I'm playing it now as well. Got it for $22 on ebay. I really enjoy it. Much like Crackdown, it's a pretty repetitive one-trick-pony, but at least it's a fun one. I wish the game had a map function though. I get terribly lost wandering around looking for my next mission.

I've been waiting for Overlord to go under $20. It's been out 9 months and is still full price. Pretty impressive considering it was never a hit.

Yeah, it really needs a map system big time. But then again, many minor valuable items, minor enemies, and slightly more than minor enemies respawn just about every time you leave an area and return later. So I've been having tons of fun just going around having my Minions kill things(sheep, bug, and frogs) for lifeforce and raiding homes and boxes for loot. I've just been taking my time with quests. I'm going for Zero corruption this play through so I'm not doing anything "evil". I hear the new expansions/maps and such on LIVE are really cool.

I bought it used and the guy at the store said that you start to like the minions and you get bummed when they die. I was like, yeah sure. But then I got into the game and he was so right! There are even parts of the game that I post them in safe areas while I go handle the danger on my own.

I can't justify purchasing Overlord but I enjoy the game as well (I've been playing the PC version via gametap), it's a quality little game.

It's not full price. It dropped to $39.99 quite a while ago.

Overlord sounds cool, demo available hopefully. Sort of Diablo-ish? I'll check it out my next day off.

Not diablo-ish in the least.

The demo for Overlord was fun enough - the game's been marked down to $40. It's something I'll pick up when it hits $20.

Yeah, if you are going to compare Overlord to anything, I would say it is an evil version of Pikmin.

Viva Pinata Party Animals is $9.99 today only at Amazon.

Does that deserve a separate thread?

I just ordered one - always good to have a game that the wife wants to play with me. $10 - such a deal!

Yep. Thanks. Coupled it with Mercury Meltdown for the Wii for free shipping.

I wish I had seen this earlier it is showing 29.99 now.

Yep, I hesitated too long as well. But with 1000 unfinished games, I guess I didn't need it anyway.

I played the demo of Overlord and thought it was really good. I picked it up but I haven't found the time to play it yet. It's well worth renting (or buying if you like this type of game a lot.)

Argh, if I only had the money...

I got 10,000 Gamerscore! Go me!

So now that I cracked 10,000, do I get access to the secret DLC?

Sorry. That's not until you hit 20,000.

After 2 days of having that score you should notice an increase in e-peen of approximately 2 inches.

What's your Halo level though?

Just gonna mention that Target (this week) and Amazon (unknown how long) have PGR4 on sale for $29.99. Great game and a lot of fun in multiplayer.

Better than Forza 2?

I think it is. PGR4 is less sim-like, and a bit more arcade-like, but not completely. It's sorta like a best-of-both-worlds racer, and it's easily the best PGR so far. It was released during last years big game onslaught, and sorta got lost in the shuffle, which is too bad since it's probably the best racer on the 360, also the best looking racer there is so far. They also just put out some downloadable content for it too - both free or for 400 points you get some more arcade modes - both add some achievements.

I really want to love Forza 2, but it's just too difficult for me. The only way I can play it is to literally dumb down all the driving features, which makes it less fun (and everything is worth less). I kinda regret buying it at launch.

I guess it was expected.

http://www.macworld.com/article/1322.../02/msdvd.html

Microsoft kills off HD DVD drive for Xbox 360

by Jeremy Kirk
Feb 25, 2008 4:19 am


Microsoft will stop making external HD DVD drives for its Xbox 360 game console, but won't say whether it will offer a Blu-ray Disc drive instead.

The company will continue to provide warranty and product support for existing HD DVD players, it said.

The Xbox 360 has a standard DVD drive built in: support for high-definition content came only with an add-on. Sony's Playstation 3 console, however, has a Blu-ray Disc drive built in, which helped grow support for the rival high-definition format.

Microsoft's announcement comes barely a week after HD DVD's main backer, Toshiba, said it will stop making the drives in the face of declining support for its high-definition format from retailers and studios. HD DVD's other supporters included Microsoft, Intel, HP and Universal Studios. Blu-ray also had the support of Panasonic and Samsung.

Warner Bros., which initially supported HD DVD, said early this year it would switch to Blu-ray Disc, a decision widely seen as a mortal blow to the format. Retailer Wal-Mart also recently said it would no longer sell HD DVDs.

A Microsoft spokesperson said Monday morning that the company is taking the long-term view that support for specific high-definition drives is less important as people increasingly look to download movies and content from the Internet.

Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace lets people download content to their Xbox or PC from major studios such as Paramount Studios and Warner Bros.