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[Jim]

So anyone with a PS3 should definitely just go ahead and grab Scott Pilgrim. It's a shitload of fun if you dig River City Ransom and its ilk. No online multiplayer is a pretty big omission, but I can understand it from the perspective that this is supposed to be pure throwback. They still need to put it into the game. I'm sure if enough people bitch then they can patch the game and add it.

[Alex]

Game of the year, hands down.

[BackLegFrontKick]

No online multiplayer is a pretty big omission

Is it, really? Or is it just because I come from the NES/SNES/X-Men Arcade Cabinet era (Colossus noise) and prefer being in the presence of the people I'm playing with?

Lack of a Wii port makes me sad

[Jim]

Like I said, I get why they left it out. Their dedication to keeping things old school is apparent. That said, I also don't have four controllers or three other nearby people that would want to play it. I do, however, have multiple friends scattered around with PS3s, not to mention I would love to play co-op with ol' Alex here. So, yeah, I think it's a pretty big omission.

I'm sure it would be an easy addition.

[Terry Cheesecake]

If it doesn't have any kind of online component at the moment I'm not so sure adding one would be as easy as you think.

[Alex]

I think it was left out due to keeping costs down and to get it out in time for the movie, making this possibly only the second licensed game released this gen to not be awful.

So I'm playing Alpha Protocol, and it is pretty good! It is not a great game by any means, but I think I really prefer flawed games that try interesting things to games that go by the numbers and play it safe. I must have played it for about 10 hours this weekend, as opposed to Final Fantasy 13 which I have to struggle to play for more than half an hour.

Raw Danger is another example of a severely unpolished game that does some pretty interesting things, in that you play through the same scenario as different characters who each have their own story, and when the characters intersect, what you choose the first time through will affect how the story develops when you play through as the other one. It's an incredibly inventive approach to interactive storytelling that I don't think I've seen attempted since.

[Zack Hoagie]

Splinter Cell: Conviction is fucking the best possible 24 game.

[Alex]

If you play it a certain way, Alpha Protocol lets you be a violent asshole to everybody you meet.