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According to Matt in an M+ post: "Bala: Horrible sound issues, lost the plot in non populous. train wreck." Haven't been able to find a set anywhere, but apparently Mildred, Zero Orchestra, How it Goes, Non Populus and Hornets were all played.

Borrowed Halo:Reach from a friend. Easily my favorite Halo so far.

All You Sons and Daughters We Are a Place

Don't get your hopes up with Rabbits. He said not to expect it as a mainstay of the set.

The Ocean The Bombmaker LotGA Runners up: Parable, Bluebird

Source Code. Really enjoyed it. Duncan Jones is a pretty creative guy, and while it wasn't as good as Moon, still shows that Jones is capable of making smart sci-fi.

Just downed the 7th colossus, and after all the times I've played this game, finally found an easy way to get on the damn thing. Silly me.

With what we know about MG, it's not really hard to see why the music seemed to get darker during that time.

Alright, let's actually try to make a list finally: Mass Effect 2 Shadow of the Colossus Freedom Fighters (so unappreciated) Metal Gear Solid 3 Dark Cloud 2

I played through Ico once and enjoyed it, and Shadow of the Colossus is easily in my top 5 favorite games of all time. So far I've only played Shadow (4 colossi defeated) and the game looks great- you can tell it was a PS2 era game, but it looks fantastic with better textures and such things, and no frame rate issues at all, which is exciting. My roomy said that on the backwards compatible PS3's, the PS2 version didn't suffer from frame rate issues, but we all know how long those were on the market for. Honestly, I probably would have paid $40 just for an HD version of SotC on its own, so getting both games for that price is a pretty swell deal. Definitely pick it up if you like the games.

I just realized I used frequently twice in that sentence. And that is awkward. Which I frequently am. Right Tracy? ;)

I constantly add onions into my grilled cheese, and will sometimes make a production out of it including meat, mayo, mustard and various other vegetables depending on my mood. Have you ever said you would never try something, then try it, and actually enjoy it?

I'll take Simmonds then, in the hopes he'll call your banana thrower a "faggot" and get everyone all bent out of shape. Actually, I'll take Simmonds AND Avery and see if my fantasy team implodes.

I think it's good, but not great. Not even very good. But still good. It is one of those albums that I am drawn more to some of the individual songs than I am to the album as a whole, whereas with Beautiful Midnight and Audio I do get drawn towards my favorite songs frequently, but still listen to those albums front to back quite frequently.

Picked up the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus PS3 collection today, so that is exciting.

Some of that stuff hasn't been played since around 2001, so it's understandable that it is more focused on some favorites and newer material. It is basically a new band, and I'd rather see them start with the 25 songs they have now and learn them really well than trying to overdo themselves. I imagine, like in past years, as the tour goes on, some other songs may start to creep in depending on their comfort level, which bodes well for me, as I'll be at the 2nd last show of the tour. I remember during the first acoustic tour, Calgary was one of the earlier stops, so I missed out on the stuff that ended up being on Hospital Music.

Catherine is fun, but can be supremely frustrating at the same time.

Yes, more people. Though, it was fun to pick up goalie Nick Backstrom near the trade deadline, have him get a couple shutouts which gave me the win ;)

I remember back when I was in high school, there was a teachers strike/lockout something like that, so my brother and I would play SMW on his SNES like all day, and it took us like a week to beat it, with all stages opened. A couple years ago, we were playing it on Wii and beat it from start to finish, all stages open, in one 6 hour sitting. That was rad.

This is what I came up with in a shortlived discussion thread on Matt's site, based on the 12-13 song main set 2-3 encore, plus acoustic for good measure: Great Whales of the Sea (hold that D at the end and segue into...) Load Me Up Weapon Zero Orchestra The Future is X-Rated Born Losers What if I Can't See the Stars, Mildred? Avalanche Non Populus Black Helicopter A Silent Army in The Trees Odette Apparitions Encore: Lights of Endangered Species Volcanoes It's Been a While Since I Was Your Man Sort of a Protest Song Prime Time Deliverance

Playing through Deus Ex- only a few quests in, but enjoying it. Picked up Catherine yesterday and played up a bit today. Cool visual style, pretty intense puzzle gameplay and a mature theme that, while cheesy, is handled well so far.

Yeah, I didn't like the society stage at all.

I wanted so badly to get passed the society stage and into space so I could destroy shit, but I just couldn't do it.

In regards to Near Fantastica, Matt said something about him having the sample they use for it on an old audio format that is now obsolote, and that Universal has no clue where the masters are. If I recall correctly.