Now my Sims can have even more of a life than me!

[orangerful]

OMG, video games are eating my budget this year! I may have to put this one off until Christmas unless EA sends me a coupon again like they did for Ambitions and suck me in early.

And, yes, that one chick had red eyes because she's a VAMPIRE! w00t! I hope they walk around with capes that they hold over their faces like they did in the original...but I doubt they will. Maybe you can unlock the cape.

I think Civilization 5 is going to outrank Sims 3 this time though, as I feel I will drop the cash to snatch this beauty up on day 1. I mean, I was never very good at Civ IV, but I got the hang of it and really enjoyed conquering the world, or at least trying (Curse you, Isabella!!!!). And this new edition looks to have lots of cool gameplay changes, with the one unit per tile and the hexagonal tiles. Mmm, yes lots of strategy here.

The set list for Rock Band 3 is out. 83 songs. I'll be honest, I don't know a lot of the songs from 2000/1990s (or, at least, I do not know them by name. There were a lot I said that about on RB2 but when I heard them I was like "OH THAT SONG!"). But there are several that get me excited for the release:
Imagine - John Lennon
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Centerfold - J. Geils Band (guilty pleasure song, only found out about it because of VH1's Pop-Up Video back in the day...doubt I can sing it without giggling)
Misery Business - Paramore
Lasso - Phoenix
Portions for Foxes - Rilo Kiley
Power of Love - Huey Lewis & the News
Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police (one of my favorites, though this will be the original and not the remix, which I prefer but whatev)
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears (so random, andy_wolverton and I were JUST talking about this band on Thursday!)
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Break on Through (to the Other Side) - The Doors

Now the biggest issue is figuring out how I want to buy this. See, I figured they would do a special edition boxed set like they did with RB and RB2 but nooooo - just a game/keyboard bundle but nothing else. So I'm trying to decide if I want to get the RB2:SE set so I can have wirless drums & guitar and then sell RB2 (or possibily work something out with the library because our copy is broken). Or if I should just suck it up and not buy new instruments yet. Then there's the whole pro-mode where you can teach yourself real guitar...might wait on that. Or ask Santa.

And I still kinda sorta want to get the Kinect...if only for Dance Central...

I've got a $25 Gamestop Gift Card coming my way from e-rewards...and a $15 Visa Debit coming from a rebate I sent in...maybe I'll just go over to Gamestop and put $5 down on EVERYTHING!

Of course, I still need to beat Mass Effect. My big geek shame is that I still have not completed that game. I even beat ME2. And I really want to beat ME2 with my new girl (Griddie Shepard, badass) so she can play ME3.

AND there's new DLC for DragonAge coming out next month. I haven't downloaded any yet, but this one is called "Witch Hunt" and, yes, we finally get to find out where Morrigan went after the big grande finale battle! I NEED TO KNOW!

Which reminds me that I never finished my game with my dwarf warrior chick. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

And Starcraft is sitting there, crying that I'm ignoring it. *pats Raynor on the head*

And what else is on the horizon? Dead Space 2 in 2011 (dangit, I don't think I was brave enough to beat DS1...but I played the DS2 demo at SDCC and it was AWESOME!!!!).

Also, if Old Republic does not require a subscription to play, it might eat my life. Maybe.

meep.

Comments

[lostacanthus.livejournal.com]

Ahhh I am so excited for RB3! It looks so awesome. Idk if we'll get one of the RB3 guitars or not. (We have somehow broken our current one :\) My brother really wants one, but I'd be happy with an old one.

Omg you can get Gamestop gift cards from e-rewards? I need to stop deleting those emails and neglecting that place :<

I keep making new Shepards in ME2 and end up getting attached to them enough to want to run them through ME x) (Like, I started up a playthrough as a sentinel for my insanity run and fell in love with the guy. So now I like, NEEEEED to play through ME1 with him, just because of the Ashley romance. Lol I'm so weird~)

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I broke the wammy bar on my wireless guitar :( I'm scared to try and fix it until I have a new guitar to back it up. Everything else I have is from RB1 so it's wired which gets annoying when you have a full band going.

YES Sign up for e-rewards. It takes while to earn the 50 e-dollars that turn into a $25 gift card, but it's pretty sweet when you do. It's pretty much the only thing I get off of there.

I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of ME and ME2 because I've only had those 2 Shepards and there are SO many different variations. AAAH!

[lostacanthus.livejournal.com]

D: I thought it was just the strum bar on ours, but my brother just told me that none of the buttons on the body work, probably because he tried to fix it lol. I wish you could like, idk, use the controller like you can with DDR x) Not like that would be any fun, but still.

I've actually had an account there for awhile. (I just logged in and I still have 10 bucks!) I've gotten like, magazine subscriptions before but now I know what I'm going to start getting instead haha

I have five Sheps so far, but I'm trying to decide on what to do for my last one. I know I'm going to make he/she an adept (and that gives me one of each class), but uh, lol I'm stopping there. Six will be way too many. Esp added to my DA characters xD

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

Ugh video won't load for me. Is it about the Sims?

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Hm, wasn't working embedded for me either! Switched it out with YouTube version. Yep, it's the trailer for the new Sims 3 Expansion. :D

[hermionesparkle.livejournal.com]

It looks really cool! Someday I'll have a good enough computer to get Sims 3. The new expansion looks fun.

[marshmallow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess I'm not exactly wow'd by that setlist, but like you, I'm not sure that I would have been just reading them out of context for any of the others either. But for the 2000s in particular, the selection seems really, really odd.

They had a big thing for the Kinect at the fair! I didn't try it, but I watched for awhile. It still looks like magic to me. :P They kind of weren't demonstrating any games that would really set it apart from the Wii yet though. They were just doing bowling and river rafting, and aside from having your hands free, it looked pretty well the same. It would have been nice to see something like a Dance Central demo in the mix. I'll be checking it out again this weekend to see if they're showing any different games.

ETA: Also, OMG SIMS EXPACK. *flail*

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I'm just excited about the keyboard haha. I don't know why - we actually OWN a keyboard and I don't play it...

I know Playstation's PLAY has gotten better reviews/comments but it looks too much like the Wii to get me interested, something about the body-as-controller just makes me curious. And I loved DDR but it's such a hassle to make room for the mat and stuff.

I KNOW! I've barely scratched the surface with Ambitions, and they already have this on the horizon!