If anybody is reading this blog then I thank you very much, this is just a couple of thoughts over gaming I’ve had today.

 Earlier today I was walking through Game looking through things thinking “Oh maybe I’ll buy this, errrr…. Maybe this as well, man I have some spare money for this” and then I remembered “Oh wait, I’m trying to use pocket money to save for the Wii” and this is a dilemma I have found myself in a lot quite lately but it’ll all be worth it when I have my console and I have my birthday coming up soon and maybe I’ll get a couple of games via my presents. But it has left me wondering how much people who are non-gamers are prepared to pay; I got my gamecube for £100, prices then moved up to £100 for the DS, a handheld console and it’s definite that the Wii is going to be somewhere over £100. I am not saying these consoles aren’t worth the price but I’m wondering if non-gamers are thinking “that much for a console? This is not something I wanna get into” before even touching a game, but game prices are higher in England than the USA.

 Secondly all the latest Spore news appeared on Gamespot today and I was once again very interested in reading another Will Wright’s interview but the date of Spore’s release has been announced yet later than previously predicted and I am seriously wondering how I am going to cope but I am also waiting for the next Harry Potter book as well as the Wii at the moment and I’ve found you kind of have to just forget about it to cope with things and I’ve trying to also be able to read the other Harry Potter books and playing Super Smash Bros. Melee in anticipation of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and I suppose you can play The Sims while waiting for Spore but it’s just not the same. 

 These are just a couple of thoughts from me and although I know there aren’t too many people reading my blogs but if I don’t post there’s no chance I’ll be heard anyway but if you have put up with me thank you very much :)

 After my excitement over discovering Spore yesterday I find myself unusually sad about a gaming-related topic.

 Of course I never went to E3 myself but over the last 2 years (yes I was looking at Gamespot way before I joined) I really enjoyed following E3 via Gamespot, I loved seeing the videos this year and when I looked at Gamespot's review of Guitar Hero it made me think "that is why I want a PS2" (of course I won't actually get one because I am saving for the Wii and the console is at the end of its days) and I enjoyed laughing at Maosumi's User Video "Top 10 reason s not to go to E3" and even before following via Gamespot I was following it through other sites.

 I won't miss the commercialism of the event or the controversy over the Booth Babes and I do feel slightly sorry for smaller companies not able to keep up with the E3 costs although one Gamespot editor had a good idea to do with "Booth-Spending Cap". But things won't be the same with a downsized E3 2007.

 Hi to anybody who is reading this, if anybody is at all. I was going to try and save up all my thoughts up until the point where I could post video blogs but i'm starting to see that point is a long way away and well just doing things by video would make me look like somewhat of an illiterate moron, so here I am with my first text blog.

 I first saw Spore yesterday on Gamespot while browsing through some games and it looked like quite an interesting game but it looked to me from the videos like a bit of a one-dimensional game, but I couldn't have been more wrong.

 Today I went and actually did some reasearch on Spore and watched the E3 Presentation of the game as well as a couple of other videos of the game. I was blown away by the idea of this game and I just can't wait to get my hands on it. I loved The Sims and it looks like i'm going to love Spore as well, I know a lot of you on Gamespot are already excited about it and if you don't know what this game is about yet then go and find out, it is amazing.

 Oh and can anyone clear up for me where Gamespot got their release date for the game from, because there seems to have been a fair bit of controversy over the release date.