just finished my last exame friday, now i can go back to gamespot more often and play some 360, on a side note i bought some more 360 games this month, in fact i received my 360 2 monts ago i already own 8 games for it, not too shaby......now if only i had the time to play most of them
Edit: ill post some pics of my 360 collection when i get the chance
well, my exams are still not over.... but i have some free time for now... so hey might as well show you guys my collection (sorry i havent posted on your blogs ill get to that when i have more free time)
ok so here we go, first of all let me show you my "gems" and "collections" (this will only be a display of my collections or rare games, not my library, if you just want to see my library scroll all the way down to the end of this blog entry)
Edit: the Pics are too big, just right click on them press "view image"
there are my PSP "gems"
PS2 "gems":
Gameboy Advance "gems":
gameboy Colour "gems":
Gameboy "gems":
Xbox 360 (actually this is my entire 360 collection)
PS1 "gems":
hey look its Fear Effect from the fabled game store
I was always a hand-held guy but i never owned a SNES or a genesis 
However i did have an actualy Famicom the japanese nes (well an imitation famicom, bit it played all the famicom games)
and look a game reviewd by AVGN.... the landings on the game werehard but i loved that game, anyway this is the only game i have left, i dont know what happened to the others
Now on to the "collections"
Final Fantasy
+
the series got stale afterwards so you wont see me buy anymore Final Fantasy games anytime soon
Broken Sword collection (also known as circle of blood in the USA)
i have 1,2 and 4 im missing 3
Collection D&D + Obsidian + Bioware
im missing KOTOR 1 and 2, i also added dragonshard there, a strategy D&D game
Collection Tomb Raider, i got all of them except legends
Homeworld Collection, its complete
Lucas Arts adventure games collection, im missing way to many to just say their names (i also have Sam and MAx season 1 but i let it to a friend)
gothic Collection, im missing the first and the expansion for the second one 
Ground controll collection, its complete (the expansion came with the game)
Diablo collection, its complete
Deus Ex, its complete
Strategy Blizzard, im missing warcraft 1 and 3
Legacy of Kain collection im missing the original blood omen by silicon knights
Now comes the Underrated/ uknown games
from left to right: Sudeki (JRPG) unknown, Vampire the masquerade : Bloodlines (WRPG), uknown and underratedm Beyhond divinity (dungeon crawler) underrated and unknown all of them for the PC (sudeki has an xbox version)
Ultima Ascencion, underrated
Startopia (strategy), uknown and underrated; Black and White 2 (strategy), underrated; Evil Genius (strategy) underrated and unknown; Sacrifice (strategy) unknown and underrated; Monsterville (strategy) unknown and underrated; Spellforce (strategy), uknown
And finally, my entire collection in Four pics:
Millenium Falcon + Smiley Face + PC :
More PC+ PS1+PSP+ PS2+ X360
GB + GBC+ GBA (there are more games in the back but i couldt take a decent pic)
and finally my Gcom 2 for the PS2
it january... i should be studying for my college exams (i just had two this week including a math and an economy one), i havent bloged anything on gamespot for a while, i havent even left my home except to do the exams (which i havent even studied for) and why? its all your fault bioware DAMN YOU DAMNYOU!!! why do you make such great games.... i cant sleep or eat all i can do is either play mass effect or thinking that i need to play mass effect....
help
Well the new year is finally here... and i already made plans for it, me and a few friends of mine have rented a hotel room for 2 days in albufeira, its basically a tourist trap in the south of Portugal, but since i´m not a tourist i´ll be fine.... i hope :) so i´ll leave the 31st at 10:00 and you guys wont see me until january 2nd.
Also i´v written a new review, the game i chose was Dune for the PC, one of my favourite games ever go check it out if you feel like doing bedtime reading ;)
well guys in case i dont see you ntil 2008.... Happy new year
So it finnally happened, instead of giving me money of socks or whatever my parents gave me an X360 with a 20 GB hard-drive, 4 games viva pinata, forza motorsports 2, gears of war, blue dragon, one free year of xbox live and 2 wireless remotes, all in a 350 euro pack (thank god for the grand opening for the 500 th media markt store and their crazy prices :D)
i´v been using it for a few hours and here´s what i´d like to point out so far, bear in mind that i´m a PC user, and i own/owned the following consoles: NES (well a NES ripp-off anyway) PS1, PS2, PSP, PC, gameboy, gameboy colour, gameboy advance and i had in my posession for over a year a megadrive (AKA genesis) and an SNES
anyway here´s what i think of the 360 so far:
PROS:
Wireless controlers indeed are an incredible diference, i know that the competition also has it, but i always thought that wireless controllers just didnt matter there would be little diference between it and a regular controller... how wrong i was.... wireless controllers are great
also the 360 controller is by far the best controller i ever held, it fits perfectly in to my hand, its like it was made just for me, and on top of that all of the buttons are were they should... i´m glad they traded the D-pad with the analog,
the xbox live is indeed great, intuitive, lots of options and the speed is not to shabby, i just played a game to see if i lagged, and i didnt
also... playing gears of war co-op with your brother is great, and viva pinata is an incredible game and original game
I like the fact that now its incredibly easy to play a 4 player mode with this console, simply bring you own controller and that´s it, also i like the user login mode, which means i dont have to share my achievemnts with my brother :)
CONS:
That thing if FREAKING HUGE!!!!!! seriously, i could put it in the same shelf as the PS2 (the reagular fat PS2), i tried taking out the PS2, putting the 360 vertizally, horizontally, it didnt matter its just way too big... and from what i know the PS3 has the same problem...what are these people thinking??? i had to literally remove the self aboce so i could place the 360 up, so the height problem was solved, but i have to place it in a diagonal position because its still too long, it touches both the back of the shelf and it just barely fits in its spot... and its not even sharing its room with the PS2 anymore (the fat one remember?)
as if the size problem weren´t enough its A/C adapter is huge, it looks like a tank... and all of the PS3 wires are incredibly thick microsoft built a great console but next time it should be more carefull with space issues
another problem was the noise it makes reading the games... i never heard any machine making so meuch noise reading the games god... what is up with that
Overall i like the 360, its an... overpowering piece of hardware for better and for worse, personally i can´t wait for a 360 slim because that thing is so big and makes so much noise... but hey with gears of war and viva pinata that´s a small price to pay :)
if you´v been reading my blog than you know that near me there is a store that sells sealed games of almost every console made to men, what you dont know it that store is only open for 2 hours (10 AM-12AM) and its only open when the owner FEELS like it and that its hidden in the deepest darkest corner of an almost forgotten mall , by now you think i´m exagerating, but i swear to you its the honest to god truth, i´v been going there every once in a while for a few years now and i´v only seen it open like 5 times, and as if that weren´t enough they dont know what they have, so once in the store you need to search everything for yourself and hoping you may find a gem
Let me explain youjust HOW hard it is to get to that store, or as i like to call it "the lost ark"
This particular lost ark is a gamer´s dream come true, you can find literally every game and even some old consoles still sealed with a 75% discount everything ranging from a ZX Spectrum, a sega saturn, dreamcast or a super nintendo to a Wii, the catch is that no one knows where that place is and its filled with all sorts of mindless drooling fanboys, and as such many adventurers have gone in search of the game store, few returned, scarred for life as brain-dead fanboys, in order to get there i needed to arm myself with my trusty whip, a cool looking hat, some 1930´s clothing and an asian kid called short round who can make all sort of embarassing and witty remarks at all the wrong moments, so i had to go buy that stuff at the nearby indian bazaar (i never knew we had one)
this is where i bought all my gear all in one pack for 99euro (asian kid not included)
So i was all geared up, but i didnt know how to get to the forbidden temple, all the city maps and GPS´s had a "Turn back sign" in the area where the game store is supposed to be
So now i had to find a path for the store, but how? Luckily short round sugested i consulted the gypsys (he also sad an inapropriatly placed joke about how many gay people does it take to unscrew a vibrator right in the middle of the gay pride parade (oh how i love his wacky antics), but two felonys and one highway chase later we were able to ditch them.
So now i had to find the gypsys and negotiate with them the map exchange, finding the gypsys was fairly easy, but i was forced to marry their eldest daughter and donate to their family my firstborn to them, so after the marriage ceremony and the 3 day honeymoon i was able to get the map and carry on with my quest
Finally, it seems i was getting somewhere, after a 5 day walk, hiding during the day from the hords of orcs that infest this area and running at night when they all are sleeping, watching porn or both (because that´s what orcs do) i finally stood in the entrance to the store, but it was surrounded by the most evil of undead, FANBOYS!!!! they atacked from all sides, saying that i should "just wait, the PS3 is going to rock" or the "RROD is really a minor inconveniance" and even "Wii´s online mode is the best ever" i knew exactly what to do, take out my whip and the big book of video gaming facts (AKA Fanboy killer)
didn´t think i´d need that whip did ya?
so after fighting the hordes of undead fanboys and old school atari gamers, evading all the traps and opening chests and chests filled with old retro games i was able to find a PS1 gem, Fear Effect 2 retro helix, still sealed as if packaged yesterday only for 10 euro
As soon as picked up the game all hell broke loose, i felt that the store was collapsing, i saw a giant round bolder rolling towards me with all intents fo crushing me, i ran with all my might escaping at the last second
and finally, it was done, am now the proud owner of Fear Effect retro helix for the PS1, the game is still sealed on my shelf....
All was fine and dandy...
The next day, short round told me that the store had ressurfaced, raised by the unholy atari and spectrum worshippers, hopping to horde all of their rare games for themselves, also they have shining wisdom, fighting vipers, fighters megamix for the saturn, soulblade and the original syphon filter for the PS1, when i heard this, i turned to my newly wed gypsy wife and told her "get me my whip, i have games to buy"
So long story short, i went to this game store that´s really really REALLY hard to get to but has some awesome old games and bought Fear Effect 2 for the PS1, and i plan to return there as soon as possible
Ah 07 is almost over, on the 25th kids all over the world will be opening christmas presents, adults everywhere will be drinking like there´s no tomorrow so they can forget their worries if just for a day, and fanboys everywhere will STILL be arguing why is their system the best in the world, so i thought how can i describe all that happened in gaming over this past year? well first we need some music...
Maestro The twelve days of christmas if you please in be-flat
Here is something i like to call "The twelve months of system wars"
On the first month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
one dead Xbox 360
On the second month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Two crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the third month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Three kiddie Wiis
Two crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the forth month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Four shallow Bioshocks
Three kiddie Wiis
Two crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the fifth month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Five jaggy Galaxys
Four shallow Bioshocks
Three kiddie Wiis
Two crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the sixth month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Six bans on Gamespot
Five jaggy Galaxys
Four Shallow Bioshocks
Three kiddie Wiis
Two crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the seventh month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Seven slow PSPs
Six bans on Gamespot
Five jaggie Galaxys
Four shallow Bioshocks
Three kiddie Wiis
Two crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the eight month of warring
A fanboy sent to me:
Eight Sims on rafts
Seven slow PSPs
Six bans on Gamespot
Five jaggie Galaxys
Four shallow Bioshocks
Three Kiddie Wiis
Two crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the ninth month os warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Nine outdated PCs
Eight sims on rafts
Seven slow PSPs
Six bans on Gamespot
Five Jaggie Galaxys
Four shallow Bioshocks
Three kiddie Wiis
Two crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the tenth month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Ten monotonous Warcrafts
Nine outdated PCs
Eight Sims on rafts
Seven Slow PSPs
Six bans on Gamespot
Five jaggie Galaxys
Four Shalow Bioshocks
Three Kiddie Wiis
Two Crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the eleventh month of warring
a fanboy sent to me:
Eleven dusty PS3s
Ten monotonous Warcrafts
Nine outdated PCs
Eight Sims on rafts
Seven Slow PSPs
Six bans on Gamespot
Five jaggie Galaxys
Four Shalow Bioshocks
Three Kiddie Wiis
Two Crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
On the twelfth day of warring
a fanboy sent to me
Twelve Lair flops
Eleven dusty PS3s
Ten monotonous Warcrafts
Nine outdated PCs
Eight Sims on rafts
Seven Slow PSPs
Six bans on Gamespot
Five jaggie Galaxys
Four Shalow Bioshocks
Three Kiddie Wiis
Two Crappy Warhawks
and one dead Xbox 360
Merry christmas everyone, see ya next year, and remember the only thing better than playing the games is bashing them even though you never played them
yes thats right, 200 original games, it was hard work but here it is, a true videogame collection (well PC games collection anyway) many of the crap games came from buying PC magazines as they give out free games now a days (wheter you want the game or not) altough i am missing A LOT of games i´d like to add to my collection like the first 3 alone in the dark, Dune II or the secret of monkey island i´m still pretty proud of this feat, its a shame the GS average isn´t all that great.... 7.8 i blame those crappy games from the magazines.... and maybe my love for the Tomb Raiderseries might have helped a bit (oh thats another one i dont have the first two tomb raiders... well not original copys anyway)
EDIT: The funny thing is my 200th game was Full Throttle for the PC which is a REALLY old game, i guess this made my collection full circle
Hi guys, sorry i was away for so long, but i´v been kind of busy, well anyway the year is almost over andi guess everyone has had their favourite game over this past year, most of you will probable say bioshock (which i thought was overrated) ratchet and clank (not in to platformers) Halo 3 (no thank never liked the 1st one) or Mario galaxy (didnt play yet), well to me its finally decided, my game of the year is.... Sam and Max: Season 1 thats right you heard me, most of you probably dont even know what Sam and Max is but i found this game to be so funny, with such a great script, characters, it had just the right dificulty i just loved this game. Gamespot didnt review season 1, but it did review its six episodes seperatly, if you never played this game you can now download episode 4 for free, give it a try your not going to regret it
http://news.filefront.com/sam-and-max-abe-lincoln-must-die-now-available-for-free/
no words needed on this one, just a link
http://kotaku.com/gaming/journalism/crecente-and-ashcraft-in-portuguese-313768.php
and yes i buy that magazine i have issues 1 and 2 right here on my desk
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