I got my 7th Platinum Trophy this morning, just before work. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was a nice warm up for the second game, even though I played the second game before the first one. The loss of melee attacking from behind cover, a challenging last boss, and great multiplayer was sad. But the first game was a great one, and a nice way for me to test-drive my new PS3 component cables. Now, everything looks shinier in HD.

My current game lineup is composed of Assassin's Creed 2 (which I won't touch until I get both DLC episodes so I have the full experience of the story), Borderlands (when the new expansion releases and enables the Level Cap increase. But until then, I'm a long way off from max levels), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (got it after two months of putting it off since Uncharted 2's done), Demon's Souls (this is one I'm gonna have to play exclusively with my free time since it needs that much devotion to it), LittleBIGPlanet (I still aspire to make at least one level in the course of having this game!) and Dragon Age: Origins (great RPG, and I've been meaning to make time for it. Seems likely since I'm missing out on Mass Effect 2). And if that wasn't enough...

In 2 weeks' time, I got three more PS3 games due out. White Knight Chronicles releases its International Edition Feb 3rd. It's supposed to be updated up the butt along with 50+ extra quests, a village you can visit exclusively on the PSN and get exclusive items on, live chat in-game with other players, and 4 player online co-op functionality. If this game is done right, it could be a fun RPG to play with its online potential.

Bioshock 2 releases Feb 9th and I am psyched for it. The first game was one of the most graphically well done games I've ever seen. I hope the second one just...blows expectations out of the water.

And then Star Ocean: The Last Hope International is due Feb 10th. I played the 360 version and loved that just because the Star Ocean games were anywhere from good to great. It sucks that the PS3 version won't have anything more than multi-lingual voicework. But still...trophies and being able to play it on the PS3 makes me happy.

Final Fantasy 13 is March 9th and still a ways off. Although it's getting criticized from lovers and haters, all that I do know about it is the graphics are great, the gameplay's a little innovative (mixes some Shin Megami Tensei: Persona-esque AI with Nocturne's 'if your main char dies, it's game over' schtick and turn-based RPG play, in FF-style), and it's got trophies to inspire numerous playthroughs. I hear the story's a little lame and the characters are a bit iffy until you learn their stories. But its still Final Fantasy. So far, the worst one I played to date was...well, I'd say there wasn't a bad FF to me just yet. So at the most, this game will be decent to me.

So what's on the menu for me for my next gaming project? Probably some Borderlands, Demon's Souls is a maybe...Dragon Age: Origins is a definite. See ya guys again soon!

XSkittleKrazyX on CoD: MW2, LittleBIGPlanet, Borderlands, and both Bioshock 2 and White Knight Chronicles when I get them. =D

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/01/19/Nolan-North-Confirms-Uncharted-3.aspx

Need I say it? This makes me happy. Seems Nolan North, the voice actor for Nathan Drake of both Uncharted games (and of Assassin's Creed 2 note) is providing a lot of voice over work this year for upcoming releases, one of which happens to be the next Uncharted installent from Naughty Dog. And considering that the second installment had won numerous Game of the Year awards, as well as Best PS3 Game and Best Graphics In A Game awards, it seems a definite. And now...relish!

I caved. I thought I'd be content with LittleBIGPlanet, Uncharted 2, and Borderlands for my online play on a PS3. But...I saw a Like New condition copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 mispriced at 40 bucks used at a Gamestop today. I knew off the bat it was a misprice since they were selling it for 60 bucks new, and it had to be 55 used. When they scanned it in, I was right. But the good news was, I decided to go for it. I got it for 40 bucks. Heck, 33% off with everything just like the wrap was taken off beforehand? But...for the sake of my whoring for achievements/trophies, and playing one of the top games out this past year...I decided to play the latest game from the series that gave me migraines. I was there playing COD2 on the 360 at launch and investing two weeks into playing the campaign on Veteran. And then I got halfway through COD: MW on Veteran and got stuck. -_-;; Anyway, hopefully I got some friends out there on PSN and GS that'll help me out. Not that I suck at shooters. But I need to get comfy and find my niche.

I just finished my sixth PS3 game in Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition. I got worried that my Mothership Zeta expansion was bad. But as it turns out, having System Data for the game on the PS3 sometimes mucks things up. So I had to reinstall the system data and I finished the last expansion. Acing Fallout 3: GOTY in its entirety had elevated my PSN Username up by another level, so I'm close to level 9.

Now that it's out of the way, I'm going to be working on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Borderlands. My goal now is to hit 10 Aced PS3 games. And it looks like a possibility in Dragon Age: Origins, Assassin's Creed 2, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and Borderlands. LittleBIGPlanet and Demon's Souls will take a tremendous amount of effort to ace, and I just don't have the constitution for them.

It's also another month until I got another 3 PS3 games coming my way: Bioshock 2, Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, and White Knight Chronicles. Final Fantasy XIII has been marked for March 9th...and technically, not a game, but the Dragon Age: Awakening Expansion due for mid March is up there. After March, I got nothing to worry about in terms of games until the end of the year. That's when Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, and Dead Space 2 are due...and Tales of Vesperia when it gets localized, which seems likely for this year.

One thing I also have to share with people...I seem to have some good luck this week. I got a scratch off lottery ticket on a whim. And I won over 200 bucks. That is my whole February and March lineup right there paid off! =D

I'm off to bed now. First week of school is the dullest. Look for me as XSkittleKrazyX on the PSN in Uncharted 2, LBP or Borderlands! =)

I know it's a couple days late, and I had my share of stuff to do. First off, let me regale my buddies on a surprising adventure I had at the end of last year. It was around the week before Christmas. The father of one of my friends was closing up shop. He ran a side business dealing in movies, music, and games of all sorts. Unfortunately, eBay and Amazon and Gamestop robbed him of business. So, he ended up putting the bulk of his inventory on eBay. I came to visit Christmas week, and I asked if I could look through his game stash. He said I could. Guess what I found?

I found out that someone came to him at his place of business less than a month ago and sold off both Ratchet and Clank games and Uncharted games for the Playstation 3 console for some 'shopping money' despite how strung out he seemed to be. So what did I do? I asked him for how much he was gonna sell the games for. He had yet to quote them. Since I worked at Gamestop and used eBay for a while, I told him the usual price range for the games. He asked me if I was interested in them. I said I was. So, he asked me to make him an offer. I told him I couldn't afford much since their expected value was around 160-180 bucks preowned. So he made me a proposition.

I helped him list over 200 items he was selling on eBay. I quoted them, made their pages. Took me a half a week's worth of time. Since I didn't have anything better to do with my spare time, I spent those many hours cataloging his stuff. It was about two days before Christmas before we got the last item listed. He appreciated the help. And guess what he paid me with?

That's right. I got all 4 games as compensation for the effort. And they're complete. Discs are like new, cases are intact, and they have the inserts and manuals and everything.

Aside from that, I got some clothes, about 30 bucks in iTunes giftcards (got Star Trek and District 9 downloaded), and a Vizio 22 inch LCD HDTV. Widescreem, stereo/surround sound, HDMI capability. But alas, I have to wait another week before my PS3 component cables arrive and the picture will look a lot better. Plus, I got em for 5 bucks (that includes shipping and handling!), so it was worth it.

I also got the entire Farscape series on DVD. Great sci-fi series. Let's put it that way.

I also start school again in another week, which does suck. :( Where did my vacation go???

Also, I got another 3 months of waiting for Bioshock 2, Star Ocean: TLHI, White Knight Chronicles, and Final Fantasy XIII for PS3! :cry:

Enjoy the blog and I'll see some of you online soon. I'll be getting into LBP, Borderlands, and Uncharted 2 for some online play. I was gonna get MAG, but it's a 50-50 shot right now.

I was planning to purchase 3 out of the 4 possible games this spring that I wanted: Bioshock 2, Star Ocean 4, and Final Fantasy 13. White Knight Chronicles was purely an optional choice. And then I saw there was a slew of DLC coming out for the games I do own. Within the next three months, I have to deal with 3 new releases for my PS3, an update for LBP for around 5 to 6 bucks (Pirates of the Carribean and Water!), Borderlands' second expansion Mad Moxxi's Riot Underdome (another 10 bucks), Assassin's Creed 2's two announced expansion packs (which'll total out to 10 bucks for both when they release), and now, Sega discounted all their Valkyria Chronicles' DLC by 40% between now and January 7th (-cough- Yuna7780, 40% off -cough-). So now, I have to save 75 bucks for my remaining new releases (an optional 55 for the 4th game), and around 35-40 bucks for all this DLC I want so bad...

This will be my last blog before Christmas, so Happy Holidays to my friends. Look for me on LittleBIGPlanet or Borderlands or Demon's Souls this winter! And be sure to take advantage of Sega's 40% off sale on their DLC.

I don't have any aspirations in the new year. Aside from trying to find a real full-time job to get into, and getting my own place. But since this is a game site, I figure I'll post what I aspire to play.

-Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, let's face it. it's been 3 years coming.)

-Star Ocean: The Last Hope International (PS3, cause that's where the series belongs)

-White Knight Chronicles (PS3, if these updates and DLC that the International version will have will vastly improve the game)

-Bioshock 2 (PS3, let's face it. It can be to the first game what Uncharted 2 was to its first game; same for Gears of War; same for Mass Effect, Dark Cloud...sequels usually bring what we love and more)

-Heavy Rain (PS3, everyone loves a good adventure)

-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (Now that it's got a 2010 release date, I know I'll want this)

-Tales of Vesperia (PS3, if it gets localized over here. Which I hope it does. I'd definitely buy it.)

-God of War III (PS3. Getting the Collection soon...so going to get this.)

What about all of you? Any of you have any next-gen ambitions for 2010?

Ladies and gentlemen of Gamespot, as an unofficial representative (who is getting paid nothing whatsoever) of the VGA broadcast, it's my pleasure to keep you all on tabs about some major announcements that will take place during the course of the VGAs. I will be updating this blog post accordingly during the live broadcast I am viewing. So for now, here's a couple of tidbits that are news enough. As of 8:40 PM...

8:00 PM EST - Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 is announced (including Mark Hamill adding panache to the announcement)...

8:33 PM EST - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 is announced (including DUAL lightsabers)...

8:38 PM EST - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time live action trailer is finally shown on TV (outside of other major streaming websites that have had the trailer for close to a month by now)...

9:18 PM EST - Rock Band: Green Day is announced...

10:59 PM EST - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves acquires Best Graphics, Best PS3 Game, and Game of the Year from Spike TV (yet it isn't in the top 20 sales listing for the year...)

-thrusts fist into air- We are back on track! The blogs all came back ^_^.

I got done my Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics Final Exams. Here's hoping I did well on them. Or I'll be seeing the teachers in another year or so. Tonight I have my Advanced Manufacturing Techniques final and my Calculus 1 final is this Friday morning. I didn't do so well on my last test for the class :( . But I can still get at least a 50% on my final exam and still pass with a C grade. Seems like all I got left. Especially with how burned out I am concerning the semester.

On the gaming side of things, I finished my 5th PS3 game, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, on Saturday night. I'll update my Username pic on my profile page when PS3Trophycard.com finishes their maintenance. Since that's 5 PS3 games I got the Platinums for, my next gaming project? Definitely Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition. Borderlands will be a close second. And then there's Dragon Age: Origins, Demon's Souls, Assassin's Creed 2, LittleBIGPlanet, and Valkyria Chronicles (but that doesn't have trophies. Unless they release a patch that gives you trophies soon).

For pure leisure, I'm playing Valkyria Chronicles soon and Uncharted 2 online. And then I still have Final Fantasy 12, Dark Cloud 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4...and I still got a few PS1 games to play.

It is gonna be a busy month for me. Certainly colder already.