• 30Oct 09

  A bid farewell

  I don't even know why I'm doing this but here goes anyways....

  I'm pretty much going to stop blogging from now on, or should I stopped blogging 2 months ago ? In any case I have grown tired of blogging on Gamespot and pretty tired of Gamespot altogether. This website used to be something years ago when it was active and full of life. Now the only thing it's full of is 13 yrs old kids who think they know something about gaming or whatever they talk about.

  For those who read this and are 13 yrs old don't take it bad I'm not necesseraly talking about you but rather those who speak in your name.

  In this blog I have interacted with many amazing people and discussed many topics regarding video gaming and some stuff happening in my life. Gamespot has been something, now it's just a dull place.... broken behind the scenes (unions and such) and it lost all of it's meaning to me. I don't think I'll come back so often to Gamespot anymore, or at all. I still post (very rarely) in a union and (even rarer) in forums, but beyond that, you should pretty much consider me gone.

  I used to say that there is no such thing as ''quitting Gamespot'', I still stand by that and that's why I'm not saying that I quit, just that you won't notice me here any longer...

  Gone are the days of the unions, vibrant little communities within gamespot. Gone are the amazing video features by key reviewers, those we have now are just generic. Gone are the days of the good ol' gamespot, where you always wanted to go to the site, post, watch videos and etc...

  I'm still gaming, still want to become a game developer and so I will still visit this site for reviews but for news I pretty much use only Kotaku. It's been a long run, I've met a lot of great people (murlow12, Phantom5800, REVOLUTIONfreak just to name a very few) but most of them (if not all) have already quit or have been MIA now, some have been gone for a very long time now.

  So for all of those who made my experience on Gamespot a great one, thank you, it's been fun.

  PS: I also deleted my union (The Nintendo Online Community Union), once again thanks to all those who made this union possible and helped me build it and make it the great Nintendo community that it was. It's time was done long ago and now I gave it the kiss of death and it's gone. Thanks for everything everyone! I'll never forget all the great moments I've lived within that union and how happy I was to lead it and manage it.

  • Posted Oct 30, 2009 7:01 am PT
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• 23Jul 09

  Well, I'm back!

  Nearly 2 months in Lebanon has done me a lot of good I'd say.

  Away from the computer, not sitting much on video games even if I had my PSP was a nice change. But I wasn't always away from the city, it's been a long time since I've been away from North America. To sum it up: It was a nice change. Chances are, I might return there next summer.

  But despite all that I wasn't completely shut off from the gaming news and so I've heard about pretty much everything since E3. 2 new Metal Gear games, Project Natal and finally some new information about a new Zelda game! I finally have many games to look forward to on the Wii.

  Still a month until College starts again, let's take advantage of it.

  • Posted Jul 23, 2009 6:44 pm PT
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• 28May 09

  Well, I'm off

  This Sunday I'm going on vacations to my home-country Lebanon for the first time in 6 years! And I'm going there for a full 2 months or so.

  So I'm packing stuff already and getting ready for it but my laptop isn't coming with me. It's having some problems so I'll have to send it for repairs (I bought a warranty for something). So that's about it, I'm really excited about the thought of going to Lebanon again. Hopefully it'll be problem-free this summer so we can all enjoy some well-deserved vacations.

  I'm only bringing my PSP along as far gaming goes, my 16GB memory stick and three batteries (don't ask ) will provide me enough playtime. Sadly I can't just plug the DS to the wall in Lebanon so I've decided to leave it behind. BUT I WANT TO FINISH PHOENIX WRIGHT FIRST . But yeah I want to finish that one before going . I've been also playing Ninja Gaiden Black on my 360, pretty good game but hard and frustrating as hell .

  So have some good vacations guys and see you in two months!

  • Posted May 28, 2009 8:21 am PT
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