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Friday, Jun 6, 2008

PS3 Acquired...MGS4 is now almost in my grasp...

I was able to get my hands on a PS3 thanks to the money I got for graduation. I picked up Uncharted: Drake's Fortune with it. I have already beat it and I must say that it was a really fun game. Definitely worth the money, even if it didn't last that long.

Now I can finally get my hands on Metal Gear Solid 4 next week. I preordered it like a month and a half ago, when they first announced the limited edition. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS GAME!!! The first Metal Gear Solid is hands down one of my favorite games of all time. The gaming experience it offered was amazing at the time (it still holds up well today) and gives me those warm-fuzzies whenever I think about it. Metal Gear games and Resident Evil games are the only games that basically force me to buy a console (I bought a Playstation and Gamecube for Resident Evil and the REmake and a Playstation 2 and now PS3 for Metal Gear games). Man, I cannot wait to give Solid Snake another spin. June 12th, hurry up and get here!!!!!!

Posted by anividguru, 7:03pm

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Saturday, Apr 12, 2008

Metal Gear Fever

Man, oh man am I getting Metal Gear fever as of late. The impending release of MGS4 in June has me foaming at the mouth to play Snake's latest (and last?) adventure. The only problem is, I don't have a Playstation 3. It's the only current-gen console I haven't purchased yet. Do I really need to list the reasons why? Anyways, barring a few games that interest me like Heavenly Sword and Uncharted, I now have a reason to buy this 'ol clunker of a console. The Blu-ray support doesn't hurt either. What I am probably going to do is go ahead and buy the game (limited edition, of course - too many Metal Gear goodies to pass up) and get a PS3 later. I am not in a place at the moment where I can get a PS3 easily, but at least I could get the limited edition game before it is sucked up off of the shelves.

Once I finish up grad. school this semester - and graduate (joy!) - I think I'm going to go back and play all the MGS games. Even if I can't play number four in June, at least I'll be ready for whenever I do get a PS3 (maybe December, if I'm lucky). Adios.

Category: Games

Posted by anividguru, 12:17pm

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Sunday, Dec 2, 2007

Agreed - Best Halftime Show Ever.

I was perusing DrFish62's blog the other day and came across this. It is the Univeristy of Califorinia at Berkley's marching band performing classic video game tunes, including those found in Tetris, Mortal Kombat, Legend of Zelda, and Mario Bros. Being a marching band alum myself from my college, I must say that this is the coolest show I have ever seen. I am so jealous that my band director in college never made up a show like this (though I can't say I didn't try suggesting it to him - I did two years in a row and gave him some of the ideas I saw in UC-Berkley's band!). You will see Tetris blocks stacking up neatly, a Super Smash Bros. brawl, and Mario hitting ? blocks, among other things. I agree Dr.Fish62 - best halftime show ever.

Posted by anividguru, 2:56pm

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