Yep, this is my final day of summer. It didn't last long, but it was fun while it lasted.
I'm entering my sophomore year of high school tomorrow, which means more homework and less time for Gamespot, and umm... videogames. Well, I shouldn't be complaining, since a lot of you are entering junior year... But I can complain about the fact that I am taking 2 AP courses this year.
That's right. 2 AP courses, which (at least i think) is a lot for a sophomore to be taking. BUT, i'm hoping that I can pull through and maintain my clean honors average that i've been keeping.
Over the summer, i did a LOT of things. Of course, one of those things was homework. For my AP classes, i had to read 2 books. One was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. Very funny book, and i reccomend to anybody. The other was The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom. Not as entertaining, but not really boring either.
The rest of homework was just boring stuff. You know, writing essays, reading textbooks.
Movies. I watched two movies over the summer. Actually, I watched a movie and its sequel. So over the summer, I heard a lot about the Dark Knight, the hype surrounding it, and Heath Ledger's performance. From what I was told, it just sounded too amazing to be true.
In preperation, I rented a copy of Batman Begins, as I had never seen it before. I really loved the movie. It was so cool how they took a thing like batman, a man wearing a bat suit, and made it so realistic. After that I went to see the hit, the Dark Knight.
This movie is amazing. Best of the year by far i think. It deserves all the hype it got, and Heath Ledger's performance may be the best i've ever seen. It definitely lives up to its prequel, and maybe even surpasses it.
Games. Played three games this summer. One, I bought, one, I already had, and one I got as a present.
Final Fantasy IV for the DS is the one I bought, and I mentioned it in my last thread. I rammed myself through around half of it. This is a very good game, probably one of the best on DS right now. Not as revolutionary as the original, but good enough for DS GOTY material.
I've had Tales of Symphonia for the Gamecube for around two years now, but never really got around to playing it. Finally, this summer, I ran through maybe 45% of it. This game has one of the best stories ive seen on a videogame, and the characters work really well too. Great game as well.
Finally, Chrono Trigger for the SNES. This game really is something else. If it had not been for this game, my summer may have been hell. I can't find one fault with this game; it's as PERFECT as can be. Another thing that deserves all the hype it gets. BY FAR- the best game I played this summer. Oh, and I beat it:D
One last thing before preparing for tomorrow. I've been thinking of a way to make this blog more entertaining, and I found a way. Every month or so, I will have a Top Ten/Five feature that will count down my favorite [place noun here]. I thought i'd start with the most obvious one, so we'll be starting with "Top Ten Favorite Games".
Ok, I'm done. Now go play some videogames.)