Weakly recap...

"Ok, here it is... your weekly recap of gaming: It is a good one! NotStyro had seven days of gaming! In a row! I know! Crazy! Too bad gamerscore isn't money because with an increase of 1810 points we could make some bank. Yay for 68 achievements! w00t! "

"I prodded NotStyro to try 6 games last week: Avatar: TLA: TBE, Far Cry® 2, Gears of War, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk™, and Transformers: The Game. It was a mix of good and bad. Also, according to the records, NotStyro's favorite game last week was The Incredible Hulk™. He played it on 4 of the days."

Still jonesing for some new games,  I headed out to the local CircuitCity because they are having some sort of video game sale - $9.99 for games regularly $14.95 - $19.95 (or somesuch). Didn't see much except for some games some idiot customers threw in the box for shits-n-grins (as if CC is going to sell Red Alert 3 for $10). I picked up GRAW & GRAW 2 and headed for the checkout. GRAW was fine, but although GRAW2 fit the pricing they said it wasn't on sale. I tried to argue the point, but just because it was marked $19.95 and the sale covers that range, doesn't mean that it is included. Great bunch of idiots. 

I also hit the local gamestop/EB, but nothing caught my eye/wallet except for a package labeled Marvel Ultimate Alliance/Forza 2.  I didn't know enough about MUA to make a choice on that game, but I know Forza 2 has something to do with racing and was therefore not something I was going to play. Throw in a steering wheel controller along with the game and I might consider, but otherwise - no.  The default 360 controller is kind of anti-racing and anti-flight controller - it just sucks for both.

So now I have GRAW to play. Another FPS with the added bonus of having vastly different button assignments from the COD series. Is it really, truly, that difficult to standardize button assignments and/or allow the player to completely customize the buttons?!