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I was planning on putting this up before the new year started but I had an end of the year computer melt down. Maybe I should add “get a new computer” to my resolution list. I have no idea if that'll happen but I do know what I'd like to pick up this year: a PS3. It took a long time, but Sony's expensive machine has accumulated enough of a library to interest me with quite a few more good looking titles set to come out this year. With high hopes that the PS3 will see another price drop, I present my list of PS3 gems, old and new, to snatch up in 2009. 1. Prince of Persia – I love the Sands of Time Trilogy and this sequel promises more of the same. Reviews have stated the game seems to play itself a bit too much and I got that same feeling a lot in the earlier PoP titles but the experience was still great. I'd be more than happy to go along for the ride yet again. 2. Devil May Cry 4 – This is where I'll happily turn to for a twitch challenge. There's not much to be said for the DMC games other than that they're a blast to play, just make sure you turn your narrative cheese tolerance all the way up. 3. LittleBigPlanet – While this game has caught the imagination of much of the industry and praise all around, it's not actually a title I'm super excited for. The reason being I just don't have much time to tinker around with these sorts of “build your own experience” games. I want to try it out quite badly all the same. 4. Ninja Gaiden Sigma – If there's any genre where it could be said that style may be even more important than substance, it's probably the beat-em up. I'd like to get my hands on this iteration of Ninja Gaiden for the same reason I enjoy the DMC titles. 5. Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction – One thing really bugged the hell out of me in the last Ratchet and Clank game that came out on the PS2: Ratchet didn't have a tail. In the story it was stuffed inside of his armor but still... Thank goodness he got his tail back for his big HD debut. Related Links: Derrick's Top 13 Games of 2008 - Part 1 My Top 10 of 2008 in No Particular Order: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 Joe’s Top Ten Games of 2008 – Number One
Prince of Persia is a fun game, but the difficulty is kind of screwed. There's no difficulty curve at all. Instead of having 20+ levels, it feel more like having four level 1s and 16 level 2s. But it's still a nice game. Very pretty. Definitely better than Warrior Within and probably better than The Two Thrones as well.
I have a feeling that once you play LittleBigPlanet, you'll be more excited about it than you are now. :P Personally, I've played with the level editor but I've never actually made a level. What I love about the game is seeing what other people can come up with. There are some pretty ingenious levels among in there. In a lot of them, I can't figure out how they manage to do certain things.
John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself.
Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Hooksexup, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.
Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.
Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines. Based in Toronto, Nadia prizes the certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.
Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.
Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.
Cole Stryker is an American freelance writer living in York, England, where he resides with his archeologist wife. He writes for a travel company by day and argues about pop culture on the internet by night. Find him writing regularly here and here.
Peter Smith is like the lead character of Irwin Shaw's The 80-Yard Run, except less athletic. He considers himself very lucky to have this job. But it's a little premature to take "jack-off of all trades" off his resume. Besides writing, travelling, and painting houses, Pete plays guitar in a rock trio called The Aye-Ayes. He calls them a 'power pop' band, but they generally sound more like Motorhead on a drinking binge.
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