Now Playing: July 6th

"Now Playing" is a new post scheduled for the first and third Friday of every month.  Here I'll give an update on what I'm currently playing.  Just because I'm playing it now doesn't necessarily mean that it has been recently released.

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Perhaps you already noticed, but there are a lot more posts here than normal!  (Where "normal" meant not updated in months.)  Here's the current posting schedule:

• Sundays - a post with some substance!
• Wednesdays - the "Wednesday Special" - short, possibly sweet, and likely to have images and videos
• First and Third Fridays - "Now Playing" - a quick update to what I'm playing now, or what other games I recently added to my backlog

The main game I'm playing right now is Torchlight.  I purchased it last year during Steam's Summer Sale and for whatever reason I didn't download and start playing it until now.  It was an impulse buy at the time as people of the internet agreed that it was a great deal for $3, and the fact that it was designed by some of the guys who made Diablo was also a selling point.  It was the release of Diablo III that reminded me that I owned Torchlight, and with its sequel set for release some time this summer, now was the perfect time for me to start playing.  As of right now, I'm planning on pre-ordering the sequel; I'm enjoying it that much.

I was also intrigued by Sony's revamped Playstation Plus subscription service when it offered games like Little Big Planet 2 and Infamous 2 as free* games. (*as long as you are currently subscribed) I'm going to try it our for a few months as it would be an opportunity to try out a few games I may not have otherwise purchased.  I say it's not a bad deal, as there are a lot of games I would only play through once and never touch again, so it wouldn't bother me too much if I lost the games when I let my subscription run out.  (The only exception I can see to this being Little Big Planet 2, so I'll have to see.)  If Sony keeps it up with the variety of content, I could stay subscribed for a while.  Time will tell.

(And I'm still tinkering away on both Tiny Tower and Pocket Planes as I can't seem to pull myself away from them.)