It's been a busy month or so for games. I wanted to work through some of the old games that have been in my backlog before the new wave of October games hit and I've been succesful to some extent.

First though, September came at with it came Halo 3 ODST. The game is an absolute blast and it was wonderful to be back in the Halo universe running through the streets of New Mombassa. The game is a complete package and one of the best first person shooters of our generation - but I must admit that a big part of what was "good" about the game was the fact that Halo 3 was excellent. This game is an extension of Halo 3 with some twists here and there, and given the excellence that was Halo 3 - Bungie would really need to screw up to make this game anything less than great. Hats off to them for the story line, the sneaky insert of Sadie's Story (which I'm still five or six voice logs away from completing) and the new firefight mode. Having said that, it's still Halo 3. We need a Halo 4. Not Halo Reach as a prequel, not Halo Anime or comic books, we need Halo 4 with the Master Chief and the next chapter in the story. It is time for the next chapter in this story.

Next - I went back to Fallout 3 after about two years to see if I could spark some of that Bethesda magic again - perhaps get into it enough to be willing to download some of the expansion packs. I put an additional ten hours into the game and then placed it back into its case for it to go back to its hibernation. Listen, Fallout 3 is a great game in so many ways, but ultimately it's just a little more frustrating than it is really worth, particularly if your not levelled up.

Looking through my collection of backlogged games, I decided that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was a worthy adversary given that the next chapter in that franchise is coming out in November. I started the game again from the beginning and played through to the end. Reviewers complained that the game was very short in campaign mode - but for a busy professional such as myself, the five or six hours that it took to play through the game were perfect. Modern Warfare is brutal, realistic and dirty - just like a war probably is and should be. I won't go so far as to call it a masterpiece, but it is one of the better games of this current generation. I'm very happy that I decided to go back and finish the game, two years after I first bought it.

Next on the agenda, Uncharted 2 for the PS3. It just came in this morning... and so it begins.