They tried to kill him. Tried to bury him in the ground with all his ambitions. They tried to drain out his desire to live and enjoy his life. They tried to take him away from all the things he loved and lived for. They tried to take him away from those whom he loved and cared for. His friends. They tried to make him into their slave and turn his vibrant,artistic and occasionally rebellious mind into a robotic one that would function only monotonically thinking only about one thing--study. But this warrior wasn't born to be any slave. Instead he was going to take revenge on them.
Revenge for making him stay away from his "home away from his home" (cheesy! 
). They had wanted to take away his will to live, now he shall take away their RIGHT to live.They shall realize the extent of his revenge only when his sword has pierced through their dark heart flowing with RBC,WBC,platelets and stuff like that. Sure he won't be allowed to make a movie on this because it might get too gory but hell he is a warrior and not some Tarantino-wannabe.
So he stares at the Death-List Five (yeah I know it's been taken from some samurai movie with over-the-top action). The list that holds the names of his fiercest enemies written in the gentle ink of the pen that he was gifted when his father's father's father's wife's husband (which again means father )'s father got from the French Revolution. Supposedly stolen from Hitler (I know he came MUCH later,but let's assume there was some time warping involved) who has developed a strong dislike for cats after seeing there were more cats than humans in Paris. Yes,he was allergic to them! AACHOO!
Oh wait. Where was I? Yeah so I,the warrior was staring at the names of my enemies that have constantly tortured me (in other words reasons for my absence) for nearly two months and have kept me away from my friends (you)and my "home away from my home" (that is GS! 
) :
1) The Nerd (meaning studies)
2) The Man With a Suitcase with Clothes in it (meaning vacation)
3) The Dude with Chart Paper and Sketches (meaning projects)
4) The Gamer Who's Having the Time of his life (meaning I've been playing some AMAZING games like Baldur's Gate II, The Longest Journey and Blazblue : Calamity Trigger 
)
5) The One Who Clicks the "New Blog" Button first but is unable to write anything (meaning Blogger's block)
These were the enemies that would taste the steel (along with a little rust) of my sword. *gives a vicious snarl* YAARGH!
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That was a little childish but of a different way of telling what I've been upto in the past two months,what have been the reasons of my absence etc. As many of you may have noticed, I wasn't really away from GS for THAT long. I've tried my best to comment on as many of your blogs as possible. It's just that it's been long since I've written a blog.
Nothing else. The gaming world has been pretty busy I guess.
PS3 Slim's announcement was probably the biggest thing though really it didn't come as a surprise to many of us. While a cheaper PS3 might make some consider buying it, it hasn't made me change my mind much. Yes,I am still going to get a PS3 eventually but not with that much heart. The reason? Lack of PS2 backwards compatibility in ANY of it's current versions. The 60GB version is now out of production and it's becoming increasingly frustrating for the likes of me who're waiting for PS3 to have a PS2 b/c.
If people like me are Sony's "potential target" then they should be trying to convince me. Wii plays GC games,360 does the same for Xbox,then why not PS2? Is it because Sony still expects people to be buying PS2? (actually there are many doing so as the numbers suggest). But still it appears as a mere excuse to me for not putting b/c on PS2. Either way whenever I get a PS3, I am ALSO getting a PS2 along with it. If Sony wants to FORCE me to buy two of their consoles,then FINE!
Gaming-wise, I've been having one of my best times with games since a long,LONG time! I am playing three ABSOLUTELY TOP-CLA$$ (it feels nostalgic typing the "$$" again ) games. Baldur's Gate II (mark my words.BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME EVER MADE. PERIOD! A better RPG than all the Final Fantasies and Oblivions and Mass Effects of this world), The Longest Journey (wonderful adventure game that drifts slowly like a dream 
) and BlazBlue : The Calamity Trigger (which is a "kick-your butt" kinda fun fighter with "kick-your butt and hand it to you" kinda characters ) which I bought a month or so ago (on NeonNinja's recommendation) hence breaking my promise of not buying any game until May within a week or so of making that promise.
2009 is turning out to being an okay year. After seeing the various big delays (BioShock II and StarCraft II most importantly) many of us thought that 2009 will be a dud year. But there have been couple of interesting games so far. SFIV, BlazBlue, Sims 3,Killzone 2,Infamoushave so far done pretty well. Arkham Asylum looks good from it's videos too and I might consider getting it in May (that's right no more games until May. I promise. ...Hey,I am trying...stop giving me those looks! ). Alpha Protocol seems like a promising action-RPG hybrid but since it's Obsidian and their reputation of buggy games (examples? KotOR II and NWN2) precedes them. I don't care much about MW2. Beatles Rock Band will be good and popular (hey,it's the Beatles. The least thing you can expect from them is to top the sales charts )
But of course,the ONLY game I am REALLY looking forward to this year is Dragon Age Origins. Sure,it might be a spiritual successor to the legendary Baldur's Gate series (which has heavily inspired all future BioWare projects in some or the other way) but besides that it seems to be bringing forth loads of undeveloped ideas from past BioWare games into reality. Take this for example. You make a decision that goes against the morality of your party member. Then they might initially raise their voice against your decision,which might turn into argument and can in ultimate cases lead the party member to backstab you in the middle of the combat. Just how freakin cool is THAT! .I remember something like that happened in BGII but only amongst party members not involving me.
I also have decided that it's time for me to start writing some reviews seeing the last one I wrote was for Mass Effect and that was waaay back early this year. So,expect some reviews from me in one or two blogs.
But for now, I am just glad to be back here.
C ya
Lightwarrior179
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Question of the Blog : What have all of you been upto?