What I've Been Playing This Week
I'd like to start off by saying that Firefox is absolutely awesome. About halfway through typing this blog the power went out. I thought I lost everything I had typed, but Firefox recovered it. I... The Bomb Has Been Armed
Since Jeff Gerstmann's dismissal from GameSpot and the subsequent resignations of several of my favorite editors, I had hoped and prayed for the day that Jeff and some of the other ex-GameSpot... Finished Mass Effect... Almost
I have just done every single side quest in Mass Effect . I know I said I decided I wouldn't in my last blog, but for some reason I was really in a Mass Effect kind of mood. So yeah, every side... Games and Other Crap
Well, today sucked. Last week one of our dogs stopped eating and got very inactive. It got progressively worse throughout the week, so yesterday we took him to the vet who suspected that he had... Another One Bites the Dust
Jason Ocampo leaves GameSpot . Finished Ratchet & Clank Future
So I finally beat Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and... wow. It was completely awesome. It's definitely the best in the series, and if you loved any of the Ratchet games on PS2,... Tales of a Chronic Procrastinator
I was supposed to write an essay yesterday, but I kept putting it off to do more important things, like play Call of Duty 4 . We had a full party of nine people, most of which were GameSpotters,... Call of Duty 4 Game Night (Again)
I don't think you can ever have too much of a good thing, and GameSpot must agree with me, because one Call of Duty 4 night wasn't enough for them. They had to host another. I was there. It was... Final Fantasy III's Save System Really Blows Hard
I've been neglecting my DS for quite a while now, so I decided to pick it up and get back to playing Final Fantasy III . It's a pretty good game, but it's marred by an absolutely atrocious save... Game Purchases and Other Things
1) Game-related purchases this week. This February doesn't really do much for me this month as far as gaming goes. I'm not really interested in Lost Odyssey , Devil May Cry 4 , or any of the... Insert Clever Topic Name Here
1) Call of Duty 4 DLC Apparently Infinity Ward will be releasing some DLC this Spring that will contain new multiplayer maps. That's literally all Activision has said about it. No word on how... Ryan Davis Leaves GameSpot
And so the departure of GameSpot's staff continues with the resignation of Ryan Davis . If you haven't heard by now, he has announced that he is quitting his job at Gamespot due to... Scattered Thoughts
1) Game/DLC purchases this week. Burnout Paradise: My most significant purchase this week was Burnout Paradise . I bought it last night and started it this morning. I'm about 2 hours... Rainbow Six: Vegas First Impressions
If you're one of the three people that read my previous blog than you might remember that I mentioned that half the reason I decided to purchase Rainbow Six: Vegas was because of the co-op... The Departure of Navarro and the Arrival of Games
1) Alex Navarro has left the building. After watching yesterday's On the Spot and some of the Alex Navarro tribute videos , it has finally started to sink in. Dude, Alex Navarro is gone .... Fall of Halo?
Every week Larry Hyrb, a.k.a. Xbox Live's Major Nelson, posts the top ten most popular games on Xbox Live in his blog . Most of the time these lists are pretty predictable and, for the most part,... Stupid Ways to Prevent the RROD
Ah, the Red Rings of Death; an Xbox 360 owner's greatest fear. Since launch, the Xbox 360 has gained notoriety for being an unreliable and unstable system prone to overheating. Consumers would buy... Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this picture!
For years now I have had a sole thing covering the walls of my bedroom. It is a picture of me when I was about 8 years old holding a fish that I caught. No, seriously. I was proud of it back then,... My Homemade Rock Band Mic Stand
I am totally addicted to Rock Band. So addicted, in fact, that playing one instrument at a time wasn't enough to fulfill my daily rocking quota. I needed more. But how could I sing and play the... Overload of Games
I have so many games to play it's crazy. First of all, I "purchased" a whole bunch of new games this week. Please pretend I'm using finger quotes when I say the word purchased, as some of these...