Usually I'm a bit happier when I write these blogs, but as I write one of my two cats is being put down which sucks a lot so I hope the quality of this weeks blog doesn't suffer for it (yes, believe it or not it can get worse). I've been playing various things this week from Puzzle Pirates to Halo 3 but my main focus has once again been on Rock Band, there's not much to say except once again I'd like to emphasise it is a great game in dire need of a price drop.

Last Monday was Bungie Day as many of you are aware and I had a good time playing on the Bungie Day playlist Icy Treats and I'm very much enjoying the new map. I really like the 3D artistry on Cold Storage, it's a sleak-looking map but with great flood-elements and it's ultimately fun to play. It's a shame Bungie have got so much c**p from their community because they're one of the best companies out there. This week I've been checking the Bungie.net forums for a few minutes once or twice every day and man they never stop complaining. You have the company here who has made one of the best shooter series in gaming history and all these people care about is how the Battle Rifle may be slightly imbalanced or why their lag is Bungie's fault. I don't mind hardcore fans and I don't mind constructive criticism but this is just complete over-reaction to minor flaws and I doubt half the people complaining actually know how what they're complaining about works. On the brighter side though they seem to have a special announcement for Monday (that's 7 days after 07/07). Yay!

Speaking of events this week we have a little convention going on called E3 2008, running from Tuesday to Thursday. Everyone who knows about it seems pretty hyped and I gotta say I am too, besides the great games there this is the place where all the big announcements happen. Why only two years ago we were watching as gaming critics and other lucky souls who'd managed to sneak themselves in were enjoying the first play-throughs of the then upcoming Nintendo Wii, now look where it is! For those of you who can stretch back your mind to ten years ago, that was when E3 was showcasing Half-Life in it's final stages and first glimpses of Duke Nukem Forever were given. For this years 13th E3 convention I'm expecting to hopefully see news on many big sequels in development and maybe if we wish very hard news from the big companies on their next consoles, but the announced lineup so far still looks pretty solid.

Thank you once again for reading. On one final topic, they have announced the one song I really thought would of been perfect for Rock Band for Rock Band 2 (Everlong by Foo Fighters). Shoutout to Baldpigcool, PenBandit and "Chris" (they know who they are) and this week I'll leave you with this page of Bungie tributes.

-Gamer_152