• 30Dec 12

  The Future Begins

  As discussed in my first blog entry on this account "A Fresh Start", I have finally completed the process of transferring all the contributions and information possible from my old TheSergeant account to this one.
  
  While I cannot say for certain if I will be able to post any more game reviews in the near or even distant future, I plan to continue avidly following GameSpot's reviews, their coverage of industry events, their feature articles, and their excellent gaming news journalism.

  So, as we bid a final farewell to 2012; here's to many more years of great gaming!

  Cheers

  • Posted Dec 30, 2012 2:16 pm GMT
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• 28Dec 12

  Who Ya Gonna Call?

  **DISCLAIMER: This article was originally posted on 20 June 2009 under the username TheSergeant. I have since closed that account in favour of my current one and re-posted my earlier contributions with minor spelling and informational edits.**

  It's been a while since my last blog post. Nobody's fault really; things get busy and other priorities take precedence. C'est la vie. However, the momentous event that occurred a few days ago was so special to me that it required some kind of commentary on my behalf.

  Back when it was first announced that a new Ghostbusters game was in the works, I was thrilled beyond words. The Ghostbusters were my childhood heroes. I watched the Real Ghostbusters cartoon series growing up and loved the first film - even though it scared the crap out of me when I first saw it at age three. The second film was just as exciting and to this day, I refuse to make any decisions as to which of the two is better.

  Anyway, as the game went through its production dramas I was filled with hope and despair in equal measures as it was delayed, re-vamped, dropped by Activision, then recovered by Atari. When the final release date was announced as June 16, 2009, I knew there was a God. Not only was the game of my dreams finally coming out, but it was going to be released on my birthday!

  I would have preferred to make this post on the release date itself, unfortunately, I was out of town at the time and without internet access. My sister picked up the game as a birthday present though and had it waiting for me when I got back. I just finished the single player campaign yesterday and felt utterly fulfilled. It had its strong points and weak points, just like every game does, but nothing can compare to the feeling of living the adventure with your childhood heroes.

  When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!

  • Posted Dec 28, 2012 12:02 pm GMT
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• 28Dec 12

  Twenty Gun Salute

  **DISCLAIMER: This article was originally posted on 1 September 2007 under the username TheSergeant. I have since closed that account in favour of my current one and re-posted my earlier contributions with minor spelling and informational edits.**

  I've been putting off reviewing for a long time now. I finally decided, one boring afternoon, to get my ass in gear and get some of the games I had the most opinions on out of the way. Seeing as how I've recently hit Level 20 here on GameSpot, I figured this would be as good a time as any to post them and celebrate. Before you can ask, no, I didn't review twenty games in one afternoon. I'm only human.

  That said, I was able to write about four adventure games I really enjoyed playing. My reviews of The Longest Journey, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Syberia, and Syberia II are available via the links provided. If you're interested, go ahead and take a look. Feel free to leave any comments you might have on them here in this Journal entry.

  In other news, this past summer was a great chance for me to catch up on some games I either hadn't played yet or hadn't finished yet. A chance I blew terribly, deciding to get in as many hours at work as possible instead. Ah well, c'est la vie. I also decided against getting a Nintendo Wii for the moment. Partially for financial reasons and partially because I just don't have the time anymore to game like I used to. My PC gives me more than enough gaming opportunities as it is for the moment so unless my family decides that they're all interested in getting a Wii and are willing to chip in evenly for one, its off my list for the foreseeable future.

  I've been looking at this upcoming Fall's game line-up and I realized that I'll need all those work hours just to have some money left over if I get all the ones that have caught my eye! I've already bought BioShock and even though my computer can only play it on its lowest settings, I can see why it had all the hype. There are a lot of other great titles coming out, but rather than buy them right off the bat, I have another idea.

  The new college semester is coming up in a few days, which means I'll have maybe a few hours per week - if I'm lucky - to get any gaming in. Therefore, what I'm going to try to do is devote those hours to playing/finishing all the games on my Now Playing list before I even think about getting a new one. I have a feeling this will be a hard goal to live up to, but I suppose all the worthwhile ones are. I figure, why should I buy a new game when there are so many that I already have which I never finished?

  Well, that's the plan anyway. We'll see how it turns out in practice.

  Cheers

  • Posted Dec 28, 2012 11:46 am GMT
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