WRUP: A little breathing room

At this point last year we already had a major release in Darksiders. Thankfully, we get a little breathing room this time around... but, just a little.

What's everyone playing? Backlog, right?

• Alexander Sliwinski (@XanderSliwinski): Really need some Civilization 5 time.

• Andrew Yoon (@scxzor): [...]

• Ben Gilbert (@BigBossBgilbert): Tying up loose ends across the galaxy before the big final moments of Mass Effect 2 and, uh, maybe figuring out what the numbers mean in CoD: Blops. Maybe.

• Chris Buffa (@ChrisBuffa): Hoping to spend some quality time playing PSP. In particular, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, LocoRoco 2 and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

• Christopher Grant (@ChrisGrant): Mike and I are going to be rocking the Xbox Live House Party games tonight at CES, and on the way home on Sunday I'll be spending time with Snake in Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker.

• David Hinkle (@DaveHinkle): This weekend likely won't have much gaming in store for me because of the playoffs (playoffs? PLAYOFFS?!) but if I get the time, I'll try to squeeze in some Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and some BFBC2: Vietnam.

• Griffin McElroy (@griffinmcelroy): Gotta keep on grinding in WoW: Cataclysm, perhaps with a dash of Fallout: New Vegas on the side. It's healthy to mix in games that can actually, you know, end.

• James Ransom-Wiley: Against my better judgment (there are so many games I haven't played!), I started playing Mass Effect 2 again. So it figures my new character has been making a lot of "bad" judgments.

• JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher): I'll be playing through Ghost Trick as if possessed.

• Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy): [Classified.]

• Ludwig Kietzmann (@LudwigK): I need to ignore Autolog for a bit and unlock some more tracks in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. This would go a lot better if everyone would just leave my times alone.

• Mike Schramm (@MikeSchramm): Still in Vegas for CES, so gaming's by the wayside until I get back. I do hope to play Torchlight and Full House Poker at the XBLA event tonight, though -- I'll be sure to tell you what they're like.

• Randy Nelson (@DangerPenguin): Having made easy work of every Deathclaw and Super Mutant in Fallout: New Vegas, I suppose it's time to get back on the main quest for a bit -- at least until hour 100 or so.

• Richard Mitchell (@SenseiRAM) If you have access to Xbox Live Indie Games, you should get Cthulhu Saves the World. It is great. Beyond that, my wife-based character is kicking Renegade ass in Mass Effect 2.