The Siren Song of Games

Posted by Stropp on October 27, 2007

Hmmm. Done it again. Succumbed to the siren song of new games.

Perhaps I need to be tied to a mast by my crewmates as I sail past the game store.

Last night I stopped in at EB Games on the way home from work and put down a deposit on both Hellgate: London and Mass Effect. Hellgate is due to be released next Thursday, and Mass Effect (I think) on the 20th of November.

Of course this clashes also with the release of Tabula Rasa next Friday (the 2nd.) I’m not sure if I need to buy it at the release date to get the preorder and hence the goodies. I’m not sure if I care anyway. I think I will end up playing TR at some point, it’s definitely a good game, but I might wait until it’s a bit more mature.

And today is the Royal Australian Air Force Airshow at the Edinburgh Air Force Base in Adelaide. I’m just waiting on my sister and nephew to arrive and we’ll head on down to see the action. It’s not the biggest air show around, I’ve been to the Joint Services Airshow at Andrews Air Force base in Washington and that’s huge, but it’s an air show nonetheless, and my nephews first (he’s 4.5.)

So anyway, you might find a little less talk about MMOGs in the next few weeks, and more about Single Player gaming goodness. I know that Hellgate does have strong MMOG elements, but I’m still not sure you can really classify it as one. Mass Effect is an XBox 360 game, and I’m not sure if it has any multiplayer aspects. That doesn’t bother me since I’m more interested in the RPG aspects and the story.

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