Welcome back! I hope that your holiday break was as fulfilling as mine (and by that I mean I finally wrapped up Persona 4 Golden). Did you clear out your backlog at all? Or maybe you got more games as gifts, that are now contributing to that pile?
During the break, we got some holiday cards from developers such as Superbot and Naughty Dog, we got a first ears-on with Soul Sacrifice’s Skywalker Sound scoring sessions, got you a holiday-themed papercraft reindeer from the Tearaway team, and plenty more.
With Persona 4 Golden finally finished (no Platinum Trophy… yet), I’m moving on to one I probably should have played by now: The Walking Dead. I’m only one episode in so far, but I hope that since I’m actively playing it now, Sid will stop scowling at me whenever I talk about playing anything else.
What are you playing this weekend?
- I’m playing: The Walking Dead, Persona 3 FES (PS2 Classic)
- I’m watching: Django Unchained, Les Misérables
- I’m listening to: Persona Soundtracks, Nujabes, PlayStation Blogcast 057
What We’re Reading
This Week’s Top 10 Posts
- Holiday Essentials: Last Chance to Scoop Up Must-Have Games
- Download Demon’s Souls on PSN Tuesday
- Introducing EPIX For PS3 and PS Vita: Movies, Concerts, Sports and More
- LittleBigPlanet Karting – Ten Terrific User-Created Tracks
- MLB 13 The Show: First Trailer
- Happy Holidays from Naughty Dog!
- PSN Community Spotlight: How Friendship and PlayStation Helped Me
- Happy Holidays from SuperBot Entertainment
- Happy Christmas from the When Vikings Attack! Team
- Munch’s Oddysee HD on PSN Today
- BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition bundles first two games, coming Jan. 14 | Polygon
- The Last of Us director defends the game’s violence – Shacknews
- Dance Magic Comes To PSN January 8th | PSNStores
- Capcom: DmC’s “Bar to Entry for New Users is Very Low”
- Review: Knytt Underground | PSNStores
- Persona 3 film dated for 2013. Have a trailer!
- Why Papo & Yo Should Be Game of the Year
- Why Journey Should Be Game Of The Year
- The Best Games for Your Sony Gaming Device
- It Took A Complete Stranger To Make Me Fall In Love With Journey
- Review: Fuel Overdose (PSN) | PlayStation Nation
- Behind the scenes of Ni No Kuni’s art style | Joystiq
- Vita Developer Interview: Chronovolt | PSNStores
PlayStation Blogcast 057
Most-Watched Video of the Week
I’m playing: Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution, PlayStation All-Stars
I’m watching: Django Unchained, The Hobbit, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
I’m listening to: PS Blogcast, Beyond, Jesus Piece
I just got a Vita on New Years (Assassin’s Creed Bundle), along with Persona 4 Golden and Ragnarok Oddysey. Also, with PS+ I have half a dozen other games on it to play. So yeah, my backlog definitely grew by quite a bit these holidays.
Oh and I finally got Playstation All Stars Battle Royale. Futureshop had it on sale for 30 bucks off.
So many games to play and so little time. And I’m trying not to think about the mountain of awesome games that are coming out this year (Ni No Kuni, Last of Us, GTAV, Tales of Xillia, Bioshock Infinite, etc etc). This is going to be a busy year for gaming…
I’m playing: Family Feud: Decades, UC3, WipEout 2048 and LBP2: Cross Controller DLC (SOO AWESOME BTW)
I’m Watching: anything on Netflix or Youtube lol =D
I’m Listening to: Music Unlimited, Thanks for the sweet feature to play music offline on my Vita! I don’t think I’ll buy any music with that feature!
kinda miffed that there was no news on the new Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 coming March 5. not to mention it’ll be in 3D…who dropped the ball on this?
either way
im playing: GTA IV
watching the nfl playoffs: Go Seahawks!
@Zarxce
Yea, that Futureshop deal was great; so glad I took advantage of it.
Oh, I’m with you man! I finished Persona 4 Golden, then I started Persona 3 (I’m in june already) and finished The Walking Dead! Three GREAT games…
I missed two news:
1º. What about PlayStation Destination in february?
Will he have some news about PlayStation 4?
I really hope so… and I really hope Sony don’t forget PS Vita!!!
2º. WHAT ABOUT THE PATENTED TECHNOLOGY AGAINST USED GAMES???
I think we DESERVE an explanation from Sony.
Is that the future of the new console?
If it is, you can say goodbye to A LOT of gamers…
Playing: Persona 4 G
Watching: Evangelion 1.11 and 2.22
Listening: A lot of random music
New Vita for xmas… declassified bundle.
And being PLaystation + I’m playing a crap ton of games. Nice marketing plan for the Vita!
Playing: Golden Abyss, Mutant Blobs Attack, Blops Declassified, (want to play the cross controller with LBP2 but don’t have the 500 MB of space on my Vita yet… Uncharted sucked it up. Also going back to Skyrim for awhile, Playstation All Stars (going for the PLat trophy… Need that one, the “this is living”), I also dipped into Mix Superstar… that is a hoot.
Yay, games.
I’m Playing: AC III, Uncharted III, Little Big Planet 2
I’m watching: The NFL Play-offs, The Big Bang Theory
I’m Listening to: At the moment, Led Zeppelin
I’m playing: Farcry 3, LBP vita, sound shapes, and Shadow of the Colossus (thanks to the holiday sale!)
I’m watching: random tv shows
I’m listening to: Playstation Blogcast ep. 57
Playing on Vita: Persona 4 golden…still, because I am also working on beating When Vikings Attack, MGS 3, and AC3 at the same time. I did finally beat Uncharted GA though!
Playing on PS3: Arkham City, signed up for plus on EU concurrently with my USA account. Playing more vita than PS3 now, but picked up a huge backlog of ps3 games due to the awesome plus holiday sales. I picked up: Papo & Yo, Tokyo Jungle, Journey, and 3 other games that I can’t remember at this time. Huge backlog on plus from EU and USa to get through too. I think I am about to set an ultimatum to not buy any more until i finish this backlog.
Watching: Portlandia Season 2 on Netflix
@9 i didnt know play-offs was 2 words, LMAO. u should tell the nfl to spell check it for you
Playing: Black Ops Declassified
Watching: Youtube
Listening: Clyde Carson S.T.S.A.
I’m playing KOTOR (sorry, on an XBOX) but playing the Mass Effect trilogy made me want to play more Bioware games.
I’m watching Firefly, yet again…. can’t get enough… and maybe an MMO coming.. yay
I’m listening to Zeppelin
and of course reading the PS Blog!
Playing the Mass Effect Trilogy. I’ll be walking on the Moon later tonight.
You should play Persona 4 next. If they released it on PSN you’ll get to see just how much better Golden really is.
killed all stars for vita in two weeks. have to say that was the easiest plat I’ve ever played. still working on Gravity rush’s plat but not that far from it. got the ratchet and clank collection for Christmas and its gonna be a while before i beat them. cant wait for cooper in February.
PLEASE ANSWER
quick question about the cross buy is it a dual plat game or a single plat game?
either way its gonna be great
im playing Ratchet and clank HD collection , JET PACK JOYRIDE Minecraft PC
Im watching my brother play Minecraft PC and big bang theory
im listening to my music collection on spotify
Playing: PS All Stars, Wipeout HD, Wipeout 2048, SFIII: Third Strike
Watching: Regular Show, Breaking Bad
Listening: Blogcast 57, Major Nelson, Interpol
I’m playing many games but i’m still waiting for lumines playsation plus price…… how come it say 20.99 when it suppose to be 17.49 for plus.
I’m playing: Transformers War for Cyber-tron(PC), Terraria, GW2, Walking Dead (PC), Natural Selection 2
I’m watching: Quest for the lost civilization (1998 graham Hancock)
I’m listening to: Johnny Cash, King Crimson, At the Gates
@sesyjon Morgan Haro said Lumines is part of a different sale and not the holiday essentials one. So I doubt you’ll see a price change on it. If you really want it, I say pick it up now before it goes away with the next store update
I’m Playing: Wipeout 2048, Gravity Rush, (anything on ps plus) NBA 2K13
I’m Watching: It’s Always Sunny, Portlandia season 2 (now on Netflix) & 3
I’m listening: Blogcast ep. 57, Common “Like Water for Chocolate”
Are you guys planning to do a Destination Playstation live stream for us the hardcore playstation fans that cant attend the show?
im playing: Kingdom of Amalur reckoning, dragon age 2, FF XIII-2
Im watching: some videos of FF versus 13
im listening: my little brother singing a cow song
I’m playing: Far Cry 3, Persona 4, Gravity Rush
I’m watching: Sons of Anarchy (Season 5), The League
I’m listening to: various on Songza
just curious if you guys happen to be reading the feedback for the terrible content that has been and continues to be offered to US PS+ members ? It seems this question is avoided pretty well here. Why cant you put up offers that are on par with what the EU has ? Simple questions
Gosh darn it. I want to buy alot of of games, but I really hate this new PS Store. It really sucks!