08/26: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 [metacrtic] - a tinkering update rather than any new big features. The big emphasis is on helping you improve by giving more feedback about your swing and post-round advice from Tiger’s swing coach.

08/26: Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice [metacrtic] - strategy RPG game that’s made the jump to PS3 discs, but is still essentially a PS2 game. The RPG game sties are much more positive than the general ones, and every agrees it appeals a lot stronger to hardcore fans of the series and the genre than anyone new.

08/26: Ferrari Challenge - yes, another driving game on PS3. It’s Ferraris, all Ferraris (ever, thru downloadable content), and nothing but Ferraris. It reads like a solid game, but the only reason you’re getting this over the other half dozen racing options you have is because you want this car.

08/26: Vampire Rain: Altered Species [metacrtic] - no one’s reviewed it. This one got pushed back at least once, maybe twice, so maybe it got pushed back again and I missed it?

in the store

Downloadable Games
The Last Guy [metacritic] {$10} - more of a puzzle game than anything, you attempt to lead human survivors of a worldwide zombification thru the streets of real cities (hello, Google Earth) to safe zones. There’s only two reviews of this, and it seems to depend on if figuring the puzzle out gets addictive (like every puzzle game) and the two reviews differ on that point. There’s a free demo out last week, which sounds like the best way to figure it out.

PS1 Classics (2 weeks)

Add on Content

Warhawk Fallen Star {$8} - new rocket pack and new map. Get all three booster packs for $16.

Rock Band
“She Does”, “Don’t Make Me Wait” and “All Over Again” by Locksley are each $1, or all three for $3.

Game Demos
- NHL ‘09
- Soulcalibur IV

Game Videos
- SOCOM (trailer)
- LittleBigPlanet (Leipzig Trailer)
- Motorstorm Pacific Rift (Leipzig Trailer)
- PAIN (Trauma Mode trailer - sounds like HORSE for Pain)
- GT5 Prologue (play with the pros)
- Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway (2, gameplay)
- Facebreaker (3, characters)
- Madden NFL 09 (3, trailer)
- Top Spin 3 Player Creator

the amazing return of Movie/Blue-Ray Trailer
- Quantum Of Solace
- Prom Night

PS3 Theme

PS3 Wallpaper
- the Last Guy (2)

over the horizon (last updated 08/24)

08/31: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [metacrtic]

09/02: Rapala Fishing Frenzy
09/02: World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
09/03: FaceBreaker [metacritic]
09/03: NFL Head Coach ‘09 [metacritic]

09/08: NHL 2K9
09/09: NHL 09
09/09: TNA iMPACT!

09/15: BAJA: Edge of Control
09/16: Armed Core: For Answer
09/16: Pure
09/16: Star Wars: the Force Unleashed
09/16: Madden ‘09 En Espanol
09/16: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

09/23: Lego Batman
09/23: Cabel’s Dangerous Hunts ‘09
09/23: Brother’s in Arms: Hell’s Highway
09/23: Buzz! Quiz TV Bundle
09/23: Just Cause 2

09/30 (maybe): Hei$t (metacritic)
09/30: Shellshock 2
09/30: Silent Hill: Homecoming
09/30: Legandary
09/30: Rise of the Argonauts
10/01: Far Cry 2
10/01: MotoGP 08

10/06: Monopoly Here & Now Worldwide Edition
10/07: Fallout 3, Collectors Edition and Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition
10/07: Midnight Club: Los Angeles
10/07: Fracture

10/07: Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
10/07: NBA ‘09
10/07: Disney Sing It Bundle w/Microphone
10/07: NBA 2K9

10/14: Saints Row 2 and Collector’s Edition
10/14: SOCOM US Navy Seals: Confrontation Stand Alone and with headset
10/14: Golden Axe: Beast Rider
10/15: Shaun White Snowboarding
10/15: Tom Clancy’s EndWar [metacritic]
10/15: Naruto Ultimate Ninja : Storm

10/20: Dead Space
10/21: Little Big Planet [metacritic]
10/21: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
10/21: Ghostbusters - perhaps

10/27: Guitar Hero World Tour

At some point: WipeoutHD - they’re promoting it again, so it’s coming out at some point

nothing!

in the store

Downloadable Games
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty [metacritic] {$15} - They missed on either the price or the length; it feels like a bonus level for Tools of Destruction, but maybe not enough to justify the price. (I’m only about 45 minutes, maybe I’ll change my mind.) It’s still a good game, but lack a little. As such a direct follow up to Tools of Destruction, you’d think they could’ve provided some benefit here for playing the last game.

EA SPORTS Live Score Tracker {$1} - for those so into fantasy football, they rather hang out on the Madden ‘09 menu screen then watch the games as they’re happening…

PS1 Classics

Add on Content

Hot Shots Golf Out of Bonds: Krator {$2} - play golf as the character from God of War. A fantastic way to make money for something that should be free.

Haze: Domination Pack {free} - 4 multiplayer maps, 1 new team mode

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Dragonforce Pack - {$6.25}
* “Heroes of Our Time”
* “Revolution Deathsquad”
* “Operation Ground and Pound”, all by Dragonforce.

Rock Band
* “Through Being Cool” by Devo {$2}
* “Girl U Want” by Devo {$2}
* “Rio” by Duran Duran {$2}
* “Girls on Film” - Duran Duran {no price listed?, probably $2}
* “Get Your Rock On” - the Janitor {$1}

Game Demos
- the Last Guy
- Star Wars: the Force Unleashed
- NFL Head Coach ‘09

Game Videos
- SCEE Leipzig Software (Compilation)
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty Launch (Leipzig trailer)
- inFamous (Leipzig Trailer)
- Warhawk: Fallen Star (Leipzig video)
- the Last Guy (cities Trailer)
- PAIN (2 trailers)
- Vampire Rain (2 trailers)
- BiA Hell’s Highway (2 Making of)
- Madden NFL (3)

PS3 Theme
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty
- inFamous

PS3 Wallpaper
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty
- Motorstorm Pacific Rift
- TNA iMPACT! (3)

over the horizon (last updated 08/01)

08/26: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 [metacrtic]
08/26: Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice [metacrtic]
08/26: Vampire Rain: Altered Species [metacrtic]
08/26: Ferrari Challenge

08/28: The Last Guy

08/31: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [metacrtic]

09/02: Rapala Fishing Frenzy
09/02: World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
09/03: FaceBreaker [metacritic]
09/03: NFL Head Coach ‘09 [metacritic]

09/08: NHL 2K9
09/09: NHL 09
09/09: TNA iMPACT!

09/15: BAJA: Edge of Control
09/16: Armed Core: For Answer
09/16: Pure
09/16: Star Wars: the Force Unleashed
09/16: Madden ‘09 En Espanol
09/16: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

09/23: Lego Batman
09/23: Cabel’s Dangerous Hunts ‘09
09/23: Brother’s in Arms: Hell’s Highway
09/23: Buzz! Quiz TV Bundle
09/23: Just Cause 2

09/30 (maybe): Hei$t (metacritic)
09/30: Shellshock 2
09/30: Silent Hill: Homecoming
09/30: Legandary
09/30: Rise of the Argonauts
10/01: Far Cry 2
10/01: MotoGP 08

10/06: Monopoly Here & Now Worldwide Edition
10/07: Fallout 3, Collectors Edition and Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition
10/07: Midnight Club: Los Angeles
10/07: Fracture

10/07: Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
10/07: NBA ‘09
10/07: Disney Sing It Bundle w/Microphone
10/07: NBA 2K9

10/14: Saints Row 2 and Collector’s Edition
10/14: SOCOM US Navy Seals: Confrontation Stand Alone and with headset
10/14: Golden Axe: Beast Rider
10/15: Shaun White Snowboarding
10/15: Tom Clancy’s EndWar [metacritic]
10/15: Naruto Ultimate Ninja : Storm

10/20: Dead Space
10/21: Little Big Planet [metacritic]
10/21: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
10/21: Ghostbusters - perhaps

10/27: Guitar Hero World Tour

At some point: WipeoutHD - they’re promoting it again, so it’s coming out at some point

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (metacritic) - faithful to the previous series (except for new, better controls), all outstanding plot threads are wrapped up in the game play. This game is universally praised, and the only downgrading I’ve seen is about the story wrap up - there’s a lot of long cutscenes later in the game, and the freedom of options in the first half disappears when game gets closer to finishing things up. That seems to be a minor complaint compared to rest of this benchmark game. I think I may be talking myself into getting this.

Among other stuff, PS is selling a bundle with an 80GB PS3 for people just picking up the system. This bundle brings back the backwards compatibility and throws in a rumble controller.

Dragonball Z: Burst Limit (metacritic) - only for people who are really into Dragonball - there’s not enough variety (or explanation) here to make it worthwhile to anyone else

The Incredible Hulk (metacritic) - better than Iron Man, but still not actually good. Everyone says this feels based off the last Hulk game, but that previous generation game is still better.

NASCAR 09 (metacritic) - there’s all of one! review, so might as well rerun this in a week.

in the store

Downloadable Games

PS1 Classics
- Syphon Filter 3 {$6} - if you want a stealth military game and yet not Metal Gear Solid…

Add on Content
- Army of Two {free!} (two more multi-player campaigns, 1 map)

- Guitar Hero III: Isle of Wight Festival Track Pack {all for $6.25}
*“Shoot the Runner” by Kasabian
*“Problems (Live at Brixton)” by The Sex Pistols
*“I Predict a Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs

- Rock Band
# “Girls Who Play Guitars” - Maximo Park {$2}
# “Bullets & Guns” - Them Terribles ($1}
# “Moving to Seattle” - The Material ($1}
# “A Clean Shot” - The Myriad ($1)

There’s also an MTV2 Pack 01 with the last three songs, but no discount on getting them together.

Game Demos
- Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars

Game Videos
- GamTrailers TV - Resistance 2 (teaser)
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (trailer)
- Kung Fu Panda (trailer)
- Fatal Inertia EX Phoenix (trailer)
- FIFA 2008 Interactive World Cup
- Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution(trailer)
- Hail to the Chimp: Inshellitron

Movie/Blu-Ray Trailer
- Hancock (trailer, 2nd)

PS3 Theme
- Metal Gear Solid 4

PS3 Wallpaper
- PixelJunk Monsters Soundtrack

over the horizon (last updated 06/13)

waiting for reviews: NASCAR 09 (metacritic)

06/23: Battlefield: Bad Company (and Gold Edition) (metacritic)
06/23: Top Spin 3 (metacritic)
06/24: Hellboy: The Science of Evil (metacritic)
06/24: Wall-E (metacritic)
06/24: Hail to the Chimp (metacritic)
06/24: Overlord: Raising Hell (metacritic)

06/29: Guitar Hero Aerosmith and bundle (metacritic)

07/08: Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (metacritic)
07/08: Beijing Olympics 2008 (metacritic)
07/08: Monster Madness: Grave Danger (metacritic)

07/15: NCAA Football ‘09

07/25: WipeoutHD (download only)

07/29: Soulcalibur IV

08/05 (maybe): Vampire Rain: Altered Species

08/12: Madden NFL 09 and (20th Anniversary Edition

08/15: Afro Samurai
08/19: Rapala Fishing Frenzy

08/31: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
09/01: Pure

09/02: TNA Impact!
09/03: FaceBreaker
09/03: NFL Head Coach ‘09

09/08: Lego Batman
09/09: Legendary: The Box

10/01: Baja

11/01 (maybe): Hei$t (metacritic)

People who obviously aren’t the Mole and are easy to eliminate
- Paul (way too into ‘the game’)
- Bobby (way too blatant)
- Mark (way too insane, couldn’t fake being the Mole if he tried)
- Nicole (way too into creating herself as Reality TV Star)
- Victoria (way too concerned about losing money on every game; apparently unaware no team ever gets 100% of the money)

People who are reasonable suspects
- Clay
- Craig
- Kristen
- Alex
- Ali

Clay, Kristen, and Ali have relatively hid in the background, which is what all the former Moles have done early on. You don’t really need to screw something or misled people, because they’ll do it to themselves. Craig is the sort of “we’ll make anyone the Mole so you can’t rule anyone out next season!” pick some shows will try, though I’m not sure this one will make it thru this season much less the next. I’ve got Alex and Paul also confused in my brain, but I don’t think Alex has done enough to rule himself out.

I think it’s Ali’s the Mole. It’s a slightly educated, mostly gut feeling. Kristen’s my second guess, mostly because I get her confused with Ali.

taking the show way too seriously note: I spent five minutes analyzing the ransom note on freeze frame, noting the missing and misplaced letters, looking for a phrase from the first letter of each word or the first letter on each line, analyzing patterns in letters with similar fonts…and came up with absolutely nothing. I’m 100000% sure they’ll show it again at the end of the season with a voice over explaining how obvious the clue was, but it was beyond me here.

They were coming in with a five game winning streak, they came back from being down 4-0, being down 7-3 and it wasn’t until the 11th, with Larry Cobb was touching third and rushing for home while the centerfielder scooped the ball and threw towards home that I thought I might actually see a win.

And then the throw beat him by a step. Cobb hit the catcher hard, hard enough to knock the wind out of him, but hard enough to knock the ball away. The Cougars bullpen did a remarkable job to keep this a game (Scott Hodsdon was game saving) but it figures it couldn’t last. Wisconsin had a perfect squeeze to get the go ahead run.

Attendance was announced 8,000, but there couldn’t have been more than 500 by the finish. Most of them were kids, having one last night out before school starts.

other stuff that sucked
- It was Dog Day at the park. Even if I wasn’t already not a big fan of dogs, having people suddenly stop in front of you because they need to gawk at one wouldn’t help.
- the road was closed, right before the park, due to an accident. Instead of going off to a side street and crowding back on to the road (which was all backed up), I thought I’d bypass the whole mess and just circle around to the park from the other direction…where it was even more backed up and slow. 5 minute drives taking 45 minutes is never cool.
when I’m there: 2-9
when I’m not: 64-50

one more regular season game (unless I end up going up on Labor Day) left.

08/12: Madden NFL 09 and (20th Anniversary Edition) [metacritic] - I swear, it’s an actual improvement on the game. It’s definitely a step above the previous PS3 versions, especially in game presentation. There’s online leagues, though they’ don’t yet fulfill the promise of taking franchise mode online. It’s amusing multiple reviews note the same thing - the Rewind option (cancel the last play) isn’t something you want for head to head games, but it’s a great fix for the improbable CPU interceptions that always creep in Madden. (It also seems to me this is not a New feature, and they tried this for a few years back in the SNES days. And then, as now and as with stuff like the Madden Card abilities, no one used it because it feels like a cheap unearned advantage.) Not a big fan of the adaptive difficulty and wish the autosave worked a little better so I would stop losing progress, but I’m glad I picked it up.

Downloadable Games
- Bionic Comando: Rearmed {$10} [metacritic] - in for ‘08: doing remakes of 8 bit games in the style of 8 bit games. Essentially a port of the original game for the NES released 20 years, with HD graphics and a new final level. There are some control issues, more on 360, but reviews say it’s a faithful recreation with some adjustment to modern gameplaying (unlimited continues, boss battles changed to center around smart use of the weapons rather than lots of attrition) and the addition of offline multiplayer modes.

PS1 Classics
- Street Fighter Alpha

Add on Content
- Rock Band
* “Constant Motion” by Dream Theater ($1)
* “Aesthetics of Hate” by Machine Head ($1)
* “My Curse” by Killswitch Engage ($1)
* “Clouds Over California” by DevilDriver ($1)
* “Runnin’ Wild” by Airbourne ($1)
* “Sleepwalker” by Megadeth ($1)
or all six for, uh, $6. What a deal. All songs jump to $2 on 08/21, and the pack will go up to $10 (which is actually a deal)

Game Demos
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed
- 1942: Joint Strike
- NHL 2K9
- TIger Woods PGA Tour 2009

Game Videos
- The Last Guy (Gameplay)
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed (making of, launch)
- Saints Row 2
- Vampire Rain (2)
- Legendary (BTS)
- Madden NFL (3)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion (trailer)
- Mirror’s Edge Story (trailer)
- AST Dew Tour (4)

PS3 Theme
- BioShock
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed (2)

PS3 Wallpaper
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed (2)

over the horizon (last updated 08/01)

08/21: Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty (download, $15)

08/26: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 [metacrtic]
08/26: Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice [metacrtic]
08/26: Vampire Rain: Altered Species [metacrtic]
08/26: Ferrari Challenge

08/31: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [metacrtic]

09/02: Rapala Fishing Frenzy
09/02: TNA iMPACT!
09/02: World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
09/03: FaceBreaker [metacritic]
09/03: NFL Head Coach ‘09 [metacritic]

09/08: NHL 2K9
09/09: NHL 09
09/09: Legendary: The Box

09/15: BAJA: Edge of Control
09/16: Pure
09/16: Star Wars: the Force Unleashed
09/16: Madden ‘09 En Espanol
09/16: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

09/23: Lego Batman
09/23: Cabel’s Dangerous Hunts ‘09
09/23: Brother’s in Arms: Hell’s Highway
09/23: Buzz! Quiz TV Bundle
09/23: Just Cause 2

09/30 (maybe): Hei$t (metacritic)
09/30: Shellshock 2
09/30: Silent Hill: Homecoming
09/30: Legandary
09/30: Rise of the Argonauts
10/01: Far Cry 2
10/01: MotoGP 08

10/06: Monopoly Here & Now Worldwide Edition
10/07: Fallout 3, Collectors Edition and Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition
10/07: Midnight Club: Los Angeles
10/07: Fracture

10/07: Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
10/07: NBA ‘09
10/07: Disney Sing It Bundle w/Microphone
10/07: NBA 2K9

10/14: Saints Row 2 and Collector’s Edition
10/14: SOCOM US Navy Seals: Confrontation Stand Alone and with headset
10/14: Golden Axe: Beast Rider
10/15: Shaun White Snowboarding
10/15: Tom Clancy’s EndWar [metacritic]
10/15: Naruto Ultimate Ninja : Storm

10/20: Dead Space
10/21: Little Big Planet [metacritic]
10/21: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
10/21: Ghostbusters - perhaps

10/27: Guitar Hero World Tour

At some point: WipeoutHD

I was going to wait until tomorrow to write this (well, twelve or so hours, whatever tomorrow is), but it appears I have some time to kill here. Madden has an immediate 1.10update. Uploading a lucha match at the same time is surely not helping things.

Not much to say about the line. Apparently you were supposed to head inside earlier in the day and get your receipt golden star-ed to ensure speedy delivery. Since I specifically asked the GameStop people if I needed to bring anything, and they specifically no, I just hung outside, singing along to Johnny Cash in the empty Starbucks patio. GameStop had let people come in and fool around in the store during the lead up, but kicked out everyone 10 minutes ahead of time to form a pseudo line.

There seemed to be about 20 people waiting by the time midnight hit, and some were just hanging out with their one buddy who was buying it. Surprisingly, only one football jersey. Not surprisingly, one girl, and she was just there with a boy friend. Most were just talking to the friends about what they heard about the game (Farve did come up.) I chatted with a off-duty employee who was there to pick up the game for his brother, and who confirmed I’m better off not getting Metal Gear 4 if I haven’t played 1-3.

The line moved super fast, despite only letting 3 people in the store for fear of mass chaos - I wandered over to the end of it and was in and out before 12:05. The golden star really meant nothing - maybe more to a busier store, but I it was just about making it easier for Gamestop to figure out who gets what if they had a lot people. They didn’t, and they’re probably shutting down around 12:20. They tried to sell me on the guide, and I resisted. I have a little sense I have left, apparently.

Player L: 269/369/399 (768)
Player H: 277/313/482 (795)

Player L can be quickly identified as the beloved Kosuke Fukodome. He’s still credited for walking 10% of the time, but it’s more like 7% in the last couple months.

Who’s Player H?

Player H, having as good or better season, is 2006 Jacque Jones, his first season as a Cub. Uh oh.

Why is one still loved and one not so much? Defense surely plays a part, as does rep. Bigger than all that is first impressions

Jones, April ‘06: 228/274/474
Fukudome, April ‘08: 327/436/480

Jacque dug a hole and could never do more than try and make up for it. Fukodome elevated himself and it took months of bad play for people to notice he might not be that guy.

Jacque had about the same May, a better June, and a worse July (where both were quite awful.) August was one of Jacque’s better months. It hasn’t been one of Fukodome’s.

This is at least the fourth straigtht year where I’ve vowed in January to skip a year and end up buying it within the first week it comes out. In my defense, I subcumbed to peer pressure.

I’ve barely played NCAA ‘09 - maybe about 6 hours since getting it - because July and August have been  busy (and August and September aren’t looking better.) At least NCAA feels significantly better (roster bug aside) and I’m hoping Madden is the same.

When I have been having video game time, I’ve just been zooming thru whatever I’ve got in from GameFly. I just beat Lego Indiana Jones this weekend. The reviews were not as high on as the Star Wars game, and they’re pretty much right. It’s a lot more puzzle solving, occasionally in ways that don’t feel natural (you mean I have to move this piece ledge by ledge by dropping it, jumping to the ledge, and using my whip to pull it apart, and I’m supposed to know to do that despite never doing it before?) It was also like two-thirds of the game before I realized how the unlock blocks were supposed to work, not that I got any.

Anyway, I’ll probably wander over to Gamestop around 11:40, hoping for something amusing to happen.

08/07: Monster Madness: Grave Danger (metacritic) - port of the 360 title, with new features (and a new subtitle) but nothing that actually fixes some of the game playing problems of the first game, and the visuals are really bad.

in the store

Qore #3 ($3, or $25 for a yearly subscription) - DC Super Heroes preview, invite into the Resistance 2 beta

Downloadable Games

PS1 Classics (3 weeks)

Add on Content
- Snakeball: multiplayer mode {$2}

- NASCAR ‘09
* Montreal Track {$4} - I wonder if it rains? Thinking no
* Skin Packs - 3 @ $2.50 each of alternate paint schemes not included in the game. EA’s website doesn’t seem to have a full list of what’s in which pack, though the PS list does mention the main ones.

- Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock Interscope Track Pack {$6.25 for all 3}
* “Carcinogen Crush” by AFI
* “Tina” by Flyleaf
* “Putting Holes in Happiness” by Marilyn Manson (just this one remixed by Nick Zinner or maybe all?)

- Rock Band
* “Toxicity” by System of a Down ($2)
* “B.Y.O.B” by System of a Down ($2)
* “Rescue Me” by Buckcherry ($1)
* “Face Down in the Dirt” by Mötley Crüe ($1)
* “Life is Beautiful” by Sixx:A.M. ($1)
(or the last three for $3)

Game Demos

Game Videos
- PS3 Home (E3)
- The Last Guy (BTS)
- Star Wars: the Force Unleashed
- Tomb Raider: Underworld Trailer
- Madden NFL ‘09 (3: E3, 20th Anniversary Details, Adaptability)
- TNA iMPACT (trailer/AJ vs Joe)
- Dead Space (Dev Diary #5, Animated Comic #4)
- AST Dew Tour (4)

Movie/Blu-Ray Trailer (3 weeks) - probably just moved to the video service and I haven’t paid attention. I’ll drop it after this week.

PS3 Theme
- PlayStation Home. This is less a theme and more a lottery ticket to get in the beta. How they choose who gets in isn’t completely specified. The only thing mentioned is “activity on the Playstation Network”. It stands to reason you’re more likely to get access to a future method of selling you stuff if you’re already buying from the store.

PS3 Wallpaper
- Disgea 3: Absence of Justice Wallpaper (x3)
- Tomb Raider (SHARK)

over the horizon (last updated 08/01)

08/12: Madden NFL 09 and (20th Anniversary Edition) [metacritic]

08/21: Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty (download, $15)

08/26: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 [metacrtic]
08/26: Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice [metacrtic]
08/26: Vampire Rain: Altered Species [metacrtic]
08/26: Ferrari Challenge

08/31: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames [metacrtic]

09/02: Rapala Fishing Frenzy
09/02: TNA iMPACT!
09/02: World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
09/03: FaceBreaker [metacritic]
09/03: NFL Head Coach ‘09 [metacritic]

09/08: NHL 2K9
09/09: NHL 09
09/09: Legendary: The Box

09/15: BAJA: Edge of Control
09/16: Pure
09/16: Star Wars: the Force Unleashed
09/16: Madden ‘09 En Espanol
09/16: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

09/23: Lego Batman
09/23: Cabel’s Dangerous Hunts ‘09
09/23: Brother’s in Arms: Hell’s Highway
09/23: Buzz! Quiz TV Bundle
09/23: Just Cause 2

09/30 (maybe): Hei$t (metacritic)
09/30: Shellshock 2
09/30: Silent Hill: Homecoming
09/30: Legandary
09/30: Rise of the Argonauts
10/01: Far Cry 2
10/01: MotoGP 08

10/06: Monopoly Here & Now Worldwide Edition
10/07: Fallout 3, Collectors Edition and Amazon.com Exclusive Survival Edition
10/07: Midnight Club: Los Angeles
10/07: Fracture

10/07: Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
10/07: NBA ‘09
10/07: Disney Sing It Bundle w/Microphone
10/07: NBA 2K9

10/14: Saints Row 2 and Collector’s Edition
10/14: SOCOM US Navy Seals: Confrontation Stand Alone and with headset
10/14: Golden Axe: Beast Rider
10/15: Shaun White Snowboarding
10/15: Tom Clancy’s EndWar [metacritic]
10/15: Naruto Ultimate Ninja : Storm

10/20: Dead Space
10/21: Little Big Planet [metacritic]
10/21: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
10/21: Ghostbusters - perhaps

10/27: Guitar Hero World Tour

At some point: WipeoutHD