i know what you are all thinking. at that is "you spelled **** wrong. but it's a long word, and i'm in no mood to look it up in the dictionary. now to the point. everytime i start up gamespot on my account, the top left gamespto profile dealie is different. sometimes, like right now, it simply says "gamespot profile" but with a star like thing around the o. but somtimes, it says gamespot UK, and sometimes it says gamespot AU (austrailia i presume). now wtf is going on. i live in canada. not in the uk, and not in australia. and as mentioned in my previous blog, i jumped from level 15 to level 17. and one of the unions i just accepted an invitation to won't let me post, whatever i say, whenever i press the "post message" button, theres always an error of some sort. and i'm not suspended or banned. gamespot really needs to get it's **** together.

Whats going on here? i jumped from level 15 (on gamespot) to level 17!!?!?! is this just another of gamespots legendary glitches? or is this a common occurence. come to think of it, i've never actually seen a profile that level 16. INSANITY.

HUGE SCORE! yesterday i was at my friends place, and he had just got a free new moniter from his dads office. it's like 30 inches or somthing, friggen huge. but as a result, i'm getting his "old" 19" lcd moniter! it's super nice in comparison to my old 17" flat screen moniter that was the size of a goddam microwave. so it's win win. we both get new moniters. if your curious, the moniter is a dell, one that came with his computer, which is one of the gaming models. it's glorious.

and apperently i have to say 5 things about myself and tag 5 more people. right ho, here goes:

1. i'm a tall bugger, almost 6'4.

2. I occasionally do drugs.

3. i listen to most types of rock, and some metal. only old stuff though.

4. i'm an avid skiier.

5. my computer is a peice of SH*T, i'm saving, or at least trying to, for a new one.

now i'm off to tag 5 other people.

dammit, i dont' know how to tag people. some instructions would be nice.

it's march 28th. WHY IS IT SNOWING? we have had the most absurd weather the past few days. yesterday, i came home from school and it was sunny and warm and nice. an hour later, the temperature plumeted, and we had the most intense 30 hail storm of my life. MARBLE SIZED HAIL. after 30 minutes, the sun came out, melted the hail, and it was good. this morning, i woke up, it was cold and cloudy. an hour later, we experienced a very intense two hour snowstorm, which is now over, and the snow has already melted. last weekend, we had snow and rain squalls, and it was the most windy i've ever seen it in my life. in case your wondering, i live in vancouver, bc, and even though it's in canada, we don't usually get much snow, esecially in late march.

This thursday, at 7:30pm, i have my first public performance of a number of one act plays. it's been a lot of work memorizing all of my lines, and i'm confident in my acting abilities, but not in the abilities of some of the other actors in the group. one of them missed 5 rehersals, and still hasen't completly memorized her lines. lets just hope that she got her s*** together over spring break. i'll find out tommorrow. anyways, wish me luck, and i'll report back on how it went.

Update #1 - we had our last rehersal today, and it went pretty well. it seemed some of the characters that were flaking off before finally did get there s*** together, and we made it through from the start to the end with minimal problems and no interuptions. i'll report back tommorow on how it went.

Update #2 - sweet jesus almighty the show starts in less than 3 hours. i'm really bloody nervous, but i'm blaming on the MONSEROUS THING of coffee i just drank. it's not me i'm worried about, one of my group members wasn't in school today, lets hope he bloody well shows. well, i'll be back in a few hours to report how it went.

Update #3 - whew it's over. it went great, everyone remembered their lines, and we got a standing ovation at the end. it feels so damn good to get that out of the way, and better yet, it's friday and me and my friends are going to go se run fat boy run, which if it is as funny as hot fuzz or shaun of the dead, should be hilarious.

Note - these are my opinions, you may agree or disagree, just keep it to yourself.

10. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - the game that started it all, first person shooters, world war 2 obsession, this is the game that started me on the path of first person shooters, and introduced me to the exitment of world war 2. this is the first of 5, yes 5, world war 2 games on my list.

9. Battlefiels: 1942 - my favorite game in the series, bf1942 was a unreachable prize for me. i couldn't get it to work on my lousy laptop, but once i got a better computer, this game was a endless source of entertainment. simple yet fun multiplayer, this game was a revolutionary one for me.

8. The Elder Srolls III: Morrowind - This game astounded me when i first got it. the fact you could go anywhere and do anything with no set paths or missions, morrowind was my first ever rpg, and provided quite possibley the second most amout of solid gaming hours of any game i've played.

7. Company of Heroes - the only RTS to make it on to my list, company of heroes is a incredible game with a monsterous learning curve that never gets old. i have had my ass kicked the the cpu in skirmeshis so many times that it's not even funny. looks great, plays great, this game can be intense and frustrating all at once.

6. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault - this is my second favorite WWII game ever, and in my opinion probably the most underated game of all time. Ground breaking technology for the time it was produced, amazing historical accuracy, and one of the few WWII games set in the pacific theatre, and a game that has some of the best character development out there, mohpa is probably the best medal of honor game according to me.

5. Half-Life 2: don't need to say much on this one. everyone loves this game, and should be on the top ten list of any shooter fan out there. you know the story, and about the game, all i'll say is that it is a remarkable shooter with groundbraking technology for the time it was released.

4. Call of Duty - my favorite WWII game of all time, Call of Duty brought ww2 to life like no other game out there. amazing graphics, gameplay, sound, multi player, COD is one of the finest shooters of our time. the fact that you get to play as the russians, the americans and the brits makes this game truly special, compared to the hordes of games where you play as the "apple-pie eating all-american my country tis of thee"(quote yhatzee crowshaw, zero punctation) characters you play in most games. truly a must have for any ww2 and shooter fan alike.

3. F.E.A.R: First Encounter Assault Recon - a spectacular game through and through, fear will keep you on the edge of your seat for the duration. backed up with some of the best graphics of the time, plus combat that is made only better by the slo - mo capability, fear brought me into a whole new dimension of gaming. this game can only be described by playing it, the story, gameplay, and graphics all come together to create a memorable experience anyone who plays it won't soon forget.

2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R: shadow of chernobyl - the most recent release on my list, shadow of chernobyl has compelled me from the start. i had only heard of the game about a month before a bought it, and when i did i didn't really know what to expect. The thing that makes this game so special to me is that the gameplay simply doesn't get old. i got this game on it's release date last march, and i still play it all the time a year later. the atmosphere, kill or be killed survival gameplay, and stunning detail make this game one of the most enjoyable creations i have ever had the privilidge of playing. all in all, this game is not for everyone, but if you can see past the bugs, you will end up loving stalker as much as i do.

1. The Elder Scroll IV: Oblivion - this one was easy. i from the day i started playing this game, i knew i had found a all time favorite. words cannot properly describe the experience of this game. the graphics. the gameply. the absurd open endedness that caon be found no where else. Oblivion takes the prize of most hours of clocked gaming (probably well over 4 or 5 hundred) and i still play it today. the moddability makes it timeless. the ai makes it unpredicdible. This game is simply a must have for any gamer out there who has any sort of attention span, or has been a good boy and taker there riddilin.

It seems these days the people are so harsh in judging of games, and they never really take the time to enjoy them. I've seen so many review, official and player, where all the review does is nitpick, and try there damndest to find every singe flaw with the game. i've discovered that if you concentrate on whats good about the game, or what makes the game special, you will really enjoy a game more. for example, if youre playing Medal of Honor: Airborne, in my opinion a underrated game in a underrated series, if you concentrate on the fact that sometimes the enemy AI can be glitchy, or that the ragdolls can occasionally have problems, you'll give up playing the game very fast. but if you concentrate on the nice graphics, great sound effects and motion blur, in no time you'll be running around, comepletly engrossed in the game. so if you get a game, and find yourself looking for problems, just try to ingore them and enjoy the game for what good it does have. that way, youll be happier with your purchase, and you'll find yourself deeply into games that you previously found to be mediocre. just how i look at it, i hope it sways someones opinion.

I seems, that especially lately, that whenver you create a topic, people will automatically look at it with a critical eye, trying to find something wrong with it, trying to bring it down. Why is this? i find it much more satisfying to help, or contribute to the topic, than to simply default to negativity. There have been times when i find something i beleive to be true, post it, and have nothing but flamers and insults, even though i clearly said that if i was wrong, simply correct me. there are still a few people out there who are decent and helpful, the leader of the elderscrolls union, for example, is incredibly helpful. onetime on the fronlines: fuel of war forum i posted a questoin asking for any info on the game. this one guy practically wrote an entire articall for me. so, why is it that everyone has to try and bring everyone else down? this is something i will never know or understand.

it's become more and more obvious over that last year or so that most gaming sites choose the 360 as their preference of system. whenever you go to an article about a multi-platform game, it defaults the the xbox 360 section. also, 360 games get immidiate reviews of all games, goog or bad, and also gets video reviews of all games, where in comeparison to the pc, the pc only gets video reviews of games with a score of 8.0 or better, and sometimes it takes weeks for reviews to come in. just my two cense on the topic.