Leveling Down

The best 360 accessory of 2007?

Earlier this week the 360 Messenger Kit was on sale at Circuit City for $20. After Amazon matched the price I decided to order one to see what it was like. My conclusion? It’s probably one of the neatest accessories that have been released on the 360 but its actual usefulness is minimal. How often do I even send messages? Maybe I’ll sign up for MSN since that it is integrated into the 360 so I can message with people on MSN when I’m playing. But is anyone even using MSN these days?

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Nothing like assassinating a high profile target in front of all of his guards!

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed, a game that I initially was not interested in but decided to pick up anyway after finding it for $40 the week of Christmas. I finally completed all of the Achievements in the game last night, so it feels like a great burden has been lifted off my shoulders (collecting 420 flags is not the most fun thing to do). What did I think of this game? I guess the easiest way to describe the game is a loose “medieval Crackdown” – an open ended game where you can go around killing specific boss targets while at the same time killing whoever else you want along the way.

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Is that the God of Wharf? Parodies of other games are everywhere in The Simpsons Game

It is a very rare case for me to play a licensed video game, but I had heard that the game wasn’t bad – it stays true to the Simpsons, pokes fun at the video game industry, and the gameplay is pretty enjoyable. I’d go so far as to say that this is the best Simpsons game I’ve ever played, even if that may not be saying much.

My brother gave it to me as a gift and we played the game for most of our Christmas break since it features offline split-screen co-op. For him and me to actually spend several hours playing through a game, it can’t be horrible, can it?

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