So yesterday I wanted to buy the Playstation Vita from the Walmart where I work. Everywhere there are the advertisements saying it will be sold on the 15th. When I talked to the electronics associates, whom admitted they had them in stock (plus I even saw one stored away behind a counter) I was told they can't sell it until the 22nd. I said that the advertisement they have is false, and admitted I may take my business elsewhere. It's so dumb that they could have the Vita there, but not sell it to you because of some asinine technicality. They even sell the games already, why those and not the system? There is no logic to it at all.

So I took my business elsewhere. I bought 2 games, a case, and a memory card at EB Games (Gamestop). But they won't sell me the Vita either. They say only those who pre-ordered it can purchase it now. Others have to wait until the next shipment arrives on wednesday.

This is an very, poor business choice. It's like, do you want me to buy the stupid system or not Sony? Whatever the reason is for doing this, it's quite simply dumb, and I'm upset that I have 2 games I can't even play yet. I'm losing an extreme amount of respect for Sony for teasing people like this.

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At first I was against signing up for this, but I am having fun with WoW, I collect mounts in the game, I already planned to purchase the regular edition of Diablo III, so I finally caved in today, and I will be getting all the "free" stuff, lol. I just need to make sure I play enough WoW to make it worth the cash.

For the first time I am using the 6 month payment plan, it'll at least save me some money overall. If you really like WoW, and wanna check out this deal, check your WoW account on the battle.net site, it'll only show the offer if you qualify for it.

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Now to talk about a completley different game. I've been meaning to blog about this, but have not found the time until now. Several weeks ago, I purchased Deus Ex: Human Revolution for PC (though I missed the Steam sale where it was $13 cheaper, darn it ). I had never played a Deus Ex game before, so I was glad they made this a prequel so at least I'd understand what's going on. I have to say, I have thoroughly enjoyed this game.

I have beaten it 2 times on normal difficulty, and at the moment I am on my 3rd playthrough, still on normal, trying to get the achievement for not killing anyone. I won't go into much detail about the game now, maybe I'll write a review sometime, but lets just say at this moment I'm feeling it deserves a score of9.0.

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That's all for now, God bless, and take care!

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Aside from that, while my job has limited the amount of time I spend on games, some of the money I have earned has been spent on gaming stuff. Before Christmas my brother bought our friends PS3, and because of my job I was finally able to pay him back, and also buy games. Together my brother and I have gotten both inFamous games, Vanquish, Portal 2, and a bunch more. Among the games we got with the system from my friend though, lies my favorite PS3 title, Metal Gear Solid 4. I may have mentioned in a blog a while back that I became an MGS fan withing the past year, I had beaten MGS 1, 2, 3, Portable Ops, Peace Walker, and then I beat MG4... over and over again, lol. Safe to say I am very eager to get Metal Gear Rising, whenever that is out.

A lot of my gaming nowadays has been on the PC,also. I use Steam constantly, and I have purchased some awesome games through it. Most notably is my recent purchase of Fallout: New Vegas, and two of the expansion packs for it. It was through a sale, so I only payed about $20 overall (I saved about 40 bucks!) . I am enjoying it, the reason I got it was because I bought the GOTY edition of Fallout 3 and played it to death, and I knew New Vegas would be one I would enjoy as well.

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Recently, I finally purchased a Nintendo 3DS when the price dropped to $170. My store told me they put them up for sale on the 10th, 2 days before the official nationwide price drop, I got mine on the 11th and activated the Nintendo eShop in time to become an "Ambassador", which means I'll get 10 free pre-selected NES games starting on September 1st, followed by 10 GBA games later in the year (woot! ) .

The onlynew game I have so far for my new handheld is The Legend Of Zelda The Ocarina Of Time 3DS

I have been greatly enjoying this remake. I had years before this release played through the game on the Gamecube port (I played some of the N64 version, not all of it though.

Also I did get 3 eShop titles,TLOZ:Link's Awakening (I played and loved the original when I was a child, also I have the DX version on GBC, however I wanted it on virtual console as well, since it's easier to access), and I got Inchworm, an animation software with apparently a lot to offer in the way of tools, however it saves everything to system memory, which is limited, and exporting to an SD card only goes so far as you can't import until a possible future update. The last title I got, is Spotto!, which is a pretty fun cheap$2 game.

I'm looking forward to most of the titles currently announced for this year, however my most wanted title is Metal Gear Solid 3 (gasp!), I know it's a port with new features, but I'll love the new stuff, plus I want to play this on a handheld , I just hope they don't edit the core game down too much.

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As this blog title first announces, yes, I have finally reached level 50, aka Strawberry Candy. It took long enough, since the only thing that was really earning me points was logging in every day to read news, lol.

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Well this time I really mean I am returning to the site, I miss talking online about my favorite hobby with others. And now that I finally have current gen stuff (a PS3 and a 3DS) I will be able to keep up with the new games. Just wait till the PS Vita is out, I'm buying one at launch, I'll probably be blogging about that thing like crazy, lol.

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That's all for now, I'll be around the boards soon, and I'll stop by unions as well. Have a great week all, God bless!

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Anyway, I decided there's no way I wanted to miss out on making my annual Christmas blog! So here I am, I don't know when I'll make my next blog, so I'll update you a bitnow on what's been going on with me in the gaming world these past months, also I'll let you know what I got for Christmas this year.

Several months ago, my brother purchased my friends PS3, and with it several games. MW2, Assassins Creed 2, LBP, FF13, and MGS 4. I played and beat AS2, MW2, and MGS 4. MGS 4 was so mind blowing, I loved every minute of it and I replayed it about 3 times so far, and I'm looking forward to getting Rising. It's so awesome to finally have a current gen system.

For the PS3, my cousin gave me and my brother Call Of Duty: Black Ops. I'm really liking that so far.

Also I got $20 from my aunt and uncle, which I am going to put towards getting Fallout 3: GOTY Edition. From them I received a gift card to one of my favorite restaurants: Chipotle. (Gotta love burritos )

From my parents, I got Catacylsm as I mentioned at the beginning of this blog. I'm happy to have that and finally be able to use the new content in World Of Warcraft. Also they got me and my bro the Clash Of The Titans, and Prince Of Persia movie on blue ray. Plus I got a starbucks gift card (frappes FTW ).

Aside from games, and the gifts I got for Christmas, not too much has been going on in life lately, I'm just trying to find a job (admittedly I slacked on filling out applications this month, but I'm going to put in more very soon), please pray that I can find one soon.

Other news: Here on Gamespot I still do log in from time to time to check on new details for upcoming games, and as a result of logging in, I got XP, and reached the level of 45, called Mishima Zaibatsu. I think I may receive an emblem soon too, as I participated in voting on every page for the readers choice awards thing for games.

That is all for now, I'm getting ready to hang with some friends and family for Christmas, I can't believe it's already time to celebrate Christ's b-day again lol, I hope you all have a very blessed day, whether you celebrate it or not. God bless, and:

Merry Christmas!

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The PC was a gift from my family, along with it I got 2 games:

Just Cause 2(PC)

This was one of my most anticipated games. I already beat it, and I am working on the long journey of reaching 100% complete. The combat is fun, the scenery is beautiful, the pyhsics are awesome. There are only two things this game lacks, one is a good story, which really isn't much of a problem as the gameplay makes up for it. The other is lack of money. Seriously, you can get a lot of cash, especially if you are a completionist and look for all the cash bonuses. But you don't really feel free to use the black market as it drains your funds rather fast. So the black market is more of an emergency thing. But still you can find plenty of vehicles and weapons on the field.

I also have several add-on packs which make the game a little more insteresting, such as extra vehicles (a monster truck with a mounted grenade launcher), guns (an "air gun" that canliterally send enemies flying), and a special pack for your parachute that basically turns it into a fast vehicle as it adds two engines, one on each side of the parachute, which you can activate to fly fast.

Overall I think I'd give this game a 9.0, I recommend it for any action fan, just don't take the game too seriously, everything is very over-the-top. If you have not seen a trailer, just watch one and see what I mean.

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The other game purchased the day I got my new PC was:

Crysis: Maximum Edition

This pack includes the original Crysis game, along with it's expansions Warhead and Wars. The core game is absolutely amazing. The visuals are great, though even with my new PC I can't handle it on the highest graphics (that will change when I eventually get a new graphics card somewhere down the road). Also the gameplay is simply fantastic, there's so much to do, so many ways to approach a situation. And the story is very interesting, and once the game ends you definitely feel like you want more. And though we are a while away from Crysis 2's release, the expansion pack "Warhead" adds another layer onto the core game's story as you play from another soldiers perspective, "Pyshco". That expansion is just as good as the core game, the only problem I have is a personal one, there is a lot of "salty" language, more so than the first game. I'd rather do without that sort of thing, but as it stand, this is one fantastic FPS I don't think any shooter fan should miss out on.

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Aside from those 2 games, I have also purchased a couple others over time, taking advantage of Steam sales:

Borderlands (PC)

Despite the unflattering box art, this game really is rather funny. It has an off-beat humor to it, and it is fun to play. You choose from one of 4 different cla$$es, then you level up, and spend points in a talent tree unique to each cla$$. For instance, playing as a "Solider" allows you to have a turret which also has a shield attached to it which you can spawn every so often. You spend points with that cla$$to make it so the turret can provide healing, provide ammunition, or you can focus more on your own abilities making yourself a "tank", so you can virtually aggro the enemies to you while your teammates down them. Also along the way you can find many varieties of "rare" guns. White weapons are common, green are less common, blue are rare, purple are really rare, and orange (I have not seen one yet) are even more rare than purple. And the more rare they are, the better they are for the level the can use them.

Playing it online really is the way to have a better experience.

Overall this isn't a game for everyone, aside from content issues some may not like, it isn't a straight up FPS, for instance,aside from the other RPG elements I mentioned,when you shoot enemies you actually see how much HP you take off, also you need to level up by grinding and completing quests. Much of this game, from the loot system, the talent trees, the cla$$es, to the whole HP and XP thing really reminds me of a game like World Of Warcraft, but just in the form of a shooter. This is a fun hybrid of genres, and fans of both should probably check out this game.

I also have two add-on packs that increase the content by a lot. Though I have not played much of them yet, so this score I have is only for the core game thus far: 8.0.

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Another game I got from a Steam sale was:

Company of Heroes

The original price was $10, but it was on sale for $2.49. The expansion packs were on sale too, but I did not have the money for them at the time, and I figured I didn't need them anyway as I didn't know how I would like this game yet. Turns out it is a very incredible WWII experience. I am not that far into the game yet, but it is already hard and intense, I am not very good at RTS games as I have not played many in a long time, but this game has gotten me interested in the genre a lot again.

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One game I do not yet have, but will be getting soon is:

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

I mentioned this a while back, I have been into the MGS series as of earlier this year, andI am very eager to play this one.

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Other games I have acquired are a Dungeon Siege game for PSP, and another copy of Animal Crossing: Wild World for DS, both were given to me by a friend. I know, I have a rather interesting variety of games I am into

Animal Crossing WW is simply a good relaxing game, fun to play when I am taking a break from all the other intense games I play lol. I'm glad I have a second copy as new I can build a whole new town.

Other than that I just, as of yesterday, started taking a break from World Of Warcraft. I was really addicted and need some time off. If you are into WoW you'll understand the following: I had been raiding in ICC a lot (unfortunately my guild can't get to LK and down him) and my hunter now has a 5701 GS! Also I have a level 63 priest, who will eventually become a healer for dungeons and raids, and a DPS for PvP. I'll provide pictures when I can of my toons.

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That's it for the gaming news. Now, I have been on this site here and there, as I was saying before, and I did gain a level or two. My new level is 44, and is called "Violence Fight". Also I have earned a new emblem for entering a bracket into the "Greatest Villain" contest.

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I'm going to take up posting in forums again, as I completely dropped my responsibilities to my own union, and as an officer in others, so, don't worry I won't suddenly disappear again this time lol.

I've been out of the loop on just about everything with you guys, but I'm also going to be reading blogs again, though there may be too many to keep up with them all, you will likely see a comment from me from time to time.

That's it for now, I'm glad to be back here again as it is a great website with a amazing community. Take care everyone, talk to you soon, God bless!

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So lets start with the gaming updates first:

If you read my blog about the MGS: The Essential Collection, you may recall that I was eager to purchase Portable Ops for my PSP, well I finally got it, in a downloadable bundle though, with the stand alone multiplayer expansion and a digital graphic novel. Here are the boxshots of each:

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus

Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel

So lets start with Portable Ops. I beat the game a long while ago already, I just don't blog much nowadays so really I have had it for quite a bit, I just didn't let you guys/girls know in any blogs until now. Lol. Anyway, the game is great, I didn't know what to expect what with the story being presented in a comic book$tyle but they really pulled it off quite well! I was thrilled with the game, I just wish the multiplayer modes were a little more populated.

That's where Portable Ops Plus comes in, it is supposed to be an expanded multiplayer game, but I was only able to get into a game for a little bit (there were not a whole lot of people on, and the ones who were on were in full rooms or ones that would not let me join for some reason), and it was not such a great experience, especially since it kicked me off the connection before we could even finish the game. I may attempt to play Portable Ops Plus again sometime, and hopefully it will be a better experiance then.

I have not seen much of the Digital Graphic Novel yet, but from what I did see, it was really interesting. As soon as I hae time and feel like it, I'll sit down and watch/read it.

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Not too long after purchasing that MGS bundle on PSN (Playstation Network), I also purchased, on PSN:

Sega Genesis Collection (PSP)

I grew up in the 90's, and I was really into the NES and Sega Genesis. So getting this collection with over 28 Sega Genesisgames for just over $17was pretty awesome. Though, most of these games I did not play, and some of them I already had on an old Windows 98 PC game. Even though I didn't play a lot of these games, it's still nice to play them now and see some cool games I missed out on a long time ago. Also it's absolutely a blast to have these on my PSP so I can play them wherever I go.

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More recently, about a little more than a week ago, I purchased a game I had been wanting for a long time:

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game Of The Year Edition (PC)

A year or two ago, I purchased The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game Of The Year Edition for my PC. Though I really wanted this game, I didn't think any of the computers we have at my house would play it, plus it's rated M, and until earlier this year there a no M rated game rule in our house.

Well I enjoyed Morrowind, though quite honestly I never got to the main quests. I'm glad I got that game when I did, because now the GOTY edition of Oblivion is only $20. And as it turns out, one of our computers can handle it, it just has to run on medium graphics.

I know some people love this game, but some loyal fans really don't like it compared to Morrowind. I do have to say, Morrowind had some things that were better than what's in Oblivion, such as the ability to become a werewolf (supposedly you can do this with a mod for oblivion, but I prefer to play this kind of game in it's vanilla form), and also Morrowind had the Morag Tong, a "good" assassins guild. This game, however, only allows you to become a member of the evil rival assassins guild called the Dark Brotherhood. It seems that the Dark Brotherhood are everywhere, even the main map of Oblivion, but the Morag Tong just doesn't go beyond Morrowind. Go figure, it would have been so awesome to play in their guild in this game, lol. Aside for those minor grievances, and one or two other ones not really worth mentioning, the game as a whole, in my opinion, is a much better game than Morrowind.

One new feature which I like is the option to purchase (or aqquire by other means eg. stealing) a horse which you can ride all around the map. It makes travelling easier, but an even nicer feature is the ability to instantly travel to other places you have visited before, though cities let you travel to them in this way regardless of whether you have been to them or not.

Anyway, other improvements include a vastly improved stealth system, which makes it easier to geta6x damage attack sneaking up on someone, or to pick pocket someone, or to pick the lock on a door/chest/other various container. Also, though this may be a minor improvement to some, ragdoll physics make the characters react in a much more realistic way to your attacks.

So far I have an Orc Warrior in the Dark Brotherhood, a Khajit thief (custom thiefcla$$) in the Thieve's guild (I beat all of the quests for that guild), and an Imperial Warrior, which is my main character, whom I completed all of the Fighters Guild quests with, and the arena quests, and which I am currently doing the main story quest line with. This game already, though I have only had it for a short time, gets at least a 9.0 from me.

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A few games I am looking forward to getting are Metal gear Solid: Peace Walker,Super Scribblenauts, and Just Cause 2 (for PC).

The last one I mentioned there however is not one that would work on any of our computers. Luckily though, I will soon get a new computer that should handle the game quite well, as well as be able to play my Oblivion game, and World Of Warcraft game on high graphics.

Just Cause 2 is a crazy, insane, over the top, yet very fun game. I played the demo for the first game which got me even mroe interested in the games, then my friend brought his PS3 over to my house several times, and two times I got a chance to play the demo for Just Cause 2. The first time I did bad playing it, but the second time I understood how it works more, and I was able to do all sorts of crazy stuff. I'm seriously looking forward to finally having that game on PC.

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One last gaming update, is that I finally renewed my World Of Warcraft Subscription about 2 weeks ago. I had not played it on my account for over 3 months, and decided I had a long enough break from it and I wanted to level a new character. I made a Blood Elf Priest before my subscription ran out last time, and now I decided I want to get him to level 80, though I am working on getting one last bind on account trinket for him. Here is a recent screenshot I uploaded to Gamespot not too long ago, it is my main toon Lurttz, he is level 80, and is standing with my newest pet, which I named Echelon:

Pretty epic huh? Lol, I totally need gear with better stats. :p

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You might recall I was supposed to make an in-depth review for Demon Hunter's (a band I really love) latest album. But I'm putting that off for now, and I will make the review in time, and it will first appear on another website I am a part of that is specifically for music reviews. I might actually just link to that site when I have the review done.

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Ok so today is the fourth of July, Independence Day.

We already had our cookout with some friends yesterday, tonight me and my bro are gonna hang out and watch some local fireworks. No matter how old I get, it's always thrilling to watch them each year.

Before I end this blog, I want to aplogize for not responding to some comments on some of my preivious blogs, I just don't have the time to keep up with this site like I used to lol. Rest assured though, from this point forward I will make more of an effort to respond to comments and PMs.

Well, God bless everyone, I hope you have a great week, take care and

Happy Independence Day!

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So, unfortunatley I have missed out on all of E3 thus far, which makes me a bit upset as every year I watch it and try to get the emblems for it, now I don't know that I will be able to do that.

Anything new with you guys/girls?

Any thoughts onE3 so far? Any major news? Anything got you hyped up?

Let me know in comments.

I'll give my thoughts onE3 as soon as I get time to watch stuff from it.

That's all for now, be back soon with another blog, take care and God bless!

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Ok so aside from that sad part of this blog, I have other news of what's going on, most of it video game, movie, and music related.

First I'll talk about Metal Gear Solid. If you have not seen my blog where I talked about Splinter Cell 3, my parents finally lifted their R- rated movie M- rated game ban from our home, (bout time, being 20 and not being able to play an M game or see an R movie in our own home kinda sucked lol) and as a result I have purchased several M rated games, and seen R rated movies I always wanted to before.

Anyway, I always wanted to play the Metal Gear Solid series, and was happy to find, and eventually purchase:

Metal Gear Solid: Essential Collection

This collection includes the first Metal Gear Solid game, which was for the PS1, and it takes 2 discs. Also it includes MG2: Sons Of Liberty director's cut, more commonly known as Substance. And MGS 3 is also included in an expanded edition called Substinence, which says it has 2 discs, but this 3 game pack only includes the first disc, I think that is because the second disc is mainly for multiplayer, which if I remember correctly, I heard the servers for it were taken offline a while back.

So, I already beat all 3 of these games, actually the third one I beat 3 times and I am currently on my fourth playthrough trying to unlock everything the game has (Yeah I got too much time on my hands at the moment, lol).

The first game was hard at first to get used to, then after a while I was hooked on the story and fell in love with it, then I moved onto MGS 2 right away after I beat MGS 1, and played it a lot, though I did not try to unlock everything like I am in MGS 3. MGS 3 surprised me as I did not expect it to be a prequel. Quite honestly, when it comes to gameplay in particular, MGS 3 is my favorite of these games, it is, in a word, amazing. These games are a must have for all gamers in my opinion.

Now, whenever I can afford it,I am going to try and get the MGS PSP download bundle on the Playstation store which includes the first PSP MGS game called Portable Ops, Portable Ops Plus, which is a multiplayer expansion, and a digital MGS comic. Then later on I plan to get MGS: Peacewalker, which is a new MGS game for PSP coming out soon, and finally when my brother and I finally get a PS3, I want to get MGS 4.

Yes, it's official, I am a big MGS fan. I even changed my avatar to be Snake here on Gamespot.

I think these games are right up there on my favorites list next to the Zelda series.

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Ok, now I'm going to talk about one of my favorite bands, Demon Hunter. Demon Hunter released a new album last month, I ordered the deluxe edition of it, but it turned out the store I ordered it from had it on backorder and said it would be delivered about a month later than it was supposed to come, so I cancelled with that store and ordered from another, only for it to go on backorder there too, turns out it was a manufacturers backorder.

I e-mailed Demon Hunter to find out if any more copies were being made of the deluxe edition, sadly they said no, it was only a limited edition. So instead I ordered, and just acouple days ago received my copy of the regular edition in the mail, I listened to it about 5 times now and I love it!

And, as it figures, I came upon the website fye.com where they said they had a copy of the deluxe edition in stock, so I ordered it and they already shipped it, so looks like now I will have both versions, lol.

Well nothing really wrong with that, I am a big Demon Hunter fan, and I am just glad I found somebody still selling it. Turns out it was $24 instead of the normal $30 too (the only other places that seem to sell it now are amazon and ebay, on amazon it seems people just bought the album to resell it for more since it was a limited edition, they are trying to get $100 per copy lol).

Anyway. now to actually talk about the album, as I said before I love it. The music sounds a bit different than their previous works, largely due to two band member changes.Don Clark, the lead singer Ryan Clark's brother, left the band, I think I heard it was because of more important things he had to focus on in life, like his main job running Invisible Creature. Also the other guitarist left, I am notabsolutely sure why, but I think it was because he joined Relient K or something.

The new guitarists Patrick Judge and Ryan Helm are really great too though. It's always sad to see band members change, but the new ones in Demon Hunter giver it a little bit more of a heavier sound. I'm happy with the choice of guitarists Demon Hunter chose to replace the other ones, though I will always miss Don and Ethan playing the guitars.

If you are a fan of Demon Hunter, or just metal music in general, my suggestion is that you buy the album ASAP. The only negative thing about the album, in my opinion, is that it is a little too short.

I will write an in depth review of this new album, titled "The World Is A Thorn"in the coming days and then post it here.

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Another update I have, is that, as of March 12, 2007 I have been a member here for 3 years. I would have made a blog about it, but as you may have known I was really addicted to WoW for a time. On March 31st my time ran out though, and thus the reason you see me here now, instead of spending more time on that lol. I do want another time card eventually, but having more time to play other games and do other things as a result of not having WoW feels kinda nice, lol. My level 80 orc hunter can wait, I'm putting more focus on getting other games, and doing other things (like trying to get a job) for right now.

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I have seen some pretty good movies so far this year, I never got to blog about them, but here are 3 I recommend seeing, in no particular order:

1. Shutter Island: More psychological thriller than horror, this film is dark and disturbing, and will really play with your emotions. The negative thing, in my opinion,is it has a load of swearing, something the movie could have done without as it adds nothing to it, it could have done just as well without it.

2. Edge Of Darkness: Based on a BBC series, this movie has Mel Gibson as a cop, seeking to find answers to the murder of a loved one. Yet again, this is another movie that has a lot of language, wade through it though and you hav a well made, interesting thriller.

3. Clash Of The Titans: One, if not the favorite movie I have seen this year, must be seen in 3D in my opinion. The action scenes are fantastic, made better by Real 3D. While I hear this movie isn't right on with the cla$$ic, (which honestly I don't remember seeing), it is great fun.

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As another update, I realised I don't think I ever made a blog about me leveling up here on Gamespot, but I did a while back, I hit level 41, called Thunder Force, now though I am almost level 42 lol.

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Well, that really is it for right now, I'll come back next week with another full blog, though I will make a short one in the middle of the week to show off some cool images from Demon Hunter's new ablum I think you guys/girls should see,along with the in depth review I said I would make.

Take care, have a great weekend, and God bless!

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I know this is a day later, but to be honest I just forgot to post it yesterday.

So for easter, my family and I first went to church, and heard a pretty awesome easter sermon. Then afterwards we went to a local resturant which we like a lot, and which we eat at for easter every year as a tradition. One thing I love about that resturant is their saganaki. Saganaki is some kind of cheese made from goats milk (there are other things it can be made with), they bring the cheese out to you in a pan, some kind of alchohol is poured on it, they light it on fire, then douse the flames and put lemon juice on it. That cheese is so good, if you ever see saganaki in a resturant, order it, you won't regret it.

So later then, me and my family just hung out back at home for the rest of the day.

So how was your easter? What did you guys/girls do to celebrate?

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So,what's up? Anything new with you guys/girls? Any blogs with big news I missed out on I should see?

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Now to the main point of the blog,yesterday was my birthday, I am now 20! It's kind of weird that my teenage years went by so fast.

I got a World Of Warcraft time card late last month as an early birthday present from my brother, and one day before my birthday my parents gave me an early gift:

World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King (the second WoW expansion)

This expansion extends the level cap, bringing it from 70 to 80. And it also opens up a new land in the game for you, Northend. Also it lets you create a newer cla$$ called the Death Knight.

In one of my last blogs I mentioned I was in the 30's, well, partly due to Recruit A Friend (which I got triple XP from enemies and quests from for a while, while I was with my friend, this cut out once I hit level 60), I am now level 70! I would show you a screenshot, but I need to upload some, something I said I'd do a while back, but I only got around to uploading one for a blog.

I am still liking this game a lot, but I am really, and I mean really going to try to get on here on Gamespot more again, I miss chatting with you all.

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Another thing which I received for my birthday is Skillet's newest album, called Awake. I have not heard the whole thing yet, but I can say it is a pretty great album.

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I have 2 Gamespot updates, for the short time that I have been on this site in the past few months, I managed to get to level 41, which is called "Thunder Force".

Also, I voted in the best of 2009 readers choice awards here on Gamespot, and because of that I recently got this emblem:

Description:

Participant in 2009 Readers' Choice Awards.
"Sure, that game is good... FOR BABIES!" "That game sucks! It doesn't even have online capture the flag!" "Barbie Horse Adventure: Riding Camp just lost so much of the magic that made Barbie Horse Adventure great." And so on. These intrepid readers braved the chaos of the Readers' Choice process and let their opinions be heard above the cacophony of argumentative commenters. Congratulations, voters!

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One new thing I am kind of excited about, is that my parents lifted the "no R rated movie no M rated game in this house" rule finally. So I don't have to wait until I move out to finally play games like Call Of Duty 4, Metal Gear Solid, and the Orange Box games here.

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That is all for now, I will be back here over the weekend with a new blog. Take care everyone, have a great week, and God bless!

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Thus far I have done pretty bad with the game, I can never seem to keep my professions (mining and engineering) up to the skill level they should be, and there are other various things I can't seem to get right yet, though I am learning, The game is so vast, it's overwhelming all the stuff you can do when you are a newbie. But thanks to my high leveled friends helping me, 2 of which my account is linked to (they are brothers and they share an account, I'm not linked to 2 accounts), I have had it a lot easier than most new people.

My main is an hunter named Lurttz. Lurtz is the name of an Uruk-hai in Lord Of The Rings, I had a bunch of other names ready to use, but it seems all the really good ones were taken. Actually Lurttz is spelled with one T, but I changed it to two so I could make the name work, lol.

Here is my character:

This is the only screenshot I could upload for now. Anyway, the server I play on is Rexxar, and as part of this I want to ask if any of you play on that server. If so, please let me know and we can befriend each other on WoW if you want.

That's all for now, I'll come back with another WoW related blog soon.

Take care have a great week and God bless!

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Aside from World Of Warcraft, I also purchased another game about a week ago, one which I had almost beat before after renting it, and just had to pick up for only $10:

Shadow Of The Colossus

I beat it in the first two days I had it,and I am now working on the time trial mode to unlock stuff. This game is truly unique, sure it does not have any enemies to fight other than the 16 Colossi, but it doesen't really need anything else, it's amazing as is. This, in my opinion, is a must own for any action/adventure fan that has a PS2.

Alright, now if you read my blog where I talked about things I got for Christmas, you know that I have Dissidia: Final Fantasy for my PSP. I have used the replay and replay covers ion system to provide you with some gameplay, though I converted in the highest format, which has made it a little laggy. Anyway, I don't do particularly well in the fight, but still it looks cool. I am going to upload some more gameplay videos soon. Anyway, here is the video I made:

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That's all for now, look forward to the updates this weekend, especially if you are a World Of Warcraft player. Take care, have a great week, and God bless!

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God bless you all, I pray this year goes well for all of you.

Happy New Year!

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I recieved some pretty awesome gifts, lets start with the first one, which I got from my parents:

Little Big Planet (PSP)

I had been eager to get this game since before it came out, and I am glad my parents bought it for me. In addition, I got a card with it for 3 free sets of costumes which are based on the games Uncharted, Killzone, and Motorstorm. The thing is though, my mom did not pre-order or reserve the game, while she was in the game store she said she just asked if they had any of the cards left, and they did! What luck, right? Well I got the costumes, and they are pretty awesome, my favorites are the Helghast Soldier's costume from Killzone, and Nathan Drake's costume from uncharted.

Playing the game is great, but what makes the game so amazing, are it'slevel creating tools. You have so much you can use to create things, it really is limitless, the amount of things you can make. Though, altogether you do have a limit of 60 (at least I think it was 60) levels you may create, 20 of which may be posted online. That is a really good amount though, we are talking full, detailed levels here, not something incredibly small like the levels you can make in a game like Scribblenauts.

Downloading levels from others is fun too, you can rate them, "heart" them, and even"heart" the authors of the levels. My only complaints about the game so far, are 1: The game has crashed twice on me during level creation, I doubt it will keep on happening, but if it does, it will put a damper on the fun of creating levels. 2: Already I have seen PSN's infamous hackers have made they're way onto the scoreboards, with impossible scores no one can ever really achieve. (what fun is that, hacking your way up a scoreboard...). Playstation still needs to listen to some of it's community members, and do more to stop the hacking of PSP games. 3: My last complaint for now, is that there is no way to comment on other people's levels. It would have been nice to have that feature, so that you could get/give feedback that may help in the creation (or re-creation) of levels in the future.

All that aside, the game is really alltogether amazing, I truly reccomend it if you have a PSP, a love for platforming games, and if you are patient enough to wade through all the tutorials as you learn how to create levels and get parts for creating levels in the game's story mode.

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Now for the next gift, which I also relieved from my parents:

The Secret Window (UMD Video)

This is a Johnny Depp movie I have been wanting to see for a while, and now that my parents got it for me on UMD (universal media disc, the discs you use for PSP) I can finally see it! Sadly though, I know, and have known for a while, the entire movie basically, as once when I mentioned it, someone said "hey isn't that the movie where..." and they ruined the entire plot for me.

Still though, I am a fan of Johnny Depp, and this movie looks good, I will be watching it soon, I'll post back here when I have seen it to let you know what I thought of it.

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My brother got me:

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

I have the first game in this series, I played it until the last boss then stopped. I just took a break for a bit, and never went back to it. Also I tried playing the second game, I borrowed it from my cousin, but I didn't really get into it. I still plan to go back and finish the first one, as I was really enjoying it, I just took too long of a break and lost interest, but first I am playing this one all the way through. I had heard that this was the best in the series, and from what I have played thus far, I may agree with that. Though I am still early on in the game, I am enjoying every bit of it!

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My cousin bought me:

Dissidia: Final Fantasy

After playing the demo for this game over and over, on all the difficulties, I knew I would enjoy this game, I actually wanted to purchase it when it came out, but ended up not having the money for it, because I used the money I had for other things. Anyway, now that I have it, I am really enjoying it, far more than I expected! One thing that blew me away, is actually a feature this game has, which I have never seen in a PSP game before it: A battle replay saver, that actually lets you convert the files for viewing in the video section of the PSP! Sure some games have had the replay saving system, like Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?, but none before this, that I have played at least, have let you actually convert the replays for viewing outside of the game. Also, you can edit the replay to change the camera of the battle to the way you want it to be, for instance you can have the camera follow the battle as a whole, rather than just from one person's perspective.

If I canpost these converted video files on Gamespot, or if I can re-convert them to a format acceptable by Gamespot, you can expect to see a lot of them on here in the near future.

Dissidia also lets you download some of the games files onto your memory card for faster loading. You have 3 choices of how much memory to download, and I chose the max, which was over 500 MB, and I think it really has made a difference!

I wish the game could play online, but sadly it is only ad-hoc (local players). But fortunately, the cousin of mine that bought this game for me, owns it as well, so we can duel each other at least.

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Our friends got me and my brother:

The Office DVD Board Game

Me and my brother are big fans of The Office, and this game is awesome, and perfect for us.

So far we only played it once, on Christmas night, and we played a shorter way, not adhering to all of the rules because it was getting late already when we were playing. We plan to play again eventually though. It was great fun, the time we did spend playing it. We really do know a lot about The Office, lol.

I reccomend this DVD board game to all fans of The Office.

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I got some money from my aunt, some of which I used today to see the movie Avatar in 3D. I had never seen a movie in 3D before. Sure I had seen other various things in 3D, like a short film in a theme park I was at, but it wasn't a full film, and I don't think it was as good as the kind of 3D film I saw today. Avatar was a phenomenal film, one I will most definitely buy when it is released. I absolutely recommend seeing it, and in 3D if you can. The way the film looks normally is already amazing, but in 3D, well, now that I have seen how great the 3D technology is in theatres, I woulden't want see this movie any other way in theatres (too bad it probably won't be available to buy in 3D when it's released on DVD in the future).

I am putting the rest of the money I got towards getting the World Of Warcraft Battlechest. Once I get it, and I level up a good deal with my real life friends who guided me through my WoW trial, I will tell you my character/s name/s so that you can add me to your friends list if you play the game and are on the same server.

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I got some candy, deodorant, socks, and other random things as well. So all in all, I got a lot of stuff! But, of course, I also gave. I gave my brother the new CD from the band Flyleaf, titled "Momento Mori", I got my Mom a movie called "Faith Like Potatoes", and I got my Dad the movie "Terminator Salvation".

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JodyR, a staff member from here on Gamespot, had a blog in which people could get a chance to receive various gaming related items for free, she listed the items and people who were first to comment saying they liked an item, received it. I managed to get a strategy guide for the game Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. I don't have the game yet, but It's one of the first I am getting in the coming year, when I get my new PC. So I'll study up on the guide and be ready for the game when I get it.

I also got a couple GI Joe comics and magnets, which I gave to some friends (thank you for everything JodyR and all of you Gamespot staff!).

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That's it for now, I will be back to normal activity as soon as this year is over. Before I end this blog, I want throw in a question: How was your Christmas? If you don't want to say it all in a comment, but you have written a blog about it,which I have not commented on, let me know and I will visit your blog and comment there ASAP!

Take care, have a great week, and God bless!

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Merry Christmas!

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Well that's just one reason I haven't been here much, another has to do with a game I started playing.

I have done something I never thought I'd do, I have gotten into World Of Warcraft. My friends, one of which has some level 80 characters, told me I should get into it. I played a little in the past at my friends house, but didn't like it much. But after playing again on Thanksgiving, I started liking it, and now I have the free 10 Day trial, which ends on the 16th.

I told my friends that I will be getting the game to continue with my characters in January, when I will pick up the Battlechest version of the game, which includes the first expansion pack called Burning Crusade. I really don't like the idea of paying $30 for 60 days, I have always been opposed to charging people such a highprice for a game they already own. But then I realised, they have a lot of servers that need money to maintain, so this is kind of like a forced donation that really is needed.

Still I wish they would make it so that days you don't log in don't count against you, that would be so much better. But anyway, I will be playing it a lot next month, but don't worry I will be here enough, probably talking about the game a lot.

Well, that's all for now. Take care, have a great weekend, and God bless!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

I reserved a copy of this game back in 2007, and picked it up the day of it's release in October of that year, and now, just over two years later, I decided to start playing it again. I had been very frustrated and annoyed with the "Temple of the Ocean King", if you have played this game, you know why. You have to continually return to the temple, and redo the same things in it over and over again, with one new section being added each time.

Well, after putting this game down from my frustration, I often forgot I even had it as I moved on to other games. I had originally intended to go back to it after a short break, but I didn't actually start really playing it again until just several days ago. I used a free Prima strategy guide I received for re-subscribing to Nintendo Power, but mostly just to get my bearings, because after not playing for a while, I forgot a lot of what to do in the temple.

I did use the guide a couple other times, but not for anything too important, as I really wanted to finish the game without cheating with the guide.

Anyway, I'm going to talk about the last boss, and the last scene of the game for a bit, but saying anything about it may spoil the game for you if you have not played it, so click the following spoiler only if you have beaten the game, or you just don't care if what I say ruins it for you:

So, the ending of the game was truly great, and now that I have finally beaten this game, I can't wait to get the new DS Zelda game titled "Spirit Tracks", which comes out soon.

All in all I give this Zelda game a 9.0. If I was still able to score games here on Gamespot in 0.1 increments instead of 0.5, I would really give it a 9.1.

I may write an actual detailed review for the game sometime, if I do I'll let you know in another blog.

That's all for now, take care, have a great week, and God bless!

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Anyway, I have some game updates for you guys/girls, some about new games, some about games I started playing again. First lets start with the new games.

As some of you may know, I have a PSP which I play a lot, I have 19 UMD games for it right now, and 1 PSN exclusive game (Syphon Filter:Combat Ops), and also some PS1 cla$$ics. One cla$$ic, which I purchased not too long ago, is:

Syphon Filter

The first Syphon Filter game I ever played was the PS2 port of Dark Mirror (which was edited to make a T rating), and after that I got Logan's Shadow for my PSP, which I think is amazing. I decided to get this cla$$ic to see how the first game was, and it was totally worth the money I paid for it. Though, on the PSP it is a little clumsy with the controls. I plan to play the other Syphon Filter games someday, but as you may know, "M" games are not allowed in my house, it's a rule which my parents have, so I will have to wait until I move out to play other SF games.

Another game, which really isn't mine (it's my brother's) is:

Star Wars: Empire At War (He got the Gold version, which I could not find an image for)

As I said, it's really my brother's game, but I can play it still. And I have played it, not much, but from I have played of it I can tell you it is awesome. The graphics are really nice, and one thing I really like is that there is a cinematic camera option which lets you really see the battle up close. Anyway, I will be playing this on and off, but there is another RTS which I started playing again recently, which I will talk about soon in this blog.

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There are some games I am looking forward to getting whenever I can (some are not out yet though) :

Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)

I have wanted Dissidia for a while now, but have not had the money to buy it. I have the demo, and have beaten it on all difficulty modes several times. I can't wait to finally play the full game.

Little Big Planet PSP

I don't have a PS3 yet, but when I get one, LBP is one of the first games I want, but since I won't get a PS3 until sometime next year, the new PSP version of LBP sounds promising, and I want to get the pre-order or reserved version, though, as I mentioned before, I don't even have the money for Dissidia right now.

I suggested this to one of my parents, who wanted to know what kind of stuff I'd like, so they have an idea of what to get for me for Christmas. So I might get it, but if not I will buy it late in January if I can. The reason I wanted the pre-ordered/reserved version though, is that it comes with a bonus card, which contains a code that you enter in on PSN to get some free costumes for your sackboy.

Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier (PSP)

I played the demo for this, and it was ok, nothing particularly special. It is toned down a bit from the Jak games, you can no longer hurt civilians or steal vehicles, and instead of guns you have a gun staff which lets you add attachments to it. I am a fan of the series, and I will get it at some point of time, I just hope it isn't going to be like Ratchet & Clank for the PSP, which was really amazing, but way too short.

The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Ok so I still have never finished Phantom Hourglass due to the frustrating temple thing (which is a first, I never usually play a Zelda game without stopping until I have beaten it), but now I have motivation to get to beating it, because the new DS Zelda game is coming out next month! I can't wait to get it, it may be odd that Link has a train... but I'm sure it will be a great game like all the other Zelda games.

Drawn To Life 2 (DS)

I never played the first DTL game, but instead of getting that one I want the new one as it seems better, at least from what I read in the Nintendo Power review it is. From the sound of it, it will be an easy game, but being able to draw your own character to use in a game is awesome, and I can't wait to play this game for that reason.

Professor Layton and the Diablolical Box

I have the first Layton game, and I love it. I sort of cheated a few times though, asking family members for help with a couple puzzles, using a guide for a few, but this time I won't cheat (at least not by looking at a guide). Anyway,I can't wait to get it!

The World Ends With You

Looks like a good Square Enix game, I don't know too much about it, but from what I have seen, it looks like a truly great DS game.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Not really at the top of my list of things to buy, but it looks like fun.

Shadow Of The Colossus

I rented SOTC a long while back, but never beat it. I got far in the game, though I looked at a guide for a few of the bosses. Luckily, I don't remember much about the bosses, so when I finally get this game (only $10 in Walmart!), I will play it from the beginning, and figure out how to defeat all of the bosses on my own this time.

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There are some music CD's I would like to get sometime also, they are:

Pillar: Confessions

Project 86: Picket Fence Cartel

The Cla$$ic Crime: The Silver Cord

Skillet: Awake

X 2009 (Christian music/music video compilation)

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Now, as I mentioned when I talked about Empire At War, there is another RTS game I have been playing again lately, which I am enjoying now more than ever, and that is Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth. LOTR: BFME is an incredible RTS, and I am currently trying to beat the game's campaign modes.

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That's all for now, take care everyone, have a great week, and God bless!

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