So I left off last time on my small mission on getting a Gibson ES 137 and a Marshall half stack amp. Over one month ago, I got an Epiphone Les Paul Standard with a cherry sunburst color. I also got a digital Line 6 Spider III amp with a whole bunch of possible settings ranging from a clean, acoustic sound to an insane, death metal distortion.

I've been working on music more than making any time for other things. I also have been hunting down a job since May and finally found one, so I'm trying to make some money too. Due to that, I've only been able to rent games to save on money.

I rented Soul Calibur IV and I must say that it has one of the greatest and smoothest gameplay experiences I've seen in a fighting game. The details are wonderful, the controls are very accurate, and the character creation holds a nice variety of possibilities from color schemes to voice pitch.

School starts in about two weeks out here, so I have to hold on to most of my money and I probably won't have much time for games either. I also want to spend more time with my boyfriend before he leaves for college in October. I'll try to keep things more active for my account here, as well.

I've been so busy with stuff. I'm in the middle of filling out an application for a part-time job at some haberdasher near my house, and I'm collecting a bunch of money from eBay sales and crap. All for the good cause of one thing...

I want... no... I NEED the Gibson ES 137 Blue Burst. Now at $1799.99 USD, this beauty of a guitar is all I can think about. I'm getting help from a friend and my parents to make enough money to get it, and perhaps a nice Marshall Half-Stack amp to go along with it. I don't exactly have enough time to play video games, sadly, but I will try to update with a few more reviews soon and try to check up on everything here at GameSpot whenever I get the chance.

Wish me luck, $1,800 isn't gonna be easy!

Recently, I've experienced a scratching on my Gears of War game disc. It plays up until the last chapter of Act 2 on any mode. Then I get a message that states that the game disc is unreadable. I am able to get this fixed for free though, so there is no problem.

A friend of mine has had his TimeShift game scratched by his console as well, and this issue has also occurred as shown by GameSpot's news report on the lawsuit claimed by Jorge Brouwer ( http://www.gamespot.com/news/6174043.html?tag=result;title;1 ). I later found out that the problem can often occur if your Xbox 360 is picked up from its location and moved to another location while a game disc is remained inserted. This may cause the mechanics of the disc readers within the system to have unwanted contact, scratching the disc. It is best to either take the game out of the system before moving it or to move your console on its side, right side facing up, without bumping the console up and down even by accident.

I recently had a power surge in my house. About an hour after the surge, I noticed my Wii would not turn on. I tried hooking it up in every room in the house and it still wouldn't work. I then tried it on my friend's cables and it finally turned on. The power adapter for the Wii seems to have vulnerability to certain electrical troubleshoots, for example a power surge.

My 2 year plan unfortunately only covers for the system, not its accessories. I've searched every game store and electronics retailer for the power adapter. The only possible choices left are ordering it from Wal-Mart's site, or contacting Nintendo. Has anyone else experienced this power adapter issue?

I have typed up a new review. I will most likely type more up real soon since I've had a lack of new reviews lately.
I am also posting some of my new art on the GameSpot user images section. Please view them under the "Images" tab at the top of my page. The image informations have links to the original deviantART pages. If you are a user there, I would appreciate the comments or faves there as well.

Currently working on a picture for an alternate outfit for my raccoon character, Reia. Also working on another Xenosaga picture. From now on, I will only post them to the user images section so look for new art there.

Yes, still drawing more stuff. I just finished two pictures of T-elos and Rubedo/Jr. from Xenosaga. Click on the images to make them larger.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/59358099/

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/59513265/

More art coming soon.

Working on more game art, but I just completed the one I was working on earlier. Here's Midna and Wolf Link. Sorry it doesn't look so well, I'm not too happy with the final results.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53715196/

Click the image to full view.

I've taken my hand at Photoshop more seriously and am trying to improve as I go along. I've completed two Xenosaga based drawings, one of two Archie Sonic characters dressed as two Xenosaga characters, and another of one of the main characters of Xenosaga, KOS-MOS. Click on the images when the window opens up to full view them.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51703933/

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/52448799/

 I am also currently working on a TP image of Midna on Wolf Link, which I will post a link to when it is complete.

I've had so much procrastination going on lately. I'm usually too lazy to turn the TV on and play some games. I have so many games I haven't beaten, haven't started, or haven't even taken out of the plastic wrapping yet. I noticed it's been going around with a lot of other people, but it feels to me like the games have become a waste of money... I wish I was quick with video games like most people. You know who you are.

The next generation is here to awe us with intense gameplay, sound quality that blows the audience away, and graphics with details so specific it makes us feel like we're in the game. However, this generation seems to me and many others like it's progressing to meet those measures slowly. Slowly but surely.

My concern is the Nintendo Wii. The gameplay is very much different from our past experiences with video games, but sound quality and graphics seem almost weak. Hopefully this is because of what I call the "slow climb up of the generation," but I wonder if the Nintendo Wii's hardware can live up to the standards of the next generation of gaming 2007. It will hopefully be worth the wait and cross of fingers.