Well, it's been a while since my last blog (again), but I've been very busy lately. I finally found the time and remembered I had a blog on this Web Site. Anyway, I've decided to start a special blog in the hopes that this will get me back into the habit. I'm not what I'll call this weekly post, but that isn't important at the moment.

In this section, I hope to sum up every game I've gotten or borrowed since my last post. First, I got Mass Effect and Rock Band, which are both great games. I hope to at some point get reviews posted for those, but I barely even do this, so I'll have to wait and see about that. I also borrowed Assassin's Creed, which got boring about half way through. It was a lot of fun, but it just felt repetitive after a while. I also got Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, which was a great game, though I did like MSG2 more. I got Fear for the Xbox 360, but I didn't like it, so I returned it and got WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW 2007. I also got Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, because I had never played and I had heard a lot of good things about it (and it was $3.99). The most recent game I've received was Baten Kaitos. My friend lent it to me because he liked it a lot and thought I should play it. I've started playing it, but I haven't actually gotten to a battle yet, so I can't tell if it's good or bad yet.

Recently, I've started going back to other games for Xbox 360 achievement points. I actually played through the whole campaign mode of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on veteran just for that purpose. I still haven't obtained the Mile High Club achievement though. A couple weeks ago, I was playing a lot of Oblivion to get the points for the guild ranks and the stuff in the story mode, but I'm taking a break from that, partially because I was spending so much time playing it. Currently, I'm playing through Bioshock again. I'm getting the achievement I believe you can only get by playing the game the bad way. I'm also doing the hacking and research achievements.

I've noticed that achievements have started affecting the games I choose to play. At the moment, I'd much rather play an Xbox 360 game just because I can get achievements by playing them. It's really odd, especially considering that the points are useless to begin with.

Anyway, Happy Fourth of July!

Being the last day of the year, I've decided I should post what my decision for game of the year. Well, as I've said before, it was an extroadinary year for gaming.

This is definitely a hard decision. There is only one real rule. It had to be released in 2007.

I must add that I haven't played all of the games that I think have a shot at this title, so I cannot make this decision right now. I have a few games left to play. After I have done that, I will be able to make my decision. I do this because I've heard great things of the games Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and Rock Band. And those are the only three I have left to play.

However, I can give you my current list of nominess for GotY 2007.

• Bioshock

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

• Super Mario Galaxy

That's really my list right now. They really were, for me, on a higher level of quality than the other games this year. But then again, I haven't played them all, so I can't tell you what I thought the best game was (if you do indeed care).

Anyway, I saw Juno over the weekend. It was really good and possibly even my favorite movie of the year. I have to think about it though. The decision shouldn't be that hard because I only saw around four really good movies this year.

I hope to have the results soon. I also hope I find the time to put some reviews on here.

Happy New Year!

I write this post because for the past several days I have done a lot of gaming. And I have no real thoughts about not doing the same for the coming week. Can you really blame me though? I have, in one day, received four of the best games this year. What's more, I received them early into my two weeks off.

I really can't say I've been doing much other than gaming recently. Oh sure, I do the occasional chore or bike ride so I don't feel too guilty about the fact that I really am just laying around all day. I don't want to make this sound like a bad thing, but I sometimes like I haven't done anything in the entirety of a day.

But still, can you really blame me? I have two weeks off. That's time given to me so i can relax. And gaming is how I chose to relax.

It's not like this new or anything either. I remember when I first got The Legend of Zelda:The Ocarina of Time. I played through it countless times and could still go for another ride around Hyrule (something that's now possible due to the Virtual Console).

As you probably gathered by now, I don't consider myself a casual gamer. I hope you don't either. When A game is just that good, it's all I can think about. For example, to this day, I still think about Final Fantasy X (if you hadn't already deduced that from my name).

Anyway, the two games that take up most of my time right now are COD:4 and Bioshock. One has the addictive online multiplayer I have ever encountered and one is completely fresh in it's story and gameplay.

Just to make sure you aren't confused by my title, I'm not trying to say that gamers are lazy bums. What I'm trying to say is that some games are so fun and addictive that they may cause you to play them for several hours straight on a regular basis (if you didn't already know that).