Since the rock & roll.

Yeah, been kind of update-free, I know. Between Brawl being awesome and waiting for new stuff to come from Gamefly, and a dead week on XBLA, there wasn't much to talk about anyway.

Rescinding that thing about playing through campaigns, I should add. A week is enough or I'll never finish the list once through, nevermind return visits.

Here's what came in, as well as fresh XBLA goodies, though.

TiQal
Achievements: 12 (all offline, 200 gs)

Tetris meets Lumines with BGM and aesthetic from Zuma. Meh.

Bee Movie Game
Achievements: 50 (all offline, 1000 gs)

Derivative minigames compiled to fill gaps between movie-inspired levels. Fun enough but not really engaging, but at least it looks a little better than most of the tie-ins THQ trots out ad nauseum. Easy points.

Blacksite: Area 51
Achievements: 44 (27 offline for 585 gs, 17 online for 415 gs)

Not bad, and not as cheesy as I had expected having played the original. I actually enjoy how they tried to tie things in with real-world events a bit. It's cute. Worth renting, though no one played it online even when it came out, so good luck getting those achievements.

Cabela's Trophy Bucks
Achievements: 31 (all offline, 1000 gs)

Of all the things to come back to after a hiatus, this was not what I wanted. A mildly polished take on the engine from that godawful Alaskan Adventures, this beast at least looks cleaner and did away with most of the excessive customization trappings. RPG elements do not do well in a game geared toward yokels.

Things move quickly in this one, which is good, because I don't have the patience for these stupid things anymore.