Ok... what's funny about this was I was going to write one of these last week during my Bio Lecture... that never happened xD. Then I told myself I would write this blog between my study sections over the weekend... I never studied, so I never wrote one either xD. Even the progress I told myself I would make in the Zelda Skyward Sword and Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD (Yeah, I got those games... probably should mention that xD) never happened... WHY? I blame 3 things:

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1) Work: The major reason for a lack of blogs from me was because we entered our "Post Season Extension Period", meaning our team was ranked so high, we ended up extending our season and was able to participate in the California International Finals (CIF for those who don't know xD). The team ended up placing second and we lost in the Final Game, losing to Laguna Beach :(. I weird part about all this was I wasn't upset that we lost, but it was the fact we lost to them. Laguna is in the OC, and if you have ever seen the people (or the show for that mater), you know how those people are. They are arrogant showboaters who have no respect for the game whatsoever. Sure, they are good, but nothing makes me more upset then watching one of the Laguna players getting thrown out of the game for literally going, "Oh F*** Yeah, who just scored?" in one of my players face -_-. It's one of the few times I have seen a player get thrown out for showboating and it's disgrace. It was a close game up until the last quater, when our guys started to crack and allowed them to come back and beat us by 5 :(. It's sad, but it's the beauty of sports. The rush of that close game win or lose is the reason that keeps me coming back to athletics and continue to express how important they are to someone's development. Plus, there is always next year :).

2) School: Yup... who saw this one coming? Yeah, it's just been to crazy. If it's not a math test, it's a Bio exam, and if it's not a bio exam, it's a group project for the lab that comes with the Bio **** and if it's none of those, my Creative Writing teacher want's an update on the novel I am lucky enough to get an hour of good writing (meaning work that I find worthy to not delete and start over on xD) in. Instead of the portable gaming on my iPhone and GBA Micro I would usually do between ****s and what not, it seems that time has been switched over to reading notes on my iPhone and replacing the books and games I want to finish with study guides and math samples -_-. *Sigh*... thank good I only have 2 more weeks of this :). (Quick Note: The picture bellow I found when searching Funny Biology on google images... It was so good, I just had to put it in xD)

3) Modern Warfare 3: NO DON'T LEAVE! JUST HEAR ME OUT FIRST! Look, I know it's probably a sin that this is even on the list of 3 reason I have neglected the things I would much rather be doing like playing games I have been waiting years for (Zelda) and writing my novel and speaking with my friends, but as much as I hate to say it, this game is what I have needed. I have preached this before about the Call of Duty games and I will preach it again. Like it or not, Call of Duty is a very simple game. In fact, most FPS games are very simple. You see something, you shot it, it dies! That's FPS in a nutshell. Sure you got games like Halo and Battlefield that try to mix it up and make it a little more complicated, but when you boil it down, Call of Duty sells because that is not that much complexity to the game. It's a twitch game that rewards two **** of play: Reaction time or Patience (Call it camping if you would). Personally, I have both (obviously since I play games like Catherine and Bayonetta), and because of this, I do well in the game with little to no effort on my part. On top of this, almost everyone I have on my friends list has this game, and since a lot of people play it, I feel obligated to play what they are playing. On top of this, Call of Duty is a game I can play for an hour and just relax when playing. After having a long day of school and work and with only an hour to kill before I need to head to bed, nothing is a great waste of time then a good game of mindless shooting xD. Couple with a super easy game to grab 1,000 gamerscore and an addicting formula only matched by the best RPG's and Arcade games, and you can see my reasoning for playing this game... despite the fact I would much rather be playing something else -_-.

So, that has been my last 3 weeks or so... as for thanksgiving weekend... I just took it off for the sake of taking it off I guess xD. I have been so busy lately, a good 5 days of doing nothing was what I needed to refresh myself and prepare myself for finals week coming up pretty soon (I hate finals week -_-), and since my brother was home, I decided to just hang out with him most of the time and catch up with what all my friends had been up to during my little hiatus. I did get some time to play the games I wanted to play, but not much. I guess I will talk about the two new games I was able to finally get to over the break.

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Metal Gear Solid HD Collections: Honestly, this was the only game I was supposed to get that week (the tuesday it came out), but Gamestop called and told me I had apparently already payed off my copy of MW3, so I got two games on the same day xD. Despite the fact MW3 has seen more time that this one, I have put about 5-8 hours into this game so far. I have played about 2 hours of MGS2 and the rest of the time has been on Peace Walker. The 2 hours on MGS2 have been just getting to the Bomb Squad guy and starting to defuse the C4 around the plant and I have to say, RAIDAN IS SUPER ANNOYING! Like, more then I remember back when I last played this game. He is whinny, awkward, and brings new meaning to the word "foil" between him and the bad ass that is Solid Snake. He is a necessity however, as his character helps flush out Snake as a character and if it was anyone else in his shoes, the story wouldn't make sense... for as much sense as the plot of all the MGS games (Aside from 3) make xD. Aside from his annoyance though, it's pretty much as I remember the game. Controls the same and feels great playing it :). As for Peace Walker, I have never played it before and it's pretty short. The main story is probably about 15 hours long to anyone else, but if you just bum rush through the main story like I did and are really good at being stealthy, it can take you as short as 5 hours. It took me about 6 hours to get to the "First Ending" and I am almost done with getting the "True ending". I just need to beat Metal Gear and then I am done with the game... granted, I still need to beat the Extra Ops missions and since I am planing on getting all 2,000 GS on this one, I will be playing this on and off for a while. Probably mid March or during summer when game releases are a bit slower I will probably put a lot more time into this these games, but the little time I have spent on it have been pleasant and I am happy to say I payed full price for it :).

Zelda Skyward Sword: It's Zelda... it's awesome... Gamespot is full of crap... the end ^_^! JK, but in all seriousness, it's really good and I don't see how GS thought otherwise. A part of me is not surprised since Twilight Princess got like a 8.5 because the music sounded to much the same, but the complaints they have about Skyward Sword don't match up the experience I have had. Granted, I have only put about 5-6 hours into the game, but I have loved every second of it thus far. The controls are great, music is outstanding (best part of the game IMO), the story is executed much better then most zelda games, and it's just a lot of fun. It may not make you re-learn Zelda, but the game will defiantly change your perspective on the series. It's a new way of looking at Zelda and I can only hope it continues to move forward :).

And that is pretty much the blog people. Aside from this, not much else has happened. My portable gaming has been really slow (have only really just grinned in FF5 and haven't even touched Radiant Historia or Pokemon -_-). Hopefully that will change after finals week, but we will see. I am done for now and I hope you enjoyed this nice needed new long blog. I should also be preparing a 3 lists for the games of 2011. The lists will be the fallowing: Top 10 Games of 2011, Top 10 Games I Didn't Play, and Top 10 Most Anticipated of 2012. The lists is exactly the same as last years, only being this year's games. Ok... I have been typing to long. Time to copy some Bio Homework... Talk to you all later :P. I liked this picture when looking for the other pictures, so I am posting this at the end :)