Far Cry 3, Blops2, Warlock: Master of the Arcane, maybe some MWO or try out the trial of Guardians of Middle Earth.

Receiving Farcry 3 as a gift, getting BF3 Aftermath as part of the season pass.

Playing a bunch of Starbase Orion on my iphone as well. The game has come a long way.

Blops2, Halo4, maybe try and finish up the sp of MOH. Also may start a game of SOTS2 enhanced.

Swarm is fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QHGCPE_Mg8

sadly I didn't do as well as THIS guy though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czi45JmOmL4&feature=relmfu

Nice videos! I was there for the Hark swarm of course.

I do have to say, average players don't get double dogs and swarms

Kato is my Hero

Probably playing a good amount of BLOPS2 when not spending time with friends and family.

Might pick up the Marvel Civil War table for Zen Pinball, but, I'm pretty tapped for the holidays. Also moving in a month.

Lots of Blops2 played. Got to 28(?) on first prestige. Had some really good matches.... and some really really not good matches. So about par for the course.

No Halo4 since that is back in Springfield.

Was there not an insert in the game box that has the code for Nuketown on it? It also has a code for a 2 day gold trial, so you might not have noticed that it is for Nuketown as well.

I love the game, but, playing solo as you have noticed can be less fun. I also have a laptop that is barely able to play the game, and 3 or 4 other games that are vying for my time right now.

Add to that the biggest draw is the faction warfare which isn't in yet. Also while the mechs they have in the game so far aren't bad, none of them are particular favorites, other than the Jenner, which I can't play all that well due to the above mentioned low computer specs.

Of course the main reason is Halo4 and Blops2 taking up my gaming time.

Edit: Forgot the Dragon. I love the Dragon for brawling and hit and run harassment.

Kato rolled a tank?  How the bloody hell did he do that?

Turns out tanks are not really designed for cliff diving.


Especially without water.

Got some time in this morning before bed. Enjoying the MP quite a bit. It can still be a bit frustrating, but, FAR better than MW3 to date.

I like the map design a lot better (even if Cargo hates my guts, except in mercenary Demolitions), the 10pt class design system is amazing. Really looking forward to more time playing with the gang.

BLOPS2-360 Watched a steam on the MP side of things... much more excited than I was before.

Shadowrun Pnp, possibly some MWO, maybe try to get past the second scenario in People's Tactics again. I know it has to be possible.

Still playing Halo4, going to be gone all weekend... don't care when the BO2 servers are turned on. 

Enjoying the game so far. Have gotten about halfway through the campaign, did the first 5 spartan ops with Kato, played some Dominion with Kato.

That said, I still want campaign and co-op scoring back, and I really want firefight mode back. It feels like 343 was focused mainly on the campaign and vs MP for this, which is fine, but, I hope they realize that while spartan ops are nice, they are not remotely a replacement for firefight.

MC seems a lot more fragile when his shields are down. I don't mind that - it works better with my playstyle.

I noticed this too.  On heroic, I'll sometimes take burst of who-knows-what and just keel over dead.

Yeah I don't mind being fragile with shields down, just a bit annoying that I can take 10+ shots while my shields are down one time, and die pretty much instantly another. I assume it has to do with the type of weapon you are hit with.

Two things I would like, a compass on my HUD, and some indicator of Health/armor when my shield is down.

Got Halo4 at the midnight release before work. Very cold and misty night. My ears hurt. BLOPS2 I'll wait until after work.

But at least I can play when I get home!

I love Battletech so much. Too bad there are so many other games out right now.

Have to say that at the moment, ams is just about mandatory. I use my centurion to try and cover my team mates who don't have ams as much as possible.

I really would like a 55 tonner though. Loved that weight class when playing MPBT Solaris.

Tom's review score aside, I am disappointed with the lack of Firefight and scoring in the campaign. The tone that I got while watching the various behind the scenes videos was that 343 really wants to get every Halo fan to play vs MP. Which is fine, but, the people that prefer co-op aren't suddenly going to love vs because you added more unlocking and such. The fact that you get points towards the win from things besides kills does help.

I do fully expect to personally enjoy the campaign, probably play through it multiple times solo and co-op. I'll most likely get in on some vs MP, depending on who else on my friends list is playing. Spartan Ops sounds interesting, but, not a replacement for Firefight. I read/heard somewhere that 343 was planning to add actual new features/content as opposed to just title updates that fix bugs, so maybe they'll add firefight back in at some point.  I can hope anyway.

Halo4.

Played a bunch of Halo:Reach matchmaking firefight and campaign. Managed to finally finish off the Co-op Campaign on Legendary. Few missions left for finishing it on legendary solo.

MOH, MWO, maybe some Halo Reach Firefight or campaign.  Might also look into Zigfrak, but, I really don't need another game right now.

From what I've seen and read, he should love the new forge. Lots of new toys/options and improvements in the UI and how things are built.

If you look on waypoint from the dashboard, there should be a ViDoc that talks pretty exclusively about the forge and the new things about it.

Enjoyed the review Ron. Disappointed to hear there is no Firefight mode. I love that mode.

http://www.twitch.tv/343industries/b/337586280 Video of the MP they showed today, well yesterday now. Skip to 4:27 for where there is actually video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_o9y79QrIE Watching an early release stream if anyone else is up right now. Want game.

If you're up after midnight, you might just see a review somewhere...

Well, if I'm not up after midnight I will have plenty of time on my hands... and no money. 

Your time is actually started right now. They are supposed to add a button to give founders the option of exactly when to start their time 'officially finally' in a couple weeks. Every c-bill you earn now stays though.

Yeah sad thing for me about working overnights is that I can't play games at midnight. So by the time I get home some people have almost hit max level.

Looked for the demo on 360... can't find it. Found a page for it on xbox.com, but no link for downloading.

Will have both.

Also they are going to do a MP livestream today at 2:30pm eastern for Halo4. On Twitchtv. Major Nelson has a link to it.

Still floating around as Jarrodhk. Been waiting for open beta to really start playing again.

Yeah, the demand has been great so the servers were being hammered.  A download manager would be advisable or you could also try using Stardock Central to download.

If there's a specific issue coming up though, let me know so I can pass it along.

I actually downloaded it off the website once, then again through SDC. It did not work either time. Finally I grabbed 7zip and just unpacked the game to a directory manually. This worked, although I expect patching to be a bit more annoying.

Will probably try dowloading through SDC again next week sometime.

On a positive note, the game is really good. Do get crashes (goes non-responsive) every so often. It tends to be after a large number of turns, and the autosave works, so just mildly annoying.

MOH: Warfighter multiplayer - which is actually pretty darn good
Borderlands 2
Mechwarrior Online

And watching Cloud Atlas tonight

Other than watching Cloud Atlas.

Having a lot of fun, especially now that Kato has his copy. We had some good matches tonight before I had to head off to work.

I'd say that the SP is pretty average. It isn't as good as the previous game. (based on the 3 missions I've done so far) If someone is interested solely, or primarily, in the SP, I would have to say rent or wait until really cheap.

The MP is pretty good fun so far. I wish they had kept the 12v12 and slightly larger maps, but, very good the way it is at the moment. I may prefer the hardcore to the standard... but, that is a toss-up right now.

Playing terminator as a demolitions class with your ballistic armor on is great. I just unlocked access to the AA-12, so I'll have to try that for a bit. I have a feeling that it won't fit my playstyle very well.

I do like that the guns feel distinct. So far I haven't found a gun that is ridiculously better than any other. They all have their quirks, and it comes down to personal preference more than anything.

My impressions so far are: It doesn't install. Not inclined to redownload a 3.x gig file multiple times, have the installer slow my entire computer to a crawl, to the point that it takes 5-10 minutes to log out or shut down, and hope that THIS time it will work.

Unfortunate, as I enjoyed the beta a fair bit.

Like I said, I liked the previous MOH a fair bit. It feels like a cross between COD and BF3.

I'll take a look at the reviews at work tonight, see if I can tell exactly what they don't like that I do like, or that just doesn't bother me.

I thought the cover system worked pretty well. You can duck in and out of cover as you need, from any direction. Of course I always did like the MOH Airborne system.