It’s been a busy few weeks here in the Multiplayer cave, so thankfully we’re not missing out on much during this period of not-so-exciting releases.

Today, Totilo and I traded IMs about the games we’re ignoring this week. I decided to skip out on “Ikaruga” on Xbox Live. In mentioning this, we discussed a strange feature in the game:

StephenTotilo: But what people don’t mention is that, at least with the GCN version, that for every hour you log in the game you get an extra continue at the start of your next session
StephenTotilo: And after about eight hours logged (not consecutively, cumulatively), you get started with infinite continues
StephenTotilo: Like having a bottomless pocket of quarters
StephenTotilo: It makes it impossible not to complete the game
TraceyJohn: What if you just leave the game on for 8+ hours?
StephenTotilo: I believe you would get blown up. I don’t think it clocks time if it’s paused. But I could be wrong. I’m too classy to have even considered such a dastardly cheat
TraceyJohn: Classy? Not sure about that, but whatever.

Read on and find out why Totilo is snubbing Sony’s new controller and see how much I can sass my boss and get away with it…

StephenTotilo: Tracey, for this week’s “What We’re NOT Playing” I was wondering: are you having the time of your life?
TraceyJohn: Are you making a Dirty Dancing reference?
StephenTotilo: Yeah, but you never felt this way before about a game, is it true?
TraceyJohn: I think that needs to stop right there. You’re getting put in the corner!
StephenTotilo: OK. Enough of that. So you’re not playing “Dirty Dancing: The Game,” which shipped this week, because you already did a ways back.
StephenTotilo: Avoiding anything else?
TraceyJohn: Ummm… “MiniCopter Adventure Flight“?
StephenTotilo: Is that because, you, like me, were too busy playing “Grand Theft Auto IV” earlier this week?
TraceyJohn: Why don’t you rub it in? NO. I didn’t get cool stuff like you did and I didn’t get to play “GTA.” I’m going to go cry now
StephenTotilo: You can even play ass a girl in “GTA IV”
StephenTotilo: as
StephenTotilo: [edit that!]
TraceyJohn: hahahaa
TraceyJohn: That’s a typo worth keeping
TraceyJohn: I’m probably not going to play “Ikaruga” on Xbox Live
TraceyJohn: But I bet you are
StephenTotilo: Oh, we’re still talking about your negligence?
StephenTotilo: I played “Ikargua” on my GameCube, so I’m probably not going back in to play it on my Xbox
StephenTotilo: I wonder if this Xbox version has the amazing feature that the GCN version did: a turn your TV on its side mode. This was for people who wanted to play it the way it was designed for the arcades, with a vertically oriented screen
TraceyJohn: I realized it came out before, Smart Guy. I didn’t play it then and I’m not going to play it now
StephenTotilo: Oh, if you haven’t played it, you should
StephenTotilo: For some reason it has a rep for being really hard
StephenTotilo: And it is hard
TraceyJohn: That sounds super fun. I’ll get right on that
TraceyJohn: (That was sarcasm)
StephenTotilo: But what people don’t mention is that, at least with the GCN version, that for every hour you log in the game you get an extra continue at the start of your next session
StephenTotilo: And after about eight hours logged (not consecutively, cumulatively), you get started with infinite continues
StephenTotilo: Like having a bottomless pocket of quarters
StephenTotilo: It makes it impossible not to complete the game
TraceyJohn: What if you just leave the game on for 8+ hours?
StephenTotilo: I believe you would get blown up. I don’t think it clocks time if it’s paused. But I could be wrong. I’m too classy to have even considered such a dastardly cheat
TraceyJohn: Classy? Not sure about that, but whatever.
StephenTotilo: Can we talk about what I’m not playing now?
TraceyJohn: No, more of me please. You talk about yourself everyday.
TraceyJohn: I’m kidding. Sort of. Go ahead. After you, your majesty.
StephenTotilo: Why thank you.
StephenTotilo: I am not playing…
StephenTotilo: ready?
TraceyJohn: Holding my breath with anticipation…
StephenTotilo: The DualShock 3
StephenTotilo: But, you may say, that’s not a game
TraceyJohn: But it’s not a game, I say!
StephenTotilo: Indeed it is not, Tracey John
TraceyJohn: Do tell us why.
StephenTotilo: Well, I love rumble as much as the next guy
StephenTotilo: (does that sound wrong?)
TraceyJohn: Disturbing, even.
StephenTotilo: But I’m kind of sort of out of PS3 games to play
StephenTotilo: I have a small backlog of PSN PS3 games to get to
StephenTotilo: But, those PS3 games aren’t enough to draw me away from the Xbox 360 games I’m playing
StephenTotilo: And it makes me wonder why Sony took so long to put this controller out
StephenTotilo: I guess they were waiting for GT5, but it doesn’t seem like a necessary combo
TraceyJohn: You’ve played every desirable thing there is to play on PS3?
StephenTotilo: Yeah, I’ve beaten “Heavenly Sword,” “Resistance,” “Ratchet,” “Uncharted,” “Lair,” tried “Folklore,” “MotorStorm“… am I missing anything?
StephenTotilo: And I don’t get into sports games…
TraceyJohn: I can’t think of anything off-hand that you’re missing that isn’t on the other console
TraceyJohn: (Though I’m sure readers may have a few to add)
StephenTotilo: Right, except for the PSN stuff, which I enjoy a lot, but isn’t enough to woo me away from my 360 backlog
StephenTotilo: So my DualShock 3 sits in plastic, waiting for its first reason to rumble.
StephenTotilo: And that, Tracey John, is what I am not playing
TraceyJohn: Riveting. So I’m ignoring a beloved shooter on Xbox Live, and you’re ignoring Sony’s new rumble-tastic controller.
TraceyJohn: Readers may think we’re crazy, but we’ve got work to do
StephenTotilo: We are ingrates. So be it. Talk to you in a week…
TraceyJohn: Yeah, I definitely plan on not talking to you until next Wednesday. Seeya!