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Well, I'm now out of Level 60, and into 61. My title is Mr. Big, who happens to be this guy from SNK's Art of Fighting.

I've never played the art of fighting games, so I can say that I'm not familiar with this particular character. He looks pretty cool, though. Let's see what else Mr. Big could represent...

Mr. Big is a character from Sex in the City, not that I watch the show, though. I really don't.

It's a candy bar by Cadbury. Never had one of these before. I love Cabury products.

Mr. Big is a band. Never heard of them, and haven't heard their music, so I can't say whether they are good or not.

It's the name of someone's cat. Aww..

He's a character in a children's book. Don't think I ever read it as a kid.

The villain in Live and Let Die. Been a while since I've seen this movie.

Anyway, there you have it, some other alternatives for what Mr. Big stands for. Also, there were many, uh... NSFW pictures of Mr. Big that I'm unable to post in here in fear of revocation of my account. So.. one more level until I'm stuck at Big Smoke for a very long time..

So I just got a text from a good friend of mine saying he came across a scanned letter from GS corporate ordering employees to crush and dump their stock of older generation used games for space concerns. I was flabbergasted. This seemed like such a waste of games if you asked me. So, I Twittered about it, then immediately went to GameStop to try to round up as many used games as I could, and I discovered no used Xbox or GC games were still on the shelves. There were droves of PS2 games, which leads me to believe those are still being kept around. But wow... to throw always all those games is just... INHUMANE!

So to all of you, go out to your GameStops and try to see if you can snag any old XBox or GameCubes that you can before it's too late. Try to rescue as many of these games as possible, because they shouldn't go to waste. This also means that you need to put your prejudices about the used games industry aside, because it's no longer about the money grubbing corporation that is GameStop/EB; it's about the games. I only wish I knew about this sooner..

If you've been following what I've been up to lately in the world of video games, it's been playing and finishing the last three installments of the SplinterCell franchise. I played and completed the first Splinter Cell game when it launched, but I never got around to playing Pandora Tomorrow or Chaos Theory and didn't even own Double Agent until a couple of months ago when I picked it up used for nine bucks.

Having Pandora and Chaos in my collection still sealed was bothersome to me when I did that one video which showed off all my still sealed games in my collection. I knew I wanted to play them eventually, and it wasn't until I saw the E3 footage for Conviction that I felt it was finally time. Now I've finally finished Double Agent tonight, and all the Splinter Cells are out of the way and I'm inthe clear for Conviction when it releases this holiday season.

I was going to review each game as I finished them, but I decided I just wasn't up for it. So instead, I'll just rattle off quick impressions of how I liked each one.

• Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - Played this Xbox game on my Xbox 360 on my HDTV. Unfortunately, the graphics weren't nearly as impressive as it would have been on a standard TV, but I grinned and beared. The game had some pretty bad A.I.and some lously collision detection. Thanks to the bad A.I., I really got irritated from the massive amounts of restarts. Still, I liked the game enough. I just think GS scored it way too high with a 9.1.
• Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - Now this is one of the best most improved sequels I've ever played in a franchise. To start off, something was done during backwards compatibility, because the graphics were much, much better. The screen also almost fully filled my HDTV, and everything was sharper and crisper. The game was also much more fun to play because of many more movies given to Fisher. The levels were also more impressive, thanks to different ways to approach goals. It also had an incredible last level.
• Splinter Cell: Double Agent - It was awesome to see Sam Fisher in hi-def. Some of the details in the levels was simply stunning. I also loved the sheer scope of some of the levels, but something else seemed to hold this game back. You revisit the PBA (terrorist organization group you infilitrate) at least four times. I understand the importance of this for story sake, but it means less really impressive around-the-world levels. I also honestly can say I'm not a fan of day missions, and I hate not having most of my equipment for the undercover PBA missions. Still, I enjoyed it and was glad I played it.

Now, bring on Conviction, and Ubisoft, take your time.. please!