I finally got 1000 gamerscore out of civilization revolution, probably one of the more frustrating i've had with civilization just because of deity mode. If you have the game you know that diplomacy is really pretty shallow, so the entire world is at war with you for most if not all of the game. I plan on doing a review soon but it is a great game if you're new to the franchise or know the computer versions backwards.

I also started school the other day.....

~James

The new site design is up

I like the way it looks, and Civilization Revolution is more addicting than the PC games.

~James

(and also my second blog in one day ) Well, I may have missed the Microsoft conference, but luckily I caught it on G4 later today, and I have to say that the overall conference was quite boring. Most of the time, Microsoft just touted their lead in the current market, and if you're watching the press conferences, you probably already know they are the current juggernaut. I don't need to be convinced that Microsoft is awesome, because I already own an Xbox 360. Many of the things announced weren't very suprising or exceptional, but they have made me that much more excited for the conferences coming in the later days.

Fallout 3: Wow, I wasn't very excited about this game before, but now i'm completely hooked. This game melds so many Oblivion and Bioshock elements and appears to be the best RPG/shooter hybrid and already has my undivided attention.

Resident Evil 5: It looks just like RE4, but with co-op. Good enough for me.

Fable 2: It's Fable, with dogs, spouses, and friends. The orb concept looks really cool, but what if your friend comes into your world and steals your wife or upsets the balance in the world you have created for yourself? That alone freaks me out because i have friends who think that stealing my wife would be hillarious.

Gears of War 2: It's Gears of War, can you expect less than awesome?

New Dashboard and avatars: Hello lawsuit much? The Avatars look exactly like the miis and the dashboard design doesn't look very original either. What's wrong with the current interface on xbox live anyways?

Portal: still alve: I got incredibly excited when I heard GLADOS' voice and i'm definitely getting this. All they have to do to make Portal perfect is make it longer than 2 hours, bring back the companion cube, and have another song at the end. Done.

You're in the movies: This game looks like the most fun you can ever have while drunk. It reminds me a lot of the eyetoy games from a few years ago, that made you look like an idiot playing them at target. The movie at the end was really funny though, and I think there will be a lot of those videos on youtube. It seems like good, corny, casual fun that I may not buy myself, but will probably end up playing many times at friend's houses.

Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rock Band 2: I'm still not terribly excited about the whole band games that cost hundereds of dollars thing, but both of these games look really good. I'm not too excited about the whole guitar hero studio thing, because at this point it's simply becoming a substitute for the real instrument. I am excited about the Van Halen, AC/DC, Metallica, and Axl Rose's new song from his album that's several years in the making?

Lips: I really could care less about karaoke games, and that entire genre of games just seems like another type of drunken fun game right up there with You're in the Movies. The Ipod hookup thing does seem really cool though.

Final Fantasy 13: Wow, the Sony fanboys are going to kill us all! Sony is losing many of their exclusives and just proving that game developers are in this for the money, and are not at all interested in remaining faithful to one particular system. But as long as it's still on the Playstation, what do the Sony fanboys have to lose?

There you have it, I'll follow up in the coming days with a few more blogs, so be sure to look out for those

~James