VIDEO GAMES

section by: Justin
Clark and SCOTT!

NO NEW RETAIL TITLES THIS WEEK

Go outside. You’re too goddamn pale.

OOOHHHHH: ON THE DLC TIP

LIMBO
Playdead
XBox Live Arcade
7/21
1,200 MS points

There’s going to be a portion of gamers that will pass this off as Braid with a lack of color palette. There are others still that will call this goth, emo, art school, whatever.

Fuck those people. Everything about Limbo screams of simplicity and ambition, a dark little labor of love that’s managed to make anyone who’s played more than 5 minutes of it ravenous for more. It’s the crown jewel of Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade, which is a huge show of faith for a title that’s definitely going to become another one of those titles that gets brought up the next time Roger Ebert gets a bug up his ass about games being art, but may not translate to blockbusting sales. Games like this deserve all the attention in the world, but whether its earned it for more than 5 minutes remains to be seen.

ROCK BAND TUESDAY

The Stooges Pack 01 ($5.49/440 MS points)

  • 1969 +
  • I Wanna Be Your Dog +
  • No Fun +

Bad Religion – New Dark Ages
Bad Religion – No Control +

+ – Available for Lego Rock Band

$1.99/160 MS pts each

HEY LOOK GUYS, IT’S PUNK MUSIC. REMEMBER WHAT THAT SOUNDED LIKE?

I could raise a bit of a funk over Bad Religion’s Infected being one of the few Guitar Hero 1 tracks still trapped on that PS2 disc, but that’s muted over how elated I am that The Stooges are getting the love they should’ve gotten through DLC a long time ago.

Also, hey, remember when Iggy Pop didn’t look like a reanimated pork rind? Good times, good times.