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Wednesday, August 30
New 360 games in a nutshell
One great thing about the Xbox 360 is the ability to download demo versions of games coming out. Here's what I think of some of the tastes I've had recently. 99 Nights (Demo): Interesting for 99 seconds. Tedious button mashing beyond that. Yet another reminder to avoid any game that has anything to do with "combos." Dead Rising (Demo): A one trick pony, but it's a good trick, in spite of somewhat mushy controls. I'm not sure how long I would enjoy smashing zombie heads with a bowling ball, but I may be willing to find out. Probably a rental. Texas Hold 'Em (Xbox Live Arcade): Poker on Valium for people with really good vision who like to read itty bitty text. Worth what I paid, which was zero. Saint's Row (Demo): Grand Theft Auto with more resolution and less loading, which makes a good thing better. Buying the full game tonight. Just Cause (Demo): Mercenaries meets Grand Theft Auto meets Far Cry, but faster and bigger. And by faster, I mean "frantic." I'm partial to sandbox style games, but the controls and the pacing seemed off. Going to wait and see on this one. '; } else { if(stristr($filename,"archive")) { $dir=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $template='_01_archive.html'; $tail=strlen($template); $thisArchive=$filename; //$files=scandir($dir); $dh = opendir($dir); while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { $files[] = $filename; } sort($files); $earlyarch=""; $laterarch=""; $prevarch=""; $next=0; foreach($files as $file) { if (substr($file,-$tail)==$template) { if ($next==1) { $laterarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; $next=0; } if ($file==$thisArchive) { $next=1; } else { $prevarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; } } } $link=''; $divider=''; if(file_exists($earlyarch)) { $link='< Earlier Archive'; $divider=" | "; } if(file_exists($laterarch)) { $link=$link.$divider.'Later Archive >'; } $link=$link.' '; } } echo($link); ?> |