It annoys me sometimes. This blog isn't meant to be a proper discussion of issues, I just feel like complaining and I'm tired.

At least I read in the SMH that the internet filtering plan is likely to meet a lot of resistance in the Senate, meaning it might not be passed, or might be passed with a lot of changes. The Liberals seem to be saving the day in the Senate, so Labor needs the Greens support plus the Family First support (any bets whether they will support it...) and then the SA guy. The Greens seem to be leaning towards the Liberal POV.

I also read that despite the AG's in Australia having discussions on R18+ ratings for games in Australia, one of them (again, any bets?) has blocked the discussions from being made public, effectively putting an end to it for now. Basically wilst he is in office, we aint gonna be getting that R18+ rating. So anyone in SA, I don't care how good the rest of his policies are, just don't vote for him.

With regard to the internet filtering proposal, I urge anyone who reads this to write to their MP. You may not get anything other than a standard response that they send to anyone who writes to them about the issue, but at least you should get something. I was surprised, but I got a reply (right click, view picture if part of it is cut off - bonus points for anyone who can tell me how to create a thumbnail for future pictures):

Well thanks to Gamespot AU I have just been to the Resistance 2 Special Event in Sydney where Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price demoed Resistance 2 and talked about the games industry in general.

After this, we had a chance to play two levels from Resistance 2. One of them was the first level, which I think is set immediately after Resistance: FOM (they show the cutscene that was at the end of FOM), and the other was in a wooded area.

The game is very similar to before and feels very familiar. It played pretty well and there were some pretty suspenseful parts in the second level because there are new enemies which are invisible until they are a few metres in front of you, and if they hit you once you're dead.

Overall I'd say it's a pretty good looking game, but nothing over and beyond the first Resistance, although that's not necessarily a bad thing. That said, it didn't really grab me as being REALLY awesome. It's still a potential game to get (for me, anyway), but there are still other games I'd be more interested in getting first (Bioshock PS3 and Fallout 3 if you were wondering).

So thanks again to GSAU for giving me the pass to the event, it was really good (but you guys, except Ramsay, disappeared really soon after the end of the discussion part of the event!).

I just haven't been posting lately. But never fear, I am still around and will rejoin the forums in the near future. I guess I've just been taking a break.

I went away for a few days and obviously didn't post then, and then I just didn't get round to starting with posts again yet.

And I also realised I hadn't done a blog in nearly 3 months and thought maybe I should.

And I'm tired now and feel I should finish this blog before I make anymore grammitical errors (yes, the joke in this last sentence is intentional)

Ciao for now.