With my 21st birthday rapidly approaching, my mum has agreed to put up the cash for a PS3, so I now own every current gaming system. Hooray!

Actually I don't get to open it until this weekend (when I see mum, with my actual birthday the weekend after). I've already managed to round up a bunch of games. Going through the back catalogue of PS3 games I really wanted to play was surprisingly cheap and easy, so far I've ended up with -

Metal Gear Solid 4

Killzone 2

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Ratchet & Clank Weapons Of Destruction

LittleBigPlanet

Metal Gear

HAZE

Ninja Gaiden Sigma (won here from Gamespot a while back)

HAZE was $24 so I figured why not... I was actually given a review copy by Ubisoft when it launched, but not owning a PS3 I had to pass it on to another reviewer - so it feels good to replace it. I don't like trading in or losing games once I own them :S

Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is currently 50% off ($55 AUD) at EB Games, that's what I just bought LBP at. It's quite tempting, but I've just spent a bunch of cash to make seven PS3 games before I even open it so I might just chill for now.

Can't wait to get it online.

With Christmas gone and New Years impending I've just started an eight day holiday which is most certainly welcome.

After last year of working around the public holidays this is the most significant break I've had in a while and with little plans (except for NYE and a music festival) and all my work for Animavericks and Vooks mostly done there's plenty of time for gaming and plenty of games to suit.

From the Q4 2008 line-up I've only finished Dead Space and Mirror's Edge so there's still a lot of Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Red Alert 3, Prince Of Persia, Fable II, Banjo-Kazooie, Left 4 Dead, Gears Of War 2 and many more to get through.

Not to mention my Warlock who's still at level 68

So I better get to it!

See you around ;D

With no preconceived intentions I've been putting a lot of time into 2D side scrolling shooters lately, trying to complete Contra 4 (NDS), Commando: Steel Disaster (NDS) and the original Megaman for NES.

They're all very difficult.

I guess that's the whole idea though, at the core of most 2D shooters no matter how well designed is a limited amount of gameplay content. The hours of play you gain from a purchase are in trying over, over and over again - perfecting your skills.

Then again most modern games such as the above DS titles incorporate a form of saving progress so once I get through a few last levels I'm wondering how long they really will last.