> Everyone else pimps what they've been playing so thought I'd join the fun.
>
> I gave a couple of hours lovin' to the Crackdown demo on the 360, looks
> fantastic and by the end of the demo you're scaling buildings like Spiderman
> taking out hoards of pushers with a shotgun in mid-air. Gears of War co-op got a
> good workout at the weekend with my brother, by playing it through for the first
> time in split-screen I reckon I've got more mileage out of it than playing by
> myself. Geometry Wars - Retro Evolved and Lumines Live! got a lookin too, thanks
> to MS' change of heart on the latter (cut price) and the very cool skin/theme
> they released.
>
> My train journeys have been occupied with Elite Beat Agents for the DS (I had to
> get the GF to do 'Jumping Jack Flash' on medium for me :-) ) whilst I wait for
> my import copy of Hotel Dusk to turn up.
>
> I also finally checked out De Blob. It's like a laid-back Katamari.
>
> Next week: maybe I'll dust off the PSP and get back to some retro-PSX action.
>

I just finished Hotel Dusk last night and thought it was excellent. Took my just shy of 28(!!) hours to get through, but I took my time and examined EVERYTHING in the hotel. The game was a hell of a lot of fun, but I wish the text speed was much faster and there doesn't seem to be a lot of replay value.

I hear Trace Memory also used the same engine, so I'm considering checking that out too. I think I'm burnt out on text heavy point n clicks for a month or two though.

I played the Crackdown demo and didn't think it was anything special. Felt like a GTA ripoff where everybody is constantly shooting eachother. Might be that it just would take more than the 30-45 minutes the demo gives you for me to get into it. Co-op could be fun, depending on how it is handled.

What did they drop the price of Lumines to? I remember looking at it when it came out, and it would cost something like $25-30 to get all the packs the had for it. Felt pricey for a Arcade game... I downloaded the free skin they have for Gold members right now only to find out you need to purchase the full version to be able to use it >:(