I was able to put this achievement to rest during this week and thank god I bought the strategy guide. I can't even dream about undertaking this task in a blind rage because there are about 20 out of the 200 pigeons that are totally hiden in messed up locations. All in all it still probably took me a good 5 hours to track every last one of the rats down.

Here are some quick tips if you anyone else is currently planning this crazy task:

1. Buy the strategy guide: Sure online guides are nice, but the GTA book has nice pictures and detailed maps of where each bird is located

2. Go into the task all at once. Meaning don't just shoot random birds with out marking down there spots, otherwise you will have a huge headache looking for the last damn hidden one.

3. Sniper rifle = very important; grenades = funniest way to kill 'em

4. Finally, after shooting the pigeon on the top of the Alderney hospital, don't try to jump down. You won't live, trust me.

but at least GTA comes on Tuesday. I will be going on Monday night to get the game and yes the store manager there talked me into the special edition. It is all good though because who doesn't want a GTAIV safe deposit box? My 360 is back and better than ever. In part because it is a new model. It is so quite which is sweet because my first one sounded like a helicopter.

Now playing

MLB 2K8 - It is a lot better post-patch, but their are still some bugs that hold this game back as well as the **** presentation. Oh 2K, this product should be so much better...

Halo 3 - Been playing a lot of team doubles. I think this is the best way to play Halo online as you have to really rely on your partner.

Mr. Driller - I like Mr. Driller and I wanted a version for my Xbox. I should have listened to Jeff and Ryan. Screw you Namco. Thanks for the brokn game.

Sonic 2 - Never played this ****c online till last night. It should've stayed that way. The lag is unbelievable. The timing in Sonic is so important, that the game just sucks.

Then you can check out my new blog here.

It's just another place for my to rant about sports and video games.

If you are not bored, then congrats cuz you are cooler then me.

Hey all,

Make sure you all grab the download for Undertow this week. It is free to both gold and silver users because of how screwy that XBL has been the past month. I hear it is a pretty cool game and I can't really argue with the price.

So I turn 21 today. Man, I feel old now lol. I'm gonna to the Hawks game for my b-day and it is gonna be sweet, sitting on the glass! I can wait.

My B-day present:

Its gonna be fun to crash all ya out tomorrow! I bought Zuma and have been playing that for some reason. It is a good emulation, but it gives me headache when it gets crazy fast. All in a days work to get that play 24 hours achievement.

It is so sad that Jeff is gone. He is a great talent and will be missed.

I switched to a Jeff avatar and encourage you to do the same.

Snowbound is the worst map in Halo 3. Here is my simple reason why, using the handy Halo 3 heatmaps.

This is The Pit, one of the better maps in Halo 3. Look at how my kills are spread out. This is makes the map unpredictable and fun.

And here is Snowbound...

As you can see everybody crops up in that little area under ground and the gameplay suffers. The area is full of forcefields on every-side but one so to get kills you have it enter. Not cool at all. Everyone just hangs out their resulting in frags, bodies and assault rifles everywhere.

Otherwise Halo 3 is a great game and still fun to play. I can't wait for the new maps. Rat's Nest is gonna be sweet. Indoor vehicles FTW!

Pic of the year:

Thanks to Halo 3's amazing movie and screen shot capabilities, I am gonna try to post at least a screen shot a day from some crazy events that might have happened in the last day.

Here is our first picture:

This is quite intresting. Get a little backlash from a stuck grenade.

Well over night I gained like 5% on my Gamespot account and am now up to Level 24 - I Feel Asleep!

Pretty sweet indeed. I have really picked up so much ground since breaking free of level 20.

Wanted to do a fair review for Madden so I have just been playing it nonstop. I just started my 3 season as the Bears and am coming off a Super Bowl XLIII win. It was a great win and nice redemption since I got blown out in the playoffs the year before. I also have been playing a lot of Puzzle Fighter and it is a crazy fun game. I need to update my gamerscore, but at the moment I have 10/12 achievement for Puzzle Fighter and I am getting close to the land of 10,000 points.

Uh in other news, I'll give in to the hype and will be getting Halo 3 when it comes out. I never really played enough Halo to become good at it, but everyone will be playing and that is gonna make it really fun when all of your friends list is playing one game.