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This week three quite video games have been released that all deserve lots of attention. The top of this list is going to have to be LittleBigPlanet, followed by Fallout 3, and finishing with Fable 2.

LittleBigPlanet is an epic platformer and world creation tool developed as an exclusive for the Playstation 3. Media Molocule put in a lot of time and it shows. If you do a straight through shot of the story it only takes about 10 hours. However for a 100% completion it will take much longer. It has the added benefit of an online community to develop new levels. Endless supply of awesome. There were some issues with the servers on launch day and the day after. That kind of thing _shouldn’t_ happen but it didn’t take away from my joy of playing the game. I highly recommend seeking out this game.

Fallout 3 is a great action adventure, fps, rpg put forth from the great makers of Oblivion. The world is awesome, and the story line is interesting. The customization and combination of story arcs makes the entire thing replayable. However there are some obvious trigger events in the story arcs. They have developed a very interesting targeting system that is quite a lot of fun to use. A big downside is that the weapons are still based to heavily in the rpg side to be truley considered an fps. Each shot is still calculated as a dice roll and this can be frustrating in close quarters combat when health is tight.

The third game of note is Fable 2. I haven’t started playing this game yet but have watched as others have played. There are some obvious play control issues but the story and possibilities make up for it. Though apparently a shorter straight shot through the story I am excited to dig deeper into it.

It’s nice to have a run of great video games that will last a long time all at once. Playing Fallout 3 has actually re-inspired me to finally get around to finishing Mass Effect. Keep your eyes peeled for more awesome stories about the video games I occupy my free time with.