Redeem me (for one month’s subscription)

Since my summer break started (about two weeks ago), my blogging schedule has been less than regular. This will probably be the only blog this week because Memorial Day weekend is at least four days long this time around.

Another reason I haven't been blogging much, at least this past week, is Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption. You can read my full review here (which I encourage), but I decided to discuss Redemption here as well because it's pretty much all I've been doing over the past eight days.

Basically, I think it's incredible.

When I first got this game – before it'd even loaded up – I sent Bryan an excited message simply because I'd read in the manual that we could join an online posse. Other games have allowed online gangs; I think I first noted it with Saints Row. But for some reason (that probably relates to my own slightly murky but fairly strict loyalty to society's sense of justice and morality), I was/am much more excited about joining a posse.

So excited, in fact, that I cashed in a 30-day free trial of GameFly with the sole intention of getting another copy of Redemption to play with Bryan. Even though we've had three Xbox 360s for some time now, we've yet to be invested enough in any game to use two at once. Bryan's investment in Redemption has thus far been mild, but mine is enough for both of us.

I want to join a posse.

Quote of the Week:

"bofreak knifed bofreak's horse"

Redemption posts player updates during online play that announce players' or, in some cases, players' horses' deaths. This is one of the best I've seen so far.