As promised, this week we’re talking about the games we’re playing. No sports, no movies…just games. This weeks most popular titles? Seems like a good chunk of the team is devoting their time to Rock Band 2 and Warhammer Online, or both.
Here’s the rundown. Let us know what you’ll be playing… John Pisano, QA: Warhammer Online, Rock Band 2, Warhammer Online, Spore, Warhammer Online, Condemned 2. Michael Lattanzia, QA: Warhammer Online, SPORE!, Call of Duty 4, and maybe some actual tabletop games (read: Mordheim) this weekend. Shannon Bailey, Programmer: Rock Band 2, Lost Odyssey DLC.
Matt Grandstaff, Community Manager: Metal Gear Solid 4, PixelJunk Eden, Wipeout HD, Too Human. Erik J. Caponi, The Real Candidate for Change: Rock Band 2. Warhammer Online, the presidential debate drinking game. Dan Lee, World Artist: Yakuza 2, Pokémon Emerald, and possibly Wipeout HD if I can get the PSN store to actually work for me. Ryan Ashford, QA Engineer: GTAIV, Castle Crashers, Ico (if I hook up my PS2 again). Nate Purkeypile, Splatter Analyst: Viva Pinata 2, Mercs 2 and TF2. Megan Sawyer, Artist by Day, Crimefighter by Night: LEGO Batman, Rock Band 2. Emil Pagliarulo: Warhammer Online, Mercenaries 2, Force Unleashed, Brothers in Arms 2 Joel Burgess: Playing Choke on my Woodchuck, YOU BASTARD ROBOTS, Mercenaries 2, Viva Pinata 2, Mount & Blade and maybe picking up Cave Story again. Dane Olds, Artist: Spore, Stalker Clear Sky, Duke Nukem 3D Brett Douville, Scrubber of the Wasteland’s Dark Underbelly: Playing Host! Family in town… thus likely board and card games suitable for the under-10 set. Craig Lafferty, Producer: Pure, Civ IV Colonization, Wipeout HD, Rock Band 2. Jeff Gardiner: Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Jon Paul Duvall, Designer: Warhammer Online Matt Killmon, Video Producer: More Spore. I JUST CAN’T STOP! Aaron Mitschelen, QA: Tales of Vesperia, Battle Fantasia (Rabbits in wizard hats fighting priests in short shorts? Sign me up!) Tim “Visor” Lamb, Producer: Rock Band 2 and COD4. Brent Krische, QA Tester: I’ve been all over this week. Fallout (as in the first one,) Duke Nukem 3D for XBLA, Castle Crashers, Megaman 9 demo, Mr. Robot, and Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 2. Dan Ross, QA: Wipeout HD, Spore, Dawn of War. Daryl Brigner, Level Designer: Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway, Stalker: Clear Sky, Crysis Warhead, and Dwarf Fortress. Ricardo Gonzalez, Feature Creator: Spore-ing it up with my Mr. Saturn race, all the live-long night. Chris Esko, Gameplay Programmer: I’ve been playing King’s Bounty: The Legend. It’s a tactical RPG for the PC that’s based on the old Heroes of Might and Magic games. Also, Rock Band 2. Orin Tresnjak, Graphics Programmer: Castle Crashers and messing around with XNA Game Studio Connect.
