So I finally broke down and created a banner for my profile page, and I figured I would start my Gamespot blog up as well.

I expect to post mainly video blogs and reviews here, but I will enter some text entries from time to time if it I've got something to complain/talk about.

On the games front I finally finished Zelda: Twilight Princess with 100% of the game complete. I really liked the bittersweet ending to the game which has become kind of a trademark for Zelda endings.

I'm still not sure where Twilight Princess fits on my list of all time favorite Zelda games but it is up near the top. I think I'll have to do another play through in which I just stick to the main quest and not bother with the Poe Souls and such. I wound up getting bored with the side quests/rollgoal/fishing but the main quest of the game is really quite good, so I need to experience that straight through without getting sidetracked by the optional things in the game.

Other than that I've been playing the games that I missed from yesteryear on my Virtual Console. I never owned a Genesis so I really like the fact that I can play some of the games from that system.

My wife and I are working our way through Golden Axe and that game is just not that fun. There is no surefire way to tell if you are lined up with your enemy to beat him down, so you spend quite a bit of time just swinging your weapon around like a fool. Also the magic bottles are not plentiful enough for two players playing co-op to make magic all that effective. The game has frustrated me enough that I have to beat it now though, I'm getting my eight bucks worth damn it!

Super Castlevania IV is really great and totally worth the eight dollars. It's got a good amount of challenge (with the trademark Castlevania cheap shots), it's nice looking, and has great music. I'm not sure why I missed this game the first time around (I was probably short of cash back then).