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I haven't played any of those games, but I'd be glad to once there's an HD collection.

Man, that sucks.

The schedule continues...

Doom 3 scared the crap out of me, but at least I finished it. System Shock 2 on the other hand was too much for me to handle. I've never played Amnesia, but I'm guessing that that's probably the scariest game available right now.

I agree, Ryan's cool, but so is Vinny, Drew, Brad, Dave, and Jeff. I like Patrick too, but there doesn't seem to be any shortage of him on the site either.

I never liked Ocarina of Time. Even when it was first released. I was pumped for it though, as I liked the previous Zelda games, and loved how Mario made the transition to 3D on the N64, so I couldn't wait for the new 3D Zelda game. But then I played it, and was extremely disappointed.

I've tried to play it two more times in the years since it's release, but never finished it because it's just so bad. I've replayed Link to the Past a couple times since then and still love it, and I enjoyed Wind Waker and Skyward Sword. I just hate Ocarina of Time and don't think it deserves the praise it gets.

Also Burnout Paradise. Loved previous Burnout games, but after playing for a really long time, I never got to the point where I could navigate through that stupid city to the finish line at high speed. Always had to pause to look at the map multiple times during races, and that sucked.

And lastly, the Mass Effect series. I played the first one all the way through, and got about 3/4 of the way through the second. I love story driven RPGs, love third person shooters, but I think the Mass Effect franchise is and always has been a dud.

I used to be really into PC games, but now I'm a console gamer all the way.

Pitfall for the Atari

For those that don't know, Doom 3: BFG Edition is scheduled for release on October 16 of this year for the X360, PS3, and PC. The game will be compatible with a VR headset designed by John Carmack that he's called Oculus Rift.

Carmack's thought is that a bunch of tech savvy people will examine and improve on the design and functionality of Oculus Rift, and eventually a big company (Sony, Microsoft, Google) will pick it up.

I don't know about you guys, but if this VR headset was released for next gen consoles and had support from a lot of big game developers, I'd be pleased as punch to slap down $500 for it.

Now I know a lot of people hate Kinect right now (myself included,) but I think there's potential for the next iteration of Kinect to work well, and if it does, imagine that working with a highly functional VR headset with head tracking.

I think the Move is an even better example. The way the camera can so precisely track the position and angle of the Move wand. If it could also track the VR headset just as well, I think that would be amazing for first person shooters.

And for those who couldn't care less about motion controls, we already know that Oculus Rift works fine with just a controller.

tl;dr: I'm excited and you should be too.

And Legend of Grimrock! ok I'm done.