...I lied. I played through the Uncharted games, and WOW! These are definitely a couple of the best games I've ever played, and definitely a tremendous flagship franchise for Sony! Good to see these sorts of franchises are still console specific.

Tried the demo for Dante's Inferno, and oh, my god. HORRIBLE! I won't be paying for this game even when it hits the discount bins. What a blatant and total ripoff of God of War, and unfortunately, it doesn't even do it well. It justs teals from the series, without paying homage. Terrible. Uninspired gameplay with uninspiredvisuals married with uninspired storytelling. The storytelling is atrocious so far, so unless it's completely overhauled by the time the game launches, then this SHOULD BE one of the biggest bombs of the year. It's terrible, and I'll never play it again.

Now, onto waiting for GoWIII

Has it seriously been a year since I've last posted? That's crazy!

Busy, busy, busy. Painting, painting, painting. And lately, playing ACII, which was great, but not as good as the first one. At least to me.

Up next: GoWIII. Nothing till then. Not even MW2. ESPECIALLY not MW2. I'm not buying that tripe until the price drops. $60 for a 5 hour campaign? No, thanks.

...I'm bored, let's go.

3 points to anyone who knows where that's from.

Games are getting boring. I just beat Resistance 2 and before that, Prince of Persia, both of which were really kind of... meh... It's been a while since I played a game that I was actually really excited about. Maybe Gears of War 2, or MGS4 before that. Honestly, I haven't enjoyed many games this year. NG2 was boring as all hell. I'm so weary and weak from all the Rock Band and Guitar Hero games that I get diarrhea from them.

I rented Fallout 3, and that's... kinda boring so far, as well. Hopefully RE5 and Killzone 2 will kick huge amounts of ass.

I also hope I'm not just growing out of games... God, that'd suck.

I bawled throughout both sets of credits in MGS4. I can't believe it's over. Snake's journey is over... Rest in peace, Snake. You earned it.

And I guess I'll just have to find out how much.

I really should update this more often, but I don't think anyone really reads it anyway.

I'll post how MGS4 is when I'm done, if I remember. Same with Ninja Gaiden II.

Wow. Can't believe how late in the year it already is. Life is flying by. Already beaten Dark Sector, now just replaying for the Achievements, which I must admit, I've become quite the Achievement whore. I'm also, rather strangely, eagerly awaiting Okami for the Wii. Absolutely one of the most beautiful, well done games of all time. Spectacular.

So, what're we waiting for now? Hmmm. Well, Ninja Gaiden 2. Guns of the Patrios. I'm not sure what else. In the long run, I'll be waiting for AC2, GoW3, Gears of War 2 (due out in Nov?), FFXIII and FFXIII vs... Wow, lots of titles. I'll let you know how things are when the next one drops.

Til then.

We've got just a little bit less than a month before Dark Sector comes out. And after that, it'll be Ninja Gaiden 2. And after that...

the Guns of the Patriots.

Well, it's already 2008. '07 went by pretty fast. A little too fast, if you ask me. Seems like there's always more to do, and never the time to do it. Got the band going almost full throttle now, working my ass off, and trying to keep on my gaming on top of everything else. Wow. I need a few less hobbies it seems like.

But, anyway, yeah. If you're interested in some good metal, metalcore, whatever you wanna call it, check out our myspace. www. myspace.com/ashesofheroesmusic You just may like it. We don't have any finished songs up, but I've started doing drums in the past week or two, and we should have some completed ones up in no time.

On the gaming front, I can't WAIT for some of the games coming out this year. MGS4, DMC4, Turok... There's a lot. Should be some good stuff. I've be really surprised if it's not. You can count on that.

Beyond that, not much. I'll talk to you in '09 probably.

Well now. It's been two weeks since the world ended. Halo 3 is the biggest thing ever pretty much, millions of hours have already been logged in the video, dozens from myself alone. But, is it already getting old? Am I already bored?

Well, yes. And no, of course. It's fun to get online still and play with friends, but this matchmaking junk just sucks sometimes. It's so discouraging playing a few games, and getting absolutely owned in every one of them, despite your best efforts. I'm pretty tired of kids who don't know where the right trigger is.

However, there's always that occasional good streak of games you get, where you totally dominate every match. And you're always drawn back again, just in case you hit that spot of luck again.

This is the way the world ends.

I can't believe it's already been this long since my last blog post, the time's been screaming by, barreling towards the inevitable: the launch of one of the greatest games ever. Bar none. Well, obviously there are better, more innovative, more creative, more immersive games, and there will be many more to come. However, in recent years, as far as FPS games goes, Halo has been one of those series that remains un-topped, as far as a first person, ACTION shooter goes. I'm really excited for it, and 3 of my best buddies all haveLive, so when the 25th hits, we'll be online, owning some Covenant head. Hell's yes!

So, recent findings have confirmed my fears for no clan support. Hopefully, the matchmaking they've set up with just be a continuation of Halo 2, because all I enjoy anymore is Team SWAT. Me and my friends all played games with no shields and no radar for like, a year and a half straight, every single night, over a local system link. We all got pretty good at it, too. It's a fun game type. Check it out sometime.

And wtf is up with this "BELIEVE" campaign for the Big H3? I'm not really quite sure what to make of it, but in either case, it's getting me pretty riveted for Halo 3's campaign.

God, I can't wait.

So, just the other day,one of my best friends decided he was too excited for Halo 3 to wait to get an Xbox 360. So, now, there's 4 of us in my group of friends who have a 360, and who will be able to play through the game on launch day. What's more, I'm also saving up for a new Sony Bravia to replace the old Sony WEGA I'm using now, and he's willing to buy that off me, so me and him will both be playing in HD on lauch (hopfully). The only hitch is that I may end up having to ask my parents for a little "loan" of sorts, I'll only need a couple hundred anyway, and they know I can pay it off no problem. That being said, it's going to be a long, LONG month.

I've got to try and play more Halo 2, get myself back into shape for the big H3. There was a period of about a year, during high school (we graduated in '04) where we played Halo 1 over system-link EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, for just over an entire year. Needless to say, we all got really ridiculous, but that was a while ago and we're all rusty. Gotta shake the cobwebs off.

On top of that, has anyone heard anything about the Clan/Faction thing with Halo 3, if they're doing it at all? Thanks in advance.

Decided to go with the premium instead, opting for the newer tech in those that keeps them from breaking more often than the stuff in the Elite. Not that anyone even reads this.

BTW, I WAS pissed about Microsoft doing the whole, "we'll fix it for free thing" like, a day afterI got mine back, but the wait has been pushed back to about 6 - 8 weeks, so... Sucks for them...

Oh, on a stranger note, I kind of decided today that I'm really more like a hardcore casual than an actual hardcore gamer. I only buy the big titles, don't waste time with the ones that suck... Maybe I'm a douche bag...

A few weeks back, at the beginning of June, I got the red ring of death. Few days later, called the support line, gave them the info, tried to troubleshoot. Nothing worked. So, then the guy tells me my Box is LITERALLY just two weeks out of warranty, and that I'll have to pay $140 to have it repaired.

WHAT?!?!

Come on, man, I already forked over hundreds of dollars, why can't Microsoft manufacture something that WORKS?! That's not to say they're the only ones who manufacture stuff that breaks, but if my PS3 breaks or my Wii breaks down, I'm not paying another $140 to have it fixed! It's effin BS! Absolutely absurd. I paid good money for something, expecting it to work. Microsoft has BALLS asking for the repair fee.

In fact, I'm so pissed off over this, that I challenge J Allard and Bill Gates to fisticuffs, and if I win, I get my $140 back. That's allI want. I feel it's absolutely unfair to charge kids money to repair something that Microsoft FAILED TO MANUFACTURE CORRECTLY IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

So, there it is. There's the challenge. Anytime they wanna throw down, I'll be ready.

As a side note, I think I'm getting my box back today, andI can't wait to have it!

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