So, I'm watching the VGAs, or Video Game Awards, on Spike TV right now, and they STILL haven't gotten it. They don't focus enough on the games. But, then again, they aren't meant to. They don't know how to. I mean, yes, the show IS improving, but it's still no where near what it should be. And, they need to tone down the nerd/geek jokes. They're bad. I dunno. They could use a longer show too. Two hours? It's barely enough to get through the awards, and as it is, half of the awards weren't even presented, just given out to the games. So, yeah. Losing interest, but I'm already half-way through, so I may as well stick it out. I'll tell you now though, Spike TV should give it up. My opinion of course.

I'm on a Halo obsession. Except, without the obsessed part. I don't even have an Xbox 360... or an Xbox. But, I HAVE been a Halo fan. Kinda. I dunno, it's hard to explain. But, after seeing that commercial today, I was throughly impressed. The graphics were out of this world, and it looks as if there will be a good end to the story this time. I must say though, that I'm STILL impressed with the books. I mean, I can't even BEGIN to tell you how much I loved them. The fourth book, Ghosts of Onyx... wow, just... wow. I just wonder now what else is going to happen, if anything. I mean, what's the story of the game going to be now? What... what ANYTHING?? My final thoughts on Halo for the night. The one HUGE thing, in my opinion, that's taken Halo apart from the rest, is that of the music. I recently downloaded Volume 2 of the Halo 2 soundtrack, and, once again, I am blown away. I mean, honestly, truly amazing. Well, that's all I've got for now. Thanks for reading, and we await more from the Halo world soon.

Sadly, I have been extremely lacking in gaming as of late. After getting about 75% in Need For Speed Carbon, 10% in Final Fantasy XII, and my computer not being able to play Guild Wars anymore, I've been extremely lacking in gaming. Lately it's been all about making the games, and getting updated in gaming news. But I definately visit GameSpot all of the time, and I'm keeping myself updated with all of the latest everything that's been going on. Tonight I expect to watch On The Spot, and can't wait for what they may have tonight. Anyways, that's all I've got for you for now. Just wanted to check in and let ya'll know that, yes, I still am alive. Thanks for reading!

Last year I was extremely disappointed with the first video game awards show to be shown on cable TV, the Spike TV Video Game Awards [VGAs]. For anyone that actually watched and paid attention to the show, they'll notice many many problems with it. Spike TV tries to focus all of their shows on "men" supposedly. Due to this, they center their shows around actions, girls, and sometimes gaming. Unfortunately, Spike TV chose the wrong one of these to center their show around last year. It looked like they chose to make the VGAs more centered around girls than they did on video games, and many people agreed that the winners of the awards were very wrongly chosen. Unfortunately, the VGAs are approaching once again, and I'm already disappointed with how they are handling it. They lately have started playing commercials on Spike TV, and they are less than satisfactory. I have seen two types of commercials. In all of them though, they show a lot of people in a room, all wearing supposed video game character costumes. When they talk, they purposely make them all talk as "nerdy" as possible. In one of the commercials, they show two girls wearing the same costume, and the crowd lazily chanting "Fight, fight, fight." This year though, it is being hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, and hopefully that will help it be at least a little more interesting. None the less, last year's VGAs were quite disappointing. I hope that Spike TV did their research this year and are now going to center it on the video games. The 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards are scheduled for Wednesday, December 13th at 10 PM EST, if I remember correctly. Let us hope for a good award show, for Spike's sake. Oh, and on a separate note, but yet, another disgrace to video games, while I was watching a Wildest Police Videos marathon, I saw the same commercial for the Burger King Xbox 360 video games once every commercial break. I can't even begin to tell you how stupid the games, the commercials, and overall the whole premise is.

Ever since the release of the Wii, and the release of the Wii's game reviews, GameSpot has come under fire from readers everywhere. Now, unlike everyone else, I'm not here to bash on GameSpot for their reviews. In fact, I'm here to explain why I respect their opinion, and take their review with a grain of salt. Here's the deal. A game review is an opinion made by a person, in GameSpot's case, a respected person who has been in gaming for quite some time. They write their reviews with complete honesty, no matter how harsh it may sound. After hearing all of the complaining, I decided to check out why. After reading one of the reviews, I can't understand why people would complain. I read the review for Red Steel, and, if I read it correctly, the game just is not that good for a video game overall. That happens, and all GameSpot is trying to do is say that the game is worth it for those people that really like that kind of game, but for people who are on the ropes, this game may not be for them. What I'm noticing is that Nintendo fanboys are complaining because they expect all of the Wii's game scores to be high because it is so new. That is not always true. Again, this IS a new system, yes, so there may be some games that still have to work out the bugs of using it. This is where the option of User Reviews comes in. GameSpot allows you to post your OWN reviews on games. If you disagree with GameSpot's score, and you've played the game and think otherwise, post your own review. I, personally, always read user reviews as well, because they have as much impact to me as GameSpot's editors. Again, video game reviews are not supposed to reflect how the game for sure IS for everyone who plays it. It is an opinion of a person who plays the game. If you disagree with a rating, pick up the game for yourself, try it out, then judge it for yourself, and share it if you want. Or, if you are just looking for perfect scores for everything, head on over to another video game website that are pushovers, and be disappointed when you pick up a game and don't like it even though it got an excellent score. I just have one quick personal story for you. I picked up Final Fantasy XII because it got a good review. That, and I love the Final Fantasy games, but, I, personally, was disappointed with the game. GameSpot gave it a 9.0, but, again, personally, I thought that it did not deserve that score. The graphics are excellent, yes, but the gameplay leaves something to lack compared to the previous games. That's why I always take game reviews with a grain of salt. Some games may be more fun to some people than others. Don't complain with a game review. It is an opinion. Make your opinion heard by actually creating your own review if you are so against GameSpot's. Thank you for your time.

Well, just like my last Blog, all I can say is... wow. Nintendo's event SO blew away Sony's, without a doubt. I decided to hold off on the video blog until after this weekend, just because I want to see what comes of all of this. P.S. I want a Wii. Like, badly. Like, now. Like... ARGH.

That was... amazing. Well, after watching six hours of live coverage all on the PlayStation 3, all I can say is... wow. I need to make another video blog on it. Expect it tomorrow. That is all.

Allow me to be honest. My PlayStation 2 gaming has left me disappointed as of late. Honestly, both Need For Speed Carbon and Final Fantasy XII have left me lacking. Guild Wars, on the other hand, has become a game that I cannot live without. Am I becoming addicted? Yes. But am I sad or disappointed by it? Not at all. Guild Wars is providing me with limitless hours of enjoyment, truly. My Guild is successful, we have an active Alliance, and I am getting farther in the story line of each installment every day. On the other hand, I almost finished Need For Speed Carbon in two days, which I am now very stuck on, and totally confused as to why it is so hard. And as for Final Fantasy XII... I am still unsure as to how to lean on this one. The game is visually amazing, and I love it. But, after hearing it from other people as well, and it starting to sink in, the battle system is very different. I'm not necessarily calling it BAD just yet, but, it definately is interesting. And it's not necessarily easy either. So, I'm still holding off on the review for it. I may not even write one at all. We'll see. But, I am quite excited for Supreme Commander, which, yes, is not coming out until next year, but since I love Total Annihilation, of which I recently reinstalled onto my computer, I know that I'll love this one as well. So, as it looks, PC gaming has taken center stage, which is different for me, as I used to be, and still kind of am, a console gamer. Well, I hope that I did not bore you with my random gaming-related rambling. Thanks for reading.

Two of them even! I decided to use my whole afternoon between school and work to just sit down and work on them finally. I said that I would be doing them, and I wasn't kidding. On a side note, I really want to change that primary banner I have up there... I'll have to work on that later tonight or something. Anyways, here are some links to my new reviews! Guild Wars Nightfall Review Need For Speed Carbon Review I'm going to work on my Final Fantasy XII review next time around. That's the game I've played the least of lately, so I don't really want to write a review of it until I have a good grasp on the game. It's a hard game though. Truly. But, I'll get on working with that next. Oh, and expect a video blog as well sometime soon. Thanks for reading!

I now have three new games. Guild Wars Nightfall, Final Fantasy XII, and Need For Speed Carbon. Problem is, I don't have enough time to play all of them, obviously. =P I have already finished half of Guild Wars Nightfall, of which, I must say, is a very fun game. I'll be writing a review for that this week. I've noticed that Final Fantasy XII is a really hard game. Well, not really hard, but it's quite challenging. So, I haven't gotten too far in it yet. But, I am over twenty hours through. Hopefully I'll have a review up for that as well this week. My final game is Need For Speed Carbon. I must say, it is a very enjoyable game. I'm not sure if I like it as much as Need For Speed Most Wanted though. The game is definately different, in my opinion. I'm already over 50% finished with that game. So, it shouldn't be too long until you see a review for that as well. I've been busy lately with all of this gaming. It hasn't left much time for anything else, so it's a good thing I have no life. =P But, that's all from me for now. Thanks for reading. =)