What are you playing: Week One

Quick question hot shot: What's the first thing you unpack when you move to a new country? Your PC to game, of course! See what the Shack staff is playing this week and tell us what you're up to this weekend.

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My first week of living in Los Angeles is complete. My apartment is a bit of a disaster, with boxes lining the walls and clothes strewn about waiting to be organizes and put away. So far, so good. I like it. Now the only thing I need to do is get my driver's license situation sorted out and then I'll love it.

It's only a matter of time. Until then, this is a good time to play some games.

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  • Garnett Lee: Mostly Brink this weekend for me aiming to have a review for its release next week but I’ll take a few breaks, maybe for Bangai-O or Section 8: Prejudice or...I dunno.

  • Alice O'Connor: [Royal Wedding hangover.]

  • Xav de Matos: I'll say this much, it's a Revolution.

  • Jeff Mattas: Going to do my damnedest to finish up Crysis 2 and play some more of The Witcher, but at this point, I feel like I’m just killing time until L.A. Noire and The Witcher 2 come out later this month.

  • Steve Watts: Thor and Free Comic Book day make it a very geeky weekend. I might squeeze a little bit of my overlooked Telltale games like Back to the Future and Puzzle Agent in there somewhere.

  • Ozzie Mejia: Out for Free Comic Book Day, but once I get back, I'll be playing through my gluttonous backlog of XBLA titles.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    May 7, 2011 10:00 AM

    Xav de Matos posted a new article, What are you playing: Week One.

    Quick question hot shot: What's the first thing you unpack when you move to a new country? Your PC to game, of course! See what the Shack staff is playing this week and tell us what you're up to this weekend.

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      May 7, 2011 10:17 AM

      MK 9 :)

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        May 7, 2011 10:24 AM

        Second that.

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        May 7, 2011 10:27 AM

        I have it too. Was waiting for the PSN to get back up before I started playing it. Maybe I should just play it anyway.

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          May 7, 2011 11:30 AM

          Same, but there is so much to unlock.

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            May 7, 2011 7:54 PM

            I am spending a fair bit of time on the challenge tower. Just about to 100, taking forever but a lot of fun.

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      May 7, 2011 10:27 AM

      Witcher with FCR.

      Tough-as-nails hard, with things like Graveirs chewing apart Geralt in less than 5 seconds, Zueigers' death throes meaning instant death, and all specters being impossible to hit (or at least inefficiently difficult) without the proper oil. Also seeing some of the weaknesses of Aurora (pathing in sewers, can't attack hostiles mid-spawn, attacks damage without animations), while still admiring that they got so much out of an engine not designed for that genre.

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      May 7, 2011 10:49 AM

      I'm actually not playing anything atm. After Portal 2 I feel spoiled.

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      May 7, 2011 11:16 AM

      Going to finish up Bulletstorm on Act 5, and then continue on with Dead Space 2.

      In the past week I completed Portal 2, Crysis 2, Beyond Good and Evil HD, and Assassins Creed 2. Finally starting to eat through my backlog.

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      May 7, 2011 11:37 AM

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      May 7, 2011 5:53 PM

      Brink, Brink, and more Brink the second it's released. Until then i'll be practicing for this weeks track in iRacing, picking away at Batman:AA, and using Alan Wake to get me to sleep at night.

      It's funny but true, Alan Wake actually puts me to sleep.

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        May 7, 2011 8:01 PM

        Yes! Brink is probably my 2nd most anticipated game in a long time, only behind Diablo 3. I can't wait to get back into the spiritual successor of Enemy Territory.

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      May 7, 2011 6:41 PM

      still working on new vegas. 45 hours in.

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      May 7, 2011 8:54 PM

      Tiger Woods 12. Only 15 more aces and I'm done.

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      May 8, 2011 8:04 AM

      Alpha Protocol. I'm really enjoying it so far.

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      May 8, 2011 9:03 AM

      It's MMO & Portal 2 weekend for me. Re-played the Breen weekly series on STO, added a couple levels in #RIFTGAME. Then it's off to play portal 2 co-op with my brother.

      Picked up MK9, but the 4 year old seems to be iffy with beheadings (as is her mother).

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