h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I've promised myself not to download any games on my brand new HTC Sense - I spend enough time gaming on my PC at home. While commuting, I prefer to read a book.

Diablo III sounds tempting. Waiting on the reboot of Gabriel Knight

It's the only thing that gets me through meetings, sometimes.

Definitely. Fantasizing about Wasteland 2 is a major motivator.

I've downloaded SWTOR again but also still playing Guild Wars 2, which is still fun and their continuous updates are amazing.

We also bought the new Donkey Kong, but that's far too hard and not really fun. It's mainly frustrating. Only the last world seems to be easier, which seems kind of absurd. we're not happy with this game.

I've read some really good reviews of that (not that I've got a WiiU)

I've been getting back to RPGs again on the PS3. Final Fantasy X/X2 arrived yesterday, and we bought VII-IX from the shoppy thing.

The PS3 is still quite alien after years and years of Xbox I still have trouble finding me way around the dashboard, but at least the controls are still instinctive.

Bring on the blitzball

Well, Donkey Kong has really good graphics and the graphics style is also very good. They also have very good ideas for the game as such, but it's ruined by being just awfully hard and some levels are terribly long and you end up doing them again and again and again until you manage to get through. It's good when games have a certain difficulty, but this one is frustrating, I myself can't participate at all because it's so hard. i only watch my bf play. And often (as I said) the controls don't react properly, I've seen reviews where they said the same.

Donkey Kong ought to have some saving points along the way that can be reloaded so that you don't have to start all over again each and every time.

My niece (9) and I made it to the top boss and managed to stay clear until he feinted - one of his huge hands started moving towards us and then he suddenly swapped hand! Squish!

We were mightily miffed at that

we're currently a few levels before the last boss.

We didn't play the latest version Tav - it was almost a year ago...

Ah, I see. Well, don't buy Tropical Freeze if you don't have strong nerves and patience.

At my house we have two gaming computers, a PS3, PS4, Wii, and Xbox360. The Playstations get use, and the gaming computers a bit. Tomorrow, Diablo III Reaper of Souls is released and we will be playing that for sure.

*twiddles thumbs and toes while waiting for her Rift shard to become available again after the weekly update*

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Oh yeah, it's been so long...

http://www.postudios.com/company/games/moebius/

You know, not long ago my bf and I were wondering if they still make this kind of games.

That is definitely MY kind of game! Thanks, HN -- I've made a note of it.

I was never much good at shoot-em-up games, even the original Doom. My preferences are for eye candy and stress-free leisure for exploring and puzzle solving. Utter wuss, I am.

I know, right? When I see someone playing Cranky Canaries or whatever, I have to resist the urge to get all crotchety. "You young whippersnappers don't know what games are. Back in my day, we had real games, like Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist"

The Sierra alumni have several projects in the works. I'll dig up the links.

I was exposed to a very strange game this weekend. It's called Goat Simulator. I will leave describing it as an exercise for the reader. Google it, and be confused as I was.

Two Guys From Andromeda, the creators of Space Quest, are working on SpaceVenture: http://guysfromandromeda.com/

Brian Fargo is nuking American again in Wasteland 2: http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/

Goat Simulator has a certain April Fool's Day feel to it. But why not?