Ben Berry - Staff Writer/Silly Sleepy Head
Since I`ll be at PAX, I`ll be playing a lot, including Rock Band, and hopefully several other hot upcoming titles along with some new stuff from smaller Devs and Pubs.

Randy Kalista - Staff Writer/RaaaAaandyyyy...RaaaaAAAaAaaAaaAnnndy
John`s taking bets on who`s not playing BioShock this weekend -- and I just lost that bet. I`ve been reading too much Modernist science fiction this year (Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451 … but kind of ignoring Atlas Shrugged) so the mid-20th century backdrop to BioShock is building itself into a giddy furor in my head. Good good good stuff.

Elliot Bonnie - Staff Writer/The Nonbeliever (ShuUuuuUuUUUUn)
This weekend I am playing the fantastic and engrossing Bioshock (huge surprise) and also playing some Super Metroid to gear up for next weeks Metroid Prime 3: Corruption release.

Cyril Lachel - Senior Staff Writer/The Magical Leopleurodon
Usually I have a clear cut plan of what I plan to play over the weekend, but since I`ll be attending the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle I honestly don`t have a clue. I do know that I`ll be jamming on Rock Band on Saturday at noon (that`s when my scheduled appointment takes place) and I expect to check out Dead Head Fred (PSP), Fury (PC), Insecticide (Nintendo DS), and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii). Hopefully I`ll be surprised by what else is at the show, but I can tell you that my schedule is packed with developer interviews, round table discussions, parties and concerts. Oh, and I plan on watching Tron on the big screen. Yeah, it`s going to be a great weekend. My only complaint is that I won`t have any time to play BioShock. I guess that will have to wait for next week.

Tyler Sager - Senior Staff Writer/Missing Kidney
Actually, I`m not playing Bioshock this weekend...the weekend of GenCon kinda swallowed up my gaming budget for a little while. So I`ll be busy finishing up my look at Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword and I`ll still be tinkering around with Final Fantasy XII and Titan Quest .

Sean Colleli - Staff Writer/Map Finder
After finally getting the damned thing to run, I`ve been playing Bioshock. The game is buggy as all hell and infested with copy protection--I had to actually turn shaders off to keep it from crashing every 10 minutes, so now it`s playable but looks like ass. 2Ks support forums are overflowing with complaints, even from people who have PCs far above the minimum system requirements, so I guess it`s widespread problem. They better whip up a patch and soon. I didn`t drop $300 on new hardware and $50 on the game to be disappointed like this.Anyway...aside from my hassles with Bioshock, I`m continuing my defection to the Sonyet Union with Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3. I played the PC port of Sons of Liberty a couple years back and it`s like I remember it--pretentious, convoluted and tedious. Snake Eater is a lot more fun, but just a tad awkward.To finish up, I found a great source port that lets me run Descent under XP. Interplay`s classic flight combat shooter was one of my favorites growing up, and it`s great to play it again, like catching up with an old friend.

Matt Mirkovich - Staff Writer/Covered in Splinters
Well unlike most people around here I`m sure. I`m getting more Persona 3 action. That`s really all there is for me since I am stranded without my 360. Oh the pain! Sweet BioShock... I`ll see you someday. In the meantime I`m also logging some hours in Jeanne D`Arc which is surprisingly good. I didn`t have much faith in Level 5 to make me a good Strategy RPG, but man, they sure fooled me.

Charles Husemann - Editor In Chief/Wondering if the Meadow is on fire
I`m headed up to PAX with Ben this weekend so it`s going to be more of a sampler platter of games rather than dedicating time to Bioshock or something else. I`m going to get a little hands on time with Kane and & Lynch, Rock Band, Tar Chronicles, Guild Wars: Eye of the North, and a bevy of other titles. Check back during the weekend for our coverage of the show.

John Yan - Senior Hardware Editor/Going to Candy Mountain
It`s all about BioShock. I finally got time in with the game so I`m happy. It looks gorgeous on my computer running Vista, DX10, and a Foxconn GeForce 8800 GTX card.