I gotta admit, after seeing the Darkness in action I'm loving the overall theme and direction of the game (dark powers, snake sneaking, heart eating etc.) but, its specific style and physical presentation is kinda putting me off a bit. The game is back on my radar, but I'm less excited now than I used to be to play it.
For me, like a lot of the rest of you, Left4Dead has jumped right on to my list of shit to watch like a hawk - Kathleen's description of their play time really sold it for me. If the events she described turn out to be indicative of a gameplay experience you can expect to have every time you play, this game will be huge.
As for Pokemon - I havent played since Gold/Silver and didnt really expect to play another one (at least without a major revision to the formula; multi-mon battles (as shown in that one section) and full animations for example). But, with old school trainer friends now spread across universites, online play might be just enough of a hook to get me to poke my mans in the next few weeks.
Also, Shane has WAY too ****ing many pokemon plushes
Finally with regards to the humpday challenge, and I guess Stinkles in particular since he's here; if the 1UP kids turn out to have some proof of the "practice" round and/or Bungie QQ'n, youre gonna be looking pretty sad - its probably best to say nothing at least for the next week or so, dont wanna get owned on the next 1UP Show. If it really was that close - rematch it suckas! (But give Luke back to 1UP for equal conditions and no wiggle room)
<3 lukems, one hell of a writer/show personality as far as im concerned - gonna miss his humor, he was a sarcastic dick like me