Random thought:

When I started in on Uncharted 2, I was really taken by the structure of the narrative. Nate's present situation with flashbacks that flesh out the reasons why he' in said situation.

It just now dawned on me that I've seen this before. Firefly. Episode called "Out of Gas". Here, Mal is hurt. His blackouts offer opportunity for flashbacks to his history with the other characters and explanations of how Mal got hurt in the first place.

It worked so well for Firefly, and works just as well for Uncharted 2.

Good stuff.

So far, I'm in the middle of the museum heist. This is pretty early on, so I have only first impressions for now.

Visually, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves doesn't look that different compared to the first game. No, that's not a backhanded comment considering the first Uncharted was a beautiful game.

Even more impressive than the visuals is the storytelling style.

The game kicks off with one heck of a nut-grabber with flashbacks interwoven between scenes of Nate's current predicament. Voice acting is some of the best I've heard in a videogame backed by witty and engaging dialogue. The premise of the plot doesn't seem contrived... well, doesn't seem as contrived as most games seem to be. Regardless, the plot and its pacing so far have me wanting to push forward.

Unfortunately, with silly things like work in the morning, I can't push any further into the game tonight. Come tomorrow night, I'll be eager to continue Nate's adventure when I get home.

ADDENDUM: I just remembered that I'll have Brutal Legend from GameFly tomorrow. I'm torn.

After reading gaming message boards for the past 5 years or so, I've come to the conclusion that people just can't be bothered to communicate.

I'm not talking about Gamespot's System Wars forum specifically, although it's the best place to find prime example of what I'm talking about. Sadly, this is a phenomena witnessed across the webisphere.

It's as if comments and replies are just vomited out with little regard to context and detail. People seem to be content with putting a vague sentence or two with the assumption that others will miraculously comprehend their message. Much of the time, that idea isn't even well-formed. Even rarer is the level of coherent thought. My god! What happened to grammar?

It's not there for academic reasons. It's how we communicate ideas to others.

Here I am, ranting about vague statements while I'm guilty of not providing specific examples to illustrate my point. Honestly, I wouldn't want to waste server space with things you can witness for yourselves.

Just head over to System Wars.