Well E3 is officially over! We all had our chance to find out that G4 tech tv knows nothing about games and that they are garbage. Who the hell cuts a commerical over the entire Mass Effect trailer and in the middle of the final Halo 3 trailer. Are they that dumb, or is it just me. I think 1up should have their own TV channel, not G4! Gamespot had some great coverage, and I really enjoyed the E3 Live videos. I watched a couple of them, and the ones I was most impressed with were Mercenaries 2, Mass Effect, Heavenly Sword and Warkhawk. I would have really liked to have seen a Halo 3 one, but thats fine. I was able to watch the Nintendo and Microsoft press conferences live, and I watched the Sony one after I got home from work.

Impressions of Major Companies:

3. Nintendo was clearly the worst press conference out of thethree of them. Places such as the Washignton Post praised Nintendo as saving E3, while in my oppinion they destroyed and proved they are no longer a gaming company, by a company interested in casual people. They showed these rediculous footages that no one gave a $hit about. Youtube videos about how good the Wii is doing, WHO CARES WE ALREADY KNOW YOUR SELLING WELL. Its kind of funny that the guy mentioned that even he himself would say that the Wii is only a fad. Why is the Wii so good, because its cheap and its new. Quite simply the idea of using motion sensing apeals to a lot of people just looking for fun. I must say, lots of people must enjoy the Wii and to a certain extent it is great for the industry. Its not destroying markets, but creating new ones by reaching out to a broader bunch of people. On the other hand some may say that Nintendos success could be one of the things that damages if not severly effects the Gaming industry as a whole in terms of True gamers. True is the word that I use, because I personally do not feel that the Wii is a True console, but just a fun machine. Its a whole different categorie and doesn't appeal to True gamer consumers to any extent. Nintendo failed at this E3 because they did not show any True video games, this being really dissapointing. Of course when you have a Wii, you cannot bare to not take into consideration how mediocre the visuals are in comparison to the Xbox 360 and the PS3. The original Xbox very well has better graphics than the Wii (SAD AS HELL). The zapper which was praised is merely a piece of plastic, the Wii Fit is a machine built for Fattys who cannot makeit outtheirown doorway such as BIG C(by the way Nintendo, I have a Mountain bike, a snowboard, I play real soccer, football, etc. I am not going to get into shape using this funky little machine, acctually my parents plan on putting a mini LCD TV for our weight machine and running machine). Leave getting into shape to practical things, not video games. You can acctually get video games for you bike machines if that is what your interested in. Nintendo also showed off their racing wheel which looks like a joke in comparison to say Microsoft's racing wheel (BTW Microsofts has breaks, a pedal, and force feedback making it feel like your really driving). Nintendo showed very few interesting games, and Mario Galaxies looks cool, but honestly I'm not 5 anymore, I don't care for Mario. The worst most corny thing of the show, was the family that played the Wii. That is where they really flew far away from gaming, and completely into the casual people. Nintendo doesn't realise that casual people arn't even watching E3, its True gamers that are. Honestly, they shouldn't have even bothered showing up at E3.

2. Sony in many peoples oppinions was the best of the show, but I would acctually like to put them in 2nd (not a fanboy move). Sony definitly delivered on showing tons of games. There are a lot of good looking games on this console,and its good to know that 2008 has some great titles coming. Unfortunetly Sony still does not have a community like xbox live. Hopefully games like Socom and Warhawk along side Sony's Home, will improve the Sony Online Network. Therewere acouple of key games though that stood out to me that I am definitly interested in. The first one is LittleBigPlanet. At first glance this game does not look like much but its truly a masterpiece of work. This game is a gaint sandbox where you can create and play through many things. The games visuals, physics, and end less possibilities allow for it to be maybe one of the best games of 2008. Metal Gear Solid 4 looks really cool. The story seems impossible to follow, but I hope that this might be a tripple A title. Warhawk represents what the xbox 360 needs. One of the lead guys on Warhawk even makes reference to how he loved playing Halo over Lan. Warhawk is a mutiplayer game that I hope the 360 follows up on. It even supports what is known as ghost (like Starcraft), where you can play over the Lan with other people using only one copy of Warhawk. This game can be downloaded over the Playstation Network, it is cheaper than other games ($40 American), andthe retail version comes with a Blue-tooth headset :).Heavenly Sword looks amazing. Even though it may be a short game, the ability to fight hundreds of soldiers on screen with amazing CG like graphics is mindblowing. Of course, you cannot leave out Killzone 2, which might possibly be the Playstations #1 system seller. I didn'tenjoy listening to Dave at the PS3 conference at all. He just didn't seem very cool, and the whole wookie thingwas rather weird. Phil Harrison is a jacka$$, but he did present quite well.Plan on getting my PS3 next week. Why is Sony not #1, because its fall lineup is what matters, and the Xbox is the king of the hill in that market.

1.Microsoft is a buisness company. There are also a software company, and they know what there doing this generation. Peter Moore couldn't have been any more right, this Fall is the Xbox 360's chance to shine. There are so many games that are coming out for the Xbox 360 it is not by any means a funny topic. There are so many tripple A games, many people are going to have a hard time determining what they want to purchase. Microsoft's press conference was not amazing. It could have shown a little more info about the games themselves, games in 2008, and news on anything to do with changing xbox live. The best news I felt was the feature that enables you to buy tv shows, rent movies, etc. off of xbox live is coming to Canada. This is great, but wait a minute, isn't the 120GB hardrive about $200. Microsoft is honestly ripping us off to a certain extent. I'll probably get the new hardrive at Christmas. Some people don't like Peter Moore, but I personally do. He's a great speaker, he's a gamer himself, and he knows how to sell stuff. The things that stood out to me for the xbox 360 were games like Mass Effect. Mass Effect might very well get the game of the year. This game is amazing looking, and even looks beter than Gears of War which uses the same engine, the Unreal Engine 3. This game is long and is coming from the creators of the original Kotor (one of my fav RPG's of all time). Bioware is a Canadian based company, and they are releasing probably one of the greatest games of all time. I just finished playing the Blue Dragon demo and I can say that it brings me back to my FF10 days. The game is great fun, but im not going to have the time to play it this year (leaving it for 2008 ). What was really impressive though, was Lost Odyssey. This is the game that also uses the Unreal Engine and it looks gorgeous. Its hard to say whether Mass Effect is better looking than this game, but its definitly close. Lost Odyssey looks to be one of the best for the Xbox 360. The story line seems impelling where the main character is immortal which comes with some costs.The main difference I can say about Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey is that Blue dragon you have your shadows fighting for you while in Lost Odyssey your using weapons. Blue Dragons shadows are very much like the Aeons from Final Fantasy X which were really cool. Each shadow has its own distinct look, (ie. a dragon).The one thing I don't like is that the characters can only wear specific items like jewlery. Lost Oddyssey appears to allow you to find new weapons and armour to use, but looks to lack Aeons. Lastly, but not least by any extent is Halo 3. This is the greatest fanchise of all time, and in my oppinion will be the GOTY with Mass Effect as the runner up. Halo 3 is stunning, and is the game that made me cry on Novermber 9th 2004 in the first scene at High Charity. I couldn't believe that I was finnaly playing the Master Chief again. This game is amazing on all boards, and is also sad to see that it will be the final game in the trilogy. Halo 3 is that game where you play the character John who is a supersolider for the UNSC known as a Spartan (Spartan project was based on planet Reach). John is a tank in other words. The reason why this story is Hollywood material is because it brings in many concepts today and questions them quite well. One of the main ones I picked up was the idea that religion can be blinding. While the Alien's known as the Covenant feel Halo's are religious shrines, the humans know that the Halo's are acctualy giant weapons that will destroy all life and were created by the now extinct race known as the Forerunners. The Halo's were built to destroy the Flood. I know that Halo 3 does not look as life like as Gears of War, but for a SCI-FI game with its art it looks quite mind-blowing. Halo is also responsible for the best control scheme for a FPS ever. The game even goes farther than the revolutionary Half-Life in level design and gameplay. Halo 3 is the best reason to buy an Xbox 360, and it is the reason I bought mine, it defines system seller.

Most Surprising Game:

Call of Duty 4:

Who saw that sniper in the E3 gameplay video. That was just sick, and goes to show how many companys are now taking advantage of the technologies involved with Next gen consoles.

Alright, well it looks like im getting a PS3 foresure. Starting July 10th, tommorrow, the PS3 is going to have $100 price drop. I'm going to pick it up less than 2 weeks from now.Heres my story.

I went over to a friends house about 5-6 years ago for his birthday party. At this point the Xbox was not out yet. We played Onimusha (original). I saw the graphics and said this is something I have to get. I only paid $125 for my PS2. My parents payed about $250 and my sister paid $125. I sold the idea to my parents by telling them that is was also a DVD player. I never really got into the PS2, only owning 4 games for it in total. We owned Dark Cloud (my sisters game), NHL 2001, Onimusha and of course one of my favourite games of all time - Final Fantasy X. With that said, I stood strong for Sony. Several months later the Xbox would come out, introducing one of the bestfranchises ever concieved, changing the way we play first person shooters today, Halo: Combat Evolved.Never played it, but I did trash it anyways.People were praising it, and all I could say was that thePlaystationhas Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid,Socom, Grand Turismo and at the time Grand Theft Auto.Even though these are great franchises, they had nothing on Halo. I would eventually playHalo, where2 weeks later I bought it. The original Xbox had a good run, it had a ton of good games, but it didn't sell nearly as well as the Playstation that I eventually traded inin order to get some moreXbox games. From there I went to the PC so I could play some RTS' and games that did not lag! PC didn't lst very long though, only about 1 year before I went out and bought an Xbox 360 last summer.

Now I am going to purchase a PS3 one year after I got my Xbox 360. Its not because I feel that I made a mistake and that the Playstation is better, but its because I have the money to do so, I want a Blue-Ray player, and there are some games that I want for it.

Well, I started my new job on the Friday that just passed by. I'm working in a kitchen at a Golf course. Now this is not some old grubby golf course, but a golf course for those who have money (park and lot is full of BMW's, Corvettes, Mercedes, you get the picture). I have never actually worked before (Co-op not included), and I was a little afraid not knowing what to expect. A good friend of mine practically got me the job, and even said to me that he thinks im a better worker than himself and his brother. I chuckled at that knowing I am acctually a lazy person, but I do work hard when there is incentive I (Grades and Money$$$). I had to go through a lot of BS to get the job too, police check, void check, and I also had to wait an extra week for the contract to be completed. Acctually, I found out through the police check that there is a guy in Canada with the same name as me, same height, same weight, and same age. Only difference is our date of birth and that the other guy has tattoos on his arms. By the way, he doesn't have a good record by any means.

My first day of work wasn't terrible, but it was long. I was working from 2pm-10:45pm and was responsible for closing (in other words clean up everthing). Washing dishes wasn't so bad, but the dishes were fairly hot, and some of the pans were really hot to the point that they would burn you. I had to sweep the floor and mop at the end of the day. Fetch things for the cooks. Today I also worked again, and they did not give me any sort of break. My shift started at 8 in the morning and lasted until 2:15 in the afternoon(got off early, shift really ended at 4). It's only about a five minute bike from my house too. Today I was also washing dishes, cleaning the floor, fetching food, cutting bread and potatoes.

I'm not a wuss by any means, and I do realise two of my friends from school and my other 2 friends (ones in University and the others from another school) have been working at the kitchen for a couple weeks now and have not given up. Even though I am going to get lots of hours (full time job), its not really what I was looking for. I really am not in desparate need of money like others who need it for rent of other things (alcohol). My plan was to get a part-time job where I may work 15-20 hours a week. Not only is this a lot of hours, but its also hard work (40 hours a week minimum, this is the average work week for most people, but the hours in the kitchen are not 9-5). I finished a rough semester this year where I would get home at 4:30 everyday. Co-op killed me, and I have gotten into worse shape (havn't been biking, working out, or running), because I didn't have the will to do so after suffering through co-op. I cannot explain how bad it was. I lost hope, it completly turned my career outlook away from medicine and towards something else that I am not aware of yet (kind of funny, but I was hoping to become a doctor, I want to help people and I enjoy biology). My employer was a b**** to me. The point being is that I would like to relax this summer, and get back into the shape I was before this year. Unfortuanetly this much work kind of prevents this, thus I do not feel I should work for very long. My plan is to either work for 2-4 weeks, that way I get the pay cheques and a decent pay to purchase something like games. It may seem brutal, but I really do not want to work that much this summer, not many people do. Also, by working I will not be able to go to soccer, SO F*** work! I figure if I work 4 weeks I'll make about $1300. I already have $300 from the birthday money I got from my parents (my birthday is next week,I have a dentist appointment that day, then I must work for the rest of the day, see what I mean by to much work)

I have already said that one thing I'm getting is Planet Earth. My parents plan on getting a 1080P, 50" or larger LCD tv this Christmas. This means I'm going to buy this series in HD so I can watch them in HD then. From my understanding, Blu-Ray is winning right now. I havn't completely decided to go with it, but I'm looking into it. That means I need a Blu-Ray player, hmmmm.

New Blog to continue this will be created on Monday, my day off work. Tommorrow I work 11:00 to 8:00. Half decent shift because I don't have to close.

Planet Earth is a fairly new nature documentry. It is split up into 11 episodes coveringsome of the most amazing things that you will find on this planet. It was co-produced with the Discovery Channel and the Jappan Broadcasting Corporation in association with CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). I just finished watching the episode on caves on CBC. I highly recommend this show to anyone who has any kind of interest in whats going on in the environment. Sure its got some conservation stuff for about 1 hour, but there is approximately 10 more hours in HD on the miraculous things on this planet. It makes you wonder, and think about the amount of damage were doing to the planet and the need to sustain and protect the amazing things that are here.

I personally find that most people wake up everyday and do not even consider what is going on in the world, what is happening to the planet. A lot of people are just straight up ignorant, and believe that humans are the only thing that lives on this planet, and that destroying nature is something that happens everyday and that this is normal. This is not normal by any means, and is rather depressing in my oppinion. I have never really taken a deep interest in the environment until hearing about David Suzuki and watching shows on the Discovery Channel (no not the stupid animal shows that people make fun of because the animals are involved in sexual activities, GROW UP PEOPLE). I would really like to visit some of these places in the world because there are just that spectacular. I can't seem to grasp how amazing this planet is, and how the hell did this world get created out of pure luck. It is truly one of kind, literally, because whomever believes that once this planet is destroyed theres another one we can go to, is completly out of their mind.This is why we have to change our lives as humans. In a day and era wherethe most destruction of his planet is occuring, this is also a time where we have the education and science to stop the destruction. I feel that if people acctually watched this show,it would have a change on their outlookon this planet. The show goes over the many different areas of earth, observing and presenting amazing footage of all the life that is out there. Some of the footage is mind blowing to the extent where some times you question, "is this real?". Not because it looks fake, but its honestly that crazy.

If you would like some great imformation on the film, you can go to its website or look it up on wikipedia (great source for the seriesdespite some peoples lack of trust in it). I plan on purchasing the HD version of the series in a couple of weeks.

I commented to a friend of mine last week, "Were destroying the planet". He replied, "were not destroying the planet, were destroying our planet." In other words he implied that the Earth is going to be alive long after humans become extinct. Well, not many organisms can survive an apocalypse (some bacteria can). Sure, it may not become all out war, but it definitly seems we are fighting over the wrong things (Oil). I think in order to save the enviroment, to the save the world,we must become self sustainable. Canada and the United States should become self sustainable, that way we are not screwed by the effects of global warming affecting the rest of the planet. It is still our jobs to change our lives to help the planet, but unfortunetly it is going to be difficult to control every country in the world. One of my major concerns these days is the rise in population. Canada's population is acctually suppose to decrease due to the nearing time where most of the baby boomers are going to pass way. Unfortuanetly other countries in the world are continuing to grow in population which is very damaging on planet Earth. The population needs to start decreasing, not increase. As much as some may believe it is important to help the people of Africa, their population is not under control by any means. They completely neglect the idea that people take up resources, and all resources are going to deplete eventually (especially fresh water :(, that is not good). One thing the Americans are doing is taking Canadian fresh water. Canada has the most fresh water on the planet, but it is not for the Americans to be taken this, rather we should be charging them as they charge other countries for other necesities (unless this was changed). It will be a difficult thing to do especially since the population is suppose to grow from 6 billion. It is specifically up to developing countries, China, and India to take control of limiting the population. If they can do this, I see no problem with providing aid and improving the life of people in the world.

I am not at all a religious person and I am pretty much on the brink of being atheist. I still believe that is important as human beings that we protect the environment. Sure, I admit that I use a lot of electricity to play video games, but this problem can be avoided by improving the use of environmentally friendly renewable resources such as solar power and wind power. My parents would even be willing to purchase a hybrid car if they weren't so expensive(replacing the battery costs a lot considering most gas power cars last over 10 years without major maintence). Unfortuanetly the Canadian government at this time is right sided, The Conservative Party of Canada lead by the loser Steven Harper who looks literally evil (check out his eyes). I do not necessarily like any of the partys in Canada right now but I will say I am a lefty by far. If anything I believe Canada should have the Liberals in power with a minority, the NDP in 2nd and the Green Party in third. Yes some may say having 3 left winged partys is not such a good idea, but I do not consider the Liberals truly a left sided government rather they are in the middle. These 3 parties would make it possible to change Canada's outlook on the environment. it is quite apparent that Canadians are willing to give up things in order to save our world.

I could make an entire list on my oppinions, and some of them would be rather stupid becauseI did not put enough time into thinking about them. All I can say is that in the words of Budhism,"All life is sacred", and in the words of Churchill, "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Save the world, because if you truly have a chance to look at it, you might find out how amazing it acctually is.

Alright I have so much to talk about so I will divide this blog into categories.

What I'm Playing Right Now:

Well the day has finnaly come, I got my SERIOUSLY achievement. I have never characterized myself as being good at GoW, and people tend to not understand how I can play so could at one point and then at others really suck. I personnally think it is not possible to be good Gears of War. There is so much potential to make this a skill base game, but unfortuanetly the host advantage plaques the game really badly. Even if you arn't host, you can have an advantage over other people because your connection to the host may be better than other people. An example is my friend Mario, he lives in Toronto and I live in Ottawa, his connection to me is great. If he is hosting I will have absolutely no delay (there is a bit but not noticable), I feel almost like I am host. This is something that the average gamer on xboxlive doesn't understand. People will also complain about host advantage, but truly they should not complain to the host, but complain to Epic. I admit, you always have those retards who host games where they do not have a good enough connection to do so. This is a problem I on xbox live and I shall get into this later in the blog.Overall I plan on maxing out GoW with the new achievements. The new maps are amazing andI can'tbelieve how they were not innitially put into the retailversion of the game. The map "Bullet Marsh" is a perfect example of quality effort into thinking how a map should be made. I give my thumbsup to Epic for these maps, cause they truly do change the gameplay of GoW and extend its life by a fair bit.

I am also playing a fair bit of Forza Motorsport 2. I think to many people do not like this game because it requires so much skill. It is hard, and gets even harder online. I am havingso much with this game and I am currently working on getting all the cars for Europe, then moving onto completing the career races. I don't expect to do much online racing just yet, only purchasing stuff from the auction house. There are afew dissappointing things in the game, but I stillconsider the best racer on the 360. I think PGR4 has potential, and I like the idea of adding weather8). Dirt seems amazing as well. Its a beautiful looking game, and I must say it is far better looking than forza. Unfortuanetly, I am not going to give props to a rally game that is not better than Rallysport Challenge 2.

Rally Games are the best racers?!?!?!:

Yes its true, driving through England where the mud is splashing all over the place, wizzing past trees or running straight into them. Getting air time and hoping your suspension doesn't break on you. Drive through the desert passing the Oasis that you wish you could jump right into. Playing online with friends. Racing in the snow. Racing in the rain. OMG, THIS SOUNDS LIKE Rallysport Challenge 2. I entirely agree with Mario on this, games can get boring if there circuits. Forza Motorsport may be realistic, but passing through amazing enviroments that change for every turn you make is much more fun. This is why Nürburgring is my favourite track inForza. Itchanges. RallysportChallenge 2 was a blast, and thereis no rally game that will ever beat it unless its Rallysport Challenge 3. Dirt andSega Rally have nothing against it. DICE MAKE ANOTHER RALLY GAME!

What are you playing this summer?

Well school is done and I think I'm going to have to get a job. I am also planning on working out all summer. Oh yeah, I am also going to play video games. I'm going to play Forza and GoW of course, but there is also 3 games on my list. The first one is The Darkness. I hope this game turns out, but after reaing 1UP's review I think its not possible. There review of the game did was not represented by the score that they gave it. Hopefully GS does a better job where I am expecting an 8.5. The other 2 games do not come out until the end of the summer :(. Bioshock, I could right a whole blog on how excited I am about this game. The story is so compelling, "Our actions make us". I enjoy watching movies, and bioshock seems like a movie that you can play. Its got depth, amazing AI, Gorgeous visuals, UNIQUENESS, and so much more. The other game is a game that many people question me on. Blue Dragon, sure it may seem boring and there is no costimization of the characters appearance. This is fine, because I am a big Final Fantasy fan. One of my favourite games of all time is Final Fantasy 10. This looks like the 360's chance to take on Square Enix, or maybe even encourage more of their products on our console. I have a feeling this game will succeed.

What games are you looking forward to?:

TOO MANY THIS FALL ARGH!!!

This is why I need a job. The xbox 360 is going to blow every other console out of the water this summer. Its going to be great. Sure, having a lot of games launched at this time gives a great veriety to choose from, but what if you want them all.

List: Halo 3, Half-Life 2: Orange Box, Assasins Creed, Splinter Cell Conviction, GTA IV, Mass Effect (hopefully), Lost Odyssey (Japan?), Too Human (maybe in August), Bioshock (August), Blue Dragon (August), Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Call of Duty 4, Chronicles of Riddick, Unreal Tournament 3, Devil May Cry 4and Huxely.

There is 17 games there, that is $1270 with the CAT HELMET. Thats at least $1270 = I NEED A JOB.

Must buys out of all of those: Halo 3, Half-Life 2: Orange Box, Assasins Creed, GTA IV, Mass Effect, Too Human, Bioshock, Unreal Tournament 3 and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.

The State of Xbox Live:

Hereis a list of what Iwould like to change aboutXbox Live to make it the best online service ever! $59.99 we pay for 1 yearservice -WHAT IS THIS FOR! THERE IS STILL LAG IN GAMES!

1.I want more free downloadable content

2. Contests to win stuff thatare easy and convientent to be a part of (register vie yer console)

3. Internet browser.

4. A Speedtester that prevents people with poor connections from playing on live and prevents people from hosting games.

5. Dedicated servers providedbyMicrosoft.

6.Private chat - supportfor Group chat like the original xbox (where did this go?).

Gears of war car

If you talk to a PC fanboy, they'll tell you Halo means nothing because it is also on the PC.  In other words they don't care for the xbox 360.  Sadly enough, Halo 2 for the PC has been reviewed by many websites and been giving poor reviews.  It doesn't have amazing graphics yet has high system requirements, theres no use for gold live, etc. Wow... my A**.  What has vista trully done to make Halo superior on the pc, nothing, its done nothing and is rather an insult to Bungie.  How can a port get a 7.0, when the original got a 9.4 at gamespot, I REALLT DON'T KNOW.

My point being, Halo is meant for the xbox and should not be ported again.  Hopefully this failure will prevent micorsoft from porting Halo 3. 

Also, I have been playing the Halo 3 beta, and I have had people tell me BS like, "If you really liked it you would be playing it all the time.  Halo 3 has Halo 2.5 graphics!  Halo's multiplayer REQUIRES TO MUCH TEAMWORK!  THIS IS THE SAME AS HALO 2!  BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!"

Well i got news for you people saying this, SHUT THE HELL UP!  Sure the game does not look like Crysis or any games with the Unreal engine.  Everyone does expect Bungie to be the leader in graphical visuals after Halo and Halo 2.  Sure it is a little disappointing see that the character model is almost the same and that some of the enviroment looks pretty bleak, but it still is a nice looking game.  I'll remind people how bad looking rainbow six is online like other games.  Sure GoW is beautiful but suffers from the worst host advantage I have ever seen in a game.  Halo so far has had few connection  issues, looks great visually online in comparison to other xbox 360 online games, has a macthmaking system, lets you play ranked matches with friends, core gameplay is really fun, and NO U DO NOT NEED A FULL TEAM TO WIN IN HALO 3.  If someone is bringing down the team just ask them to hide or leave the game.  In team games (not team slayer), as long as at least half the team communicates the job can get done.  Other games requier teams alone for you to succeed. 

GOTY = HALO 3 HANDS DOWN SO BE QUIET. 

The Wii.... oh my it is so good... OR NOT.  Im not freaking Japanese and I don't like dancing around my living room to find my mother walk in and ask me WTF are you doing.  Wii like said by 1UP is not next gen, its just a party system.  Something you can spend maybe an hour on before you get bored.  THE Wii DON'T GOT GAMEESSSS!!!!  It is ugly looking visualy but everyone seems to buy it.  Maybe its just like the Mac PC commerical craze converting people over to loving Mac just because they marketed pretty well.  Maybe its because its really cheap but also meaning cheap hardware.  I'll talk about this some other time when I can completely compile my facts, but i don't understand why people are saying the Wii is the best console this gen when it is worse than even last gen.  Come on, it has PS2 graphics....     

I am currently very bored and do not have games to play but gears of war.  I've spent the last several months since its launch trying to get the seriously achievment legitly.  I need a new game.

I've got a couple of ideas for games, Crackdown, Dead rising or Fear.  I probably could get two of them, but I'd rather like to focus my attention on one and continue with GoW.  Crackdown I have no interest in and I really do not like, but I am a halo fan boy and I would really like to play the beta.  Is it worth paying 70 or 60 bucks just for a beta?  Dead rising I have had an interest in for a long time.  Its fun and seems to have a lot of value in terms of trying to get all the achievements.  Like my buddy battlebuds says, you havn't truly beat a game until the achievements have been completed 100%.  I've played through a rental and I found it really fun, but it seemed a little repetitive.  Lastly, Fear is a PC port to the 360.  Yes I've played the single player game on pc (not full version) and I also on and off play Fear Combat.  I enjoyed both and it seemed like a very intriguing game.  I rented it for the 360 and felt like the PC version was better (i tend to honestly like playing FPS's on a console, but this game seems meant for the PC).  It is still quite fun, and like mentioned before the achievements seem like a good endeavour to complete.  Any thoughts anyone?

As to move on to the topic, great games are coming out soon, but is the money there to buy them....  I think I may have to get a job to buy them all.  I know a guy who is I constantly saying after halo 3 and everthing before it is junk and M$ is not doing a good job.  I am more optimistic, and can't wait to see what comes after halo and what is coming out in the coming months. 

My list of wanted games:

Blue Dragon - I love FF, and here is my real chance to experience it on my xbox 360 (i am not interested in FF11 though)

Mass Effect - What can you not like about this game.  Its amazing looking, its gameplay is unique and new, adds in shooter elements, and its made by the great Canadian company BIOWARE.

Bioshock - The game is trying to get away from all the cliche of FPS's, this is something new and different, and it looks amazing.

Lost Odyssey - like said before, this is a real opportunity to experience FF like gameplay on my 360

Forza Motorsport 2 - Forza one was a big success.  It may have not been suited for everyone, but it did do the simulator game type well.  I loved having repair the car, get gas on long races, be unable to continue racing if to much damage is done, car reacts and acts like a real car, etc.

Halo 3 - Its Halo.... WHAT....!  My fav game of all time!

Fable 2 - fable one may have been short, but it felt real.  This time around, it seems bigger and longer, and you get a cool dog!  I LOVE ANIMALS!

Assassin's Creed - Not to much details have been released, but it looks to be like prince of persia but in a different atmosphere.

Too Human -  This looks like the 360's GOD OF WAR!

 This is my first blog, i hope to continue it with more posts every week!  Thanks for the inspiration SMETHER (AKA. Caramel)!