I recently read where Chicago banned the GTAIV commercial which raises the question, why? There is no murder or anything violent in the commercials people are just way too sensitive. And these bullcrap lawsuits against mature rated video games over the past couple of years have worn me out. Is it not the responsibility of the parent to say no when little Jimmy wants a Mature rated game? The game developers are not at fault here but do the parents want to accept thier mistakes? No they do not so to secure thier pride and deginity they attack honest and hardworking game developers branding them as the spawn of the Beast or something. Of course nothing I say in this blog will amount to anything this will go on as long as parents are idiots however, I felt like getting my two cents in on the matter.

I am a parent myself I do let my daughter who is 3 play video games but not Grand Theft Auto or Devil May Cry cause one im not stupid and two...well those games are a smidge complex for that age group. ^_^ (heh that emoticon reminds me of GLADOS) she plays the games I grew up and adore...Zelda, Super Mario Brothers, Sonic the Hedgehog, even Castlevania. Course I get people saying "your raising a future obese couch potato" im like "no im not" But I got off track which means I should close this out.

All im saying is give gamers and game devs a break! It is up to the parents to decide whether they should let thier young children play violent games or just say no.

It all started as an ordinary day in the life of me. I wake up, shower, brush and rinse with cinnamon toothpaste and mouth wash respectfully. Get dressed in Cincinnati Reds stuff sit down and play Call of Duty 4 (I just got into this game believe it or not!) it was a frantic deathmatch I died like 12 times. An hour into the game we all had an intelligent conversation the topic was about random things, politics, sports, weather, abortion, I could rant on. Then during a pause to reflect on what was said I blurt out "DID WE JUST HAVE AN INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION?" Then someone goes "This isn't XLBAH Live dude little kids and coke snorting fanboys don't dwell here" -everyone laughs like on a sitcom- after years of "UBER PWNED BY LEET" On X-box Live I get on PSN and encounter human beings with working brains!

What next? The Cincinnati Bengals win the Super Bowl? I HOPE SO!

As a gamer I look for many things when I purchase a video game. Story, gameplay, music, and so on. Back when Halo 1 was released I was excited it was well reviewed and fans jumped on its bandwagon like people did to the New England Patriots I rented it first because I did not buy into the hype enough to blindly rush out and buy it. I played a few hours and the Halo bug just didn't bite I sat there for a good 30 minutes racking my brain with the question "how is this game so popular?". And it still bothers me today how is this mediocre first-person shooter so revered as a...God I would say some fans are so damn fantatical while better shooters such as Timesplitters 2 and Call of Duty 4 are laughed at by the Halo fans who dare to call THEM mediocre. Anyone who has the stones to say Timesplitters and Call of Duty 4 are nothing but run of the mill shooters needs to have said stones ripped off and fed to them with a side of horse raddish that has been between my grandma's feet AFTER her morning jog!

Thank you and good night.

If you have been a gamer as long as I have (picked up my first NES controller at age 3 trying to kick Dracs booty on Castlevania im 18 now so it's been like 15 years) and you have a taste for a varity of genres like I do you have undoubtly noticed that games such as Parasite Eve and Shenmue do not have a third installment. Why? The answer escapes us all I'm afriad. Anyway here are some games which in my opinion need to"Wise from thier gwaves" (heh Altered Beast) and finish what they started.

Parasite Eve: The ending of Parasite Eve 2 was pretty hollow. It just showed Aya, Eve and that guy whos name eludes me right now in a museum. Then the end credits...what if Aya didn't wipe out every trace of the Neo Mitochondria? What if Eve is like...the source of all those insane creatures? (Like Cheyrl from Silent Hill 1. She birthed the God Samael) There is just too much floating around in the Realm of Darkness please SquareEnix have a heart and make Parasite Eve 3.

Shenmue: Shenmue was fantastic and the reason I owned a SegaDreamcast (And an X-box cause thats what Shenmue 2 was on which reminds me I gottaput those in my collection...-sigh- so many games to add...)Shenmue 2 ended and left some pretty bigplotholes...It will be in Sega's best interestto ressurect Shenmuefor a bunch of reasonsincluding the fact that Sonicisdefinately showing his age...

Mega Man (Wily Wars Era): Where the heckis Mega Man 9? If I remember correctly Mega Man didn't destroy Wily...so why just end it at Mega Man 8?Perhaps Zero destroyed Wily when he went beserk in the time before Mega Man X1 happened who knows? Just make Mega Man 9 and fill in this plothole...don't be like the plothole junkie that is Castlevania.

They could also make a Castlevania game following Julius Belmont in 1999 when he destroyed Dracula for good...you know for the heck of it lol.

Anyways there you have it. If I omitted something any of you think should see a sequel leave some feedback would love to hear you guys on this.

peace out.

Now that I have graduated high school I have much more time to spend here. Man it's been forever since ive been around hasn't it?