Customer Fable III Villager

Was just announced today that you can make your own Fable III villager that you can activate in-game.  Honestly, I tried out the character builder, and it's not all that compelling.  But it's an interesting little tidbit nevertheless.

Gamestop Update

Thought I would share some updates about what's happening at GameStop right now. Their current trade-in promotion is 10% extra credit for trading in two games, 20% extra credit for four games, and 40% extra credit for six games. If you have a bunch of old games lying around the house that aren't worth much, they can add a substantial amount to one game that is worth something. As an example, I got $32.20 for Fable II today when trading it in with Fight Night Round 2, Table Tennis, NHL 2007, Madden 2006, and College Hoops 2K6.

In other GameStop news, they have the Halo Wars pre-order bonus flaming Warthog codes available in-store as of today and are giving them out. The scan of the pre-order card on the left is the one they actually gave me today.

Clan Games

Halo is starting to feel a little tired, so I'm starting to look for a new clan game. These are the requirements for a clan game:

• On the Xbox 360 and supports Xbox Live multiplayer
• Has buy-in from myself, BeerMonkeee and OmniscientDeath (want to be on this list? show up more)
• Ideally supports at least 4-player or greater teams or co-op
• Fun enough to play for at least a year

Games vetoed for clan play:

• Rock Band 2 - No interest.
• Call of Duty: World at War - Game mechanics not "fun" enough. Too hard to differentiate friend or foe. Learning curve too steep for multiplayer.
• Fable II - Only 2 player co-op. Wonky camera makes combat impossible.
• Civilization Revolution - Games take way too long.
• Gears of War 2 - No critical mass amongst clan
  
• Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - No critical mass amongst clan
• Splinter Cell: Conviction - No critical mass amongst clan
• F.E.A.R. 2 - No critical mass amongst clan
• Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. - Fun factor too low
  

Games still under consideration

• Left 4 Dead
• Street Fighter 4
  
• Halo Wars (3/3/09)