Arkadian Warriors

So, as those of you in the Pork Chop Pl4toon [PCP] already know, practically every minute that I'm online with my Xbox 360 is spent playing Call of Duty 4. All that killing (and being killed) can get tiresome after a while, though, and so just occasionally I'll head back to the dashboard and boot up something else. Perhaps because I'm too bone-idle to get up and swap the disc out, this often means playing something in the Xbox Live Arcade collection. Geometry Wars is a favorite (even though I suck at it), Speedball 2 is an all-time favorite (though not the new "enhanced" mode), and Puzzle Quest is one that I just keep going back to. Right now, though, I'm all about Arkadian Warriors. Is anyone else playing it? There's a two-player co-op option that I really want to check out. In case you're not familiar with it, Arkadian Warriors is like a (very) simplistic version of Diablo. You go into dungeons, you kill stuff, you collect loot, you level up, and that's about it. It's fun, though, and my soldier would love a sorceress or an archer to play alongside one of these days.

Posted by JusticeCovert @ 8:25 pm EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

Who Am I?

I'm not a very prolific blogger, which will likely become obvious in the coming weeks and months. I hope to spend a lot of time playing games with you all, though, so I figured the least I can do is offer a brief introduction.

So, my real name is Justin. I'm currently living in San Francisco where I work as a senior editor for GameSpot.com. I'm originally from England (Bolton Wanderers fan), but I've been living in the US for about 3.5 years now. My job more or less requires me to spend time playing all of the consoles and handhelds, but I'd have to say that my Xbox 360 is definitely the one that takes up the most of my free time right now.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the only game that I'm playing online much right now, but offline I'm also playing Mass Effect, DiRT, Forza Motorsport 2, Halo 3, and Assassin's Creed. Games sat in my really-should-play-this-soon pile at the time of writing include BioShock, Tomb Raider Anniversary, and Eternal Sonata. Most anticipated games for 2008 (apologies for turning this into a list) are Bully: Scholarship Edition, Grand Theft Auto IV (of course), Haze, and Burnout Paradise

So yeah, I play a lot of games. Work and girlfriend commitments rarely afford me as much time as I'd like to beat them all, but I do what I can. I was actually making pretty good progress through my games pile until COD4 came along with its kickass multiplayer.

Posted by JusticeCovert @ 8:59 pm EDT | Permalink | 14 Comments