August 30th, 2007 9:54 am

I bought my first games in almost two months for the 360. I now own four. I’m so poor.  That doesn’t count Arcade games, though (which I own well over 10).

Anyway, I picked up Command and Conquer 3 and Blue Dragon. I played about an hour of C&C and really enjoyed it. I’m an RTS whore so I can see myself getting into it. I didn’t play enough to really give full impressions, but I really liked how it controlled. It’s no keyboard/mouse, but you get used to it and it can be surprisingly fast - sometimes too fast. One thing I can see becoming a problem is when you get into some hectic battles the controller won’t be as responsive as a mouse. I don’t think it will detract from the overall experience, though. I only played the tutorial and the first mission. I do like that the hot chick from House is in it. She bosses me around a lot, but I don’t mind.  I’d let her order me around any day of the week.

I didn’t play Blue Dragon because I’m going on vacation starting tomorrow and I didn’t want to engross myself in an RPG for an hour when I am just leaving the next day for four days. I plan on getting into it when we get back.

I also bought Puzzle Fighter and I have no idea why. I enjoy puzzle games, but I don’t know if I’m going to enjoy this one. It’s a little on the slow side for me and sometimes I have no idea WTF I’m doing. I kind of wish I would have bought Streets of Rage 2 instead. I still might (it’s only 400 points).

I’m trying to wait for Bioshock to drop to $50 or to pick it up used on Ebay for around the same price with shipping. I understand the attraction to the game, but I didn’t find myself as immersed in the demo as others did. I do hope it leads more to a more diverse amount of FPS games as opposed to the cookie cutter ones we see lately.

I also have added a text box to the sidebar of the games I plan on purchasing next. If I can find an RSS feed of ALL upcoming 360 games, I might add that too. But the text box is more for me than you so piss off. It will help me keep track of when I need to save money.

That’s enough geek talk for today.

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