Well, it's been a lil' while since I've posted here, so it's about time I made some noise again.  Actually, I've been away for business for a few days when I was sent up to Port Augusta to run a First Aid Course for a Power Station in the vicinity.  Been back for a couple of days now, but I've had some stuff to catch up around the place, so I've been absent from Gamespot.  :(

I've managed to drag myself away from the 360 for a while, and have found myself a couple of new Games on other systems to play (in my usual style of starting something and then NOT finishing it - Geeceepass ahoy!), so I figured I'd let you all know what's what in Matt's Gaming World.  :)

First things first - I've got another Katamari Game...  Yay!  After my bitter (and not quite gotten over) disappointment of Australia not receiving the original Katamari Damacy, I was pleased to find We Love Katamari on the PS2 a few months ago - a Game which has given me much joy, and caused my friends to shake their heads on a number of occasions.  But a week or so back, I was in at my local Game Store when I was approached by one of the Staff...

"You like Katamari Damacy, right?  Have you got a PSP?"

At which point, once I had nodded my head up and down like a maniac, he handed me a PSP case for Me and My Katamari.  Needless to say, I purchased it on the spot.  I also had to get my PSP fixed - as it wasn't playing UMDs at all - but that's a whole other story.  (I have a working one now...  *grin*)

As usual for Katamari Games, I've since played it and finished it.  Took me a couple of days while I was sitting around my Hotel room in Port Augusta - there's not much of anything in Port Augusta to do or see - but I've completed all the main Requests by the poor lil' animals.  I'm doing my usual completionist stuff though, and trying to find all the Presents and Cousins, with varying degrees of success.  :)

Still on the PSP, I found myself another Game which I've heard good things about, and is actually quite fun to play - Daxter.  Yes, Jak's loveable, wise-cracking sidekick from the Jak series of Games is back in his own Game, and swatting Bugs with an electric fly-swatter has never been such fun!  I'm currently on the second mission in the Game, so it's early days yet.  But I'm having fun smashing bugs, collecting Gems and Precursor Orbs, and finding as many Battle Bugs as I can, so that I can fight my friend's Bugs in a wireless orgy of destruction!  (It's a long story...  Check out the Game if you wanna know more.  :))

I also managed to pick up Guild Wars - Factions, and have a good wander around the land of Cantha.  Contrary to popular (*cough*Vashkey's*cough*) belief, I have not been lost to the world of MMORPGing - although I must admit I now have a greater appreciation for the attraction of the Genre.  I've seen my mate Stan play a decent amount of Warcraft online, and seen some of the stuff he's done in Azeroth.  Guild Wars is different in Gameplay, but similar enough in style to give me a bit of an understanding of both. 

Will there be a Canthan Plague?  Who knows?  I'm starting to come up against some mission that are becoming increasingly difficult to do by myself - even with a few high level Henchmen along for the ride - so I can see I'm gonna need to find myself some online buddies in Guild Wars if I wanna complete the Roleplaying Campaign.  And if I wanna do any PvP type Gaming, I'll need to either associate myself with a Guild, or create my own (the second option is more appealing, but more expensive and time consuming).  Always wanted to be a Guildmaster, so I think I'll take some more time and form my own Guild at some point.

I've also discovered the joys of the alternate Districts.  In most of the Towns / Outposts, many players gather around and make noise.  Sometimes they are looking for help in a given mission, sometimes they are asking (often n00b-like) questions about the Game, sometimes they are looking for recruits for their Guild, and a LOT of the time, they are looking to buy or sell something that they want or have.

Frankly, all this noise is irritating.  So early on, I discovered that each Town has several Districts associated with it in any given language.  As such, whenever I arrive in a Town, I swap myself to the last available District as soon as possible.  This means that I arrive in a version of the Town where there are very few Players, and as such - not much noise.  Ah, the blissful silence!  :)

More on Guild Wars another time, I think.  On to other stuff...

Time to talk about something non-Gaming for a minute, I reckon.  Buffy.  More specifically - Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Even more specifically, one of the greatest TV shows ever made.  (Babylon 5 is another example of an awesome TV show, but that's a topic I can rant about another time - or at least get some backup from Mr. Znuggles about...)

I recently discovered that there exists a 39 disc DVD Collection of every single Buffy episode in one cool lil' fold out box.  Naturally, being the obsessive compulsive Collector type person that I am - having an addictive personality has it's drawbacks at times - I had to track it down.  This of course put a dent in my bank balance, but I am now a happy man.  Now all I gotta do is sit down and watch 'em all again - from start to finish.  Should take me about a week if I forgo sleep and work, but I'll get there.  *grin*

And that should do for a bit of a monster update.  Hopefully you've made it to the bottom bit without nodding off.  I'll leave you to it for the time being, so make sure that you all...

Game on!  :)