Day one purchase for me. 'Splosion Man is my favorite XBLA game thus far. The ending is just sublime.

Urinals at work were just packed. A guy finishes and I take his place. Upon unzipping, I'm immediately hit with a feeling of warmth produced by his urine. It was all I could do to prevent myself from vomiting.

Please. That's nearly 10 times the cost I paid for Age of Empires III: Complete just last week!

I got all excited when I saw Mafia II was on the list, but was disappointed to see that it was just a 25% reduction. I think I'll wait until the Christmas sale to see if they beat it.

they also updated the PC Games Download section.    I'm kinda tempted by the Spore Bundle.

What was the consensus on the Sims 3? I kind of enjoyed the 2nd one... for a week or so, anyway. 

Are the Kings Bounty games fun?  The videos look cool!

I got completely sucked into the first two games... probably sunk a total of 100 hours into them combined. The Crossworlds expansion didn't do much for me, however. The two new mini-campaigns were short and simple, and I didn't see enough changes to the Armored Princess campaign to go through it again.

High Violet by the National is great, and I'm tempted to pick up the new Mavis Staples...

'Splosion Man is a no-brainer at that price. I loved that freakin' game.

CaptCaveOO

How do you get your already installed games to appear in game center? I have a bunch on my iPad but none are showing up.

The "cancel" trick successfully got it downloading again, but w/o fail, it crashes sometime within the first 15 minutes of downloading.

I think I can say w/o reservation that I much prefer Steam. 

Won't download for me. It started to the first time, but it crashed, and now it won't start again. It just says 0kb downloaded.

If you click "Cancel" instead of "Resume", it should allow you to download it again.  That's what I did after each time it crashed.

That worked! Thanks. I owe you a dime, good sir!

Won't download for me. It started to the first time, but it crashed, and now it won't start again. It just says 0kb downloaded.

On the plus side, I'm only out 10 MS points (which I just realized is more than 10 cents... I've been robbed!).

The hour or two I get here there is still used for plugging away at F:NV. I also beat the Jordan Challenge in NBA 2k11, unlocking MJ as a rookie to control in My Career mode. I may give that a whirl.

11-19

Neon Bible
Arcade Fire

This album has given me aural pleasure.

FWIW Alan Wake is about $28 new from amazon..

And Darksiders is $24 ($20 for the PS3 version)

11-7

Everything All The Time
Band Of Horses

Another great one. 

11-6

Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub

Oh, how I loved this album when I was 16. I still go back to it pretty often.

Yeah, downforeveryoneorjustme says it's down. So what's new around here?

Zeke is pushing a liberal gay agenda now.

Zekester posts here? I thought he'd disappeared completely.

He came back out to the boards recently.

Zeke came out to the boards? That certainly is ironic. Fabulously so.

True Blood has a better chance of turning you into a vampire than making you gay.

The only "True Blood" I like results from the deflowering of a sexy young nymph. Am I right, fellas??

This post brought to you by the heterosexual agenda. STRAIGHT POWER!

Why can't the straight white Christian male catch a break in America anymore?

sWTFU2

heh.. She Wants to F*ck U 2..... talk about sloppy seconds.

Stop, you're giving me a Bono.

Oh, I had no idea it was still in Beta. That's what I get for being so ahead of the game. Thanks for the info. I will put away my hammer.

Ever since the new dashboard update a month or so ago, whenever I turn on my 360 it asks to update the dashboard. I have to go through the entire process of downloading the update and reapplying it every single time I turn the stupid thing on. This can take a good 5 minutes or so. Plus, then it goes to that stupid "new dashboard" tutorial screen.

I have no idea why this is happening. Google suggested clearing my cache, but this didn't help. It's driving me nuts.

Any suggestions?

Not buying Fallout:New Vegas requires more willpower than I currently possess.

10-12

The Age of Adz
Sufjan Stevens

Whoa. Anyone listen to this one yet?

Waiting for Fallout...

Loving it.

I've completed 8 out of the 10 Jordan challenges. The classic teams are really well done... not just the likenesses, but there are so many player-specific animations. I loved going to the free throw line with Bill Cartwright and seeing his funky rigidly vertical shooting form.

How does Divinity 2 compare to more well-known RPGs like Oblivion and the Gothic series?

OMG Driver 8 OMG

Edit: Whoa, "These Days" too? YES!

NBA 2k11 is getting some phenomenal early reviews. IGN gives it a 9.5, calling it the best basketball game ever and the best sprts game of this generation. I'm tempted, solely because I want to relive so many of the classic Jordan moments, and dunk all over Bird, Magic and Dominique.

No Chocolate Cake by Gin Blossoms

Available 24 hours before the CD release.

That's a really terrible album cover.

[Dragon Quest IX]

so the little gaming time I might have will go to some Dragon Quest IX (playing in spurs)

Kinky. Giddy up, cowboy.

'splosion man

I still need to grab that one.

Probably my favorite XBLA game. And the ending! Pure brilliance. 

9-16

North Hills
Dawes

I own this and like it very much.

9-13

Harlem River Blues
Justin Townes Earle

Tempted. Maybe. Yes. Yes I will.

I heard Slack Motherfucker while in high school and it blew my mind.

Ahhh, the sweet sound of nostalgia

9-4

Shadows
Teenage Fanclub

Sold.

My wife and I just finished the most recent season. The show is incredible. I'd say we were hooked by midway through the first season, but to our pleasant surprise, the quality just kept improving. I have no clue where they go from here-- the end of season 3 introduced some shocking events and character development, to say the least. Can't wait for more.

8-13

Infinite Arms
Band Of Horses

Love the band, but found this one slightly disappointing.

WHAT?!? No Led Zeppelin?!?