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Monday, Nov 3, 2008

It's been a rather long time since I've posted a blog entry. September 11th was when I made my previous entry. That was nearly two months ago. What is the matter? Well, I just haven't really had the need to contribute any new blog entries. GameSpot at times I have become annoyed with - emblems I think I just won't care about anymore. LittleBigPlanet marathon - I did watch you! How dare I don't get a Sackboy emblem. Bah.

Anyway, with that aside, I can now continue. I picked up Prey a little while back for around £5 on Play.com. A good deal if you ask me and I think they were clearing out the remaining stocks. I've had a good time with the single player. Some parts are a little frustrating but I was expecting that. Playing it again to get the last achievement needed for 1000 G. Saints Row 2 was played for an unhealthy amount of hours. I did a lot of the story in co-op, got most co-op achievements but not the activity one. I did them all in co-op and yet no achievement. That annoyed me but we move on over a number.

Tuesday I may be playing WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2009. ShopTo seemed to have dispatched it early. They pulled another Crackdown on me (video blog from early 2007). I think if you order from them now you'd probably get it a few days early. Now, Gears of War 2 seemed to have been pirated, which I do not support. So, I sure do hope early players (by this I mean weeks before release) get punished. Got the Limited Edition ordered (from ShopTo again) and I think they don't have any stock right now. They'll probably have the game Wednesday and then dispatch it.

I may also pick up the new soundtrack (released a few weeks after the game) since it's composed by Steve Jablonsky, who I have a lot of love for his contributions to The Island and Transformers soundtrack. New camera on the way too, since it was at a very good price on Play.com. 8 megapixels will do me just fine. I'm not paying £2500 for a 20+ megapixel camera. Later this month, it is likely I'll pick up a Wii for the family to enjoy too.

This part of the year is great so far. Despite some November Rain, I've managed to overcome the weather. Bring on more great times like this...

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Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008
Well, on the PlayStation 3, that is. I received Uncharted: Drake's Fortune earlier and played a bit of it later. Great so far, although this another game that seems like a lot of cutscenes are going to be present. I collected one hidden treasure and was awarded my first trophy - a bronze.

Not sure if I'll go for all of them because PlayStation Trophies really don't seem that big of a deal compared to the Xbox 360's achievements system. There's only a handful of games on PlayStation 3 that have trophies. Another thing is, I don't even think you can compare trophies through the website?

I also left my PlayStation 3 on for a little while. I thought it was off but because it was so damn quiet, I couldn't even tell I left it on, until I looked at the green light. I notice after a while, it gets a little bit louder - probably due to the cooling fans speeding up because of the heat. It's still reasonably quiet, though. My slim PlayStation 2 is quiet too but you can always hear the laser moving up and down because of how compact the system is.
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Friday, Aug 8, 2008
So, what am I playing this weekend? Well, a certain arcade game that has received very good reviews but costs a bomb. Yes, it's Braid, coming in at 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE Arcade. A 9.5 from GameSpot!

I played the trial game for a while and was not sure on whether to pay out so much. Anyway, I did in the end and have just got two achievements from it. I see from the leaderboards A LOT of people have already got through and did near enough all of the game. However, I'll probably take a bit of time on it, seeing as it did cost 1200 Microsoft Points.

I've already seen references to Donkey Kong and of course Mario. Are there any more in Braid? Oh, that soundtrack is awesome on Braid. You can preview the soundtrack, here. Other than that game, I may finally put Xzibit in his place and be very happy about it.
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