Gay Girls Who Game: "Mirror's Edge" and "Microsoft Lips"

aahhh.. Mario Kart.. well I don't have the DS cartridge anymore (was from Lovefilm, a rental service for DVDs and games)..but I'm still honing my skills on the Wii..just in case you fancy a challenge ;)

Will have a serious think about animal crossing to pop by :D..Angela: did you mean AC for the DS or the Wii (cos my friend has got it for the DS)

The singstar looks def lots of fun.. oh I need a modern console (i.e. PS3 and or XBox360) to savour the many titles .. and I agree with your assesment.. those ladies were def! singing to each other..talk about lesbian subtext there ;D Great find!

Great vlog again ladies... can't wait for the next one! 

Season's greetings to you :D

......  frosch411 online   ......

Somos una gente
Hay tantísimas fronteras .. que dividen a la gente .. pero por cada frontera .. existe también un puente

Thanks for the awesome reviews on the games, i am happy to say that thanks to your comments about the xbox 360 I have now bought one.  I have all the Lara Croft games for it now.  I like Mirror's Edge it gives me a real thrill as I play.  I love just running and leaping around the city and being chased is pretty breathtaking.  The big reason is it's nice to see Eurasian character as the main character.  (I am Eurasian myself)  My only complaint is the game is far to short.

Wishing you both a merry christmas and awesome new year 

Tracy you make me laugh sooo much this epsiode! 'get your head out the gutter' LOL
great video as usual :)

my home girl duffy in the lips trailer as well!

oh and will you girls be reviewing skate 2 when it comes out?

x

About time I commented on this.. xD

Well, our PS2 broke (disc reading error) and my dad (and I, admittedly) wants to get a new console for Christmas. We're kind of having trouble deciding whether to get a PS3 or an Xbox 360. (*Dad cuts in* "Is the PS3 backwards-compatible?") 

Gotta love the L Word ratings..

Class vlog as always!

i guess i have to start saving up if wii games are coming in 2009. aaah..i havent got my hands on rock band 2. hasnt hit the shores yet. i heard that the world tour instruments work on 360 maybe on ps3 too but i havent heard anything yet on the wii. hope it works. gonna burn holes in my pocket if it doesnt :(

interesting ratings on this week games. niiice!

Great reviews (as always) and thanks for the Mirror's Edge review. I had wondered if it was free roaming. Apparantly not. I don't like 1st person games in general (my dad is playin Marrowind Oblivion currently and the other day I told him I can't even stand watching 1st person games...but he doesn't care he hates fast action games. He's all about rpg) but Mirror's Edge...I like the trailor.....even though it was against my 1st-person-game-hating self to be curious....I think you've made up my mind. I shall pass and set my eyes on other games! Happy Holidays!

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So, as the cruise director of this xbox live ship, let's get this left 4 dead co-op game going.

If you would like to play (and have xbox live gold and are planning on either buying or renting left 4 dead) email me at xanadugrrl @ gmail (dot) com with the subject Left 4 Dead.

We can take up to 8 people at a time.

Send me the following information:

Your AfterEllen name

Days you are available to play between Friday, December 19 and Monday, January 12 (just to give us a lot of options)

The earliest time you are willing to START playing (for ex., 7am)

The latest time you are willing to START playing (for ex., 11pm)

The largest city in your time zone (so i can figure out the times)

Your gamertag

Getting together the times will be the trickiest, but I think it can be done.  Being the geek I am, I will throw together an excel spreadsheet and with my World Clock converter, will attempt to figure out a few times to play.

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Another fantastic review.....they aren't games I'll be buying but its great to get an educated take on them...especially when you both have different likes/dislikes of games.

Loved your Peggy Peabody rating...genius

Mirrors edge looks great, but I think we're at a point with games now where we expect more than just stunning environments we need more substance too.

Recently got the chance to do some co-op on left for dead with Dany, Han m and contendo....I was a co-op virgin and I made some basic mistakes(crossfire is a terrible thing)but aside from that I really got into it. Its so addictive. Looking forward to your Christmas edition.

cheers

alright #1 - the closed captioning for this episode was beyond priceless! 

#2 - now that youve teased me with a mention of NFS.. you HAVE to review Undercover! ...do i need to beg?? i was planning on playing this for the Wii after christmas but now im so amped for it im hoping it comes in the form of a birthday present so i wont have to wait til christmas lol  .. it just doesnt get sexier than a Stingray Corvette .. mmm need for speed.. must break the curse of cruddy Wii games!

I sure hope I did NOT hear you say you were taking 4 weeks off !!  HEAVY SIGH !! Sniff sniff.  Oh well, if you do, I guess I will just start watching your Vlogs again from the beginning.

TOTAL LAUGH for your Mirrors Edge reinactment.   I downloaded the demo a few days ago and HATED it.  I like first person games ... but only when I get to shoot back at the people who shoot at me.  Looks like with this game ... Tracy became an 'Angela Gamer'.  

I wish I could join in the Zombie Bloodbath over X-mas.  Sadly, I will be working my tail off.  Let me know how it all goes.

Tristen

Lesbain Items   zazzle.com/Tristen12*

about this vlog. love it!! i had to pick my head out the gutter =D 

haven't commented for a while, but have been watching and lurking, hehe.

i was looking forward to the animal crossing on wii review, as i've been 50/50 on buying it.
i have to say that i got AC on DS for my birthday last year (mar 07), played it for about 30mins, and then didn't play it again... until... i kept hearing the two of you go on and on and on and on and on... so thanks!! i am TOTALLY hooked, lol!! i took a break and played a few different games, but am now back on AC as i got bored with the others!
so yeah, i was kinda looking forward to AC on wii, but also thinking, will it be that different?

you answered that, so i'm not going to buy it right now. i probably will eventually, but it's not top of my games list anymore, although that list is on hold for xmas!!

one question though. if i were to visit another town over wifi (not ds to ds), does that person have to be on their game at the same time? always wondered about that.

onto PS3!! i got guitar hero world tour, the full band pack, go me! not sure if i have drum kit problems, as i've only tried it the once, and seemed okay. the foot pedal did seem to need a good press, but not sure if that's just me, or not. it's been years since i was near a real drum kit, and their bass pedal is a lot more sensitive compared to GH, so think that's where i'm going wrong. have to give it another try and make sure the whole drum kit works!

also, i have a problem with guitar hero, or maybe the PS3. i wasn't sure whether to ask here, or go onto lesbiangamers and check out the forum there (there is a forum, right?!), so i might do both!!

having the full band pack, the game was marketed that you could play 3-4 players at once, obviously not all on my own, hehe, but i am now wondering how the hell i do that, when i have a PS3 with only TWO usb ports, and 4 instruments needing to be plugged in...
my questions (hope someone can help!) can i add usb ports? like you can do with a pc? if not, seriously annoyed gamer over here!!!

i also have another problem with my PS3 in that, it's the 40gb model, and i recently picked up 5 half price games (BARGAIN!!! saint's row 2, far cry 2, bioshock, shaun white's snowboarding and fifa 08) to bring my total to 26 games. having played 3 of 5, i tried to play far cry only to be told i needed to clear 156mb of space to play. so i thought, okay, i'll try bioshock instead, only to be told i needed around 1400mb of space. FFS!!!

so i deleted a couple of demos, cleared over 2400mb of space. so i played bioshock first (first impressions, very nice!! again, bought on your reviews!) and then i tried far cry 2, only to be told i needed to clear over 1500mb of space... again FFS!!!

that's the one thing i don't like about PS3, the fact most games takes ages to load everything onto the hard drive, before you can play. this means i'm gonna have to delete other games to play far cry, and if i decide i want to play the games i've deleted, i'm gonna have no space, and/or have to wait all that time again. GTA4 took over half an hour to install...

so now i'm thinking bigger hard drive, but i dunno what that involves. funny question - does the xbox 360 have the same thing? installing games before playing??

i did say way back when mirror's edge was mentioned by yourselves, that i wouldn't enjoy mirror's edge. having seen your review and the gameplay, i so know i wouldn't like it!!

dylan's coming back?! yay!!

i have rambled on about my ps3 problems, but problems are there for sharing, lmao!! if you think i should head over to lesbiangamers with them, i will!! =D

i did have littlebigplanet on my xmas list, so i'm hoping i get it, although if my ps3 is full, what's the point?! got another couple of games on the list, so gonna have to wait til next week! love it!

anyways, merry christmas girls, and every one else here!!

Thanks for the Mirror's Edge review, sad to hear that you didn't like it so much.  :(  I think I'm getting it for my birthday or christmas so I can play it soon and see how it goes.  When you were saying that it wasn't on EA's top whatever list, my girlfriend informed me that she's fairly certain that EA let their game developers work on Mirror's Edge as a sort of pet project funded by all their big franchise games cuz the coding was all new and interesting or some such.  She says it's something to do with the physics and such in it.  I have no idea but she does Computer Science and all sorts of programming type stuff so I'll take her word for it!

Still having fun on left 4 dead co-op with our growing collection of afterellen people.  I've never played versus mode but I imagine I'll be just as bad at that as I am the normal game. :D  

Also I squeed at the Kath & Kim reference (the Aussie original natch, not the rediculous US remake).  I love K & K a little more than is probably healthy.

www.myspace.com/stopstartstall - acousticy music type stuff.

I just got Left 4 Dead but haven't had a chance to play it yet, everytime I've gone near my sofa, I've somehow woken up at 5 am. My sofa is evil.  Evil evil sofa.

Your review of Mirror's Edge is comparable to everything else I've read and that makes me sad :( I had such high hopes for it, but then I saw the demo and got a little leery and your very excellent demonstratin fully cleared up any lingering doubts I had.   But I think I will try some real life Mirror's Edge, but with the red replaced by one of my two cats.  Just not the one that likes to be on top of the fridge...I don't think fridge's are good for standing on.

Which is good, because my gaming budget was so overblown for the year, especially if I count from the START of the year, as opposed to say...September.

Mirror's edge made me wanna cry :)

Have you had a chance to look at COD5 or WaW or w/e activitions calling it now? I haven't really had a chance to play it yet, but from what i can tell it still sucks. But, I'm still bias that they should have stopped at COD2. 

Aside from that have you heard anything about what the symbols mean in the MG trailer? http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43426.html

First off /has a finger flashing induced seizure

Ok, now that's over with can I just say, bushes? Tongue? Spontaneous orgasms? I'm officially shocked ;)

Now I seriously have to blag me an Xbox somehow so I can join in the online fun. Sounds like it would be a blast, though I'm not one for randomly vomiting on people to be fair :p 

You keep making me want to start playing Tomb Raider again. I played the first few games but they got a bit samey. The new one looks awesome but I'm a bit worried about how short I hear it is. If I'm going to hand over a pocket full of cash for a game, I like to know I'll get plenty of play out of it. Maybe I'll wait for the price to drop, as per usual /sigh

Which brings me to the sad conclusion that even though I'd love to put my name into the hat to write your PC review/roundup at your site, I just don't have the cash to buy a lot of games. Plus, I've pretty much mainly only written fiction in the past - apart from my own blog - so I doubt you'd have much use for a previously published writer of naughty erotica ^^

Anyhow, it will be cool to see more PC reviews for us few that don't have one of the cool consoles. If you ever want somebody to ramble on about random gaming experiences though, just let me know. I'm nothing if not opinionated, especially about things that I enjoy, and writing is my thing when I'm not working or yunno...gaming :p

I have to say, you not only make me want to play more with Lara - mind out of the gutter, again - you also make me wish I could sing. Those games look like a lot of fun, but I'd be worried about chasing off the cat or making the neighbours instigate a restraining order. The idea of sparkly mics does appeal, however.

And so to Mirror's Edge. All I can say is...ugh! First person perspective makes me claustrophobic even when just watching your trailer. I just can't play those games and have fun, and it seems like all the jumping would be a nightmare for me. It looks like trying to do the impossible while blindfolded to the point where you can only see your hands and what's in front of you. Makes me shudder. Thank God real life offers us more peripheral vision. It's handy for those times I need to leap across buildings and such. Yunno, a normal Friday night.

Thanks once again for the vlog and the reviews. If I don't get the chance to comment again beforehand, have a very happy Xmas :)

It's Britney, bitch!

http://www.femslashfanfiction.com/ - Femslash Fanfiction

That line has been haunting me since toxic has come out.. considering my name is Brittany. If I never hear that again, it will be too soon.

I finally got the wireless adapter and got playing on Live... I am without friends and have been using my trial to play anonymous men on Madden '09. It seems as though I need to get into Zombie games for all the action on Live. Maybe after the holidays when the money isn't tied to games for other people :(

I've read a lot of people with gaming budget woes, so if you ever wanted to a review an affordable (free!) PC game, check out Combat Arms. It's pretty addictive!

Hiya there.

Thanks again for your review... Hmm. I'm not so much into Karaoke-like games, though I like singing a lot and aloud :)

Anyway, the only music-inspired game I actually tried out was Nintendo GameCube's Donkey Kong Jungle Beat including Bongos. Dong, clap, dong, clap, dong, ohhh, what the hell am I doing here??

Mirror's Edge. Yay for female fighters, but I did encounter motion sickness while watching that trailer. Usually, I like third-person shooter games better, mostly the ones with slow motion functionality (Max Payne* for example), just minor dizziness. I almost puked while playing Unreal Tournament for too long. Now I prefer adventure games :) (Getting old and slow---)

Nice to see you back before the holidays!

PS: I think you can pronounce my nick with short a, non-American slang ;)

* BTW, are you a fan of movies adapted from games (which are not starring Angelina)? Ahem, the wonders of Uwe Boll...

Hello I usually love you girls but right now I hate you so mutch im very disapointed, how can you not see that Mirrors Edge is a brilliant game its got great reviews because its an amazing game, its an oldschool style game for the hardcore gamer like back in the 80s when you had to become skillfull in the game in order to master it and to get into the flow like the old Megaman games back in the 8bit age. You have gotten used to the boring easy games of today when nothing is a challenge and when you come across a game like Mirrors Edge that is actually challenging you get frustrated and despice it! come on you have to become skillfull at it and master the flow and also finnish the game before you can review then its an incredible feeling of satisfaction when you get the flow going and running and jumping. and its not repetetive, it has multiple ways of getting threw a stage and there is puzzels to be solved and so on. And its the most feminist game out there right know, this game is beautiful the characters are beutiful and its breaking down the awful stereotype and sexist views of women in gaming like "Lara Croft" and "women in japanese games like Devil may cry 4" and that there are no real women in Gears of War 2 only the men are fighting! its horrible, this games takes a stand against all that and brakes down does stereotypes.

But otherwise I love you girls, you usually are spot on.

Oh bye the way you critizised femenistgamers for reviewing GTAIV before they even played the game and said that was bad and I agree. so now im saying you should atleast finnish the game before you review it. And maybe get a second opinion from some who actually liked the game. All does reviewers in the indusrty that gave Mirrors Edge an 8/10 review cant be wrong.

Im Swedish by the way and im proud of Dice and Mirrors Edge =)

Okay good day to you and sorry if I come of as a bit agressive, love and kisses =) 

As a newbie to the Xbox is the xboxlive Gold service worth paying for?

I have a few games that can go online but just want to know if it is worth it?  My girlfriend is not much of a gamer (i'll convert her though)

Caitlin 

Great vlog again! (especially the subtle humor!)

I just wanted to say that looking at games like Jedi Academy and Assassins Creed, they could have made a really good 3rd person free-running game. The fact that they changed it into a linear platformer with only one or 2 routes to the finish is really dissapointing.

I think a huge issue with gaming now is that people don't realize that there are thousands of good ideas that can be found in old games that just need some modern graphics to be reborn.

Anyways... time for some Soul Calibur 4!!!

w00t! I just got Left 4 Dead and it is soooo good.  I've been playing it nonstop all freakin day. The only bad thing about it so far is that some of the online players are terrible. The vs games can get pretty nasty. Some of the players seem to get the most joy from being rude jackasses. A majority of the people seem to be nice and friendly though. 

Specifics: A toddler got ahold of my fable one disc while my back was turned. scratched it so bad it can't be used D:

But I am getting "rockband 2" for my wii this christmas!
YAY.