Let's start at the beginning.

[Compass]

I do!

[MechDeus]

Uh-oh! Trouble's a-brewing!

[Finch]

1) Nodame Cantabile: Dream Orchestra - Wii (import): A classical music rhythm game! <3 <3 Still working on the Story Mode to unlock all the songs.

!!!! <3<3<3 Nodame!!!!

Diving seemed like the only redeeming point about Tonelico 1. I played a bit of part 2 and it seemed like everything about it was better, especially the combat system. Kind of a shame I haven't heard any plans for that being localized.

Well, it's a Gust rpg. If it's anything above average, it's good. I thought the localization was clever, and it was competent otherwise. That was enough for me to love it. I thought the second was announced, i guess not.

Finch, I wrote a review.

Nice. See, something about that pow meter feels like it's slowly snapping into place for me. You don't have to stand still, you just have to be doing on thing for a moment before it starts to refill, and you can still use items and spells.

[Compass]

I'm pretty sure you have to first stand still -- doing nothing -- in order for the gauge to begin to refill. Then, after it starts refilling, you can move around, or use an item or whatever.

[kingoffighters]

1. Omega Five (also finished, but have not 1CC yet)

2. Tiger Woods 07, fun golf game, and yearly updates to golf games is silly so I will be happy to play this "old" game.

[Compass]

7. Dragoneer's Aria - PSP: I didn't bother with Hitmaker's last PSP RPG, Blade Dancer, but picked this up because it supposedly fixed a lot of that game's problems. I like it so far. It's amusing to see JRPGs start to ape Monster Hunter in a quest for a taste of its success. There's a focus on crafting, and the shop music may very well have been lifted straight from Monster Hunter Freedom 2. Battles take forever though. I spent like ten full minutes fighting this garden variety plant creature in the first area. I don't think it was even a mini boss!

8. Breakdown - Xbox: It's cool so far, if a little tough. I'm playing on Normal, and finding Auto-target absolutely required. Also, I died seriously 30 times in a row trying to fight off two of those burly guys at the same time, hand-to-hand. On one reload, they didn't notice me for some reason and I was able to grab the gas mask, and then run away like a child. I still don't see how I was supposed to realistically win against those guys -- at least not at this stage when I'm still learning the controls. Right now, I'm out on the crumbling ledge of a roof. I keep falling and I don't see where I'm supposed to go. I really hate how bad I suck at videogames. Makes this hobby more stressful than it should be.

[Nomi]

1.) Call of Duty 4. While completely, unreasonably bitter about the lack of splitscreen anything, I am going to try to finish the game alone and enjoy it. I watched the entire thing and it looks epic and beautiful and I want to play past the first mission now. I will continuing hoping and praying for a splitscreen over Live multiplayer patch in the meanwhile.

[A Robot Bit Me]

I don't see that Grave has started StarTropics yet. What will it take? How many appetizing similies must I draw?

[MechDeus]

Also, I died seriously 30 times in a row trying to fight off two of those burly guys at the same time, hand-to-hand.

Everyone dies there a bunch of times, it's just tough is all. I was determined to kill them so I eventually did but a bunch of people on TNL just ran past. My method was to keep swapping back and forth between them with each knockover combo to keep them both off-balance. On the bright side, I don't think there's another spot tough like that until the end.

Also: <3

[Brand X]

I will continuing hoping and praying for a splitscreen over Live multiplayer patch in the meanwhile.

You can also join us in multi without split screen if you are ever not playing with your emotional friend.