Co-optimus recap time!

This month at Co-optimus a lot more of my time was spent gaming, than writing. Part of that was dealing with some real-life-college-ey situations, and part of it was due to the increase in reviews I completed. Let's start with those!

Most of the games I reviewed this month, I was really excited for. Burn Zombie Burn, that's right, a zombie game. It's not what you think, though! The one with the weird name, Dishwasher: Dead Samurai had so much potential, but just fell short with it's online glitches. Then, a throwback Arcade freebie, Aegis Wing got the Co-op review treatment.

And finally for the reviews, FLOCK! was oddly difficult, but entertaining none-the-less! Also, the addicting puzzle game Peggle was my contribution to the “beyond co-op” for this month. Of course, my name isn't the only one on a lot of these, it was fun learning to write with someone else, instead of simply for them. I'll thank Nick in whatever book I manage to publish after college!

I was really excited to get back in to writing more editorial type stuff this month, most notably my This Week In Co-op feature, with Phoenix Wright. Yea, I got a little more creative with that one, it's not even a co-op game! Also, the Innovations in Co-op gaming, which covered some great features in co-op specific games – written with loads of help, once again, from Nick.

Amazon.com gave us a nice treat with the Arcade Store, where Amazon.com is allowed to discount otherwise fixed-price Xbox arcade games. Another cool internet perk in gaming this month was the early release of Demigod to some of the legit PC gamers that wished to download it, after Gamestop broke the rules and the street date.

I took a look at what other websites thought of Ghostbusters, specifically, what should be improved. I also did my first Co-op release alert on Dishwasher: Dead Samurai - it was an independent game that went overlooked until its release.

I took a look at some sales numbers for the Shaun White Snowboarding which sounded like fun to me, and a lot of other people, only to be ignored on the shelf after only a few hours of gameplay!

I covered quite a few previews this month, including Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Fable II's content pack, Damnation, and a game that I'm so excited about I can barely contain myself, Fairtytale Fights!

I'll reiterate Fairtytale Fights here, because I can – it's my website. I really enjoyed what I read on this game, and can't wait to see what all the Fairytale characters look like. Hopefully I won't be disappointed.