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Weekend Warrior 04/30/10

Seems the most popular title on the minds of editors this weekend is Super Street Fighter IV. Aside from the brawler, editors are revisiting older titles to catch up on dreaded backlogs. Which games are we playing? Read on to find out, then head over to the comments section and let us know what you're playing this weekend. 

Jeff C: I’m wrapping up The Saboteur this weekend and plan on playing through Gears of War 2 co-op with Bryan. I might hop online with Super Street Fighter IV and get my tail handed to me. I swear, I was really good at Street Fighter II. I don’t know what happened. So sad

Kato: I'm slowly getting through God of War III one save location at a time, but this weekend I hope to really make some progress on the game. I'd like to clear the decks before Red Dead Redemption and Skate 3 come out, as I'm sure I'll double-team those two for a while. I've actually started up a new Be a Pro goalie career in NHL 10, which is kind of scary because I've never played goalie before. It's an odd experience. Stretches of boredom when the puck's in the other end punctuated by moments of sheer terror as I scramble around the crease. BTW, there are times playing God of War where I can't believe how bad I am at it. It's been a while since I played a straight-up action game – having played more FPS, third-person shooter, or action-RPG type games recently – and it's like I need to subtly recalibrate doing combos and whatnot. Weird.

Dan: I just saw an ad for an Electric Light Orchestra cover band called EL ‘N’ O tonight, and that sounds too good to pass up. Tomorrow I’ll definitely be at my new favorite bi-weekly Minneapolis event – the drinking spelling bee. It combines my love of beer with my ability for spelling, while simultaneously appealing to my cheapness (it’s only $6 to enter and you get a free drink for every word you spell correctly). As for games, I’ll stick with Super Street Fighter IV and Bad Company 2 this weekend.

Annette: I now have a pretty hefty backlog after having a regular stream of non-gamer visitors over the past couple months, plus shoulder surgery, so this weekend is all about catching up. Still trucking through FF XIII and Mass Effect. Otherwise taking it easy with lots of shoulder rest and icing that mf-er.

Jeff M: This weekend I’ll get schooled by the CPU in Tecmo Bowl Throwback (apparently I suck at this game), continue to scratch the surface in LittleBigPlanet, and blow up lots of stuff in Red Faction: Guerrilla. I might also get a little co-op zombie killing time in my with brother – how did family members spend time with each other before video games?

Phil: My guild in World of Warcraft will enter Icecrown Citadel once again. We’ve only got two bosses left to take down until we hit the Lich King himself, and with the new 15% buff active, hopefully we’ll make good progress. Outside of raiding, I might continue my replay of StarCraft in preparation for the sequel. More than anything, though, I’ll be devote my weekend to blasting through as much Alan Wake as I can handle. I’ve only just started this Stephen King-style thriller, but I’m already totally hooked.

Tim: Cruising through the dark woods of Alan Wake with nothing but a flashlight and a pistol sounds like an awesome weekend to me. That, along with a healthy dose of Super Street Fighter IV should do the trick. Also, I’ve been playing Pokemon FireRed Version off and on for a while, so maybe I’ll squeeze in some more time with that. Oh, and I can’t forget about the Halo: Reach beta. I’ll be giving that a whirl, as well.

That's it for us. What are you playing this weekend?

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  • Booze and Super Street Fighter IV.
  • I've been watching twitter since yesterday and I have yet to get a Reach Beta code, in the mean time I'll just play Bad Co 2.
  • Going through Deadrising again.  Also, gonna go for that last stand achievement in Splinter Cell.  

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    Bad Company 2 online. I'm only a rank of 12 for crying out loud!
    Possibly REACH beta but I'm not that excited for it so most likely just BC2.
  • Halo reach beta all weekend long >:)

  • nothing but a whole lot of Little Big Planet for me. gonna try to finish story mode (i think i've only got a few levels left) and maybe even start to build my own level, which is so exciting to me.

  • Ill be playing alot of Just Cause 2 and try to get half way through that. Thats it video game wise unless someone wishes to do something else on XBL. I will be doing quite a bit of homework too.

  • Half Life 2 and Splinter Cell.

  • Ahhh...weekend warrior! Welcome back Annette!

    I'm finally getting a chance to play through Resistance 2. Pretty linear but fun! Also picked up "The Darkness" for 360. Twiddling my thumbs waiting for Red Dead Redemption and Alan Wake.
  • For me it will be BC2, and since Dante's Inferno got here then I'll try and beat that over the weekend. Been camping out for the Reach beta, still no luck, but I'll get there. By the way are all the codes gone? Would hate to sit here for the next four hours unknowingly that all the beta giveaways are gone.

  • ME 1 replay ME2 replay and a few gun acutions and shows as well as unrivled depression

  • Alan wake... So close yet so far away...

    I'll probably play through ghost recon aw1&2 and/or left 4 dead 2. Other then that my entire block has wanted to fight me in either smash bros. brawl or pokemon platinum. Poor, poor children...

  • ssfIV for me. maybe some ffxiii if i have the time.

  • I'm still saving the galaxy in Mass Effect 2, you need to finish the first one Annette, the second is AWESOME :)

    I'm also looking forward to Alan Wake, I cannot wait for it.  And to see that two of the editors are also loving it is a good sign!

  • ssf4 bioshock 2 infamous and brutal legend. Just got a gamefly sub so I will be catching up on all the good ps3 games i have missed over the last year and a half. Little big planet and nier on the Q next.

  • Well I've been sick all week so this weekend will unfortunately be consumed by catching up on homework.  If I do have time to play, I'll probably continue on my level in Little Big Planet or causing more chaos in Just Cause 2.  

  • I will be playing some Super Mario Galaxy.  I need to catch up on the first release before the second one comes out.

  • Pounding through GoW collection this weekend in prep for GoW3. Throwin in a lil Mw2 and Bc2 online.Maybe some FF13 as well.

  • lol @ dan's post

  • Halo 3, maybe picking up OSDT so I can get the new Reach beta. If not Ill be playing Gears 1

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