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L.A. Noire

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I’ve only recently gotten back into console games, and even so kept it limited to games either me and the Mrs. can play together or games that just have a little more depth in general and replay value; Red Dead Redemption, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Mario Kart Wii for example (Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is the exception and is just pure beat-em-up fun). I usually don’t get all that excited about a game that I feel like I want to get it as soon as it is released, but this new release from Rockstar Games looks to be amazing.

L.A. Noire takes the style of the GTA series of games and Red Dead Redemption and kicks it up a further notch with a ’40s-era police detective theme. Needless to say, I’m pretty impressed with what I’ve see so far and look forward to the hard work being put in to this one. It’s really amazing how far games have come, and I’ve been playing since the 2600 days.

I’ll let these videos speak for themselves.

Investigation & Interrogation

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Yeah, it’s like crack. Only not as expensive and detrimental to yourself and your loved ones. Your productivity, however, may plummet to zero for a few days as you conquer the likes of the Persian, Greek and Mongolian empires.

Now I remember why I stopped playing video games, they suck me in like a tractor beam.

Assassin’s Creed

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OK, this is off topic than my normal posts but I had to highlight this game. I’m not much of a video game person anymore, mostly out of economics and time however, not out of lack of interest. Watch these two videos of Assassin’s Creed:

It absolutely blows my mind how far video games have come. It doesn’t feel like so long ago when I was thrilled with Punch Out and Skate or Die. I feel like such an old man.

But, if someone wants to cough up a small fortune and buy me a 360 and this game I will gladly accept.