This Wednesday: XBLA takes you out for Diner and a Gyromantic date
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Nov 16th 2009 at 2:58PM } 
($15). If it's a cohesive concoction of puzzles, RPG elements and item collection, your departure is likely to be at no point.PlayFirst is also serving up an XBLA version of Diner Dash for 800
($10). The culinary-themed time management game should be an ideal snack in between gorging on Dragon Age: Origins, Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and ... hmm. How good are you at time management?
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Courtney @ Nov 16th 2009 3:05PM
I'm probably more likely to pick up Gyromancer in the next week or so than I am any of the big titles (if it's well received at all). I'm in a mood for something like that and can far more easily spend fifteen bucks right now than fifty or sixty.
koehler83 @ Nov 16th 2009 3:08PM
1200 MS points is $20 in Canada. For a Popcap game? Not fucking likely.
DanteSparda504 @ Nov 16th 2009 3:55PM
Arent all Popcap titles $20 on the PC?
koehler83 @ Nov 16th 2009 4:41PM
Holy fuck are you serious?! I pay like $2 on iPhone!
Who are these retards buying this crap on PC at that price?
Tonicboy @ Nov 17th 2009 12:52AM
If it's anywhere near as good as crack cocai... ummm, I mean, PuzzleQuest, it's easily worth the money. PQ and Galactrix have both given me many more hours of gameplay than typical $60 games.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 16th 2009 3:13PM
Not very good, Joystiq. Arcade titles fall by the wayside at times like this.
I just barely picked up Geometry Wars 2...
Dale @ Nov 16th 2009 3:15PM
I really wish someone would make a game where you have to match coloured shapes of some description in order to clear a screen and score points. It would be an utterly original idea considering nobody has ever thought of it.
Orchard Pear @ Nov 16th 2009 3:22PM
Considering the trend of PopCap games on Steam being $10 shortly after release..
I'll wait and pick it up then.
Of course, there is the "Square Tax" to be considered.. hmm.
Desimated @ Nov 16th 2009 3:24PM
Ok, so, i want this game so damn bad but i have a ps3 and a mac... im totally hooped!
and i can not afford to get a new computer or another gaming system just for one game.... i hope POP brings it out with MAC support.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 16th 2009 3:27PM
It's called Boot Camp.
Unless you've got a PPC Mac.
Granger @ Nov 16th 2009 3:30PM
Boot Camp isn't an end-all solution. You still have to pay for a Windows license to use it.
This will probably see a Mac release if it's popular enough. All the popular PopCap games eventually do.
ducttapeBigSexy (PSN&XBL: ducttape12) @ Nov 16th 2009 3:43PM
If you're feeling adventurous, you can always give Wine a shot (as in, the software that lets you run Windows software on *nix systems, not alcohol... although getting drunk would probably be more fun)
Granger @ Nov 16th 2009 3:25PM
This game has great art, but I'm too deeply involved with Puzzle Quest to give a hoot about a knock-off. I'm completely addicted to Tower Bloxx deluxe too, fantastic game if you overlooked it a few weeks ago.
WiredKnight: Keeper of Threads @ Nov 16th 2009 4:10PM
Judging by the video, this "knock-off" is going to be way better.
Especially considering Puzzle Quest is a knock-off of Bejeweled with RPG elements thrown in.
ikeyayobre @ Nov 16th 2009 3:58PM
bleh game is worthy of the iphone - but for a far cheaper price i would say
Mal F4cti0n @ Nov 16th 2009 4:20PM
I love to eat Diner, though it is a bitch on my teeth, what with all the steel and concrete they use to make my Diner.
Nothing could be finer that eating a diner while I stare at your Vaginer in the ....morning!
HA!
Fernando @ Nov 16th 2009 5:59PM
Cooking Diner is better.
fasty @ Nov 16th 2009 6:12PM
I bought all of those: Dragon Age, MW2, AC 2, L4D2 and i want Gyromancer too. And I play WoW end game. And I work 70 hours a week. I don't know how I will ever get through all this stuff, but I'm going to be very very very tired. :)
Richard Mitchell @ Nov 16th 2009 6:39PM
Oh Luddy, should have been "Diner and Gyromancing." Golden opportunity wasted.
Panic Blitz @ Nov 17th 2009 1:01AM
Every single one of the lighting effects on those women focus on their breasts.
They know their audience well.