Week in Gaming is what I hope to be a quasi-regular post regarding games I’ve been playing recently, and perhaps random stories that have occurred that I find interesting.

  • Unfortunately, not a lot of time for gaming this week. I did manage to spend a decent amount of time with Shadows of the Damned. A new title out for the PS3 and Xbox 360. I’m really not sure how to even begin to describe this game. The story is based on a Spanish demon hunter that seriously antagonizes a top demon (known as ‘Fleming’) at the beginning of the game. Fleming subsequently kidnaps the latin lover’s girlfriend and takes her back to hell. The demon hunter (Garcia Hostpur) then jumps into the hell portal to get back his girl. Oh yeah, and Garcia’s partner is a former demon that is now just a skull but can turn into a variety of weapons and defaults to a flaming torch for Garcia to explore with. Gameplay is the standard third person shoot-em-up with some remnants of Resident Evil controls. Personally, the controls and gameplay are satisfactory, but the music, presentation, and out of control story are going to keep me coming back at least for a bit. Anyone even remotely interested in a game like this just needs to check it out.
  • On the iOS front, I’m still playing Tiny Tower mostly, and returns somewhat to Baseball Superstars II, which deserves its own post sometime.
  • An interesting title I started playing this week that I picked up from the Steam Sale is Recettear. This game is half rogue-like combat and half item shop simulator. That’s right, you play a young girl who must pay off her missing father’s debt by owning and operating an item shop. You can make the game as mundane as buying items from locals and whole sale shops, and then selling them with a markup at your own store, or as exciting as hiring an adventure to take you into a dungeon and pick up all the treasures that are dropped as he takes down all the baddies. It is definitely one of the stranger games I’ve ever played, but it’s also addicting.
  • It looks like Rift is allowing former players to come back for a week and check out the updates. I’m thinking of diving back into it maybe for a little bit.
That’s it for this week! Enjoy “Carmegeddon” if you live in LA.