Wow... it's been over a month since I lasted posted anything. Mostly I have frustrated by my mom and lack of money.

I have trying to be good. I have managed to get myself to do at least 3-4 Downward Spiral strips per a week & did a handful of filler art. I'm seriously thinking of putting Downward Spiral on Keenspace. I like the option of loading a bunch of strips that will post automaticly on a set time. I have been slowly moving some of the old artwork from the site to Deviant Art. :D The website update have been put on hiatus. I have also been working on a small portfolio for some freelance work at Kenzer & Co.

Speaking of portfolio, this year I'm just gonna lay low for Wizard World. I don't have much in work, just Tequila Sunrise: Slime & the new Downward Spiral stuff and maybe a few illustrations. I'm just a tire of franticly scrambling for stuff to show when I have none.

I have caved in & joined a Union on Gamespot. So far I like it. All the posts are articulate and have something intelligent to say, a sharp departure from the usual posts I see elsewhere.

Anyhoo, Ty & I have traded in a couple of games for a few new ones - Prince of Persia 2: Warrior Within, Red Ninja, God of War, and Stolen.

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Prince of Persia 2: Warrior Within

When it comes to sequels, there are only two ways to go. The first way is the more desirable path, the path of improvement. Games on this path is often exhibit some degree of improvement or favorable tweaking to the system. The other way is the path of disappointment. Oftimes the game has little improvement or the gameplay is changed for the worst. Sometimes by no fault of its own, the sequel just simply cannot stand up the tall pedestal of the first game. Prince of Persia 2 falls into the later cateogory.

PoP 2 isn't a bad game. It's just not the Prince of Persia I have come to love. It suffered the same syndrome that DMC 2 have suffered. They try to make the game more "mature", more hardcore by sacrificing the details that made the game so enjoyable. I probably wouldn't have been as disappointed if I have played the second game first, then the first or if they made the story totally unrelated to the first.

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Red Ninja: End of Honor

Bad game, baaaaaaaaaaaad. Bad game make me want to microwave.

I have a very high tolerence for crappy stuff, be it movies, TV show, anime, etc. etc. I simply could not stomach Red Ninja. It was bad not because of its cliche story, nor because its crappy action/combat abilities, but because its horrendous camera controll. If you thought BloodRayne 2's camera was bad, you haven't seen anything yet. This was the first time playing video games hurted my eyes. Oh... the pain.

I finally had enough the game when stupid Akemi accidently killed me for the third time during a boss fight.

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God of War

Excellent, excellent game. It's a definite keeper in our collection.

It's a brutal, violent game. Despite that, it's very mature in handling. It has an incredible story & story telling, very Greek. The designs & music are amazing and very original. We beat the game on easy, still that was hard for us. I have never seen graphics so crisp and beautiful on the PS2.

It's also have about 2 hours of extra material that unlocks after you beat the game. Nice.
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Stolen

A decent game in the rough. Sadly the game is plagued with many serious glitches. Nothing is worse than saving a perfect mission only to find out it did not save or it spawns you way way back in the mission. That and being a very, very short game (there's only 4 levels in the game). Thank god we paid only $8 for the game (after trading in PoP 2 & Red Ninja).

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Other Noteworthy Reviews

- Samurai Champloo:
Samurai & hip hop? You would think it's like oil & water, but suprisingly it's very good series. It's from the creator of Cowboy Bebop. It's worth watching, especially now that's on [adult swim].

- Hellsing: Ruins CD:
The anime was somewhat of a disappointment. It had a great start, but it floundered at the end leaving many questions unanswer. My theory is that the manga was just starting & was gaining in mucho popularity, so the networks capitalized on it. The problem is that there's not much material to go on, so series goes kaputz.