Hello, does anyone remember me anymor? :P

I've been taking a break from GameSpot recently, for some reason I don't it's quite as good as it used to be but I decided that now would be the perfect time to update all you guys over what's been going on.

I sold my Wii a while ago, but I still had about 8 games, just sitting there doing nothing, so I decided to trade them in and buy CoD: Modern Warfare 2 and 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. I'd been hearing A LOT of negativity about MW2, but the fact is that it is a good game, and anybody who says it's crap can't know much about the 'other' games, the ones that overflow the second-hand shelves, the ones that everybody buys, say their crap, and then sells them for others to buy and sell.

I got back home, started playing them, and straight away I loved them.

Modern Warfare 2: For some reason, I prefer the maps on this to the CoD4 maps. Maybe because they're more realistic, for instance, Terminal feels like an airport, Afghan feels like Afghanistan, and Favela feels like you're in Brazil. Obviously, there are also a LOT more weapons, attachments, camos, unlockables and so on. And it's that one point that ruins it for me. A 10th Prestiger who's unlocked every gun, attachment, and Pro perk, no matter how crappy a player they are, are going to have a HUGE advantage over you. And boosters and campers have also contributed to me going back to CoD4 and CoD WaW. I still play MW2, but only when my friends are online. When I'm playing by my lonesome, I'll go on CoD4 or WaW.

We need to ask the question though - why is it not as good as CoD4? Because if it ain't broke, there's no need to fix it. And to me, that's all there is to it.

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa: This is completely different from FIFA 10, the gameplay feels more lifelike, the atmosphere is brilliant, and it nails the experience of the world's biggest sporting event. While some people will say there's a lack of modes, the Story of Qualifying mode is one of the best I've come across in any game. To gain every single point in this mode, which selects different scenarios from the qualifying campaign, and also, once downloaded, the finals in South Africa, would probably take around 20-30 hours. Painful. ATM I'm playing through my own World Cup, although rather than a Round of 16 I have a second group stage, and instead of the quarter-finals I have a third group stage.

Overall, this is a great game but honestly, just wait until FIFA 11's out before picking this up on the cheap unless you're a football nut like me.

And now the big news - my Xbox broke this morning. By the looks of it the laser inside the disc drive has gone kaput, and we tried all manner of things before resigning ourselves to sending it off to Microsoft. So we'll send it off on Tuesday and hopefully get it back within a couple of weeks (one of my mates got his back in 5 days).

In the meantime I'll probably be playing on my PS2, and I'm going to go and pick up a few games from my local Gamestation (3 games for £5) like Crazy Taxi, Final Fantasies etc.