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I love helicopters in games. You would think for a Vietnam game the first thing you would do is get the chopper controls just right since I think there was a lot of that in that war. I can imagine some really cool missions flying helicopters into the jungle to drop off troupes and pick up wounded while avoiding getting shot down. I mean, the scene begining the movie Predator is totally like the beginning of a mission in Vietnam, or at least, it should be. Or the opening to Far Cry: Blood Dragon where you shoot a chain gun from a helicopter at the start. I landed copters in all sorts of wooded areas in Just Cause and searched for orbs with the copter in Crackdown 2. Those games had great choper controls. Just do that, add some Predator style attitude and intensity of action, and put it all in real locations in Vietnam. Done.

I see lots of those models at the comic shop every week. People really get into it.

I played some Crimson Shroud. I was so excited for it but playing it wasn't as great as I imagined. I spent all my time in menu screens. It would've been better if there was some Final Fantasy Tactics type characters moving on a board with some extra strategy. It was more like playing with spreadsheets. I like stat management but I need some visuals to spice it up.

I put in 60 hours in to Etrian Odyssey Untold before I got distracted by Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. I set EOU to easy so I never got too stuck. I was hoping I would get to the end of an EO game for once, but no, even on easy the game is a serious time sink. I love it though and will go back to it sometime. The 3DS is my favorite system right now.

I was RunningWithGuns on 1UP. God I loved that site, but this one is good too. Better in some ways. Welcome aboard this pirate ship. Yar!

I played a little bit of Lego Indy once and noticed the lowsy vehicle controls. I still want to go 100% that game though. I've really got to go on a Lego game binge sometime. Lego SW was so much fun.

A total classic. I had forgotten how good it was. Just brilliant film making.

That's too bad, but I'm going to pick it up anyway. I may drop by my local retro store just to see if they have NeoGeo Pocket games. I'd pick it up and then hunt for a system later.

Man, I used to love all the trash talk in the halls during and after a hockey game. Haven't been to one in years though.

"nine more Stan Lees to rescue" That just sounds funny to me. 

I managed to 100% Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga and loved every minute of it. I don't remember any serious bugs in it. There was some lava jumping that drove me a little nuts in one level, but it wasn't that bad. It's funny too because I watched Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones with my sister's family at Thanksgiving and couldn't stop thinking about Lego Star Wars. They copied every last scene from those movies for the game very closely.

Just saw Raiders again last week. What a great film! I love the way you don't see Indy's face until he disarms that guy with the gun right at the beginning. And the way he meets Marion is really great. The way the scene ends with them arguing outside her bar as it burns to the ground. I think Marion is a great strong female character even if she does play second fiddle to Indy.