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Awesome, I can get 3000 Wii Points and still have some stars left over. I still have 4100 unused Wii Points on my Wii, though. I may see what else they have.

Yes, I'm excited! It's one of the reasons I bought my 360, really looking forward to it. I hope there's a 360 demo. Shane Bettenhausen made it sound pretty good, and the online integration is supposed to be second to none. I can't wait.

Very nice collection. You should have got the 360 VF5, though. Stick looks awesome, mind.

I was listening to last weeks GameSpot's the Hot Spot podcast today, which was hosted by Jeff. From the K&L website: Kotaku The current banner on Destructoid is fantastic: http://www.destructoid.com/

PLAY PGR4 [360] career mode, working my way to the top. racer of the year SEGA Rally [360] haven’t played this in a while, quality arcade racer King Kong [360] picked this up for a reasonable price. it’s not bad, not great Fuzion Frenzy 2 [360] got this for peanuts, so may as well give it a go Super Mario Galaxy [Wii] collecting the odd star every now and then Everybody’s Golf [PSP] still levelling my golfer, and loving it. the best PSP game! WipEout [PS1/PSP] downloaded this for free from the PSN store, still great Zelda: Phantom Hourglass [NDS] I didn’t really play this last month, must get back to it Picross [NDS] got back into this, a superb little game Advance Wars [GBA] the original is best, without a doubt WANT Guitar Hero III [360] decided I really want this now Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga [360] good clean fun, yes please Call of Duty 4 [360] I keep hearing amazing things, must get it My 10 free XBLA games damnit [XBLA] come on Microsoft, it’s been 28 days Burnout Paradise [360] one of the reasons I bought my 360, can’t wait for this Link’s Crossbow Training [Wii] from what I’ve read, I won’t be using the zapper though Zack & Wiki [Wii] possibly, it’s certainly had some glowing reviews BIN Mega hecticness at work being the run up to Christmas and all that.

NeoGAF confirmation from a friend Gabe of Penny Arcade confirming story Kotaku coverage Destructoid news Gamespot video review that has been pulled Gamespot text review Gamespot reader reviews! And now the video editor of Gamespot has walked out as well. A paste (not mine, I use Firefox FTW) of the Eidos forums, which are now Shut. If this is true, it fucking sucks.

Excellent thread, and one that I shall contribute to when I have a bit of spare time to have a little think about the superb gaming year that has been 2007.

And the fact that it's not free. Well it is, but you pay £12 every 3 months which saves you no money at all on the magazine (was £9.99), so you can get the game for free. If you go to myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/christmas and enter 296X as the code, you can subscribe to ONM for a measly £6.49 a quarter. Works out as £25.96 a year instead of £48. That's more like it! I've just cancelled my ONM sub though, as I've taken an EDGE one out for £8.77 a quarter, and still have my NGamer sub going as well.

Hmm, I think I may pick this up one day. I read the GamesTM review earlier and it was very positive, also.

A Logic3 GC pad and a Wii steering wheel! yay!

This is a feature in the latest NGamer, and here are their picks, with runners up below. Discuss. Wii GotY - Super Mario Galaxy Twilight Princess, RE4 Wii Edition, Metroid Prime 3, Guitar Hero III DS GotY - Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Planet Puzzle League, Yoshi's Island DS, Worms Open Warfare 2 Multiplayer GotY - Wii Sports Planet Puzzle League, Guitar Hero III, Bomberman '93, Medal of Honor Vanguard/Red Steel The Superman 64 Award for Worst Game - Doki Doki Majo Shinpan (DS) Chicken Shoot (Wii), Billy the Wizard (Wii), Deal of No Deal (DS), Balls of Fury (Wii) Disappointment of the Year - The Manhunt 2 ban Rockstar Table Tennis, Dewy's Adventure, Pokemon Battle Revolution Import GotY - Ouendan 2 Draglade: Custom Beat Battle, Taiko no Tatsujin DS, Phoenix Wright 3, Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol Adventure of the Year - Phantom Hourglass / Twilight Princess Super Paper Mario, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Sonic & The Secret Rings The John Rambo Award for Action - Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition Metroid Prime 3, Metal Slug Anthology, Brothers in Arms DS, Heatseeker Sports GotY - Wii Sports Tennis Madden NFL 08, Mario & Sonic at The Olympic Games, Mario Strikers, Pro Evo 6 (DS) Remote Usage of the Year - Zack & Wiki WarioWare, Trauma Center, Kororinpa,, The Godfather: Blackhand Edition

One the cover - Ghostbusters (Exclusive first play) Wii Reviews Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles – 79 Zack & Wiki – 90 Need For Speed Pro Street – 70 Battalion Wars 2 (US) - 78 Tomb Raider Anniversary – 82 The Simpsons Game - 55 Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 - 78 Ghost Squad (J) – 83 Pokemon Battle Revolution – 59 Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground – 53 Asterix at the Olympic Games – 75 Naruto Clash of Ninja Revolution (US) – 80 Dragon Blade Wrath of Fire - 50 Medal of Honor Heroes 2 - 72 DS Reviews Boulderdash Rocks! – 60 Mario Party DS – 71 Animal Paradise – 60 Lifesigns Hospital Affairs – 68 Mega Man Star Force – 69 Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (J) – 80 Dementium The Ward – 79 Call of Duty 4 – 67 DS Roundup Winning 11 DS Goal X Goal (J) – 60 Fashion Designer Style Icon – 60 Horse Life – 76 Tashiten Tashite 1- Ni Suru Monogatari (J) – 75 Rhythm ‘N Notes – 20 Neves – 58 Frogman Show - 65 Wii Roundup Smarty Pants – 40 My Horse and Me – 30 Other NGamer Xmas Shopping Guide NGamer 2007 Awards Wii is 1 feature – the Wii one year on Top 20 Nintendo Happenings Super Mario Galaxy One month on Chinese whispers The King of Kong Page 89 Shock and Law (the many faces of Phoenix Wright) Mailbox Download History Lesson – Intelligent Systems Blast Corps retro feature VC reviews Free Stuff Jam Sessions DS Lite case Link’s Crosbow Training sticker sheet Super Mario Galaxy / Wii & DS Christmas Cheats Cabin guide book It's the best issue in a while.

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TopGunKnacker wrote: I'd have thought so, we did last year.

You're right Hendo, we all hype things, and we all fall for it as well. I think with Portal I expected it to be more like it is on the earlier levels. When the levels started to get longer (16 onwards?), I found myself becoming less interested in it. I liked the bite-size levels where you can jump in, work your brain a little bit, and then move on to the next. Towards the end the levels were too long for what the game entailed, in my opinion. I know the overall game was very short, but I'd rather have had 30 short levels than 15 short levels and 4 longer ones. It's just not quite as I expected, I guess. And it made my head hurt at times, the portal's made me dizzy.

I liked Portal, but I think I was a bit overhyped for it. After reading nothing but praise for the game, I didn't feel quite the same way on playing it. I still enjoyed it though, and it's good to have something a bit different.

At least he has owned one!

Has anyone here got this yet, or going to bother? I might purchase it soon, should be a laugh in multi and it does the single card play well from what I've read. Shame there's no online, though. £16.99 at MovieTyme.

What a game indeed. And what an ad! IMAX in London.

Sensible Soccer will be arriving on XBOX Live on December 19th!

I've done a rough calculation on my various gaming outlays for 2007, although I can't remember what DS games which were bought this year or last. 360 Elite, Play n Charge kit, 12 games, 3mth Gold sub comes to £450. Wii games and wii points comes to around £275, maybe slightly more. PS2 Slimline to replace the Phat, £49. PSP Slim & Lite to replace Phat, plus accessories and a couple games - £175. DS games, I honestly have no idea, I've sold a lot, but bought a lot also. I'm gonna guess 30 games, but it's probably more. Averaging £18 each probably £540. Yowsers, I hope I estimated a bit high! Plus some DS Lite accessories. Then there's a few GBA games that I've bought, I'll say £100. Total - £1589. This could be totally inaccurate. It could be more or it could be less. I have sold some games, and the PSP slim was almost paid for by selling my old PSP. I'm not including the TV, but if I was, add £400 to the total. So it's been all about the Wii, 360, DS & PSP this year. A nice combination I must say.

I hope by bin you mean recycle.

You can get the first 50 issues of GTM on disc now, that would save some space! Edit: damn the site being slow.

I my 360. I've managed to rack up 12 retail games already, some new some second hand, although I haven't played all of them yet. There's a few I still want too; Lego Star Wars Complete Saga, CoD4, etc. I even played that free Carcassone XBLA game last night and enjoyed it. Superb console, and I haven't properly taken it online more than once yet, either!

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PSP) Sonic the Hedgehog (PSP) Kirby Squeak Squad (DS) WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii) Diddy Kong Racing (DS) Hotel Dusk (DS) Meteos (DS) Yoshi's Island DS (DS) Kororinpa (Wii) Elite Beat Agents (DS) Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 (DS) (Easy & Normal) Super Donkey Kong (aka DKC) (Super Famicom) Kurukuru Kururin (GBA) WarioWare Twisted! (GBA) Streets of Rage II (MD/VC) Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (Wii) Sonic Advance (GBA) Halo 3 (360) (Normal) LocoRoco (PSP) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) Portal (360) A very good first person puzzle game that's extremely well thought out.