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I'm definitely interested in LEGO Batman 3 after playing the second one.

There are a couple cliché characters, like the vampire guy, but most of them are really interesting. I was surprised.

I try to be more choosey with Humble Bundles than I used to be but it's still so difficult to resist sometimes. But you've sworn off the site? Is it because it's just too easy to spend money on games you won't actually play?

I had ambitious plans for October last year and was able to follow through on pretty much all of them. I think it's the most blogs I've ever posted in a single month (outside of Blog a Day, of course). But not so this year. I've been too busy and haven't consumed enough spooky media to really make it worthwhile. But I'm looking forward to what you have in store for the month. Hopefully I'll be able to at least read it all, if not comment.

You'll like it. I remember one really annoying level near the end but otherwise it's great. I wish I had had time to go through the whole thing again after finishing it. Having all the powers opens up new routes.

Sounds like a cool idea! If you have extra time after all that (haha!), you should play Sonics Colors for the Wii. It's really good!

It was an excellent send off for the NES. Kirby often graces an aging system with a great game (NES, SNES, N64, GBA, and DS come to mind).

I'll admit it, I thought this topic seemed dull before I listened to the show but it turned out to be quite interesting. I was especially intrigued by what everybody thought in the bit on age-appropriate gaming. My son is just two right now but I know I'll be dealing with this stuff before I know it.

John touched on one of my fears when it comes to game ratings. He was saying how NC-17 is basically dead because of being able to release unrated movies. I worry games might catch on to something like that eventually. Our industry has a bad enough image to the ignorant public (you know, those folks who don't need to know anything about a subject to have a heated opinion on it). I don't think we're close to that yet but triple-A gamemakers tend to be so obsessed with hollywood 

Good show, guys, keep it up!

Collectable card games are all but dead...on traditional consoles at least. They are actually experiencing a resurgence on mobile and PC/Mac. Hearthstone (a World of Warcraft spinoff) is the big one. I've actually played it a little bit (the main game is free to download but the DLC costs money) and like it a lot, but you really need to play regularly to get the most out of it and that's difficult for me right now. CFC reminds me of that in that you put out minions in Hearthstone but the game ends when one of the players gets to 0 HP. It's a really cool game! Some others that come to mind are Sol Forge and Nightfall.

Is that a Pocket Color or the original model? Did you get that recently? I've heard lots of good things about that system.

I have Alan Wake but haven't gotten around to it yet. Backloggers finished up FFX (which I didn't participate in) and I'm hoping Angelo will decide to tackle Alan Wake in October. He's been talking about it for a year or more now. I think I'll probably love it.