Currently Playing 11-4-08
Been a while since I’ve run a ‘Currently Playing’ post so I thought I’d do a quick update.
On the Xbox 360 side of things I’m still spinning The Orange Box. I finally finished Half-Life 2, HL2 Episode 1 & HL2 Episode 2. Now I’m just doing a bit of ‘achievement whoring’ with the remaining achievements in the game.
Half-Life 2 was an awesome ride. For a 4 year old game it holds up solid and is more than worth your time & money if you haven’t already checked it out. In the end, the experience was much more satisfying to me than a typical FPS though I’m not entirely sure what about HL2 set it apart. Perhaps the strong supporting characters and the lack of traditional cut scenes that gave the story a bit more oomph. Or, perhaps it was the story itself. Whatever the case, it was a helluva ride… Count me in on day 1 for Half-Life 3.
On the PS3 side of things, Ev and I have been putting in several hours nightly with Little Big Planet. Our co-op sessions have me wondering if I would enjoy the game as much playing it solo. The level design in the game is exceptional at times, which has me wondering if the user created levels will be good enough to keep us interested when we run out of levels on the disc. I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Who knew that a game so cute could be so frustrating though - there have been a couple of levels where I was just about read to throw my controller through our TV. Ev has much more patience than I do when it comes to platforming 
Lastly, is the newest game to my ‘currently playing’ roster. It is Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII on the PSP. This was a recommendation from a buddy of mine, and since I’m always eager for more PSP games I figured I’d give it a shot. Now I have a confession to make, I have never played a Final Fantasy game before. I had some pretty bad pre-conceived notions about what Final Fantasy games were. I expected them to lean heavily into the ‘fantasy’ side with mythical creatures and settings, so I was surprised to see helicopters and a train during the opening cinematics of Crisis Core.
It certainly did the trick to rope me in, and while I’ve only gotten about 15 minutes into the game, I’m eager to see how it plays out.
So there you have it, my currently playing update for 11/4/08. Aside from Gears trumping The Orange Box at the end of the week I don’t expect this list to change all that much for the rest of the year.
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