Running video games (and consoles) thread

I've got it set for seven minutes. Leaves you with a pretty accurate depiction of shots on goal, etc.

 

I once tried to play a full game of Madden with 15-minute quarters. Never again.

 

I play six minute halves. It seems about right, especially on harder difficulties.

 

Anyone played World Cup on the Wii? Mildly interested in it, but I haven't been too impressed with the EA games on the Wii outside of Tiger Woods.

 

Interesting thing with the new Madden.

You can "buy" scouting reports on yourself or other players you face online. Game will record your tendencies and make the report available for madden points.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/madden-sells-scouting-reports/1401070

 

Valve is not going to show off Portal 2 at E3, instead they will unveil a "surprise."
Let's hope it's Half-Life 2: Episode 3.

 

If you tweak the sliders enough, you can get realistic stats and results with 15 minute quarters. The only concessions I had to make were that offensive linemen got an insane number of pancake blocks to avoid getting sacked every play.

 

That's insane.

On the bright side, now I'm going to look like a genius when I play my buddies on Monday nights before our card games. Win!

 

So, any Rock Band players on here? If so, prepare to jizz yourself.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/rock-band-3-will-teach-you-how-to-play-keyboards-guitar/1401825

I, for one, can't wait for this to hit shelves. The keyboard addition alone has me salivating at the mouth.

 

So am I still the only one playing Red Dead Redemption?

Tthe number of griefers in RDR online is maddening. In the Free Roam mode, you can clear out bandit hideouts. It's you against 40 or so bad guys. Other players can join in to form a posse, which increases everybody's XP. But every online session it seems there's one douchebag who sits off in the distance and starts picking off players as we're fighting the NPCs.

 

I have not played RDR multiplayer yet. Doesn't sound too encouraging.

 

So RDR MP is like MW2? Not surprised at all.