birthday, we'll all be dabbling with the dark arts (and stabing each other in the back) playing Betrayal at House on the Hill.
Justin McElroy: (See: Griffin's answer)
Ludwig Kietzmann: I'll be on a plane for most of my Friday, so I'm stuck with playing portable games. Which is just as well, since I have gems like The World Ends with You, Contra 4, Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles and Mega Man: Powered Up to keep me busy.
Randy Nelson: Since my PS3 still works, I figured I'd take the opportunity to unlock all of the Trophies in Super Stardust HD. Then I think I'll go back and find all the secrets (and get all gold stars) for the first three episodes of American McGee's Grimm. I just can't resist a game that implores me to "make it nasty!"
Ross Miller: Drums – real drums, that is. And some guitar, piano and mandolin at a 4th of July concert tonight in downtown Athens (woo-hoo!). Otherwise, I'm planning to go crazy on Diablo 2 and FIFA 08.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Marek Hryc @ Jul 4th 2008 4:08PM

Nice back and forth McElroys! Had me going for a bit.

markhill66 @ Jul 4th 2008 4:18PM

Great games all around, I love the diversity.

Chris, the BF:BC multiplayer is a lot of fun, especially when you are in good communication with your squadmates. I was actually surprised at how much I like the single player, too, after not being very impressed with BF2MC's.

Happy 4th, guys.

Jakka @ Jul 4th 2008 4:48PM

Team Fortress 2 and my free GameTap copy of Psychonauts.

sicsided @ Jul 4th 2008 5:44PM

haha, same here. Although I am having a hard time pulling myself away from TF2

Jake11 @ Jul 4th 2008 5:12PM

still playing the battlefield:BC demo, i really should buy it.

Jake11 @ Jul 4th 2008 5:13PM

multiplayer is fantastic, by the way

Mr.ESC @ Jul 4th 2008 5:46PM

You should buy it, it is great.

You can have fun with the destructible environments, different weapons, vehicles and the world most powerful combat knife ever, it makes Halo 1 pistol look puny by comparison.

j.howlett @ Jul 4th 2008 5:18PM

i'll try to get back into a game with 4 in it, mgs or gta. maybe play a little rise to honor with an unlocked costume if i can locate the correct memory card.

Mr.ESC @ Jul 4th 2008 5:42PM

B:BB eh? I'm playing that one too and you can have a lot of fun with the destructive environments. I still need level 3 gold, I’m half of level 4.

I still haven’t played it online but the premise sounds quite interesting, something like Team Fortress 2.

I bought GH:on tour,I was going to buy GH:Aerosmith but as an Aerosmith fan I must say “What the hell?” I play it on a game store and the track list was mediocre at best, I mean there are only a few good Aerosmith songs included and they didn’t included more Run D.M.C songs. GH:on tour included includes 25 songs but I like most of them.

Mr.ESC @ Jul 4th 2008 5:49PM

Edit:

GH:on tour includes 25 songs but I like most of them.

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wesley johnson @ Jul 4th 2008 5:42PM

i just picked up the metal gear essentials pack. i totally missed the boat on them the first time 'round. i did play the first one but didn't get very far.

Dovi @ Jul 4th 2008 6:00PM

Diablo II of course...

ogvor @ Jul 4th 2008 6:01PM

Getting back into Titan Quest after hearing about the Diablo III announcement. I'm also severly tempted by Ticket to Ride because like all of the Xbox Live Arcade board games, it has some incredibly addictive gameplay. Finally, I'll be watching more of the Sopranos, up to the 3rd season now.