the trip wasn't the way any 22 year old should spend their time in vegas...kickin it with the 15 year old sister...i complained to her and a lot of people why i wish i was playing and gambling...but i wouldn't have minded except for the fact that the tv's in the hotel room wouldn't let you play any video games. vegas should do something about that....but i guess its all bussiness for their arcade,which i know i won't go spend my money on

i picked up fable while i was there. I had to wait about 3 days to play it. It is a great game....iits rather easy, but rpg's in general are easy. The only one that gave me trouble was kotor. I hope that i can stretch this game out more than the 15 hours or less that everyone says it is.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY RED LIGHTED GT4!!! i really can't believe they did that after it went gold already. I don't know how else to describe it but heartache. I reserved this game way back in september....and it seems that this game will have to wait. I hope they fix all the bugs and everying....i have no malice if they make the game right.

i bet the lemmings...and really only the lemmings are jumping at this. They would find every excuse to rub in their year of glory. I don't consider myself a fanboy, cuz i won't defend the ps2 if it really wasn't good 2 me.....but they are the worst fanboys out there. I bet they'll rub it in and say how its a major flop....how can great games be major flops??? i don't care about gamespot ratings...but i have a feeling this is going into the 8's cuz of 2 things...which i really don't care about...online play and that damage physics.....but no other racing game will have the same gameplay....and that new innocation picture mode. I don't care...this is my personal GOTY

i hope the wait is worth it... remmeber i was going to reserve my copy 2 years ago...guess its going on 3.....at least this gives me the chance to play my other games...*sigh*

wow, i always thought i was a gamer, but i'm seeing that i'm getting more addicted in the last year alone than i ever was since i started gaming at the age of 7. I think i have bought more than 10 games alone since the beginning of the year. about 30 something in 2 years.

With all the shopping i have done so far, i know i'm not done, NOT YET. i still have gt4 to look forward 2, and i'm trying to see if i can find a way to fit kotor & raw vs. smackdown in my budget. In the last month, i bought a lot of bargain based games such as thug and vice city. I really hate how they re-design the box to put greatest hits....in a weird way it makes me feel as if i bought it just for that sole purpose, rather than knowing that i bought it cuz i was interested in the game. $20 is $20....so as long as i have the game, i guess i have no shame. This season is really a season to marvel at with the games....i'm amazed at all the quality games that came out. Some games aren't my taste, but i recognize that its a great game whether i find it fun or not. This is why i don't like halo series although i can see why other people love that game soo much.

Tjere are soo many great games out there that have been released, and others still waiting in the wing. I know that most of the anticipated games have already come out with only prince of persia, kotor2, gt4, mgs3 that i thinkare noteworthy games. I can't forsee such a a lineup being better than this year although ffxii and zelda are out next year.

with that said, i find that games are built with quality, and not as innovative. Everyone in the system wars thread is right when they say everything is a rehash....cuz it kinda is. No sequal popped out that completely changed the franchise. Thats why i'm less critical on innovation cuz to call GTA:SA is a flop bcuz it is a rehash to me is just plain stupid. I think that as long as there are things that are improved upon, then its ok in my book. So there is o the year 2004 and video games....*pouring the 40*

i'm getting in to the shopping a bit early this week. I just bought 7 games, mostly at bargain price, and i knocked x-men legends off the list. So far x-men legends proved that i was right in getting that game. It was a toss-up between that and raw vs. smackdown. I think i'll wait a little bit on raw vs. smackdown. X-Men legends is fun...although a lot more action than i anticipated. This is what i hate about trying on new systems...i always level up the wrong way for most of the ame until i get this level of familiarity. Sometimes i wish that there was a tutorial for leveling up......case in point kotor. The last stage was soo hard since i leveled up the wrong way. I never look at the guides until i'm done with the game and i found out that i leveled up wrong. Theres still a couple of games i'm going to pick up before christmass is over...when college lets out, i'm gonna indulge myself with video games....i can't wait...

this is my first post. I really enjoy the boards but sometimes no one is really there to have a good discusion, but rather post just to post. So here i am to lay down my thoughts....do you get tossed for your content?

I'm an 80's kid that grew up in the video game revolution. So many things have evolved since i first bought my famicom back in P.I. From Super Mario Bro. to GTA:SA.....the standards in which video games are made are phenomenal. I wonder if the video game makers ever fathom this kind of games. Everything is soo amazing...its a good time to be playing video games.

With that said, what i really don't like is this system wars thats been going on. For one some people really say idiotic things, its ridiculous, ps2 gets bashed,x-box gets bashed,gamecube gets bashed....its weird cuz all systems have a lot of games to offer. i LOVE THE FRIENDLY COMPETITION but some people really want blood out there. I wouldn't like to see any of the systems go away, i don't want any of the other next gen systems to flop, there are many games that all gamers should experience. It seems to me that a lot of gamers own more than one system. I remember back when i was a teenager, having a genesis is already mad respect, now ur not even considered a gamer unlesss u have certain games and numerous systems. I know most people don't care, i dont, but the whole lot of them play into this, esp. in the gs community. I wonder if these are immature lil kids runnin around in these boards. Thats the likely scenario.

The games are sooo addicting! I can't put down MVP Baseball 04, GTA:SA. I might not be good and interested in all types of games, but i'm willing to spend my money on more games. HAHAHA i told my sister that i'm going to be one of those people that won't ever let the video games go. Its my outlet from this world. I'm not going to get all philosophical about things...but since i bought my ps2, i officially crossed over from casual gamer to hardcore gamer. With the previous systems, i had to have parents permission, so i missed out on a lot of games. I wish i picked up snes and bought more genesis games instead of renting. I rented soo many games that i can't even remember. I Missed out on a lot of ps games. Thats what i think i regret the most. I didn't even play final fantasy until 2 years ago. I think i'm going to try to collect older systems and see if i can find the games i want from there. I know the graphics seems awfull compared to x-box and what is to come with the next gen but i think games are games. The graphics only go soo much, its about how fun those games are. I'm going to make sure i don't miss out on great games. I see the life-cycle of this generation is almost up, so i'm going to buy some if anything for nostalgic purpose. I think i'm turning too much of a collector. oh well....God Bless the video game industry.....