There are often games that are released that were severally hyped only to fall with a loud thud. XIII comes to mind. Anyway, do you know how you can tell if a game is good enough even through the hype and nonsense? When you are through playing it - beat it, achieve everything thing you can, etc., you find yourself still having the urge to play. There are games out there that people simply play to get the achievements/trophies and then they are done with it. However, a game that is so good, so much fun, you find yourself wanting to play through the single or multiplayer again just because you enjoy it that much.

There are three games that I consider in this upper-echelon of greatness: Final Fantasy VI(FF III here), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Castlevania:Symphony of the Night. These three games are so good that after all these years, they are extremely enjoyable to play. Dated graphics and game play cannot keep these games from being games that you can keep playing even after you have beaten them. I'm not sure if any of the games today have such games that are worthy of being in this tier of greatness. Don't get me wrong. There are tons of good games that are out there. But are there any that you can truly say that after you get that last achievement point or platinum trophy, you will want to go back and play through the single player just because you enjoy the game? Maybe that is another problem with games today that need to be touched on.........Interesting.

E3 is now over. We saw some pretty good stuff from the three "big-boys" that is coming out in the next year or so. There is a lot of stuff I am excited. However, during this weekend long event, I noticed a few things that I want to make aware of on my little blog. The moderators and staff members do a lot of things for us regular folks that go unnoticed - or at least it isn't brought to light often enough. I know they have spent long hours over this past week making sure that we get the content that we so desire from the publishers without nary a thank you. The time spent away from friends and family simply to provide us, the reader, with insightful information about anything videogame related is very appreciative at least from me. I would like to thank each and every person who has manned the forums, provided a link to information about a game, console, etc., and to anyone who has taken the time to write an article, review, or preview of a product. Thank you for spending the time to do all those things without complaining about it. Thank you for putting up with the redundant queries from users who do not search before making a thread. Thank you. I know it isn't much but I truly want to thank each and every moderator, admin, and staff member of Gamespot.

So, if you see a mod or staff member just say thank you for providing us with this site. Sure it's their "job" but they deserve kudos...just because.

I recently purchased MLB 09:Road to the Show for the PS3. I liked the 08 version and thought that 09 would improve upon what MLB 08 did well and expand it. While MLB 09 is not a terrible game, it seems rushed with a lot of obvious glitches and missteps that can be easily patched. I am currently stuck on September 19th in my RTTS player because the game will crash each time I sim to my next game. Why do developers take the Microsoft approach; release the product even though it is not completely finished or polished and just patch it later? In this time of turmoil and economic downfall, buying a game has become some what of a luxury. Not everyone wants to buy a game only to have to download a patch to make it playable. That, in itself, shows that developers are more interested in getting the game released instead of taking their time to make sure that glitches and short comings are thoroughly invested to make the most enjoyable game possible. Is that really too hard to ask?