Heroes of Ruin comes out for the Nintendo 3DS tomorrow - a dungeon crawler in the vein of Diablo, it includes random maps/enemies/drops, drop-in /drop-out online or local co-op, and multiple characters with what seems to be a good level of both physical and skill customization. I'm looking forward to having a new 3DS game to sink my teeth into, as there haven't been a whole lot that I've picked up.

Are any of you getting Heroes tomorrow? If so let me know and we can trade friend codes - I'm sure the game is more fun with people to play with!

-Skeletal

Lately I've been playing an iOS game called Outwitters - a turn based strategy game involving cartoony creatures destroying each other in an effort to demolish the other team's base! It's occupied much of my time this week, as I can play it a little at a time whether on the go or at home, and I would say I've become addicted. Take a look at http://www.gamespot.com/outwitters/user-reviews/797361/ and let me know what you think - I haven't reveiwed too many games yet and I'm curious how I did! Plus the game is free, so you might want to check it out if you have a iPhone or iPad!

Here are some screenshots I took as well -

Good Evening, fellow Gamespotters!

It's been a long while since I've blogged on here, but I think it's time to start writing again.

With the summer temperatures going up, I'm spending any time that I'm not working or at the beach relaxing at home playing video games with my wife in the air conditioning, and I've noticed that I have a lot of single-player games I've never actually finished. I think this will help me to get back into the swing of blogging on here, as I recount my experiences going through these unfinished treasures. Plus it will give me more incentive to get some game reviews written as well.

Just a quick one for today, but look for more from me in the near future, including my list of upcoming games!

- Skeletal

So at this point in the year, the drought of quality games is reaching its peak.

The big games of the fall are ahead of us going into the fall/holiday season.

Personally, I'm looking forward to Modern Warfare 2, Borderlands, Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising, and Brutal Legend. Unfortunately these games will not be out until at least the first week of October. While October may not be far away, I am finding these last few weeks to be much more difficult to wait! It's probably the promise of such quality titles that I'm already excited for!

Anyone else having this same problem?

Hello everyone - I've been noticeably absent of late, between work, gaming, and socialising I've been pretty busy. I just got a nice new laptop, and that will allow me to post and browse more in the future! Aparrently I reached level 20, which is a milestone of sorts I guess.

I've started playing Warhammer Online, and I'm really enjoying it! If you play Destruction let me know, or if you're interested in playing I'll let you know my server/character info!

More another time!

I'm somewhat skeptical about this one, but I got a free beta key from GS so why not. Anyone else going to be trying it out?

Lately there has been a lot going on in my life, both good and bad.

On the good side, I have been enjoying a lot of games with my Xbox Live friends, and enjoying the downloadable content for such games as Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2. There are a lot of good things coming out this year that I'm looking forward to, both downloadable content and full retail games. Things with my fiance are great, although I still don't get to see her a lot. She and I have started playing Diablo 2 together, which is great fun!

On the other hand, I've realized that I'm suffering from a form of depression/anxiety. I spend every day worrying about things needlessly. People used to tell me I needed to watch the news, but now whenever I check out the news I see terrible things (not that that's surprising) that make me worry about possibilities. For example, the current issue with North Korea, the current terrorist threat on Washington, various health scares, the April 1st virus scare, etc. I get these things in my head and can't get rid of them - I spend all day thinking about these things in the back of my mind and it keeps me stressed. Add to this the stress I feel at work because I feel my abilities and knowledge are lacking, my fears for how I will be able to provide for my family in the future if the economy doesn't get better....

....and the fact that because of my own foolishness I almost died this weekend. I went up to Uconn to visit some friends for a few days and ended up going to the hospital because I had drunk far too much alcohol. I don't remember two or three hours of that night, and the first thing I do remember after a certain point was lying on a hospital bed thinking I was dying. It's not a good way to wake up, I can assure you. Now I'm feeling physical and mental pain leading from that, and I constantly think about the fact that I almost died. Add to that hearing about the things I said or the things that happened to me, and I am really not in a position to feel good about myself.

Anyway, that's what's been going on in my life, hope everyone else is doing much better than I am.

Hi everyone -

I just wrote a review for Fallout 3, please take a look at it and tell me what you think! I plan to write at least one review a week from here on out, so any feedback on my style would be appreciated!

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!! :D

As I'm 25% Irish, Saint Patricks Day has always been very exciting for me for some reason. although this is the first year that I will be drinking to celebrate!

I just wanted to wish you GameSpotters a happy holiday, I plan to be on Xbox Live a lot tonight, feel free to drop by or send a message!

This is the first in a series of opinon polls I will be posting to satisfy my own curiosity on what GS people consider to be the best of the best!

Obviously this is completely your own opinons, and I'd like to have you guys fill in feedback wherever possible - if you have something to add, add it! I'm interested in knowing the reasons for people's opinions too, so feel free to say why you chose what you did. It should be fun to see the differing opinions for people throughout GS! Tell your friends too, the more the merrier!

Poll: Favorite Game Genre

With all the different genres out there games can easily be classified and give a general idea of the type of gameplay involved. Some games are even genre-benders, where they are a mix of two genres. Most of those are smaller, but I'll list a couple in here.

RPG

Real Time Strategy

Turn Based Strategy

Action RPG

Strategy RPG

Action

Platformer

First/Third Person Shooter

Puzzle

Racing

Sports

Adventure

My personal choice for favorite genre are shooters. Whether first or third person, they make up the majority of my game collection, and I find them to be the most interesting. As much as I love strategy and RPG games, there's nothing quite like blasting enemies with all sorts of ballistic weaponry, whether it's a third person game like Gears, or a first person game like Bioshock, Call of Duty, or Rainbow Six. Shooters definitely win my vote!

Where do you weigh in on this poll?