@jshadwell85: nah, I wasn't saying you were raging, but you quoted me and sounded stunned at my transmutation of the flaws, so I thought you missed the tone of my post. Didn't think you were freaking out or anything.

@jshadwell85: Alright first man chill. If you didn't note a slightly hesitant but diehard and inescapable fanboyish voice in my post clean yer ears.

You're wrong. I know, to each his own. It's tempting to hate a game like SotC, packed with flaws - the stuttering engine, the long pauses in the action, the barely-there storyline - and undoubtedly one of the most beloved titles in the PS2's long and storied lifetime.

@hot_heart: tell me about it, best beat'em up in years!

downloading as we speak, this looks like FIRE!

@bedlight: agreed. it was sad, weird, and tragic. their bassist is dark and vicious, and the fill-in cat (from Sub-Zero right? another great band I used to listen to back in my WSOU days) is fine but it's not the boys we know.

Also, as far as very recent shit is concerned, I'd probably be screwed if I didn't have TV on the Radio's Return to Cookie Mountain to turn to in times of need.

@bedlight: God, White Pony is such a good fucking record.

In no order:

@Icemael: you know I hear you. This sounds like something I'd definitely love to interact with.

Thank you! i picked this game up because the demo really scratched an itch, but gave up on it due to its bugginess, jankiness, and overall lack of polish.

@peteer02: hates geofencing: you intrigue me mr peteer02...maybe I need to give Blops a shot. I've been hesitant because of the rampant hacking on MW2 but if it's as cared-for as you say I should take the plunge.

@peteer02: hates geofencing: I agree that it's cheatey but c'mon, there is no equalizer online. Tons of folks use those modded controllers with programmable macros, turbo options and such, and the MW2 XBL world is rife with hackers. It's the reason I dropped the game and sold it on Amazon.

@ifandbut: Starcon2 is a 4x game with an overhead view. Starcon3 is a heaping pile of steaming shit.

I'm really enjoying RDR undead nightmare but damn if it's not tiring. It has a lot of entertaining moments and I love the playful elements in regards to the original game's characters but it's really artificially long.

@ifandbut: System Shock 2 is terrific, creative and kind of harrowing.

@Tiller: why is brawl never in the Kotaku roundup? i don't get it...

@archronos: Haven't played Toy Soldiers full but Limbo is 100% worth it. Play it at night with the lights up and volume on full blast.

@zafree: I've just touched it a little bit. It's HEAVY reading but the actual writing itself is unusually good. Definitely a slow start but it's gotta be one of the best games of its kind I've ever played.

@Mykalwane: I was just talking about how that's one of my top 20 films. The book was good, but I think it's the rare case where the film is superior.