Not really my thing but I think I should put down some random thoughts for all the kids out there that appriciate the inner workings of the mind of a true gamer (also known as a Sheep)

- I can't believe I made blog posts about Halo 3 boy was that a short lived fad. It seemed to be short-lived for everyone though.

- MGS4 is BY FAR the best game of this generation. In fact it might just be the best game ever made. I should make it known that I'm not one of these people that has a new "BEST GAME EVAR!!!" every year. The last game I considered the best ever was Super Mario 64 over a decade ago. Not even Zelda, MGS, GTA, Final Fantasy, Half-Life etc etc could sway my opinion so obviously MGS4 is a big deal.

- Bought a Wii last year and it's awesome. Very underrated console. I really appreciate the variety on it, I like shooters but its nice to play a console that isn't full of 500 generic shooters and little else. I'm enjoying it was more than the HD consoles and I hope it lives up to its potential. If more effort is put in I'm sure this can be the next PS2.

That's about it.

edit: Forgot to add that the NXE is absolutely HORRIBLE!!! Hands down the worst user interface I have ever come across in my life and that's not an exagerration. It almost makes the console unusable.

Speaking of Gamespot, how come I only got the Sony E3 08 conference emblem when I watched all three whilst logged in?

I've spent the past few days trying the new maps, here are my impressions.

Blackout - Well it's Lockout, not much more that needs to be said . It's a pretty good level, works well in team games but to be honest I preferred the blue, metal look that it had in Halo 2 more than this new "oil rig" design. The background looks nicer than the blue mist in Halo 2 though.

Avalanche - I like the fact that it has a lot of vehicles on it. From memory you get (in matchmaking) two warthogs, a wraith, a hornet () a ghost, and either one or two Mongoose. I'm a little disappointed in the size of it though, I was expecting it to be similar to Sidewinder but it feels much smaller. That said it is a fun map to play on in a variety of game types. It seems a little easy to get pinned down in a base though so working together is important. Even King of the hill is tolerable on this map and I hate KOTH games in Halo so it must be a really good map!

Ghost Town - Only had one game on this so far. It doesn't seem to come up very often in matchmaking so to try it out its probably best that you play custom games, most of my XBL friends are in America though so due to the time difference I haven't been able to have a good go on this map yet. From the game I did play though it seems really good. It definitely stands out from the other Halo maps, seems almost Call of Duty inspired. It appears really large at first though after looking at it in forge mode it's not so big. I like it.

Overall it's a pretty good map pack I'd say. I like it better than the Heroic map pack. Doing a map for map comparison I liked Standoff which was a big, open map but Avalanche is even better, I liked Foundry but Lockout is better, lastly I didn't really care for Rat's Nest so Ghost Town wins by default. I would seriously recommend this to anyone that is still on the fence. Also with no new map pack on the horizon it will be a while before this one is free, if ever if Bungie is to be believed so might as well get it while it's fresh.

While I'm on the subject of Halo 3, Team SWAT will become a fulltime playlist in May However the Legendary map pack will be required.