Since I havn't blogged in a good long while I figured I would take some time to share what I've been playing lately.

Most recently (as in yesterday) I picked up Soul Caliber IV (SoulCaliber IV? Soulcaliber IV? Namco needs to make up there damn mind with the title). All in all, its a Soul Caliber game with pretty stages and character models. Works for me. If you want to play some matches online send me an invite. Be warned: Yoda is starting to grow on me...

Also bought Braid and finished it within the same day. Its too bad that its so short, because it really is quite an amazing game. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's just something there amongst the mostly standard gameplay mechanics that makes it engaging. Only have the Speed Run achievment left, but I think I'll leave that for a rainy day.

I gave Bionic Commando Rearmed a try, and it seems like they toned the difficulty down a little bit. This is by no means a knock against the game, the original NES game was pretty much ridiculous. The graphics look very sharp, and it animates incredibly smooth. The soundtrack, from what I can tell of the few songs in the trial version, is also superb. I'll probably give that one a full purchase in the near future (probably in a few days due to my obsessive love for great XBLA games).

Finally I also downloaded Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People - Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner. A stupidly long title, but I love it just the same. The game is actually quite easy, even for a point and click adventure game. The good news is that they successfully manged to transcend the humor across into game form, with many laugh out loud moments. It also has Teen Girl Squad comics. 'Nuff said.

One last quick snippet; I've been getting back into Team Fortress 2 (360), so if anyone wants to play some of that then lets do it!