Here I am again, I've returned to gamespot, cap in hand. As Joesh89astutely pointed out, being on Giantbomb 'feels like I'm in someone else's house :['

I tried to get into the whole spirit of the giantbomb thing but I don't think that it's what I'm looking for in a gaming community website. There are a lot of good features on the site that I wish Gamespot would consider stealing, such as the ability to see an activity feed of everyoneon the site so it is easier to read random blogs. The inbox that is integrated into the webpage (instead of the stupid, slow and cumbersome inbox on GS) is very good too.

The news side of the site is a bit ropey though. After having a little play around with my profile page as well I wish GS would give us a little more freedom to customise our layouts (a la Livejournal).

So yeah, I'm back.

I've been away in Reading for the last two weeks finishing up the last few assignments for my first year, this has meant no xbox. It has given me the opportunity to get reacquainted with my DS though. I officially heart Chrono Trigger, it is an incredible game and I feel mildly foolish for having not played it before now.

Whilst wandering around Reading today I decided to have a look in Game for some bargains; didn't find any unfortunately but my curiosity has been piqued by a couple of recent releases for the 360, Star Ocean and Prototype. Both of these games look like they could have potential. I played a Star Ocean on the PS2 but I didn't really have much patience with the fighting system and the awfully whiny characters. I am in desperate need of an epic RPG on the 360 though so I may take a punt on SO.

In other news, I have become addicted to Prison Break, I'm halfway through the first season, I'm not sure how the other 3 seasons after this are gonna span out (how many prisons can one man break out of?!?) but Prison Break is currently filling the glossy american tv gap in my life following my love affair with Tony Soprano and with the hiatus of Lost for the time being.

I am off work next week so I fully intend on watching a hell of a lot more of Prison Break and either buying Star Ocean or starting Eternal Sonata, not sure which yet though.

Anyway, sorry about the pleading for friendship posts and then buggering off, I'm back now and I'm gonna have a look at the unions that I'm connected to and leave some/contribute more to some/join some more.

Now please Gamespot, sort yourselves out and make this website the kind of site that made me love gaming in the first place.