man.. im looking forward to christmas this year, well more like after christmas since there will be some good games coming out. IM espically looking forward to blue dragon and lost planet. i wouldn't even imagine how good these games can look on the new 32inch LCD tv i jsut got. lol 1080p would be wicked sick... anyways merry christmas to all ya fellow gamers!!

I recently jsut finished Halflife 2: Episode 1, and the question is, is this game really worth 20 bux. So this game takes place right after Half life 2 and to me, well your still left hanging on the story. I really dont know why valve is planning to do the next half life series in sections or should i say episodes. Its kinda lame because it feels like your just playing a demo, and you gotta wait again to find out what happens next. I think they should jsut quit the damn episodes and jsut make a full game.  Maybe its just me. Anyways so lets get on with the review of the game.

Graphics: Well i didn't see much improvment in graphics since half life 2. They said there was some new dynamic light graphics implanted in episode 1. Im running a nvidia 7800 GTX and really, i didnt see much dynamic lights maybe just a bunch of reflections. Overall though the animations are really smooth and sweet, since Alyx has some crazy moves during in game when shes by your side.

Controls: Well its your standard mouse and keyboard shooting conrol. Movement base are still the same, basically point, shoot, run. You can evade some bullets with the speed burst and hide behind most objects. The chance of you kiling the guy thats aiming for you is pretty low when your behind an object, theres really no strategy in this. So its pretty simple with the controls on the pc.

Story: Well we all know for sure, that the story had to be continued since this takes place right after half life 2. Basicallly your with Alyx and trying to escape city 17. This game is rather short sine valve is planning to make 3 episodes to rap it up. So your left hanging again to the conclusion of half life 2. But if ya never played half life 2 and your going straight into episode 1. DONT! you will ruin it for your self cause, well you dont have a damn clue what your doing, who your controlling, or who the heck is the chick. So i recommend you play half life 2 to get a feel of the story before moving onto episode 1.

Gameplay: Fun factor for this game, i would give it a 4 out of 5. You start off with 3 modes, easy, normal, and hard. Reason why i wouldn't give it a full 5, its too damn easy . Alyx has unlimited bullets and she never dies. So you basically jsut have to avoid everything and run around dodging while she caps everything for you. But over all its pretty fun game and if your a FPS fan, i recommend this game.



Comments and Msgs please.

Well the guys out there or that attended E3 should know what im taklin
about. So you know even with games and nerds comes a little more
entertainment then usual "The Booth Babes". This years E3 Booth Babes
was quite amusing. Alot of them were pretty hot i gotta say and dress
code? what dress code?.



Since they imserted the new rule of booth babes dress code. I thought
which was pretty lame. Why, because models should be allowed to wear
what they want. Plus alot of their advertising actaully goes to the
booth babes more then the actual games and consoles. Imagine convention
center full of nerd gamers, MEN, adult nerds, and NERD SWEAT, and no
ladies whatsoever. Most guys would go insane, I for one would go insane
too.



So this years E3, even though the rule was in works. Alot of the booth
babes did show some skin which i thought was awsome. But not enough
LOL. I believe the hottest booth babes this year was the tecmo babes.
Short skirts, nice tops, gee i couldn't ask for more. But being hot
comes a price, there not very bright. I saw an interview at this years
E3 on the booth babes and it was hilariuos of what type of questions
they asked them. Would you date a gamer or what does the Wii do?. All
these simple questions and the best answer they gave was. "Come again".




But you know i wouldn't mind dating a booth babe, since they could get
you a chance into E3 and be proud that you actually are dating a booth
babe. Dont waste it.



Your comments and thoughts would be great!