Well time to say goodbye to some games that sold at Gamestop yesterday. In which could use to purchase Left 4 Dead for the 360, and so far its a blast.

Games sold: Dead Rising, Crackdown, and Gears of War, plus Resident Evil Deadly Silence and Starfox Command for the DS. All in all saved me $32.82 on the new game from those trade-ins. So Left 4 Dead only cost me $28.56, not bad for a brand new game. :)

Well its official, got the Red Rings of Death today. Well it locked up last night, but didnt have the rings till tried to play today. Bought my 360 back in March of 07, and lasted more than a year. Bad time to get it too, as wont have much going on for the next couple weeks, and needed my 360 to pass some time. Was going to use my sisters 50 inch HDTV too.

Called their customer service, went easy. Except could not understand half the things the lady said, almost sounded like a young child talking. Had to give my phone number a few times. Also sounded like she was reading directly from the customer service manual.

This blows, was about to continue my progess on Guitar Hero 3 on medium, using just the controller as dont have a guitar. Well, guess next games want to play/rent come out August 31st and in early september, wont be missing anything new.

Hopefully only takes that 2 to 3 weeks they say. Will be stuck playing my DS as picked up Brain Age 2 yesterday. And if needed my nephews Wii(which Wii games arent that great overall).

:(

Gaming has been slow the past couple months, got bored of some of my games that I had. Decided to try out that Pirates of the Carabean game for the PC online. And couple other games for the 360:

Pirates of the Carabean Online -payed a month for online - (PC) - kind of fun to play with others either crewing up on ships or sword(and other weapons) fighting against Soldiers and the undead. Gets real repetative though, same stuff over and over. And the major letdown - they've had this game out since October 07 and they still do NOT have the ending battle finished. So for the past month finished all the boring quests, and cant finish the game.

Mass Effect(xbox360)- rented - great looking game, real deep story line. Actual battling is ok, but seems very little of it. Too many boring side quests/missions though. In the early part had to explore this huge place called the Citadel going back and forth doing meaningless missions or some can be called delivery jobs. Decided to return the game after becoming a Spectre, just got bored with it.

Bully SE(xbox 360) -purchased- fun game, that does have some glitches which heard is to be resolved soon. Gameplay is fun, its like Grand Theft Auto in the school zone. Some of the class mini games are annoyingly boring but the missions make up for it. Whether its protecting nerds or lunch lady from bullies with your slingshot, or pushing nerds into lockers, its fun so far. Have been playing it since it came out last week, and it has kept me interested.

Rented couple, bought another two.

Traded in Lego Star Wars 2 for the DS for Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga DS - not as good as the 360 version, but it does have coop for multicard.

Call of Duty 4 for the 360 - rented, beat it then purchased it for $36. Great game. Crazy tough on veteren mode. Only wish had more usable vehicles like jeeps and trucks. You do get to fire from a plane with various guns and also use the side gun on a helicopter.

Smackdown vs Raw 08 on the 360 - it looks good, better from 07, but gets boring quickly on 24/7 mode. Seems tough to build up a created character as well, mainly with your popularity. Everytime you do something it tires you, which leads to injuries. Only way to get over it is to Rest. Which brings down your popularity in large numbers. Building it up only in small numbers.

Also rented Burnout Paradise for the 360 - so far a great fun game. Amazing graphics, crashes, cars and the free roam city. Only thing for me so far is that when I do races, its easy to get lost as new to the city map. Was winning a race deep into it, then took a wrong turn and finished it 10 minutes later in last place after everyone finsihed it 9 minutes ago. :?

Rented The Simpsons(360), Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga(360), and Halo 3.

The Simpsons - at times fun game with the abilities of the characters and soundbites. The missions were interesting at times. The major complaint is the garbage camera. Sometimes could not at all turn the camera to a direction your character was facing to see where to jump. Other times would be able to turn the camera to face where you wanted to go, only for the camera to automatically by itself turn away back to nothing.

Lego Star Wars TCS - was fun. Had basically already played most of this game in previous versions. But did enjoy the new characters such as Indiana Jones. Some new character were useless with no weapons or useless weapons. If didnt have already the previous Lego star wars 1 and 2, would purchase it.

Halo 3 - also was a fun game, didnt take long to beat it though. Story was weak, but gameplay was good. Enjoyed some of the vehicles - especially as in friendly AI's drove them as I fired the gun(even though they were horrible drivers getting stuck). Splitscreen coop was a nice addition, will try online coop soon. The other multiplayer mods were ok, do like the zombie vs humans one... enjoy more as a tag game. As it had the splitscreen coop/online coop, decided to purchase it for $38 from gamefly.

Bioshock(360): purchased - good game so far, great atmosphere and gameplay.

Medal of Honor:Airborne(360): rented - was ok, beat it, tanks were annoying as they basically had a radar on where you were and would fire the second they saw you and sometimes try to get you through walls

Pirates of the Carabean: At worlds end(360): rented - thought had storyline coop but didnt, fighting getting boring, looks nice, battling bosses is a bore(press down block now, press top block now, just let me fight!!!)

Lost Planet(360): rented - was hoping was more like Gears of War, wasnt. played the first scene, saved the game. came back few days later and it was gone so was annoyed at it and returned it without playing further

NHL08(360): rented - overrated game, what happened to the turbo button?!

Mario Karty(DS) purchased - mentioned it before, but now bought it and its fun

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass(DS): purchased - fun game, was weiry at first with only using the stick to play the game, but its not that bad to do and the game is fun, bit easy though

Also bought couple xbl arcade games: Contra and TMNT 1989 Arcade

Where to start, no really good ones in here. None worth keeping/buying. Except for one game I bought which I shouldnt have.

Spiderman 3 on the xbox 360 - only positives was that it looked pretty. Graphics and swinging around was nice. Other than that, it was a total bore. Filled with races and fighting gangs over and over. The boss fights were somewhat ok till you have to do stupid press A button now, press X now... annoyingly boring.

Scarface: The World is Yoursfor the xbox - is an ok game. Nice free roaming, couple buildings to enter like banks and businesses you take over. Lots of gangs in each area which was repetitive and a bit annoying to actually find them, and they were only out for portions of the day(basically they left their area, not on the map to sleep or something). Did enjoy building my empire making money and buying cars, boats, henchmen, and upgrades to your mansion. Drug sales/buys did have this annoying/boring way of doing it where had to hold B till it went around in a circle and stop at the right time type junk. Two really annoying parts were, gangs would attack your business when you're doing a drug run and racing to get to that business to save it. The other is when fighting gangs, the police will build up and only come after you. If it reaches a point, there is no escaping them, zero chance. Doesnt take much for the police meter to go up.

NHL 2008 on the xbox 360 - played it briefly. Dont care for the controls. They show a turbo button but its a weird button and doesnt seem to work, for me at least. And where is the circle highlight to show who you are. Do like that there is coop, so can play on same console with another person on the same team.

Finally purchased because was $20, and thought, maybe it will be good. Resident Evil 4 for the PC. Menu and controls are annoying stupid. And cant use the mouse for anything, theres suppose to be a download to help that, but it doesnt work.

Well lets see, only 3 games been playing recently and one of those is from my previous collection.

The Godfather for the 360 - I had rented it and after a while of playing, decided to buy it for only $17.77 which is a great deal for this game. ust today made it to level 30, took back a warehouse that belongs to the family I work for. More than half way through the mission, favors and hits. Own all the rackets, just need to take over warehouses then go for the compounds(yikes!)

Also had rented Crackdown for the 360. Fun game but once you beat it, there isnt much replay value. I beat the game in 2 to 3 days(maybe playing 2 hours a day). It was fun though building up your attributes and taking down the 3 gangs of the city. Jumping from building top to building top, firing various weapons and grenades, driving around in any vehicle you could find.

And finally there is Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the DS. For as little have played, it seems like a good game with somewhat tough bosses(have to find a particular way of killing them with a main weapon). Leveling up 2 characters which you can switch between, finding clothes/armor and weapons all around.

First off, dont bother with Gamefly, they stink. Your ranking in your gameQ doesnt matter, as they mentioned in an email they sent me, they go by which is easiest to get out of the warehouse for them.

Anyhow, rented from them The Godfather and waiting on(forced to rent) NCAA Basketball 2007, also purchased Call of Duty 2, my nephew also got Mario Kart for the DS which have played once.

The Godfather - fun, nice open area to roam the city, some thing are difficult but does take time learning what to do. Only complaint is the map, hard to locate where to go sometimes. And when you have a timelimit on some missions, you cant waste time getting lost.

Call of Duty 2 - fun, a bit easy so far(done Russian and Brit missions, up the US ones). After beating Call of Duty 3, had to play this one. Only gripe is allies get in your way, line of fire, and if you accidently kill them, you fail the mission and have to restart it.

Mario Kart DS - fun, just like the n64 version, have only beaten the first grand prix so far. nicely added some new weapons like the squid ink to mess up the 1st place guy vision. Like on the DS version, the map below screen, which shows either the entire map or area around you by just touching the screen to flip between them(or pressing X or Y)

NCAA Basketball 2007 - still waiting on its arrival, it was 15th on my gameQ list, with many above it available now. Finally came today, after a week and half of waiting for gamefly to get the wrong game. Played a little bit and this game is horrible. Graphics are ok, but gameplay stinks. Turnovers and lots of missing shots is basically what you get even with a good team. Am honestly considering returning it already after having it for an hour.

Lets see, have purchased MLB 2K7 and NCAA Football 2008 lately, while renting from gamefly FEAR and Call of Duty 3.(all for the xbox 360)

MLB 2K7 - is ok, a typical baseball game, but miss the days of MVP Baseball which was perfectly made.

NCAA Football 2008 - Have played it little so far, against another human yesterday, a nice double OT win. And today tried the legends mode where just be one player and play him solely and make him into a great player. I am a backup QB for Michigan so far, played a game but the saved feature goofed so have to play it again. So far seems like a good game, except couldnt play coop, as in on the same team when two of us played yesterday. Wondering if need 3 or more to allow that.

FEAR - holy shoot, scarey type game. From the ghosts to the voices to knocking over soda cans laying around to just your own shadow, its completely creepy. But the gameplay gets redundent, same enemies so far to kill, that are hard to see in the shadows with an annoying flashlight that turns off too fast. The action sequences are cool though, using the shotgun to blow pieces off of an enemy is sweet.

Call of Duty 3 - Great game, a bit short for my liking as finished it too quickly after couple days. The weapons are great, including the weapons on the jeeps and tanks. Dont have xbox live gold so cant play multiplayer, unless its one on one which isnt that much fun. Too bad it doesnt have a coop mode like Gears of War has. For me, no real replay value, except for achievement points. Such as not shooting an enemy for campaign - use gun to gun butt them or grenade them.