I've read, seen, and een heard from friends , you know about how you are dedicated to a series(s) and how they have been there from day one. I have to admit I've come late to the party a few times. There are a few favorite franchises I've come to a few sequels in.

Need for Speed:

I've seen this series when it first came out. i was like "nice", but didn't buy it. Then came NFS 2, I was just as excited as every body else when they implemented tire-smoking burn out that left behind (for the first time) tire tracks. Need for Speed 3:Hot pursuit, This is where I came in: To this day I can't remember why I went wild over this game. I even purchased it before I even owned a Playstation( had to borrow a friends). I was so hooked I went back and purchased the first 2 titles and was so shocked how incredible they were as well. I ve purchased just about every NFS since including the V-Rally ones but not Motor City because it was PC only (sigh) and dont know much about installing PC games. I kinda miss the secret and or unlocable cars/tracks/modes of the pre-PS2 titles. Favorites: Ford Indigo & Monolithic Studios track NSF 2, Mercedes CLK-GTR(can reach 300mph on Empire city track in vs mode unknown reason) and El Nino(the already availble Nazca C2 was all-round favorite)& Aquatica*Empire City*The Room*Autocross Tracks NSF 3:HP, The Hod Rod when you honk the horn it says "ooh yea" like that fat Ghost from the Casper movie & Drunk mode NFS: High Stakes. Coolest moment ever was when I played NFS: Most Wanted for the first time and al my friend were there, when a cop appeared for the 1st time and the screen did that crazy zoom in effect everybody at the same time said "woahhhhhh!"

Final Fantasy:

I had the original in my hand, didnt know what it was and avoided at all cost. some years later when FF2(4) and FF3(6) came out I started to look up what games was about more and became aware many games in the series was missing. Still I was afraid to play because of the battle system. Not to long after NFS 3 came out so did Final Fantasy 7 , This is where I came in: I've been hearing so much about it(ok ok so I am a victim of the hype wagon ) I told myself its time to get over my fear of turn based RPGs. I was so into this game I said to my self I hope it goes to 12 (sorry the reason isnt for this blog). long story short, The rereleases of the older titles came at a great time allowing me to complete my collection. However my colledtion is stopping at 12 and will probaly remain so, however if the series should make it to 24 then I will have to reconsider but i doubt I'd live that long.

Street Fighter:

I would go into this game but we all know Street Fighter II is where everyone just about came in and I cant wait for Street Fighter 4 "youre not scared are you"? not to mention Street Fighter 2 HD, I could listen to Spittin Narcissim and Thank You Deejay all day. Like I said, this is my title and This is where I came in!

The seems to be a rapid increase in patent infringment this gen. Sony and Nintendo seem to be big offenders as they fight tooth and nail in the face of overwhelming evidence they are in the wrong. Not to mention an article i ran across on Yahoo! concerning PS2 manufacturing (http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/playstation-2-component-incites-african-war/1231745). Microsoft isn't out of the woods either but they had since enough to quickly pay their way out of every mess thus far. Greed , civil rights infractions, enviromental damage, patent infringing, price fixing, broken promises, corporate mergers and buy outs, as well as poor work conditions and in adequate compensation. As much as a golden age its suppossed to be (so i thought), its far from it. This is the most horrid news I've heard about such a suppossed prosperous industry. I refrained from actually owning a sytem this gen because it just didn't feel right, sure I got to use them but the uberific feeling has long since passed. Its going so casual I can't stand it. Tired of the know nothing noobs how don't even know what a video game is yet are flooding all channels. Like the gamespot badge says.: I was playing games long since b4 it was cool. Skipping, cheerleading, dancing, modeling, just to get in a good round of fraggin people. It was so taboo being a girl playing video games. Whats the matter with me liking video games? And not the panzy ***t society sterotypes us with. Who in the hell plays dolly dress up pony? I have nothing against horses but in a video game if it aint tranportation its another target (yes I am miffed that you cant damage them in Dynasty Warriors(all series). Oops I totaly lost of time I'm late for a party, Ciao!

It would seem video games have entered into yet another golden age. There are so many games in the making and actually coming out, its actually surprising me. But having seen the previous golden ages, this properity is worring me greatly. Hardware issues whether it be pricing or defects, nagging constant updates or poor graphics, these red harrings still plague the industry who promise so much ,fail to deliver, and idiot fanboys fall for it. What to hate more, the fanboys who buy crap no matter what or the casuals who are clueless buying this crap no matter what. Anyway back on task. There seems to be an extreme saturation of games, lots to buy and nothing one would want to play or is it(to long to discuss but even I disagree with what I just said). But with the turmoil in the companies, the piss poor decisions made, not to mention the poor economy and many people not really owning but renting stuff( Yes i nearly clawed someones eyes out for trying to open my never-been-opened original Metal Gear Solid and yes i just played through a different copy but any way), Look like the industry could be up for another crash although it feels unlikely. but what will it take for a system to run/create CG on the flay with no hiccups? Will Sony ever get rid of those buzzsaw graphics? Will Nintendo get better graphics? Will there ever be a Grand theft auto game on a microsoft console that doesn't have a blurry map? who knows. We'll see next next generation .