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WRUP: turn out the lights edition


Despite this week's torrent of new releases, one game stands out from the pack. We are of course talking about the latest from Starbreeze, The Darkness. Yes, the verdict is in, and the critics are taking a shine to the gruesome first person shooter. We're also getting the thumbs up from our resident Achievement Whore, which is usually a good sign. That's not to say there aren't other great options this weekend either (Overlord comes to mind). Yes, it seems that Microsoft's year-long wallet-draining conspiracy is still in full force. We shudder at the thought of the upcoming holiday gaming season (which seems to be starting in August for crying out loud).

Will you be delving into The Darkness this weekend, or do you have other plans?

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1. Definitely taking the long weekend to finish The Darkness, then pickup a copy of DIRT as well (if I find it in store, which hasn't been the case for the last few days..sold out on most places)

Posted at 9:35AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Andy

2. yep, my choices for this weekend: summoning minions to kill things or... summoning minions to kill things.

my evil little children will be vying for my attention from holes in the ground in both the darkness and overlord tonight. i've been dying for both of these games for what seems like forever, and now that they're both here i don't know which i want to play more...

anyone else playing both games and accidentally use the *other* game's key combo to try to summon a minion?

Posted at 9:43AM on Jun 29th 2007 by decompiler

3. My 360 is still in for repair. I called on it yesterday and the customer service guy told me they were "backed up". It's been two weeks since I sent mine in. Effing ridiculous.

Posted at 10:09AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Gemini Ace

4. Forza 2, R6:V, GoW, Carcassonne, Pacman CE, Band of Bugs.

Posted at 10:36AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Wizardly

5. Is the contest over? Where's my copy of the Teh (always wanted to do that) DarkneZZ!!1! (that too)

Guitar Hero,Uno and I think I might make an appearance in Pacific City (Crackdown).

Hopefully, I'll be playing The Darkness next week if I won the contest. (hint, hint)

Posted at 10:36AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Stephen

6. Where the hell is my R6:Vegas Black Pack. I'm not sure who to blame but just fix the damn thing and get it back up. I've got my 800 points locked and loaded to send to you let me freakin do it already.

Posted at 10:49AM on Jun 29th 2007 by homerj312

7. After just completing The Darkness single player. I have to say, it is literally the greatest campaign I have ever played.. on any system. (WOW @ the last level)

It was an amazing story as well. I got chills at the end. And I NEVER pay attention to storylines in games.

The multiplayer is cheeks though, too much lag. If it had a better server, this game wouldnt leave my system until GTA IV. However, Im going to run through the campaign a few more times.. then give multiplayer a shot once the servers are cleaner an patched

Posted at 11:14AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Hibernation

8. Well The Darkness should be waiting for me when I get home today so I'll be digging into that.

I'll also be hitting up more Halo 2. I'm still laughing about the fight I had with a guy that wanted me out of a low ranking snipers only match last night because I sucked. He couldn't understand that I'm low ranked for a reason. He only came back with calling me the 'N' word over and over again. The fact that I'm white and grew up in what is known as one of the most racist areas of my state made the situation all the more enjoyable.

Posted at 11:22AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Joshua

9. gonna be playing the darkness and dirt might get some pop classic in sometime this weekend

Posted at 11:28AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Jay900

10. I'm waiting to see if I won it...

Posted at 11:40AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Matthew Mac

11. mm my 360 just got back yesterday, and ive been playing GHII and some more of that and then ill be playing some CoD3

Posted at 11:56AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Peff

12. R6-vegas i need to finish that freak game

Posted at 11:58AM on Jun 29th 2007 by Andrew

13. I'm going to try to get through a couple more career tiers in DiRT (which is fucking stellar, by thw way, and you should all be playing it.)

I never finished the last two missions in LoTR: BFME II, and it's been bugging me for months. Hopefully I'll get around to that. The later stages take about an hour apiece though, so I might not have the time.

Posted at 12:01PM on Jun 29th 2007 by KilgoreTrout XL

14. Finished the darkness yesterday and it had a damn good ending but i'm going back through it on easy and get some achevements I missed.

Also playing some Prince of Persia Classic (that game is hard as hell).

Posted at 12:27PM on Jun 29th 2007 by kazo

15. Got THP8 from a friend so I'm going to try that out. Probably get on some R6:V as well. Also doing some God of War II with my girlfriend, might finish that this weekend. I'm too poor right now for new games =(

Posted at 12:36PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Adam - Hear me roar

16. I played 30 min so far of it, and had to go to work. I'm pulling my hair out right now wanting to play more. Very dope title.

Posted at 12:55PM on Jun 29th 2007 by dodds

17. DiRT
Darkness huh? May have to pick that up.

Posted at 12:57PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Randy

18. Um, I really disliked The Darkness for several reasons. Any1 wanna trade Shadowrun for my copy?

Posted at 1:04PM on Jun 29th 2007 by ccc

19. RS:V, Forza 2 and Carcassonne should be filling up any idle moments of my long weekend. Might even get the Black Pack even though I've already used up this month's budget of 800 MS points to get Carcassonne.

Posted at 2:08PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Clinton

20. I got the darkness on Tuesday and I'm going to start it tonight. That's what is new, than I'll probably pull out the rest of the library: Gears, Forza, Oblivion, Halo 2. Call of Duty has made a comeback on the PC for me (online play is great) and Planet Puzzle League is awesome on the DS.

Posted at 2:46PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Triforceowner

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