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A Little Bit Of Everything

I've been meaning to blog in a while but always lose track of time. I just got home from work so I'll do it now. Work has been great I'm working produce nearly full time and it's awesome because there's a radio back there and I plug my iPod in and jam. I'm also checking more often, which I like to do as well.

I start my first "real" semester of college on Monday. I'm taking four classes, them being Freshman Comp. II, College Algebra, U.S. History up to the Civil War, and Humanities II. I have a stupid orientation to go to tomorrow at a waterpark for three hours and I have no idea ht to expect. I'm dreading it but it might be fun, I just have no clue what it'll be like.

I've bought plenty of games, I bought Eragon for the 360 because it was cheap and has 1000 easy Gamerscore. The movie was terrible and so is the game. I bought Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble and Red Hot Rumble so now I have one of every Viewtiful Joe game. I really likethe series. I have all but one achievement in Prey. I have to beat it on the hardest difficulty and it will be the first game that I got all of the achievements and had to try, unlike previous games like Madden 06 or Galaga.

One of my best friends bought a 360 and a few games so now me and him can play through the internets. He bought a bundle that came with Top Spin 2, then he bought Forza 2. Which means I finally have a good enough reason to buy Forza 2, you know besides it being one of the best racing games ever. I've been wanting to get it for a while and now I finally will. I might get Top Spin 2 as well because it's only $20 at Best Buy.

Here are just a few of the games I'm looking forward to this holiday season in order of want: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Halo 3, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy, Guitar Hero III, Bioshock, Mass Effect, and there's others I just can't think of them right now.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: 14, 570 (+1260)

Space Griffon VF-9, REVIEWED!

Well after a few months I've finally finished a review and this one is Space Griffon VF-9 for the PS1. You guys can check it out here. I'd appreciate it if you guys check it out. It is by far my longest review yet. I don't know what game I'll review next and I don't really have any plans.

I finally spent a good deal of time playing Halo 2 and I love it. It is by far my favorite multiplayer game ever. I'm going out tomorrow to pre-order the Legendary Edition of Halo 3. While I'm out I'm also going to run by Circuit City because they're having a sale on Xbox Live accesories $19.99 and up, which means you can buy a 1600MP point card and get one free. It's like getting free money! I'm going to get four which means $80 worth of points for $40! I'll have a whole lot of new games. I went by there Monday and they were sold out, they said they'd get some more on Wednesday but I work from 11-7 so I'll have to go early in the morning or have someone else get them for me if the trucks not there yet.

I'm finally unstuck in PSU and I'm more than half over with it. Haven't played Pokemon in a while. Might go to a game tournament Saturday to play Super Smash Bros. Melee, it's a few hundred miles away, can you say roadtrip! I'm also in love with Contra, I bought it off of XBLA a few days ago, I'm ranked around 13, 000 out of 214, 000. I played as my sister's profile to get the very last spot as well, her profile is runninguphill.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: 13, 310 (+170)

More Self Appreciation

Self appreciation seems to be a topic in most of my blogs, I'm going to try and stop but then again it's kinda what a blog is for. This time it's for me getting to level 22 on Gamespot. In other news, I'm making this blog short, I Space Griffon VF-9 for the PS1 a few nights ago and am actually writing a review for it! I know no one's heard of it, only 20 or so people on GS own it but there is already a review. I like playing game's no one has heard of and this time I'm going to review it. Expect that within the week. Because I was playing that I hadn't been on my 360 much, I went on today and I might buy Contra and Super Contra soon, still need to beat Phantasy Star Universe.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: 13, 140 (+0)

The Whole Week Off

I requested the whole week off from work because they work me like a slave! But really I work four days a week and I have gotten a weekend off since summer began. I had fun this week but I'm kinda ready to get back. I had class Tuesday and Thursday and I'm glad to report that I only have two more classes left off Freshman Composition. It is a pretty hard class. I have one last paper to write and then a final.

I have gotten three new games this week. I bought Phantasy Star Universe for the 360. Idon't think I've ever said this in any blog but Phantasy Star Online on the GC is one of my top five games of all time. I have put more than 250 hours into it and never went online once! I have deep criticsms for PSU but it's growing on me, it's not better than PSO in my opinion. The first thirty minutes are terrible in my opinion and made me hate the main character. After more time with the game I'm actually beginning to like him. I also bought Descent and Space Griffon VF-9 for the PS1.

I had another Game-A-Thon yesterday through today. It was pretty good. We played Guitar Hero II on the 360, Pac-Man Championship Edition on the 360, Halo 2, Wii Sports, Warioware Smooth Moves, Super Smash Brothers Melee, Naruto: Clash Of Ninja 2, and South Park Chef's Luv Shack on the Dreamcast. The most played game this time was SSBM. We played it from midnight to about five in the morning.

Well E3 is over and it was okay. I prefer the old, over the top E3 but oh well. A few big announcements. The last Harry Potter book was released last night. I stopped reading them after the fifthe one but I think I'll start over sonce they're all out and can finish them in one go without having to wait a few years for the next one.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: 13, 140 (+515)

Bye Bye Money

Well I've made a few new purchases since my last post. I bought PGR3 which I love and am playing non-stop. I also bought two collector's edition Street Fighter controllers for the Xbox. They were $5 each at Gamestop, which I consider a steal but they've been there for a year or two. I bought Guile and Akuma. I just looked at the website and apparently there are only three for the Xbox. I also bought a few new CDs. I bought Interpol's new CD: Our Love To Admire, Louis XIV's The Best Little Secrets Are Kept and a Best Buy exclusive CD, Foo Fighter's Five Songs And A Cover.

In other news I'm looking to buy a new car. I'm going to sell my El Camino because I never drive it anymore, I usually drive a '93 Buick Regal since it gets great gas mileage, and I am going to get a Subaru WRX. My parents will pay for half and my EL Camino will bring enough to get a pretty nice one.

I'm stuck in FFXII and distracted buy PGR3, still playing Pokemon Diamond when not on a console. I'm feeling more like writing a review soon so I might get one done. I've already started my Lego Star Wars II review but my class endsin a few weeks and school doesn't start up for a few weeks after thatso that is probably when I'll get it done.

That's all I can think of now, blog ya later.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: 12, 525 (+720)

More Than Meets The Eye?

Happy Fourth of July to all my American friends. Don't get hurt by fireworks. I'm setting some off later tonight and am going go-karting with a bud tomorrow.

I saw Transformers today and it was good, but it seemed like one big advertisement for GM. Almost all the car Transformers but one were GM, the other being a Mustang. I also noticed that out of all the cars that are destroyed, none of them are GM, I didn't pay too much about that until a little later in the movie so I might be wrong but it was still a good movie.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: 11, 805 (+70)

I'm Alive And Not Kicking

Just blogging to let everyone know I'm still alive, just lost intereset in writing. I started my Lego Star Wars II review but haven't gotten farther than a paragraph or two. When you're in a college level class in which you write about four pages every week you just don't want to write anymore.

I've gotten new games can't rememer them though. I don't remember if my last blog said I got Rayman Raving Rabbids for the Wii and Prey Collector's Edition for the 360. Prey is just kinda blah to me and RRR is funny and kinda fun. I've been playing Final FantasyXII like crazy, possibly my favorite RPG and maybe even my top 5 or 10. I also really like Pac-Man Championship Edition which is a surprise at how good it really is.

Until I feel like writing again bye.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: 11, 735 (+1730)

It Was At 8:50 US Central Time...

That I finally roke 10, 000 Gamerscore on Xbox Live. Yah, go me. Sorry for all the self indulgence but I'm also gonna want this so I can remember when I got it, just like a diary, aka a blog. It was the "The Dark Lord" achievement in Quake 4 that pushed me over to 10, 005.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: Point of blog (+140)

Era Vulgaris

Hey everybody I survived the first week of my college class! On Tuesday we just went over the syllabus which took almost a two hours! Very boring, and it doesn't help that my teacher sounds like Ben Stein. Thursday we were given our first assignment, it is a two paragraph essay about anything we want, I'm doing mine over my first bale I made at work. Work is the same love/hate relationship as it always was.

I ran some chores with a friend of mine Friday and got a few new games. I picked up Final Fantasy XII Collector's Edition and Dragon Quest VIII which were on sale at Gamestop. I haven't started FFXII yet although I've watched some of the DVD, and I must say the FFXII has the best collector's edition case I've ever seen, it is great. I've begun DQVIII and haven't played enough for an opinion. All of been playing this week is Pokemon Diamond and Lego Star Wars II. I've put 92 hours into Pokemon now and LSWII I'm around 17 and at about 67%, btw I'm striving to get 100% to get all the achievements.

The name of my title comes from the title of Queens Of The Stone Age's new album. It comes out this upcoming Tuesday. I'm a huge fan of QOTSA and hadn't realized it was this close to releasing until last week. It took me by suprise to say the least. Anyways I've heard some stuff and am liking it, they always do a lotta work with other artists on their albums and this new album is no exception. They have Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, Julian Casablancas from The Strokes, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top was supposed to but schelduling conflicts occured.

CURRENT GAMERCORE: 9865 (+260)

A New Beginning

Well I start college tomorrow. Yep. I'm only taking one class this semester becuase I didn't want to take any classes this summer but my mom is paying for it. I'm taking Freshman Composition and it begins at 9am on Monday and Wednesdays. Afterwards tomorrow I'll have a few hours before I half to go to work.

Speaking of work I got a promotion. I am now going to check people out and and work in the produce department. Along with this new set of responibilities will come a 50 cent raise. I'm still gonna look for another job though.

I got a few new games this week including Quake 4 for the 360, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for the 360, and the Sonic Heroes for the PC. I like Quake 4, I think LSWII is amazing, and wont play Sonic Heroes becuase I only got it for $2.50 and I don't really play a lot of PC games. I also got the fourth volume of Family Guy. I love the show even with it's glaring "flaws" compared to other shows, but they're what set it apart from those other shows. I'll do a review of Quake 4 and LSWII a week or two.

I took some of my friends garage saling Saturday. We didn't find any games but we only went to five garage sales. Me and one of my friends bought a pair of cataract glasses and he bought a golf hat that looks like an old person would wear it. Yeah we're goofy. We were walking around with this stuff on too. I was wearing a normal hat sideways with the glasses. I also bought a book called "Russia Today" and it was written in 1957 so it will be an interesting read.

CURRENT GAMERSCORE: 9605 (+440)