For the benefits during E3, especially the famous Room 0, but as I jumped on today, I (thankfully) checked my bloglist before updating my account, and saw that Room 0 was gone, so.

Thanks bloglist for saving me money.

And Gamespot, what was the point of removing the chats, from what I heard, they are Java run, and there are many mods that are already in there, so what be the problem?

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So the Hotspot had it's weekly question, and with Shaun McInnis' talk about Saw the Video game, Tom Mcshea posed to the question to the audience how to get out of one trap in the Saw video game. This trap entailed a key for the next door being in a toilet bowl. But not just any toilet bowl in an insane asylum. No, this toilet bowl is full of syringes! So I pose the question those who might not get their answers read on the podcast, or who foolishly don't listen to the Hotspot, what would you do to get the key?

My idea was pretty simple, break off the toilet from it's hinges, then throw it to the ground, letting all of the syringes fall to the ground. And if all else fails, I would just take Tom's foot that was injured while playing basketball, and use it to dig out all the syringes, and lead me to the key. But what were your ideas guys?

So around two weeks ago EA sent me the Battlefield Hero's beta key, probably for the fact that I'm running Windows XP 64 Bit, which most people don't have, but that's beside the point. For the last two weeks have been dabbling in it, and have created some presumptions in my mind about the final game.

The first thing that caught my eye were the graphics. After spending countless hours inside TF2 servers, I have come to the idea that they are not just a rip off it. Instead it's almost like I'm in a Pixar esk world where everything has outlines, but are colored in. The best metophorical thing that I can compare it to is Leonardo Davinci's coloring book.

Graphics aside, the gameplay is also different from past Battlefield games. The first such difference is the fact that you can customize your character with different clothes. The downside to this is that you have to use points entitled, 'Battle Points,' or something similar, that you get by putting your credit card into the EA service. It's quite annoying having to spend around three dollars to dress up my character as a ninja, but on the flip side it's a free game, and at least it's just for clothes, and not any gameplay changing items. Also, the game is a lot faster than an average game of Battlefield 2. Unlike BF2 games' which could go on for upwards of an hour, games in Battlefield Heroes are around ten to fifteen minutes. Finally, there are only three cl@sses which are, Spy, Heavy, and Soldier. All three have their own distinct gameplay types, like Team Fortress 2, and add a diversity to the game. And don't worry Battlefield fanatics, planes, tanks, and cars are still in this version of the game, with a disapointing loss of the helicopters.

Battlefield Heroes seems to be a complete 360 from Battlefield 2 which was completly serious in it's "War is serious" tone. Instead with Heroes, it's all about goofing around. You have numerous actions that allow your character to do movments that even made my fifty year old, Battlefield 2 Hardened, father laugh. Heroes seems to be a great game for the fact that it's 'free,' allowing for disapointments like the lack of a server list, and the quick games to be pushed aside for the fact that, who doesn't like free things?

Definitly check Battlefield Heroes when it comes out in a couple of months.