WRUP: Joystiq's big PAX East Saturday plans edition

by Alexander Sliwinski on Feb 5th 2010 11:00PM

This is a time-sensitive reminder that Joystiq will be hosting a Blueberry Muffin Tops breakfast at PAX East, which will have many of your favorite 'stiq editors in attendance. Normally, we wouldn't mention this until we're closer to the event date of Saturday, March 27, but with the current state of ticket sales for the convention, we'd like to remind anyone who'd really like to attend that getting a Saturday ticket is essential. Also, the Joystiq Podcast will record live at the show that evening and, frankly, who knows what else we'll plan between now and then. So, yeah, Saturday is kinda big.

What's everyone playing this weekend?

Alexander Sliwinski (@XanderSliwinski): On my renegade playthrough of Mass Effect 2 on insanity. Pretty surprised that I'm holding my own. It gets rough at spots, but otherwise doing well. Also need to get back into Bayonetta, which is gloriously campy.
Andrew Yoon (@scxzor): ...
Ben Gilbert (@BigBossBgilbert): Apparently it's going to snow like, 20 feet or something here, so I'm gonna play the "make delicious beef stew and finish Mass Effects" game. Yes, plural. Almost done with the first, got the second waiting on my coffee table.
Christopher Grant (@ChrisGrant): With Dragon Age Origins safely out of the way, poor decisions be damned (Alistair, come back!) I've moved onto that other BioWare RPG all the kids are crazy about it. With a blizzard on the way, it's a cozy Mass Effect 2 weekend for me.
David Hinkle (@DaveHinkle): I've got this Darksiders game that Justin sent me and I'll probably make more time for this surprisingly fun AvP demo.
Griffin McElroy (@griffinmcelroy): I'll be playing a ton of MAG with my brother in arms and also life, Justin. After a bit of soul searching, we ended up in SVER, and are currently taking applications for our clan, the Joystiq Biomass.
James Ransom-Wiley: So I hath slain the purple "high" dragon, and still it goes on...
JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher): I play No More Heroes 2 now. That is what I do.
Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy): Griffin and I will hopefully be playing more MAG. (FOR SVER. FOREVER.) And Chris said he's sending me Heavy Rain. Will he actually do that? I have no idea.
Kevin Kelly (@gadgetguy): Don't shoot me for it, but I'm growing slightly bored of Mass Effect 2 already, so I'm going to try some older games that I never finished. Not sure what yet, but Borderlands and Demon's Souls are on the top of the pile.
Ludwig Kietzmann (@LudwigK): I'll probably go into shock if I turn off the BioWare tap at this point. (Context: Since October, I've played Dragon Age: Origins, Jade Empire, Mass Effect again and Mass Effect 2) I'll have to Return to Ostagar for a temporary treatment.
Mike Schramm (@MikeSchramm): In a moment of weakness (or genius), I bought Mirror's Edge from Newegg for $10 earlier this week, so I'll be playing that. Otherwise, I have games to finish: Muramasa, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, and Dragon Age: Origins.
Randy Nelson (@DangerPenguin) I've joined up with SVER in MAG so I can frolic with the clan McElroy and 253 total strangers. So, basically, it's like going to the mall. Other than that, playing through Heavy Rain again and hoping to squeeze in some quality time with Commander Leela Shepard.
Richard Mitchell (@SenseiRAM): I've been playing this sweet sci-fi RPG called Mass Effect. It's got great writing and some nifty combat. I'm not too far into it yet, but I'm already hoping that this BioWare company will make a sequel.
Xav de Matos (@Xav): I'm tactically completing SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 and Bad Company 2 multiplayer all weekend long.
Justin Glow (@justinglow): (Playing Mass Effect 4)

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Playing Mass Effect 2 for the 360. For the PS3: FF Tactics, FF VII, and the AvP and BFBC2 demos. For the Dreamcast, a true blast of hit titles: Half-Life, Crazy Taxi, Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, and my personal favorite, Propeller Arena.

I think that's all...

I'm loving the Wii right now with No More Hero 2 and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.

Anyone play TvC? Whats your team? I always go with Batsu and Morrigan my two favorite Capcom characters.

Morrigan's my favorite in any game! I use Gatchaman characters in my party, as well!

You can't go wrong with Yatterman-1 and Megaman or Cashern and Roll; sometimes I mix up a combination of those four. Usually, at least. And sometimes I bring out big ol' Gold Lightan; his battle cries are simply the best I've heard in any fighting game. They're simply so over the top they're to die for.

Mirror's Edge love, plus maybe some cozying up with DJ Hero. I think I may have to see how much Shaun White PS3 is worth at PlayNTrade, because I don't really like it.

Playing Tatsunoko vs Capcom at a friends house. Same room 2P still alive and well thanks!

No More Heroes 2. Just fought and killed the Lolita boss (the difficulty there was getting close to her, once you did, it was easy enough to keep up a combo to chew through most of her health).

I love the two best swords, the dual sword and then the thing that looks just like a Sith lightsaber, two ends of the spectrum: the dual swords are fast as hell, the sith lightsaber is slow as hell, but has a far larger cutting reach than it appears to have.

I think it's interesting that as your extacy meter fills the Peony has a larger reach, so you have this trade off between using up your extacy mode or being able to string together combos from ten feet away.

Margarette was easily my favorite boss in the game. Challengine enough with so much character and style packed in, topped off with awesome music. It's the one boss fight that really felt like the first game.

i just played the Heavy Rain demo and well lets just say it's interesting

i'm interpreting "interesting" as "nude scene." So which nude scene is it? The strip-tease or the bathroom scene?

lol no. i think Quantic Dream is saving that for the actual game but what I meant is that the game itself left me mixed feelings. At first it got me all excited ( I won't spoil it ) but then it just left doing a crime scene investigation which was boring for the most part and then picked up as soon as you find the right clues. At that point when you leave the crime scene the demo ends.

But I do want to play the game for myself, it left me wanting more.

I just started my insanity playthrough for ME2 as a badass renegade infiltrator, but ill probably pussy out and go back to norma for a third regular playthrough. If for some insane reason i decide to stop playing im going to play the surprisingly delightful (delightfully surprising?) AvP demo and continue to EVISCERATE people, and then some much less evisceratiy BFBC2 demo. Maybe Dark Void's last two missions but....nah

I personally can't play Insanity in some parts, especially the ones where they throw infinite waves of enemies at you. Hardcore is a good combination of challenge and fun for me at least.

Invest in Cloak.

Oh yeah i took some advice from people on the penny arcade forums and they said infiltrator is pretty much the best class for insanity. I'm really missing my AR from my two soldiers playthroughs, and now i feel like I just have too much stuff to invest points in.

Mass Effect 2. Hopefully I'll beat it sometime this weekend, in between papers and such.

Might try out the AvP demo too...

No nude scene. You play as the fat detective dude and the FBI agent. The controls felt wonky to me and I often wished I could control the camera. I'm afraid that this'll be one game that I'm probably gonna pass up for now. When the price drops about half-way then I'll probably have a go at it, but until then I'll just make due with everything else coming out between now and May. On an aside, did anyone else feel that the graphics were just a little bit dated? It just seemed that there are more games out there with better visuals than Heavy Rain.

I'm currently playing .Hack GU 3, Skies of Arcadia Legends, Final Fantasy I (PSP), and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

You can change the camera angles with L1 and no I didn't think the graphics were dated. However, I agree the controls are a little wonky.

Working my way through Bioshock, on the Triple, of course. Can barely contain my excitement for the sequel.

I've been listening to 'Rapture Radio' most of the day.. can't get enough!

Playing Mass Effect 1 and a review copy of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island. I also have No More Heroes 2, but probably won't have time to start it. Dang!

The usual MW2, Heavy Rain demo, might rent Dante and I'm about three trophies from an Uncharted 2 platinum.

I'll be playing Mass Effect 2. That game has its claws nice and deep-like into me.

As a side note, I would kill to go to PAX. I'd love to see the PA guys again, because I can't tell you how much respect I have for them.

gonna try and get into a match in the AvP demo. tried for over half an hour, haven't played a single match yet. BF:BC2 demo too. i think i'm starting to warm up to it. maybe it's because i've finally figured out how to rush the enemy without getting shot up the ass by 4 snipers...

oh, and i had a crazy thing happen. i dunno if it counts as one of those battlefield moments everyone talks about, but it was pretty sick anyways. i spawned, hopped on an ATV, drove all the way across the map, and went into a building. i saw an enemy sniper on the bottom floor, looking in the opposite direction. killed him with a nice headshot. moved up a floor, and found another sniper. killed him the same way. went up, and found a guy with a silenced SMG (the default engineer one) who was guarding yet another sniper. killed them both, then jumped off the building and ran off before they could respawn and kill me. it was great.

oh, and i'm doing a good bit of borderlands online too. such a fun game. but damn, the crimson lance is SO annoying. me and 2 other guys got swarmed by a bunch of badass defenders, and it took us around half an hour to finish them all. thank god for the glorious revolution. without that gun, it would have taken so much longer.

I never got into an AvP match either, I gave up after 10 minutes and deleted the demo

Modern Warfare 2... Still. I did just try the Heavy Rain demo, it only lightly showed the voice and consequence aspect (like I suspected). The controls take a little getting used to but overall I really liked it. The demo is into two section one as Jayden and the other as the fat guy.

Oh, and just now as I'm writing this I saw a commercial for a Dante's Inferno anime... Seriously?

Choice*

So, I did my RSVP for the breakfast, but what exactly do I have to do for the live podcast? Just show up at that theater place?

And I have been playing a lot of the Mass Effect 2.

Yep, just show up at the theater (early!). We'll have more details as the date gets closer. :)

Tmac, I'm guessing you won't like it based on your history and types of games you like...

I really liked the demo... I STILL think there shouldn't have been one

My weekend is getting cut short for Sunday...but Saturday should consist of a healthy dose of Rock Band 2 and/or Assassin's Creed II. But if I somehow decide against both of those then it's gotten be because of Midnight Club L.A., not quite MC3:DUB edition I'll take it...

You shut your mouth.

I hate you, Ironic.

Yeah, first the apostrophe was an annoying glitch, but now the trolls are using it to avoid replies.

It's sad.

He purposely has apostrophes in his name so no one can reply to him.

Yeah, what Bradwart said... (It was kinda a late reply)

Well, there is Wiizer so I guess he is a troll.

Funny coming from you Bradwart, the guy who got banned twice in one day.

Im currently playing Ocarina of Time on my n64 (for the first time). Im also gonna be playing some Dead Space, Prototype, maybe some uncharted 2 multiplayer and the AvP demo if i get enough friends to play, it takes forever to find a match online.

Make sure to play Majora's Mask afterwards.

Do you have a pretty good spec'd computer?

You should play Master's Quest version of OoT, as well. You can play it on Project64k via emulation if you can't find it at your local store.

It shouldn't be too hard-I picked up the combo Ocarina disc for 20 a few months back.

I have a macbook, the emulators for it suck (i dont even know if theres an n64 emulator for it) -__- I was playing OoT on my dads laptop before but the rom froze right after I got epona.

I'll look for the disc next time i go to gamestop or the swap meet lol
Im barely in Dodongo's Cavern, so its going to be a while before i get to majora's mask xD

Oh man, I wish I could play OoT for the first time again. That game is and will always be the best thing ever. I hope I go senile at some point so I can experience all of it for the first time again, that's how much I love it.

Not a lot of time for games this weekend. When I do have time it will be for No More Heroes 2. I'm finishing up my third playthrough shooting for 100%. I have 100% Collection and 44% Outfit but I'm having trouble moving forward on powering up in the Gym. Those minigames just get damn hard. Once I've gotten everything I'm going to start on a bitter playthrough.

pry going to finish ME2 and then start again as a renegade. i'm seriously contemplating picking up MAG as after playing last night, i could use something new besides MW2 for go to multiplayer.

also trying to see how can i get in on this heavy rain demo...

maybe some BC2 demo as well..

Well, you're going to have to create a UK account first:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je4qi_35qBs

Once you have the UK account created, go register your e-mail on the Heavy Rain site for the Four Days Challenge.

http://www.heavyrainps3.com/#/en_GB/experience

Then, head to Precinct52.com and pick the right clues, which are short cigarette butts, origami bird, Coffee shop C, and tire tracks 117h.

Once you do that, you get a code to put in Account Management to download the demo. Also, I think you get a code for a Home T-Shirt for signing up on the site, but you can only use these on the UK account.

yeah i just went to GameFAQS and found a thread about it. downloading now :)

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=933123&topic=53380533

if anyone is interested.

thanks for the info Wiizer

No prob! Wow, I just got finished with it, and it's very slick! You play two people in it, so have fun!

I loved Fahrenheit, I only wish I had a PS3 to play Heavy Rain.

Don't tell me to buy one. I have four years' tuition to pay.

Well, my graphics card pretty much died, so no Mass Effect for me. GeForce 6100 can't handle it. The GeForce 9600 GSO acts like it's overheated and doesn't load the display at all.

At some point, going to play No More Heroes 1 and actually wanting to get back into Phantasy Star II

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