This is going to be kind of awkward, but the federal marshals have suggested we update more often. Mostly this legal imperative is an attempt to keep us out of trouble, as Mike’s back in jail and I’ve been officially ordered never to pin the dog to the floor on his back, spread his front legs wide, and remark how he looks like Jesus on the cross to a group of onlooking Koreans.

Fortunately, FEMA is paying the damages this time, but I’ve been fitted with special moon boots that keep me from traveling two miles in any direction. It’s some kind of experimental technology that turns you around and marches you right back about fifty feet, as an alternative to electrocution. Unfortunately the barrier on the east side of Little Tokyo is right on the other side of an intersection, meaning I was forced to goosestep back through traffic. Fortunately these things also seem to be made of some kind of high grade metal that can survive impacts from a Mini Cooper at 65mph, at least. I’ve also been ordered to take notes.

I can’t say too much about InFamous on grounds of liking it too much. It’s the mutant love child of Spider-Man 2 (without the crap combat), Star Wars: Force Unleashed (without the crap combat), and Assassin’s Creed (without the crap… crap). Free-running is the new darling semen-drenched It Girl of gaming, it’s fantastic to ride the train tracks… by electro-zipping along them on your feet… while calling hellstorms down to vanquish enemies, mailboxes, and anybody too stupid to stay inside.

Sure, there are problems. As with all free-roamers it can get repetitive, though this is fairly well mollified by a well-paced introduction of new powers. Sure, it can get a bit tetchy with the free-running; you’ll be catching ledges when you want to sail clear to the ground, or magically miss a ledge and sail face-first into the neighboring building… though this is also an exception.

Fact is, I can’t recommend many sixty dollar games as purchases these days, on account of being a horrible asshole in the service of the greater good. And anything related to superheroes tends to remind me of the time when I tried flying off the roof with my superman cape. Which was last week. To be fair, Mike pushed me. BUT. This is worth it.