Well, after making some money doing freelance graphic design jobs, I accumulated $65 in my PayPal account. Originally I was going to just have the money transferred to my bank for cash, but I decided to go fishing on eBay for some cheap games. Anyways, I went specifically for MLB 2K7. I played the MLB 2K8 demo and was horrified to see that it was crap. Well, not too horrified after reading some reviews, but I was hoping it wasn't that bad. It was. So I ended up winning an MLB 2K7 auction for $15.61 after shipping costs. I was happy, buying it at GameStop would have been $19.99 and then a few more dollars for the sales tax. I haven't gotten it yet, but it should be coming this week. :) Next I went for Need For Speed: Most Wanted. I wanted to get a more of a casual racing game (I have Forza 2 and PGR3) and I never got a chance to buy Most Wanted for the GameCube. I had NFSU2 and NFS Carbon, but never Most Wanted. I actually asked for this game for Christmas but my sister could not find it, I wasn't too surprised, it seems to be kind of rare (at least in the original cases, Platinum Hits cases... *pukes*). I won an auction for Most Wanted, it cost me $19.18. I'm cool with that. :P I should be getting this one in the mail tomorrow. :D The next two games were kind of on a whim. I went to the "Ending Soonest" sorting option for the Xbox 360 section and found GRAW for a cheap $5 or something. I put in my maximum bid of $7.01 and ended up winning for $6.01. After shipping it was a mere $11. I was really glad I went to check out the "Ending Soonest" auctions because I really feel like I snagged a deal. Like Most Wanted, I should be getting this game tomorrow. :) Now for the last game, I wanted something different than what I already have. My current collection contains mostly shooters, sports games, and racing games. I decided to go back to the early days of the Xbox 360 and find a game that would suit my collection, and that happened to be Kameo. I had been interested in Kameo in the past and I even downloaded the demo a while back. I actually didn't like the demo too much, but I didn't really give it the light of day to understand what I was supposed to be doing in the demo. Anyways, I found Kameo for $10.50 brand new and I won that auction ($15.50 after shipping). This was the last game I bought on eBay and it was the first one I received. :P Take in mind though, I bought one game Friday night and the rest over the weekend, so I wasn't expecting any games until today, and that's what I got. :P I've played Kameo for about an hour and fifteen minutes and I'm liking it so far. I can see a lot of parallels with Donkey Kong 64 (as I was hoping) and I think I'll end up enjoying the game a lot. I decided that whenever I get a freelancing job, I spend my money on games. eBay has been great so far and I think I'll be able to find some even better deals down the road! :)

I just made a new song and it's up for listening! :D :D :D Bands that influenced this song: Aerial Pelican The Mercury Program Tried some new stuff in this one. :) http://www.myspace.com/airshowonthehorizon Listen to Aftermath, hope you like it. :) If you really don't like MySpace, you can listen to it here too. :P http://www.myspace.com/airshowonthehorizon

http://totalgamerzone.com/2008/02/26/jason-ocampo-leaves-gamespot/ Best of luck in the future, Jason! You'll be missed!

http://www.totalgamerzone.com/articlenav-316-page-1.html I wrote that today after playing the demo a few times... think twice about downloading it, it's not really anythink great.

I bought an Xbox 360. :D I handpicked the precious box at BestBuy and bought it $376 worth of cash. The guy didn't even give me a bag, I thought I was going to get mugged on my way to my car. :P He said I could buy the $50 2-year warranty plan within 30 days... I might do that. Doesn't MS have a free 3 year return policy through the mail in thingy though? Tell me what I should do with this warranty business. The bundle came with two games, Forza 2 and Marvel... totally awesome. I also realized that a bunch of demos and trial versions of arcade games were pre-loaded onto my 360, I was really surprised and extremely happy that I don't feel like I need to go out buy a new game soon, I have so many things to play. :P I hooked up to XBL through my laptop's wireless connection... I could do this without paying the $100 for the 360 wireless adapter, but then I would have to have the family laptop connected to my 360 anytime I wanted to play online... I dunno, I might keep it like this for a while, it hasn't been too bad so far. :P One thing that I became kind of worried about was with this 1 month free XBL Gold trial. I didn't redeem any code or anything but I'vee been able to play games online. I didn't really want to start my 1 month trial for a few weeks so it would line up with Christmas break and everything... :( Anyways, I finally have a "next-gen" gaming system and I'm totally stoked to play some awesome games. :D My GamerTag is orangeillini14 so add me and tell me who you are on XBL. ;)

If you're interested in the game or feel like reading something I wrote, give me preview/demo impressions a gander! ;) http://www.totalgamerzone.com/articlenav-313-page-1.html

http://media.putfile.com/Into-The-Darkness-54 I decided to dab around in Garage Band on my sister's new MacBook from her new job... anyways, I got this after an hour or two of playing around. Inspired from Metroid Prime and Halo music. Enjoy! It's runtime is 1:40, so it's not too long. I named it Into The Darkness... because it sounds like going into space. Sorry for the somewhat sound quality, I don't know why it exported with low quality (it sounds fuzzy at times...), it sounds much better in Garage Band...

Yeah, it's been a while... I've been working a lot lately (yeah, I got a job at Oberweis Dairy) and it hasn't really been my cup of tea. I've gotten bad hours, usually 5PM - close (which means I'll end up going home at like 11:30 PM). So ever since I got the job my night life has gone down the drain, something I didn't want to happen. I haven't really seen many of my friends in a long time either because they've been on vacation... and I won't see them for a while either because I'm leaving for Colorado in a few days (yay!!!). My summer hasn't really been to great so far...

Well, I guess I should add some positive things to this ugly blog post now. I've been golfing a lot lately and the last time I golfed I got a 93 (on 18 holes... duh.) which is the best I've ever done. I usually score like 120s, so this was definitely a good game. I'll be golfing again in two days (hopefully) so maybe I'll get a chance to break 93. :D

Gaming? Let's just say I've been playing a lot of Counter-Strike: Source lately. I'm not too good, but I'm getting better. :P

Thanks for reading if you did. :P

...hopefully it's a great game! :D

I bought it used for $17.99 and the discs are in perfect condition. :) :P

Woot! I think it' pretty cool that I've stuck around so long. :) ;)

I would write something about my time here... but you can basically read all of that already in my 10k post journal entry. :P

Things are going pretty good for me right now! School's almost out, I can't wait! TotalGamerZone is getting a re-design this weekend,so that should be really cool! You should join the forums, they're a lot of fun. :)

I haven't made a new song this month for my little music project that I've got going on, but I'm still experimenting with some things. :)

Until next time!