I would argue my case, but in this case I think the truth simply rings true. Blade is better than Blade 2 is better than Blade Trinity. First two were entertaining, and the third I walked in and out of the room to do dishes while it was still playing.

Over the years, I've come to like a number of musicians that I was introduced to, never sought out. These artists include the likes of Ani DiFranco, Hayden, Elliott Smith, and Tegan & Sara. I'm not a huge music buff, mostly just listening to whatever's on the radio, and so I never knew what to call these "bands". I just realized that they are all considered "folk". Before now I've always referred to them as singer/songwriter types, even though that's obviously not very descriptive. How did I avoid this knowledge for so long? Hell, I even knew a local folk artist (Tamara J Brown) in college and went to some of her shows with her! Damn I'm ignorant.

I was already fairly excited about BioShock before the demo came out, but since I played through it 3 times on Monday I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I'm even starting to worry a little that the game won't be able to live up to the hype it's built and is building through increasingly numerous "perfect" review scores. I know I've already seen 3 or 4 10/10 reviews go up. But realistically I'm sure I'll love the game as it seems catered towards the more hardcore, game-cultured crowd (damn I'm an elitist pig!).

What worries me more is that the game won't sell well, despite the critical success. Viva Pinata went this route, and so have many other amazing games over the years. Hopefully the fact that BioShock is (in some respects) a first-person shooter will provide enough immediate mainstream appeal for people to try it out. I know I will next week.