14 DAY TRIAL // Andrei Dumitrescu: This week I will be playing the going to the seaside real life game, complete with the transportation on full highways mini game and the how much sunscreen do I need to apply this year side quest.
This means that I will not be able to fire up my PC and get some more time with recent releases and with the now old Portal 2, which I now plan to complete.
Going on a trip also means that I have one of my “Should I get a portable gaming system” internal discussions and again I seem to find no actual reason to game on the go, especially as long as the going has a clear aim and is done with friends that I can talk to.
I am sure that those who play video games while on the move could give me tens of reasons to pick up a PlayStation Portable or a Nintendo DS but I have managed to almost completely occupy my travel time, both when it comes to commute and to longer trips.
On the subway I am busy reading one of two weeklies while on longer drives or on the train I am too occupied catching up with friends, sleeping or reading to even thing about video games.
Andrei Dobra: Considering the forecast for the weekend is pretty much all rain all the time, I'll be lining up several games to take care of my free time, including Duke Nukem Forever, Red Faction Armageddon and maybe a bit of The Witcher 2.
I'm nearing the finish of what Duke Nukem Forever calls a story, and it's been one intriguing ride, to say the least, going through all sorts of adventures, many of which just serve to highlight once more that it's a game that needed to appear at the beginning of the 2000s, not in 2011.
After running out of gum and completing Duke Nukem, I'll be looking forward to continuing my older playthrough of Red Faction Armageddon, as the thought of smashing things with my hammer provides some pretty good catharsis after the scripted Duke Nukem.
Last but not least, I'll probably squeeze in some quality time with The Witcher 2, finishing up a few quests and trying to push through the story, although the end is still quite far away.