Max Payne 3? I can't get to Gamespot from here... what's the plot? I thought they pretty much ended the story with the last installment. Also bummed about Rockstar. They treatment of the PC port for GTA IV still makes me mad.

He's gone on early retirement and left NY...and from there on things apparently went down the drain. Lots of action will be involved, and according to the developers it will be "the most cynical part of the saga yet".

Yeah...sounds bad.


Been playing "The Maw" and finished it...it's short but sweet. After a while they seem to run out of original ideas a bit, but the game was a ton of easy fun. Design is great (the maw itself is hilarious) and the game had me smiling at numerous occasions. Very polished and smooth, and worth the cash. I've seen a lot crappier games that are only slightly longer and cost 4-5 times as much.

Also played some Red Alert 3, and I don't care what anyone says but it's fun fun fun! Only played Soviets so far but the over-the-top FMW acting, the camp, the girls, the insane units (mind-controlled warbears, soviet conscripts with molotov cocktails for secondary ability, Zeppelin bombers, amphibious APC's that can fire infantry from a circus cannon...dude. Awesome.) and just overall polishedness and hilarity makes for a great relaxing mix. I just realized yesterday that the warbears' secondary attack is a scream that, according to the short description: "Stuns nearby enemy infantry for a moment. Also tenderizes meat." The game is packed with that shit.

One minor gripe is that it's too easy, by and large. Playing on medium with AI taking control of the co-op army (every mission is co-op) and while my ally seems to succeed in getting him- or herself wiped on occasion I almost always seem to breeze through the missions. Usually my ally just buffers between the enemies and me until he dies and I build up a nice army and wipe away all opposition on my own.

Still, great fun. Almost wish I could co-op it with someone.

Lol, even if I do have access to an Xbox 360 I'd never play MGS and I doubt my brother would either. We mostly use it to kick each other's asses in SFIV, Fifa, NBA Live and race games really. He occassionally buys a big shooter title like Gears of War 2 and CoD4, but I think he's starting to realize that they aren't as good as PC shooters. Other, more deviant games genre-wise, don't interest him and only make it to the PC from my side.

Warhead has no aliens in it at all, so yea, you'll probably like it. It also has more fun blowing-crap-up run-and-gun type fighting. Def more of a traditional FPS. The engine is also optimized a bit or something...overall it runs better.

Mm, k, thanks. I think the same friend I lent Crysis from has Warhead too...so I'll harass him about it. If they manage to iron out the small engine stutters on high settings with a lot more Korean warfare...I'm down with that. To say the least.