Hard to believe around here.

Still playing lots of Oblivion, although recently I've been playing a little bit of Brawl (more on that later). I'm getting close to finishing; some of my character's stats are starting to max out, I'm getting a lot of the best equipment in the game (I was pretty surprised to find a Ring of Perfection as random loot), and I've done nearly every quest, save for a few minor quests and a couple remaining Main Quest, er, quests. I'm still enjoying the heck out of it. After I finish the main quest, and start to get bored overpowering everything, I want to make an Incredible Hulk-like character. Should be interesting. I usually make Hulk characters in Tony Hawk games...time to try something new.

Last Friday I helped host a Brawl tournament at my church. It went fairly well, a healthy number of people showed up, everyone was courteous and competitive. I managed to get fourth place. Oh, I was playing as Sonic by the way. Hard to believe a Sonic player managed to do so well in a competitive Brawl tournament. Maybe because the rest of you just don't know how to play as him?
I must say, Lucas is one devilish son-of-a-gun. A few contenders (including myself) spent some time in Training just smashing him around to loose some anger. Grah...

FORCE UNLEASHED DEMO. THURSDAY.
I'm really excited about The Force Unleashed. I'm definitely getting the game on day one (if LucasArts pulls a collector's edition out of its butt soon I'll pay anything...reasonable, that is). I'm also probably going to get a few other Force Unleashed items, such as the books.
Been waiting a very long time for this game to come out. One month...just one month...and a freaking DEMO is coming soon!

I find it a little strange that I found enjoyment in the demos of Iron Man and WALL-E. No, that wasn't a typo - I'd actually buy the games if I could get them for cheap. $20 at most I suppose. Same goes for the Incredible Hulk - if I could get it for cheap I would probably get it.
I must remind you that it is after midnight at the time of this posting, therefore some things may be a little more than strange here.

Driver's license exam is set up for September 22. Can't wait.

Seven weeks post-surgery and I've finally stopped losing weight. Now I've gotta gain it all back, hopefully with a little more - I was too skinny to begin with.

FORCE UNLEASHED DEMO. THURSDAY.

Life with my girlfriend couldn't be better. Yesterday was the six-month milestone.

Two days ago I saw Tropic Thunder and Iron Man at the drive-in with a friend.
Tropic Thunder is irreverent...but much better than I thought. I couldn't stop laughing. Go see it. Ben Stiller and Jack Black among their finest. However, Robert Downey Jr's finest is in the other film. Something about a man in iron...hmm...anyway, the DVD of Iron Man comes out at the end of next month, and I'm definitely getting it ASAP. Personally I loved the Iron Man movie, and I can't wait for the sequel and the eventual Avengers movie.
I think I'll see Dark Knight again later this week.

So there you have it. Life's been good to me recently. Of course a number of bad things happened too, but...why spoil such a happy blog post? That's all for n--

FORCE UNLEASHED DEMO. THURSDAY.

Huh, it's been a while since I blogged. Should've blogged more often while the good design was still around.

Why was this redesign necessary?! The profiles are so disorganized now! All of the hard-earned emblems are hidden. Heck, I even have a problem with the level-up bar; the previous one was unique and looked much more accurate.

Everything here just feels so...disorganized...

Don't like it one bit. Bring back the old one!

...as for gaming news I'm still playing Oblivion. 'nuff said.

http://beta.gamespot.com/

Looks like you can get a look at GameSpot's redesign.
I'll be honest, I'm not lovin' it.
The site has been this way for what, over three years? I got really comfortable with it, particularly the profiles. I do vaguely remember the design before this one, and I will admit that the current design was better. However, this new design..I'd like to say that I'll give it some time, but honestly, I still prefer this design. Oh well. What do you think?

Lately whenever I'm playing a game, it's Oblivion. It's really a love-it-or-hate-it game, and, well, you can guess my side of it. However, it does have its flaws, which means I might be making a review of it at some point, but don't start expecting it until the end of August. There's a lot of stuff to do in the game, you know.
I really want to get back into Mario Kart Wii, so I can finish unlocking stuff, particularly the Blue Falcon.
I'm also getting close to completing everything in the Challenges list (although the ones like "Beat Boss Battles on Intense" will remain closed) so I'm hoping to get into Brawl again too.
It's just Oblivion is very different from the games I usually play...and I like it...

I've also been messing around in a bunch of DS/PSP games. I've started a new file in Super Mario 64 DS, I really need to finish Phantom Hourglass, and I'm thinking about starting a new file in MediEvil Resurrection (I think it'll be the fifth one now).
But lately it's mostly been Oblivion.

And in a desperate attempt to get some content-full comments, what are you playing?

That's all for now.