The PS3 is dead. Final Fantasy XIII going multiplat was the nail in the coffin. Killzone 2 looks amazing, as does MGS4, but its just not enough.

Long live 360.

2007 was a great year for gaming. The industry as a whole continues to grow extremely rapidly, and it looks to eclipse motion pictures in the next 2 to 5 years. All 3consoles are officially up and running and have gone through their first competetive holiday season, one that saw the release of ridiculous amounts of great games. In review, my awards are as follows, by genre and platform:

Best RPG- Mass Effect

Best Shooter- Crysis

Best Driving Game- Forza Motorsport 2

Best Action Game- Assassins Creed

Best Adventure Game- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Best Fighting Game- Virtua Fighter 5

Best Platformer- Super Mario Galaxy

Best Music Game- Guitar Hero III

Best Sports Game- NCAA 08

Best Strategy Game- Supreme Commander

Best (Exclusive)Xbox 360 Game- Mass Effect

Best (Exclusive)Wii Game- Super Mario Galaxy

Best (Exclusive)PS3 Game- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Best PC Game- Crysis

Best MultiPlatform Game- Call of Duty 4

Game of the Year- Crysis

If you've got 5,000 bucks to drop on a PC that will be outdated in a couple weeks, try and play Crysis. I was lucky enough to spend the entire holiday break playing it at my uncle's house on his computer, and i must quote Ferris Buehler in saying "it is so choice."

Happy 2008

Holy crap I haven't posted a blog in forever. Well, I way-whole-bunch-a-lot-of stuff has happened since then, so now is a great time for me to recap my view on it all.

The Wii is off to a slow start. There's no denying it. Thousands of pre-orders have been canceled, and there haven't been many sales otherwise. Red steel was a flop, and Twilight Princess wasn't really all that great (it was in my opinion though). This is really unfortunate, as I had high hopes for the Wii as Nintendo's chance to get back on track. I forsee the Wii becoming slightly more than the Gamecube was; a starter system for kids 10 and under and for diehard Nintendo fans who are stuck in the past.

The PS3 has had a very succesful launch, thanks to the media and the Sony-crazed masses. Everyone admits that the PS3 is amazing, but I only know 2 people who actually own one. I don't see the PS3 selling as many units in a year as the 360 did, but I do see a close race in the making for the next generation between the two superpowers.

The 360 is chugging along, thanks to Gears of War. Unfortunately, many of the killer-app games that were expected to be out by the holidays are delayed until 2007. "If only, If only.." is the tune many Microsoft fans will be singing when December 25th rolls around. Either that or they'll be receiving 5 to 10 pre-orders.

Oh yeah, the Zune is pretty much awesome. It's not yet an iPod killer. Many people (myself included) are stuck in the iPod way of doing things. I can't imagine working my music around another media player besides iTunes. The iPod-iTunes combo will outdo the Zune for at least a year, at which time I can see the Zune really come on. In 2 years time, mark my words, the Zune will take a large chunk of the mp3 player market.

That's it... I'm out until around.. I dunno, July? lol

There are many types of fanboys, mostly the big four: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and PC. PC fanboys are eliteists but then again are few and far between as, in my opinion, pc gaming is far inferior to console gaming. (Argue all you want). Nintendo fanboys are the most loyal, defending their ground on any subject, yet they seem to be overly defensive about their consoles. One negative commment will spark a storm of hateful words in your direction. Sony faboys are somewhat of eliteists as well. They enjoyed success in the last two console generations and they *hope* to do it again this gen. They don't talk much about their own consoles, games, ect. But they're constantly putting down the other companies. Microsoft fanboys are a new breed. Most of them seem to be younger, as older fanboys weren't exposed to XBox in their prime. Microsoft fanboys are in denial about their last-gen failure, and they're all in love with Halo, often supplying it as the only reason for Xbox's "success".

In conclusion, don't be a fanboy. Be indecisive, like me. And a wise man once said, "You play games, not consoles." Peace out.