Grrr... My emblems are missing again. I know it's just a glitch (I hope) but what the hell! Damn it! Over reacting is fun :D

Anyway, I'm finally starting to understand Chromehounds - it's a good game that I wish I could write a review for but I don't have the patience to write those :? I've constructed myself a badass Sniper hound that comes equipped with 2 of the most powerful sniper rifles I could find with 2 other lower powered Sniper rifles for quick firing :P It feels cheap to obliterate people from so far away but I can't help it if that's the class that I'm the best at...right?

I also met a few people on Xbox Live that seem to be nice enough. They want me to join their squad :oops: I'm flattered. I actually played one of them in Fight Night Round 3 last night, it was a good fight but I won it by decision in the end. My record in FNR3 is now officialy 1-0 :P But anyway, that's the end of my blog post and I have no idea how to end this so.... :D

I just got Chromehounds yesterday for the X360. I think I could really like this game as long as I can start to understand what the hell is going on. I can kill things no problem in the battles but I don't understand what the big antennas are there for and what the gray headquarters are there for either :? The online play is good I guess except that you have to join a squad in order to be able to play in the main war. What happened to the "lone mercenary" kind of games? Oh well - I'll probably figure everything out eventually.. I'm just starting to get into the online part of the 360 - it's kind of awkward because I'm used to the regular kind of gaming where you're normally playing by yourself except for when there's someone sitting beside you playing. It's entertaining I guess, I just really don't want to deal with a$$holes that think they're great at gaming and make everyone else feel like crap :roll:

Well that's my current mindset - Hope everybody's doing well and is having a good weekend :D

It's me! Well... you really can't see me but it's me :P And yes, the keyboard in the background is mine along with all the guitars and drums down there as well that you can't see :D I want you all to tell me how unbelievably sexy I am with my hairy arms and messy hair :P

I've hit the 100 friend mark and it's still rising! Thanks to everyone who has accepted my friend requests and requested to be my friend - you're all great, even the ones that I don't like :evil:

Last night I ordered out for chinese and it was some of the best I've had in Pittsburgh. But then of course, this morning I puke and I think it was because of the damn chinese food. If I have food posioning or anything I'm gonna flip because I had a really bad case not even a year ago. Oh well... I'm gonna wait it out to see if I feel better and then if I do I'm going to head into work, otherwise it's a 5 day weekend for me :D

Hope everyone had a great Independence Day!

Happy 4th guys! I hope everyone is enjoying the time off of work (if you work) and relaxing. Spend time with your families and enjoy the time you have with them because it's back to the hustle and bustle of everyday life soon enough :?

I wish you guys all the best :D

Welp, I've been playing this game for about a week on my 360 and I've finally received almost all the achievements. I just have to get the notorious acheivement and the 47 kills achievement, the rest that I have to get are easy enough - just have to finish off Professional and Expert mode and get 5 SA ratings for each. I think the hardest achievement to get will be getting 47 kills. I'll try it out on "The Murder of Crows" hit, it seems the most logical seeing as how there are a ton of people on the streets. Maybe when I do that, my notoriety will skyrocket to 100. It seems like it would be a pain in the a$$ to get that notoriety one too. I'm just too good at being a silent assassin :P

Anyway, hope everyone's doing well :D

I was bored and I needed a new blog post so:

My top 5 favorite FF's starting from the 5th! And they are:

5) Final Fantasy IX - This game barely made my list because although it went back to the "fantasy" part of Final Fantasy, it still wasn't that great of a game. The graphics were relatively good for its time - better than some, worse than a few. The sound quality also wasn't that bad but there was no voice acting. Now that I think of it, this was the last Final Fantasy with no voice acting and it was also the last Final Fantasy where you could explore the entire world instead following a linear path *clears throat* Final Fantasy X *cough* (you can actually explore the entire world in FFXI but I don't really count that as a FF) The story itself was really good, the developers have never had a problem with the storyline of a Final Fantasy game but a game' storyline can't make or break a game - at least not for me. Anyway, those are my reasons - disagree with me if you want but I gave it the credit it deserves by putting it on my top 5.

4) Final Fantasy X - This game was good, but it definitely wasn't in my top 3 for the series. As I said before, it was way too linear at times and it was the first game in the series where you couldn't explore the full map. To me, not being able to explore the map was a big change from the other Final Fantasy games and I really didn't like it at first. Of course it grew on me like a Final Fantasy fungus and I enjoyed the game to it's fullest (100% completion) but it still didn't grab me as much as my top 3 games.

3) Final Fantasy III (US release on the SNES) - Also known as Final Fantasty VI to people who bought the Final Fantasy Anthology package. This game is wonderful. The multitude of characters and their diversity really intrigued me, along with the lack of a "main" character. Of course there are Terra and Locke who seem to be the main characters but usually there's only one and I really liked that. Of course, the game has it's flaws. The sound on the original wasn't very awe inspiring (probably because it was working on dated sound technology) and there was a lack of side quests IMO. A counter point to both of those would be that the artwork for the game was astounding for its time and the storyline was amazing. This game is great and you're missing out if you've never played it.

2) Final Fantasy VII - This game is on everyone's top 5 list for the Final Fantasy series and a lot of people's top 5 list for games in general. Now, just because this game is in the #2 spot doesn't mean that I don't love it. This game is absolutely amazing and I truly loved every minute of playtime. The only thing that I didn't enjoy about it was that it wasn't really "fantasy" per se. I know, I know, bad reason to knock it to #2 but it's true. Although there's magic, monsters, and wicked beasts that are summoned from a world beyond, the story seemed like it was more of a corporate bashing and tree hugging thing than it did a fantasy story from a land far away. Now, maybe that's why some people enjoyed this game more than other Final Fantasy's, and I agree with that perspective but it still didn't draw me in as much as my top pick.

1) Final Fantasy II (US release for SNES) - This game is also known as Final Fantasy IV in the Final Fantasy Chronicles package where it was paired with the classic and stellar, Chrono Trigger. This game made my #1 pick because it was the very first Final Fantasy I ever played and I still play it at least twice a year. Although the re-release makes Cecil (the main character) look like he regrets his decision to be a dark knight - in the original, Cecil likes being a dark knight and he was much... well... darker. Although the sound and the graphics aren't the best nowadays, they were back then when everything was simpler and a helluva lot more fun and the story is simply wonderful. Almost everything about this game screams great RPG from the damp caves to the castles and riding a spaceship that looks like a fish to the moon...? Anyway, everything from the original was a lot better than the re-release IMO, so if you happen to find an original SNES copy - definitely pick it up. That is if you still have your SNES :P

That was really long so I hope you all enjoyed it. Let me know what you think and what you agree or disagree with.

I've been away from Gamespot for the weekend and when I came back I did my regular routine - check the union forums, check the boards, check the news. When I got to the latter part of my routine I saw this article at the bottom of the page.

The first few games of this series were good and then when they came out with NFSU2 the series sunk for me. I absolutely did not like that game in the least. It felt like an upgraded NFSU with the same exact play only different tracks. That, at least to me, wasn't worth the $50 that I paid for it.

When NFS Most Wanted came out I had high hopes. It was still "underground" racing but at least there was a new element to it - the police. It gave you the feel that you were actually racing underground. It still wasn't a great racing game to me but it was good enough.

Now they have NFS Carbon coming in November for almost every console. I really don't know what to expect, I just hope it's not the same game they've already made with new tracks. EA seems to do that a lot though.

I've had to work 12 hour days for the past week without a choice because my boss wants me to do other people's jobs apparently :roll: I better either be getting a bonus or double overtime because I'm tired as hell.