Hey guys.

Modern Warfare 2 was sitting waiting for me when I got home from class today, so I have spent all day playing it, and I just wanted to let you all know that it's a fantastic game.

The single player campaign is short, like the first, but wow, it's amazing. Like the first, the game is just non-stop action and it's very immersive. It looks fantastic, the soundtrack is brilliant and, of course, it plays great too. In fact, if the campaign was 3-5 hours longer, it would be mind-blowing, but then, I wouldn't want that if the actual campaign was sacrificed. There are the spec-ops missions though, but I haven't checked them out yet, so I don't know what they are about.

Also, there is one mission in the game that really hits you. It has been in the news a bit recently, but honestly, it's crazy. It's disturbing, scary and horrible all at once, but it's brilliant that a game can make you feel this way; literature has done it, music has done it and films have done it too, so it's great seeing games being able to get some real emotions out of you. There is an option to turn the mission off without ever playing it, but I don't recommend it unless you really get offended by stuff.

And I quickly checked out the multiplayer for an hour, and it's fantastic. I was pretty nervous about all of the new stuff they were adding, but it all really works, or at least it does for the early section of the multiplayer portion. I hate not knowing the maps, but that will change quickly enough, I would imagine.

There we go. I just wanted to leave some quick impressions from me, and it's likely I will be spending the next few days playing this game solidly. I am so lucky I don't have any essays due in for the next few weeks; it means I have a few days to spend playing games, before going back to writing all day again.

So, first things first, I turned 21 today. It's not really a big deal over here in the UK, or at least it isn't for me. There is really nothing different about turning 21 over here. It just means that now if I do take a trip to the U.S, I can drink legally.

Right now I wouldn't know it's my birthday though. I am currently toiling away writing an essay that is due on Monday. I am pretty much done (well, actually, I am over 1000 words over the word limit, but I still have things I want to write. Luckily my tutor gave me permission to go over the limit; his exact words were "Yeah, **** it, go over.") Anyway, the essay is a close analysis of a scene from any Tarkovsky film. I don't know how many of you are familiar with the work of Tarkovsky, but he's a hard nut to crack. I can appreciate some of the things he does in his films, but I just don't like his films. Anyway, I chose a scene from Andrei Rublev, my favourite of his films. You guys probably don't care though.

And because I have been so busy with uni, I haven't been playing that many games. I bought Forza 3 and have been playing that when I get a chance, but let me tell you, that game is massive! It's good though. I just wish there were more tracks that were not already featured in Forza 2.

I also bought Ballad of Gay Tony DLC for GTA4. I have only played a few missions, so I can't really talk about it that much. It's more GTA though, so that's cool. I also bought Fallout 3 GOTY as soon as it came out, but I haven't even opened it yet. I'll get round to that in the Winter break, I think. And I still have Fable 2 to play as well. And due to all of these games I have to play, with some other big games coming soon too, I have cancelled my rental service for a while, as that was just burning a hole in my pocket every month for games that I don't have time to play.

A couple of blogs ago I talked about pre-ordering Windows 7. I downloaded it and installed it when it was released and I love it. It's reliable. It's fast. It uses less resources than Vista. It looks great. It has a few nifty little features (my favourite being able to snap windows to each side of the screen, which makes it easy for me to watch a video while writing, which I have to do when writing about films ) Overall, Windows 7 is great, and getting it for only £30 was awesome!

Also, Modern Warfare 2 is out in 4 days time and I don't have to do an essay immediately after it comes out, so I will have a couple of days where I can just sit and play that! Woohoo!

I don't know how this whole thing started up again, but I hate these things Both Justplainlucas and GTR2addict have tagged me now, so I'm not going to be a complete spoil sport -- just know that it makes me grumble.

So, here are some facts about me:

1. I love The Rolling Stones. Seriously, I don't think there has ever been a band that I have just completely and utterly loved, no matter what they produce. I would do anything to be able to see them. In fact, next time they play in the UK, I might end up just going, even if it's at the other side of the country and some of my friends might not want to come. I love them that much. And, they won't be around forever.

2. I turn 21 next week! Over in the UK, it's not that big of a deal, and it's certainly not a big deal to me, but I'm looking forward to celebrating it none the less.

3. I'm going to be getting a Nintendo Wii fairly soon. I wasn't going to bother with one, but there are games I really want to play....and I have nothing else to get with my birthday money.

4. One of my modules for this semester is British Comic book writers. It has been a blast studying comics at uni. It means I get to read comics for uni, as opposed to books and poetry that I don't enjoy! Great fun.

5. I have been a member of this site for over 4 years now! I didn't really notice a couple of weeks ago, and I don't really care, but I have to fill up this blog somehow.

6. I hate Halloween. It's pointless. Nobody really knows what it's about. And people try to use it as an excuse to have a party....but I don't need an excuse!

7. I might get a new PC monitor soon...for no real reason, I just want a bigger one. *shrugs*

8. I have far too many games to play right now, with very little time to actually play them.

9. I have written an editorial blog and a review in the past couple of weeks, but I haven't edited them yet, so they remain to be just sitting there...waiting.

10. I hate these things.

There you go. You have drawn all of the random facts that I will allow out of me. I hope you all are satisfied now.

And I won't be tagging anybody as I want this thing to die out as soon as possible.