So if I have to tell you what LBP means, then it's likely we won't be doing it together. Heheh.

So, who's with me?

The more I read about it, the more I want it now. Only 3 more months. :/

http://kotaku.com/5027651/popstar-guitar-+-oh-look-another-guitar-game

Kotaku wrote:

Electronic Arts. Activision. Konami. XS Games? The relatively tiny publisher is wading into deep waters this October when they ship PopStar Guitar, a guitar playing game for the Wii and PlayStation 2. The game features more than 50 pop songs from artists such as 3 Doors Down, Simple Plan, Blink 182, and many other bands you'd be likely to find on that damn Buzz Cuts CD they keep advertising on television. The game includes single player and co-op mode, allowing one or two players to visit 25 unique venues on their road to making their hands tired. The difference with PopStar Guitar is the way you control it on the Wii. While the PS2 version is compatible with Rock Band or Guitar Hero controllers, the Wii version ships with something called the AirG, which attaches to your Wii remote to form "an electrifying air guitar." Sounds dangerous. Look, I'm all for competition in the marketplace, but you have to bring something more to the table than a one-shot accessory and more than 50 pop songs " including several masters performed by the original artists." Several?

But unlike some(everyone it seems), I don't intend on leaving gamespot.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/VixDiesel/

My 360 rrod'ed on me tonite.

If I'm lucky, I play it 5 hours a month, A MONTH...

Well, I have the 50 hour achievement in BK but not the 100 hour so that should say something about something...

And it died on me.

Guess I won't be playing Dead Rising like I mentioned in my last blog.

I suppose I'll call for a repair but thank god the system only has 2 games I actually want to play on it otherwise I think I might actually care that I don't have a 360 at the moment. It does suck that I can't help the people on my message board now.

Oh well.

video of red blinky goodness

My apologies now but I think I'm going to ignore all E3 blogs, so if you don't get any comments from me, don't take offense.

Moving on.

With some big games coming out this fall, I need to and want to catch up on my back log. So here's what I'd like to accomplish at some point.

1. Finish the story of GTA at least. I doubt I'll have ambition for pigeons and jumps but I'd like to finish the story.

2. Start and finish The World Ends With You.

3. Unlock everything in Bleach Heat The Soul 5 (as well as catch up on the anime).

4. Play through Dead Rising

Weird, that's all I could think of but they're enough to keep me busy for a while. Not to mention Burnout Paradise's Davis update in August, Elefunk, PixelJunk Eden, and some other things due out over the next few weeks.

It's boring as all hell right now.

Some small observations:

1. So what, the 360 gets FFXIII. Didn't all the boxboys say that Bioshock would never be on the ps3? Look, honestly, the days of console exclusive days are over. The only exslusive that will retain in a few years time will be Mario. And if Nintendo was given enough sackfuls of money like SE was, then they'll release Mario too. That's just the way it works, as crappy as it it, that's just the way things are gonna be for gamers over the god only knows how many years. And we're the ones that have to pay for it. Shouldn't we stand up to what we love being bought out like it's just another piece of meat regardless of what console we each favor?

2. Um, so who hasn't copied who this year? Avatars? Singing games? Music games with extra controllers? Music games in general? XMB style dashboards? Originality anyone?

3. Kristen Reilly is an awful host for anything and everything game related. Where's Jody? She's intelligent and witty. Kristen is something something and that something something is not something good. If there was a mute Kristen only button, I'd be pretty damn happy. I'm sorry, but without Rich, Jeff, Alex and E3 sucking as it is, it sucks even more. There's no personality hosting. I'm sorry, but there isn't. Homer is obnoxious and is a tool. Guy is awesome but not shown much, Ryan is ok, KVO is awesome(but I haven't seen him yet), and Aaron is awesome as well. I cringed during the stage show tonite.

4. E3 is boring. Beyond boring this year. There's no personality, not excitement, no nothing. Where's all the surprises? Where's all the games? TGS is better than this by far now.

I think I'm over the shock of XIII, I'm laughing at the xbox fans hating the new dashboard-xmb system and miivatars, I'm still loving LBP, I'm curious if the portal game will need the orange box to play on the 360, PJE still looks awesomely niche, and I'm still hoping for some big announcements at some point but at the same point I doubt myself.

Am I the only one bored by all this for the most part?