to those who have kept me around for all these years.

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and here's the "music tag"

put your music player on shuffle and for every question, answer with the title of the next song.

I half-rigged the contest by skipping over songs I don't listen to anymore. DON'T DO IT LIKE ME.

1. If someone says, "Is This Okay?" You Say

Can't say what I mean – Kaiser Chiefs (this deserves an 8) emoticom)

2. How would you describe yourself?

You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar but I Feel like a Millionaire – Queens of the Stone Age (pretty accurate to be honest, I think I'm much more than I look/act like :P )

3. What do you like in a guy/girl?

Twilight Omens – Franz Ferdinand (and WTF is that supposed to mean)

4. How do you feel today?

Six Shooter – Queens of the Stone Age

5. What Is Your Life's Purpose?

Sick, Sick, Sick – Queens of the Stone Age (this should be above :P)

6. What is your motto?

Heat Dies Down – Kaiser Chiefs

7. What do your friends think of you?

Breathe (In the Air) – Pink Floyd

8. What do you think of your parents?

Addicted to Drugs – Kaiser Chiefs (WHOAHWHOAHWHOAH)

9. What do you think about very often?

Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Dessert – Pink Floyd (can't help but laugh)

10. What is 2+2?

Another Brick in The Wall – Pink Floyd (huh, if you think about it, the answer is actually right)

11. What do you think of your best friend?

Amused to Death – Pink Floyd (really?)

12. What do you think of the person you like?

Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd (…what? What kind of f***ed up metaphor is this?!)

13. What is your life story?

Suture Up Your Future – Queens of the Stone Age (that's a nice story)

14. What do you want to be when you grow up?

In the Flesh – Pink Floyd (now that's just perverted)

15. What do you think of when you see the person you like?

Try Your Best – Kaiser Chiefs (great, the game's giving me advice)

16. What will you dance at your wedding?

Misfit Love – Queens of the Stone Age (that would be awkwardly (in)adequate :P)

17. What will they play at your funeral?

Mother – Pink Floyd (crap, I should've rigged this one)

18. What is your hobby/interest?

Cities on Flames With Rock&Roll – Blue Oyster Cult (pyromaniac?)

19. What is your biggest fear?

3's & 7's – Queens of the Stone Age (I'm afraid of card games, eh?)

20. What is your biggest secret?

Stone of Love – Blue Oyster Cult (what the…)

21. What do you think of your friends?

Can't Stop Feeling – Franz Ferdinand (aaw, ain't that cute?)

22. What will you put as the title?

It's a Miracle – Pink Floyd (that I finally did the damn blog)

The answer I wanted for #17 (the funeral question) was "The Fun Machine Took a $&!% and Died", by Queens of the Stone Age. That would've been so epic :P

I'm tagging Haziqonfire (music tag, you didn't do this one), KHfanboy2 (regular tag), Cruse34 (pick one) and Mr_Jenkins (BOTH FOR YOU. i'm serious. you've been double tagged)

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E3 "clip"

and i also changed my avy :D yes i'm back to isaac from golden sun, i missed him :P

i have a super mario galaxy 2 video review coming soon, i was planning on putting it on today, but i still have some stuff to do before i can start the audio recording.

and i beat the single player story in MH3 :D now they throw me a bunch of cheap quests >.>

EDIT: there's also a new header... yeah i like isaac :P

some of you already knew it, but i'll be doing a special fallout 3 feature once my new PC arrives. here's a teaser (link because gamespot doesn't let me embed videos >.> )

CLICK ME. NAO.

darksiders review

spirit tracks review

join www.noobfeed.com for the most awesome videogame community (now with super-fast forums :D)

check for the latest news on www.meodia.com

BTW, the cruise i mention on the blog was canceled, so ignore the "don't expect me around" part.

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BrunoBRS DISTORTION FINISHING the other fake Vblogs (PS: Ragna isn't my main (Jin/Noel FTW!) but he definitely has the coolest looking finishers :P video's barely 0:20 long, watch it.)

EDIT: at least while this is my "main blog", post it on the comments rather than on the video, i prefer it that way :D

that's basically the whole blog. i plan on having a huge "vacations update" blog when i return, since it'll be somewhere around when college starts. see you all soon :D

Gamers need to hype. They need to speculate, search and trust rumors, but most importantly, they need to hype. Why? Because hyping a game is almost as fun as playing a demo of the game while it's not out. How many times did you go to the forums, saw a "New rumor on *insert game*" topic and ran for it, avid to know what were the news? This Editorial is a small compilation of the currently most hyped games we know nothing about.

Now, before someone mentions it, yes, there are more games from Nintendo on the list, but if there's someone to blame for this, it's Nintendo themselves, who since the "overhyped catastrophe" that was Twilight Princess (a good game that many treated as the second coming of Christ, and were obviously disappointed), decided that they would only divulge information on their games a couple months before the release. With that explained, let's move to our first game:

Super Mario Galaxy 2

It's-a me, sequel!

What do we know: I'm not even sure if I should add SMG2 to this list, considering it's obvious that it's a direct sequel to the 2007 hit, but other than knowing it's more of Super Mario Galaxy, but with Yoshi, and harder, we know nothing.

Why everyone wants to play it: It's more of the same. But when we say it's more of the same to what is considered one of the best games of all time, everyone wants more of the same. Plus, it's more challenging and Yoshi is around. What's there not to like?

Golden Sun DS

six years... six years i have been waiting for the chance to appear on this screenshot!

What do we know: It's the third game from the Golden Sun series, and every RPG fan that knows what a good RPG is knows that Golden Sun DS won't disappoint.

Why everyone wants to play it: Do you like RPGs? Have you ever played Golden Sun or Golden Sun: The Lost Age on the GBA? Then you too want to play this. The first two were known as not only two of the most gorgeous graphics on the GBA, but two of the greatest RPG experiences on that generation. Golden Sun DS wants to honor it's ancestors.

Metroid: Other M

Smackdown VS Raw? No, it's Metroid, the Team Ninja way!

What do we know: A trailer of a Metroid game made by Team Ninja with explosions, cel-shaded graphics, melee attacks and a bigger emphasis on Samus' story was shown at the end of Nintendo's E3 Press Conference last year.

Why everyone wants to play it: Ever since that action-packed trailer, everyone's been confused about many things: the game plays in 2D, 3D or first person? Will it keep the "Metroid atmosphere" while focusing more on the story? What does that "M" stand for? Will I be able to get my hands on it in 2010? Will Team Ninja's famous "realistic bouncing breasts engine" be applied on the game? All those questions will probably have to wait until the next E3.

The Legend of Zelda Wii

"I wanna hold your NECK and use you as a sword!"

What do we know: The image above is a concept art for the game. Eiji Aonuma is trying to overcome Ocarina of Time in terms of revolutionizing the genre. He also claims to be taking the series on a new direction, away from the "dungeon -> field -> dungeon" we're used to. Oh, and it supports Wiimotion+.

Why everyone wants to play it: It's Zelda. A big one. The first to take full advantage of the Wii's capabilities. And it supports motion+. If you try to visit the Wii forums of any site, chances are you'll meet at least 3 different topics flooding with rumors and speculation on the game. "That girl's the master sword!", "No! It's the fairy queen from Wind Waker!" (google it), "Link has no sword because he won't fight!" "of course he'll fight, but he's a wizard now!" (believe it, both these statements were heard by me before) and many other nearly baseless rumors.

Metal Gear Solid Rising

Your favorite mutilated G.I.Joe cosplay is back

What do we know: "tactical espionage action" is now "lightning bolt action". And Raiden's back.

Why everyone wants to play it: If you, like me and practically every PS3 owner, played Metal Gear Solid 4 and watched the scene where Raiden, alone, annihilates a bunch of gekkos (those ostrich-like robots) with his sword only, then you probably picture MGS Rising as that scene over and over. And for the bosses, you picture his fight with Vamp. How epic can this game be?

The Last Guardian

"Who's the cutest hippogriff pierced by arrows? You are! Yes you are, yes you are!"

What do we know: It's from Team ICO. And you have a pet hippogriff. And "he" is cute.

Why everyone wants to play it: If you've played Shadow of the Colossus and liked it (how can you not?), you're dying to see what they're doing with this game. The same applies to ICO, since it seems like the game's a bizarre fusion between the two past works from Team ICO. But what if you haven't played either of them and never heard of the quality work Team ICO delivers? First, I'd like to invite you to get out of the cave you live inside and meet the world. Second, You've probably seen the trailer, noticed that it looks gorgeous and that... you're dying to know how the hell you play that game, because right now it doesn't seem to make sense.

Anything that comes with Natal and Sony's glowing stick

The Final battle begins... fall 2010

What do we know: You mean the hardware or the games? There's only one game related to project Natal. It's Milo, that weird kid from the E3 conference. As for Sony's motion controls, all we've seen in terms of games is the tech demo shown on the E3 press conference. What was there? Well, there was some random room where you could play around with stuff, and an Elder Scrolls like moment. And the man explaining the control mentioned that the glowing orb on top of it can change colors depending on the situation, for example, and I quote him, "If you're playing an RPG and you choose the Fireball spell for your wizard, the orb turns red. You then swing the controller and the wizard will throw the fireball!"

Why everyone wants to play it: Be you a die hard Nintendo fan trying to prove that neither Natal nor Sony's still unnamed motion controllers won't be as awesome as your trusty wiimote, be you a die hard Sony/Microsoft fan trying to prove that the Wii is the past and the motion brought for your console is the new revolution, be you just a regular gamer anxious to play the latest technology, you want to try it out.

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And this is the list. It's surprisingly small, but that's more because most big hits already have tons of info about them around the internet. Did I miss something? Did I say something wrong? Do you think I should have added another game that I forgot? Then mention it on your comment, and, if there's an opportunity, a second list will be delivered.

Video Review

check the notes, and make sure to follow note #4 :P

also, my PC is definitely busted now. so even if i found the time to make another video review (i'll be out for another week and college starts in febuary), i wouldn't be able to capture gameplay. blame my brother and his awful habit of downloading from the most unreliable places possible. and no, my laptop doesn't run games.

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BrunoBRS stylish comboing the other video reviews

first, no i didn't start editing the video review (yet)

now about the trip, it was pretty cool. we stayed in a house in the mid of the mountain, litterally surrounded by the jungle, and it had a pool there. even satelite TV. the routine was basically "wake up early to avoid traffic, go to the beach, get back home, have lunch, get in the pool, take a shower, find something to do for the rest of the day", which is pretty good IMO.

BTW the last thing i did in 2009 was lose a meteos match, about 5 seconds before the new year >.>

and i have been playing assassin's creed II too. the first time you get off the animus... whoa. that's one sick twist. and the game's getting better and better. just too bad the villa kinda ruins the economic system, and apparently there aren't enough templar ruins to explore (even with the 3 bonus ones from the edition), not to mention you can't just "redo" them. oh, and venezia/venice is awesome.

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BrunoBRS using the villa's unlimited money to buy your soul

first of all, late merry christmas for everyone. about the video review, i've captured everything, but i didn't start editing yet. i'll travel tomorrow and i'll be out until jan 2nd, and i don't know if i'll be able to take my laptop (if not for keeping the internet, for the video review).

as for the topic title, it refers to my main christmas present...

Assassin's Creed II: Black Edition.

yes, the limited one that was only sold in europe. i got my hands on it. what's so special about it? well, it comes with...

The game (duh!)

exclusive bonuses for both AC II and avatar: the game (doubt i'll be using the last one)

a bonus DVD with trailers, wallpapers, and the soundtrack. i have yet to check it, but i hope the "Lineage" episodes are there.

the conspiracy book, which is kinda like an artwork book mixed with a making of

a miniature ezio with the most badass equipment in the game

and this huge box to put everything in. i'm keeping it just for it's awesomeness :P

as for other presents, i also got:

some money (enough to buy more games :D)

2 books

a new watch

a new shorts to use it on my trip to the beach

and a chocolate santa. i ate it's head and Mr. demon face is using his hat.

and during a small visit to the mall, i found material for my first fail pic.

and since this is christmas, consider this accidental picture of myself with the DSi camera my gift to you all

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BrunoBRS too ashamed of the accidental pic to add a gaming phrase