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• 29Dec 09

  2009 Year in Review (with awards)!

  Hey everyone. First off: Thanks to everyone that left me happy Christmas greetings on my last post!
  
  As expected, this past week has been very busy for me. As such, I haven't had a chance to check out all your from the past week but I hope everyone had fun over the holidays, and I've been trying to get up to date over the past couple of days. As the new year rolls around, I should be able to start coming on the site a little more regularly.
  
  And as New Years approaches, it's time for me (as it is for most of us) to look back on the past year; and 2009 was a great year in gaming for me.
  
  I posted over 40 reviews, and achieved a Top 500 Reviewer's emblem here on GameSpot (I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to hold on to it until the end of the year, so thank you everyone that has supported me).
  
  I made a new personal record by making my way to the end credits of over 30 games, of which over half were beaten from start to finish, (where the others I had started in previous years, but never got around to finishing).
  
  I completed some of the most acclaimed PS2 titles, such as God of War, Okami, and Shadow of the Colossus. I also managed to complete some off-beat games such as Snoopy Vs the Red Baron, and the Adventures of Cookie and Cream.
  
  So here's a list of some gaming awards I made up for the titles I beat this past year (you can click the image to view it full size if any part is cut off or you're having trouble reading it).
  
  
  
  What's ahead for 2010? Well, more PS2 gaming for sure. I don't see this as being the year I move to current gen. I still have a fair chunk of my existing library that I want to get through, and there are a few more titles I would like to add to it. Prince of Persia: the Warrior Within would round out my PoP collection, and I've been recommended other titles such as Indigo Prophecy. We'll have to see what happens!
  
  Definitely expect some more game reviews, "movie moments", and maybe the odd story or two about my kids.
  
  Happy New Year everyone!
  • Posted Dec 29, 2009 11:53 am PT
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• 23Dec 09

  Merry Christmas!

  
  
  Well, it is now the 23rd. I'm on vacation tomorrow, and I have family coming in to town tonight. This next week will no doubt be busy, so I'm not sure if I'll have a chance to come around visiting blogs. I'll apologize in advance for any posts that I miss, but know that it's not because I'm ignoring you. Oddly enough it seems like it's when I'm on vacation that I have the least time to come around to visit GameSpot.
  
  My next blog entry will likely be the "Year In Review" post that I've been working on, which will be up sometime next week and include some gaming awards of my own for 2009.
  
  In the meantime, I hope everyone has happy and safe holidays, and that those that are going through tough times right now find some moments where they can relax and laugh with family and friends.
  
  Merry Christmas!
  
  
  In my last post I put up my review of Transformers.
  • Posted Dec 23, 2009 11:40 am PT
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• 21Dec 09

  Transformers Review Posted

  
  I put together my review for Transformers, which I finished on the weekend. If you're inclined to read it, I hope you enjoy it
  
  
  I've started Playing Ghostbusters on the PS2. I bought this game in October using a gift certicate I got as part of a Best Buy promotion. I'm not sure if I'll get to the end before the year is over, but I wanted to try it out. I also figured it would be good to hold me over until Christmas, where there's a good chance that I'll get at least 1 new game.
  So far, I'm on level 11 of 28 (or mission 3.3 of 7). It's alright. The game wins you over on it's humour and nostalgia factor as the game-play itself would be a little bland if you stripped away the license. If you love the first movie (which I do) then you'll want to keep playing. I've already captured Slimer who escaped to the same ballroom that he was first captured in during the first movie, took out the Stay Puft Marshmallowman, and now I'm hunting down the librarian ghost that was in the beginning of the movie.
  
  
  In my last post I put up a video of the Transformers game.
  • Posted Dec 21, 2009 12:57 pm PT
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