Hello to all out there in Gamespot land, it's been a little while since we last spoke. I have been very busy with work, and life so I figued I would take a quick moment to catch up with you all.
On the life side of things, the hunt for a new house has started! For those that have been through this before,you know what I mean when I say this can take up every free minute of your time. Just looking at places that are even close to where we currently live seems to take FOR FREAKING EVER. The good news is, I think we have things narrowed down to two places, so this may come to an end soon. Then, we just have to pack, move, fix up the old place and sell it.. or maybe keep it and rent it out, have not decided on that yet.
On the gaming front, wow, where to start. It seems like I have blown through a bunch of games in the past few weeks. Dirt 2, for you racing fans is a FANTASTIC game with awesome graphics and great game play. For you PS3 peeps, you MUST play Uncharted 2. The game keeps on keeping on with a great story, and beautiful enviorments. Gameplay is solid, and there is a new multiplayer aspect that can keep you going after you finish the single player part. Again, this is a MUST PLAY IMO.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Hmm, what to say.... this might be one of the first games where I feel it was over hyped to the point where the devs actually flat out LIED to potential buyers of the game. Don't get me wrong, it's not really a bad game, it just did not have things that we were TOLD would be in the game.
Forza 3 : WOW, race fans on the 360, don't wait to jump into this game. It's DEEP with lots of cars and tracks, and more customization then you probably know what to do with! Speaking of this game, make sure you check out the Gamespot COMMUNITY GAME NIGHT for next weeks game night that features Forza 3. More info can be found HERE
More Life stuff.........
As you all know, Halloween was last weekend, man am I glad that it's OVER! I love halloween, but I think I have finally found something that I just might be getting too old for.... loud, crowded bars on halloween night 
Here in Baltimore we have a area of the city called Fells Point. Thisplace probably has three bars for every retail store in the area, and on Halloween you can say it gets a little............ crazy. Any way, I had a buddy of mine fly in from Denver for the weekend (for another reason that you will see in a minute) So I figued it was my duty to subject him to the drunken mobs that rule the streets in Fells Point on this night. Man, don't think I will ever do that again.
Why helllllooo there, take me to your TeePee....
And here is my new favorite bartender. She offered to tie me up in her web, but I could not let that happen.
So as mentioned before, a buddy of mine flew in from Denver for the weekend. The reason... the Ravens were playing the (at the time) undefeated Denver Broncos. This pic was taken from our seats...
Turned out to be great game for Baltimore, with a 30-7 win!
Oh, one more pic.. I took this yesterday out of my home office window. I had it all framed up, and would have been a very cool pic of a Blue Jay, but the damn bird could not wait, so this is what I got.
That's about it for now. Hope you are all doing well.... GAME ON!
So the weekend is FINALLY here, thank the baby Jesus for that.
Yesterday, as I was in my 6th hr of a 3.5 hr drive (yeah, do the math) I realized someting, the use of ANY type of police, ambulance, or fire siren should NEVER be allowed in radio commercials.....EVER.
As mentioned before, yes, the weekend is here, and man do I have a lot of gaming on the schedule. I picked up Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising last week, I am about half way through it. I wish I could say this game is everything it was cracked up to be, but it's not. It's close, but maybe the worst AI in gaming history really knocks this game down.
Also, I picked up Uncharted 2 yesterday on my way home. Because I was so dead tired after I got home, I only played like the first chapter or two, I don't even remember! LOL, but what I do know is..... this is the way a story should be told. It really is done well, almost movie like. BUT, to those that have played it, was getting out of that train in the begining maybe the most annoying level in gaming history? Not sure why, but holy hell I could not wait for that to be over!
In movie news. I saw Paranormal Activity last weekend, and Zombieland this past Tuesday night. One, I thought was very good, and the other one...... sucked. Can you guess which one sucked? Yup, it shocked me too, but Paranormal Activity was MUCH better than Zombieland. Zombieland is like that GREAT game that comes out, that just falls short on every level. It had soooo much potential.
AND!! Forza 3 comes out next week!!!
Well kiddies, that is all for now. Just remember, have a GREAT weekend and BEER CAN CHICKEN FTW!
You know, every once and a while something happens here at GS that just makes me say..... "what the heck". Well, today is a day I have been looking forward to for a while now, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising hits the streets. Now I know this is not one of those games that has the same hype machine as Halo, COD or even Uncharted 2, but still, it's a big release.
So what has me confused? Well, Uncharted 2 does not come out for ANOTHER WEEK, but yet today GS has posted their review of the game. And as I mentioned, Operation Flashpoint came outTODAY and geuess what.... NO REVIEW. It's advertised ALL OVER GS right now, why would there not be a review? I just don't get it.
Is it important that GS be first with Uncharted 2? What good does that do? Why can't it just be that game reviews are released THE DAY THE GAME COMES OUT? I never wanted to think that anything odd was going on around here, but sometimes it's hard to ignore the facts.
That is all.
