I just got back from town where I got the new Cure album. I've been listening to it a lot, and it's a lot better than I thought it would be. It's very guitar-heavy, but that's not really a bad thing. It really allows Porl to shine, it's good to have him back. You can definitely notice.

I'm in desperate need of a blog post, but it would take forever to say all I want to say, so I'll leave it for another day, and instead talk about some recent stuff.

I went to a gamers night at a blockbuster near me on Thursday night. I wasn't really interested, but my best friend, Josh said he'd go with me, so we did.It started at 10:30 and lasted until 12:30.

I had a blast!

It was really fun. They had Rockband set up for the Wii, and me and Josh were playing with some of the employees there. We even entered a guitar Hero competition for a £30 gift voucher. The rules were to play Cult fo Personality on expert, and whoever got the best score won (duh...) Two people went before us, but they couldn't finish the song, so the difficulty was bumped down to hard (you could play expert if you wanted to, much better chance of winning that way) Josh went ahead and played first, acheiving a score of around 170,000. I went second. I have a real problem of playing infront of other people, so I expected to play horribly, but I ended up with a score of 210,649, pretty good. Btw, we both played on hard.

We wandered around the shop for a while, checking out some games and movies while watching people play Guitar Hero and Rock Band. We'd decided that if one of us won we'd split the prize. After watching some more people play, we were pretty confident that we'd won, but unfortunately someone else did. I didn't see him play, so I have no idea what his score was.

Fable 2, Far cry 2 and Dead Space were all going on sale at midnight. I intended to buy Fable 2 at some point, but was waiting as Fallout 3 comes out on Friday, and I don't like having too many games to play. Despite trying not to, I bought Fable 2. It was right there infront of me, and I couldn't resist! It was my first midnight launch ever, and somehow getting a game about 10 mins after release feels really nice. I totally don't regret it. It's a brilliant game!

Enough of that.

Fallout 3 is my most anticipated title since MGS4, but unfortunately it's got me in a bit of a mess. Normally I just get whichever version of a multiplat game is best, and in this case it seems to be the 360 version. The only problem is that it's really affecting my OCD. I can't help but feel that I should get the PS3 version. Normally this isn't a big deal, as multiplats tend to be fairly similair, but according to GS, the PS3 version is "shockingly inferior" The review only mentions graphical issues, but still... I want to get the 360 version, but I feel I have to get the PS3 one. I've already got the PS3 one pre-ordered, so I might just stick with it.

We'll see...

So, i finally completed MGS4 on the boss extreme. It took me a whopping 36 hours 59 minutes! That's twice the length of my first playthrough!

The Boss extreme was definitely a fun experience. I've tried to finish all the other MGS' on the extreme difficulty, but i've never been able to. They're just too damn hard, and this one was no exception! It took me about 3 hours just to meet up with the MK.2, and about an hour trying to get past the first few guards. The amount of enemies going around makes the game far more challenging. Add to that the lack of ammo and items, increased strength of enemies, extreme lack of Drebin points, and the fact that enemies are generally far more aggressive when hunting you down. Staying out of sight is hard enough, but when you're spotted, expect to die in about 3 bullets. Stealth is the only way through it.

I actually spent a good amount of time just sitting around. Either staying out of sight, or waiting for my health to recover. You can hold a lot less items in extreme, so health items need to be saved for when there is no place to hide, or boss battles. Speaking of boss battles, i decided to take all the bosses out by non-lethal means and collect their figurines.

Collecting all the boss figures unlocks the solar gun when you complete the game. I got it, and tested it out. It's pretty cool. Shooting an enemy knocks them out and makes them drop an item. The gun fires really fast, so you'll see items flying everywhere.

The gun is from another Hideo Kojima game called Boktai.

So, there you go! I've finished what i consider to be one of the best games ever made (if not the best) on the hardest difficulty. There are still a ton of things i need to unlock, so i'll be playing through it for a 4th time pretty soon!

Yes, i know how bad the title is.

I got the shock of my life when i found out that Siren: Blood Curse is now available on PSN. I've been interested in this game for a long, long time, and playing the demo a few weeks back made me want the game really bad. The game never had a release date, but it's here now. Major surprise!

I should be happy, right?

I'm happy, however, i just got back from town where i bought a DS lite and some games... Now i can't afford Siren.

Had i know it was coming out today, i might have held back on the game i bought.

I could buy it, but i've already spent too much today, and i really don't want to spend any more.

Can i hold out? Or will i get so annoyed that i just buy it anyway?

We'll see...

PS: I might post pics of my new DS later on tonight if i can find out how