Burn some cheap rubber and lay the smack down pardoner.

What I’ve been playing
 
Recently I decided to pick up Burnout Paradise, a game that I have been overlooking for a long time.  The current price on PSN is only $19.99.  The price point was just too good to resist a purchase.  I played the demo some back in the day and I was pretty impressed, but not impressed enough to fork over $59.99.  Now the price is just right for an impulse buy and I am pleased to say the game was worth every penny.  If I would have realized the game was this good at the time of release maybe I would have paid full price.  So I encourage everyone to go check it out.

I am also wondering why Sony doesn’t put more full, retail boxed, games on PSN.  I believe there are only a handful (Siren, Warhawk, Not sure what else).  It’s nice to have a boxed copy to resell when you’re done with it, but with the right price and convenience it’s worth the buy.  I also like the ability to just click on a game a load it up without swapping discs.  Let’s hope developers and/or Sony get more older games like this on PSN.

What I would like to be playing
 
I have been a long time wrestling fan and have been patiently waiting any kind of news about the upcoming Legends of Wrestlemania game.   But at long last my wait is over, IGN’s Greg Miller is supposed to have a feature on this game Friday afternoon.  Frankly the WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw games have been getting stale and TNA Impact was sub par, so I hope this game will be a nice refresh for the wrestling genre.  I also like the thought of playing as some of my old favorites, including original entrance music and personas.  Let’s just hope they’ll have Macho Man and Razor in the game. 

Another game I am greatly anticipating is the sequel to Red Dead Revolver, Red Dead Revolver Redemption, coming this fall to 360 and PS3.  The original game was very entertaining but didn’t fulfill all of my fantasies of what an Old West game could be.  I was more into the open world-ness of GUN.  Hopefully with next gen technology they’ll be able to take all of what made the old west cool and incorporate them into a great experience.