Massive Nerd

Every fall, we gamers get buried under a flood of A+ titles. Some deal with this by buying EVERYTHING. I take a slightly more... frugal approach.

I separate my games into "BUY" and "WANT" Last year my "BUY" list consisted of Fallout 3, GH: World Tour and Wrath of the Lich King. My "WANT" list was populated with titles like Prince of Persia, Dead Space and Fable II, a list I have only recently completed checking off. I'll look for the "WANT" titles around, and pick them up when I find a good deal. The rest of my time is spent playing the "BUY" games.

What's on this year's BUY list?

Borderlands
Modern Warfare 2

And the WANTs?

Brutal Legend
Assassin's Creed 2
Persona (PSP)
Dragon Age: Origins
Lost Planet 2

That's a tough list to swallow, especially with titles like BioShock 2, Darksiders and Mass Effect 2 waiting just around the corner.

But still not BRUTAL.

What makes the list BRUTAL?

Last week, I downloaded the Brutal Legend demo. I'll just say one, simple thing. METAL ****ING LIVES, BITCHES.

That thing got thrown on the BUY list overnight, probably bumping Borderlands to a WANT, since they come out around the same time.

If you have a 360 or PSP, definitely give the demo a try. COMPLETELY sold me in a matter of minutes. The entire time, I had the biggest smile on my face.

In celebration of Tim Schafer's tribute to all things awesome, I have started a Countdown to Rocktober 13th on Blip and Twitter. Every day, I'm selecting some choice metal to make love to your earholes.

Apparently, there's some sort of lawsuit over the term "Rocktober" and Activision is shutting down Double Fine's usage of the term, but screw that. Metal ain't about following rules.