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Is a really damn good tower defense. It's like what Mechwarrior Lone Wolf should have been if it was set in the midst of World War II. I'll get to explaining why later, but right now, know it's worth your $12... especially if you really liked Dungeon Defenders (or thought Sanctum was ok but could have been way better).

So, my thoughts:
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My first impression of Iron Brigade was, "Oh god no, I just wasted $12." That's like 10 ice cream sandwiches. Four cheeseburgers. Five salads. At Wendy's. Mostly because of this:

(The forum won't let me post steam screenshots directly because they lack an extension. Dumb. Just click the image if you're curious.)

That's Games for Windows Live on top of a very console start screen. Yeah, bad first impression. Thankfully, once you sign in, the only thing GFWGay shows up for is adding friends, and it's a lot more painless than usual. So I guess that's nice.

Now the rest of the game, is pure awesome. It's basically Mech Warrior, set in World War II. It's tower defense, but it's presented so incredibly nicely that I wanted to shake it's hand and take it to dinner. Oh yeah, and it's from that Tim Schafer dude over at Double Fine. You know, Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Monkey Island. Those guys.



It has a ton of different ways to approach the tower defending, and even if the combat is amatuerish, you'll still need a bit of skill on the later levels. The weapons have real punch, so just plowing down enemies is a joy. It does support a controller, but I heartily recommend turning off the Y-axis inversion and using a mouse and keyboard. It has a ton of customization; within the first three missions of the 4-player co-op our "trenches" started looking radically different, and the play styles started to complete diverge as well.



The story is sarcastic (oddly adult in places) and very funny. Granted, no big surprise there, but it's nice to know Double Fine hasn't lost its touch. The story is presented in a rather traditional manner with cutscenes and a briefing before each mission, and the missions themselves have some nice surprises and challenges.



All in all, it's a real blast and I've had a ton of fun smashing through the levels. I'm definitely willing to recommend the game and hope to play it at a future LAN with some friends.

http://store.steampo....com/app/49520/

Borderlands 4-pack is $180... so per person that's $45 apiece. Not a terrible deal, the only thing I'm worried about is the ending being anything like the first one, but doubtful it will be worse because I don't think it could BE worse.

Anyone wanna 4-pack?

A lot of people ask me where I got my steam skin, so I figure it can sit here for reference sake:

http://pulseh.devian...Steam-211426153

This one's for Daman: http://fav.me/d4mn0cp

I was typing up a long and awesome guide to the summer sale, and then somebody linked me this Reddit Thread:

http://www.reddit.co.../comments/wg71q

There'll apparently be a new one every day with more info.
GL HF GUIYZ

We're not related to them in any fashion, but I thought I'd let everyone know that there's an EVGA Gaming Giveaway event going on. The basic idea is that you play on their servers during any point in the contest dates and you're entered into a drawing for some pretty sweet stuff.

My friend Thomas from Palm Harbor won a GTX 460 (or 560, can't remember) off of the last one, so there's definitely a reasonable chance of winning something good.

Battlefield 3
74.91.115.122:25200 24/7 Metro | 1000 Ticket | CHI
74.91.115.123:25200 CQ Air Maps | CHI
216.52.148.133:25200 TDM | CHI
188.122.68.17:25510 Conquest |Air Maps| EU
Left 4 Dead
74.201.57.50:27015
74.201.57.54:27015
Left 4 Dead 2
66.150.214.59:27015
74.201.57.48:27015
Team Fortress 2
74.201.57.17:27015 Payload | Short ReSpawn | HLSTATSX
66.150.214.114:27015 24/7 Arena | No Crits | HLSTATSX
72.5.195.33:27015 24/7 Payload | HLSTATSX
64.74.97.213:27015 24/7 Control Point | HLSTATSX

Sauce: http://www.evga.com/13/gaming/ (Contest)
http://www.evga.com/gaming/ (Server List, with links)