I am going to warn you right now this blog is going to be a bit long ;) Well, I somehow managed to make it into the Community Spotlight here on Gamespot. If you don't know what that is, click the forums link at the top of the page, and scroll down and look to the right. I am there for everyone to see! I have to say that it definitely came as a surprise to me. I never expected to be there at all. Heck, I don't even know how you get there. Anyway, since I am in the spotlight, I figured I might as well take the time to tell everyone a little about me. Let's see now. I am a 22 year old Network Administrator, and I reside in Southern California. I have been all about games and computers since I was a little kid, and it's only fitting that I made a career out of one of them :) So, the main types of games that I like are FPS and RTS, and my 2 main gaming outlets are my 360 and my PC. I am a HUGE fan of the Command and Conquer series, but not so much into Starcraft for some reason. Don't get me wrong, I still play Starcraft, but it doesn't have the appeal to me that a C&C game does. I love all of the Unreal's and I can't wait for UT3. Of course I already have Halo 3 pre-ordered, but then again who doesn't? I also like a good RPG now and then. I also enjoy some handheld gaming. I have a PSP and a DS, but I really don't play my PSP that much at all. I'm thinking about getting rid of it since I already beat MGS: PO, and Daxter, and Syphon Filter like 3 times a piece. Nothing else on the PSP really catches my eye. Well, there are a few games that I am really excited for. Halo 3 and UT3 obviously as previously stated, but also RE5! Finally a Resident Evil game on 360 :) Definitely excited for that one. What else now? Ahhh, new Zelda game coming out. Love Zelda as well. Something you might not expect now....I can't wait for the new Lego Star Wars game to hit in November. I have both of the other Lego games, and I am all over them. I have like 300 hours combined on the two games. There is also a Lego Batman game coming, and rest assured I will be getting that. Alright, on to Gamespot and what I do here. I figured since I am in the Community Spotlight, I might as well tell you what I do around the community. Makes sense huh? Lol, anyway, where do I spend most of my time you ask? Well, most of my time is spent between 2 unions. Those two unions would be SSU and The Emblems Union. I am an officer in both unions, so I have to keep order over there! :twisted: No no, I am a nice officer, and I love my time in each union. When I joined GS a year and a half ago, I never expected to do anything besides suck in all the game news I could. Well, that didn't last long. Damn you and your addicting nature Gamespot!! :) That isn't where I spend all my time though. I visit all kinds of different places. I like to help in Welcome Newbies, and SE and Tech Support when I can. I have a decent knowledge of HTML and coding, and of this site, so it's only right that I help out others. I never really went to WN when I first joined, I like to figure out everything on my own, and so far so good. I recently got into posting in OT as well. You can probably find me in Roll Call, and a few other random topics around there. I only post in random topics when I have something good to add, so you won't see me spamming up the place in every topic :P I also participate in tournaments when I can. Recently, my team and I made it to the semi-finals in the Gears of War tournament. I made a seperate blog about that, so I won't go into details. That was definitely a fun tournament. I also drop by the Wrestling and Sports discussion forums every once in a while. Alright, well I guess that's enough reading for now huh? If you guys have any more questions, go ahead and leave a comment, and I'll do my best to answer them!

The Gears of War tournament concluded on Friday, and I'm happy to see GL clean sweep win. Yes, they whooped my team in the semi-finals, but I'm happy they won after coming in 2nd in the first Gears tournament. I have to say that I was the luckiest person at the tournament though. I went to register for the tournament, and found the timeslot that I was looking for and joined up. Well, it just so happens that Korubi and ShenLongBo had a spot open, so I joined their team. They were waiting for a 3rd person already, so I went and joined a team with no one on it. Apparently I chose the right slot because the 2 guys that joined were pretty darn good (they were in a Gears clan). All I had to do was kill the Admin player that was on our team, and by the time I caught up with them, they had already killed everyone. It didn't really help my kill count, but I can't really complain. I did however get my chances to chainsaw some people's necks :D Anyway, we made it to the semi-finals, and lost to the team that won the tournament, so I have to say that's pretty sweet for not playing Gears online that much at all. It sucks we didn't make it to the finals, because we could have gotten money, but o well. It was definitely a fun experience, and Jody did a great job putting together the tournament. It's kinda weird not having Kevin doing it, but he's moved on up in the world! Well, that's all for now. Football season has started, and it's Monday night. Need I say more?

If you didn't know, today Steve Jobs and Apple announced their new line-up of iPods and such. The thing I want to focus on is the iPod Touch. There was a huge craze for the iPhone, and now they have an iPod that's basically an iPhone without the phone part. Apple really knows how to appeal to the masses, that's for sure.

So, the iTouch has a few cool features, Wifi and a web browser being one of them. I'm not a huge fan of the Safari browser, but it is kinda cool to see it on an MP3 player none the less. Still obviously has the touch screen interface, video, photos, and all the usual stuff an iPod has. O, and it has Youtube as well. There are 2 different versions, an 8GB and a 16GB one, for $299 and $399 respectively. Not too bad, but interesting that the iPhone is $200 more, and it really only adds the phone feature... It is a good idea, so I might have to check one out at the Apple store once they ship in a few weeks. Maybe I'll place in the Gears tournament so I get a Best Buy gift card :)

So, I just finished the first season of Heroes, and I have to say that I liked it very much. I wasn't into catching it when it was on TV for some reason, probably because Monday Night Football was on, and I was always watching that. But, all I was hearing about on NBC was Heroes, and a bunch of my friends are in love with the show. They bought me the DVD set for my birthday last week, so I couldn't not check it out. Anyway, my impressions on the show. I really did like it. It had a nice flow to it, and they seemed to cast all the characters just right. The story was a little jumpy at first, but once the characters started interacting, the show really came together. I loved everything about how all of the characters came together at the end of the season. It is absolutely brilliant. I'm trying not to ruin too much of it, but I did put the warning up there just in case :) So, I would like to discuss in the comment section....feel free to, the spoiler warning is up, and you know how to use the spoiler tag? If not, here it is: [spoiler] spoiler goes here [/spoiler]

So, I've been hearing really good things about this game, and think I am going to get it this week. Games like this I usually don't pick up right away because I want to see the reviews and such. Other game series that I am really into, or have played for a while (Halo, C&C) are the ones that I pick up on launch day. So ya, anyway, it has gotten great reviews all over the place, and I need a game to hold me over for another month until Halo 3 comes out. Looks like Bioshock gets the call. I've been saying that I want to start writing reviews, but I always end up doing something, or just being lazy. I'm going to try and start next month with the new games that I get. I like writing, and I'm decent at it, so I figured I might as well give it a shot eventually. Come October, I shouldn't be as busy as I am now, so we'll see about a few reviews. So, that's it for now....gotta go do some Exchange administrating :)

Today is my birthday!! I am 22 years old now, which made me realize how old I actually am. I still remember getting an original gameboy as a birthday gift......wow. Anyway, celebrations tonight will be at the local bar :) Hope everyone is having a great day!

So, this is going to be more of a random, cover-all type blog. Lets see....first on the list, I'd have to say go see Chuck and Larry. It is one of the funniest movies that I have ever seen. I haven't laughed that hard at a movie in a long long time. Excellent plot, good actors, overall it's a solid movie. Alright, if you haven't played with the simpsonizer I suggest you do. lee7373 blogged about it, so I'm going to do the same, since I tried it out on myself. Here are my 2 pictures....they are pretty much the same, just with some slight differences. I'm going to leave my actual picture to your imagination :) I suggest everyone goes out and buys a motorcycle. I have been riding mine non-stop since I got it a few weeks ago. It is so much fun, and it's actually quite relaxing. I've taken it on a few mountain rides, and that is the best part. I still haven't taken any pictures of it since my camera decided that it wanted to break itself, but I'll get to it eventually. That is all for now. Hope the summer has been treating everyone well!

Anyone see The Simpsons yet? I'm talking about the movie. I saw it yesterday, and I was very impressed. It was way funnier than I thought it would be. What did you guys think?

So I got my motorcycle everyone, and I'm going to ride it right now with a few friends. I'll post some pictures up once I get them. Have a great night!

I am addicted to that game. I played it for like 6 hours yesterday. I am happy. That is all.