With the announcement of the PSP Go with it's new design and download-only games, I am going to have to contradict my October 8th blog and say that I will indeed be jumping back on the PSP wagon for the fourth time(I'm horrible I know). This time there are new possibilities with my discovery of the Playstation Store and many new releases that actually appeal to me, such as Fireteam Bravo 3, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and GrandTurismo, just to name a few. This time I'm going to try not to get bored with it, and if I do I'll have my Xbox 360 to keep me occupied in the area of gaming. Well, thats all for now, I should probably go study.

Last week I bought R6: Vegas for around 16 dollars at EB, even though I'm late in getting around to this game there is something that really bothers me about it. That is the spawning enemies in Terrorist Hunt mode, I'll be walking through an area which is completely empty, not a soul around, I'll open a door to check elsewhere and all of a sudden the previously empty room is full of enemies. Or in the Secret Lab mission I'll use a fast rope to get to the floor below, when I reach the bottom enemies just appear in the places I just checked. This really annoys me because it completely ruins the tactical feel, I would have loved to be able to silently snipe those guys when I was in right position, but instead I am now exposed to gunfire and being flanked by the newly spawned enemies. I am very disappointed by this because I remember back in the day when Rainbow Six actually relied on skill and tactical planning, but now I find myself being spawn-killed by enemies that I should have been able to kill prior to entering a new location. I don't know how anyone else feels about this, but I'm not too happy with it.

Like the title says, I have traded my PSP and stack of games and accessories in at EB Games. I managed to get 149.00 dollars for it all, and with that I preordered Red Alert 3 for PC, got Mercenaries 2 for 360, and then got a wireless adapter for my 360 with an extra 100.00 dollars. So anyway, I may review Mercenaries 2 in the future, but for now I am just letting everyone know, Panzeram plays PSP no more. It had a good run though!

Well, I have been waiting two weeks for my new laptop to arrive, and after some annoyances with the store I ordered it from, I finally have it. It is the Asus M50Vm-B1.

Here are the specs:

M50VM-B1:
MSRP: $1399
15.4" 1440X900 WXGA+
Chipset: Intel PM45 Montevina Mobile Platform
Southbridge: ICH9-M SATA Controller
GPU: GeForce 9600M GS 1GB VRAM DDR2
CPU: T9400 2.53 Ghz 6MB 1066 FSB
4GB DDR2 800MHz
320GB 5400RPM SATA
Express Gate Technology
Aheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
DVDRW Super Multi
1.3MB Swivel webcam
Fingerprint Scanner

For the price this is amazing; there is a two year warranty, a case, and a mouse included, all standard from Asus. This laptop is also great for gaming, I am able to max out Command & Conquer 3 with full AA. As for the big one; Crysis, I get medium/high settings at good resolutions. Needless to say, I will post another blog to go further into this laptop and it's game performance. All in all, it is the best thing I have ever spent money on. Stay tuned for my Crysis review!

I have discovered a very easy way to get lots of SP in Crisis Core. First of all, you need to have mission 1-1-6 (1000 Shinra Troops) available to play time and time again. Also you need Flare magic leveled to Master, you should be able to do at least 10000 damage, and also have your MP broken with a Gold Hairpin. If you have all this, when you start the mission use Flare to kill the group of troops, then use your sword to kill the one that appears, then switch to Flare again and repeat. You should be able to get about 200000 SP from this mission if you don't take too much damage(I believe that there is an SP bonus for killing a group at once). This mission takes quite a while because there are 1000 of these guys that come in seemingly endless waves, but there is a nice reward. Also, it is a great way to level Materia because the DMW goes crazy during this mission. I hope this helps.