The games for the Mac are utterly ridiculously expensive. However, I managed to get a bargain from a gaming store and got myself Doom 3, Quake 4 and American McGee's Alice. Yeah, there are old games but I enjoy playing past games since I'm away from home and don't get to play my 360, PS3 and Wii for the time being. It's a bit of coincidence to play id Games on my Mac but the truth is, there isn't a lot of good games for the Mac not counting Lego Star Wars, Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero. Speaking of Alice, I heard there's a sequel coming up soon. It's about time American start making new games commercially.

I've stacked a lot of games on my iPhone and I'm craving for more. Recent downloads are Eliminate Pro, Doom and Wolfenstien RPG- but the one that I'm totally focusing right now is Duke Nukem 3D. Since Duke Nukem: Forever is in an unknown state (As usual), perhaps it's a best time to relive the glory DOS game moment where it all begins. I didn't play the game back when it was first released on the PC so having a chance to experience it on the iPhone has been great. The game is a blast but I find it a little troublesome when the frame rate becomes slow making the gameplay not that fun later on. I hope an update will arrive sooner or later.

Doom is another fun game. I've been waiting for it at the App Store for a very long time and I'm happy that it's finally out now. The game runs really smoothly and the pacing on gameplay is exactly how you remembered playing it years ago. The only complain I have with this game is the saving feature because it often saves the game whenever it wants, so if you happen to be in a tight spot and die, it takes you back exactly where you died. Or something like that. But other than that, Doom is a must for iPhone users.

Eliminate Pro is an original FPS game for the iPhone. It sort of a cross between Counter-Strike and Halo, where you "eliminate" as many foes as you can but in a Sci-Fi world. It can be a addictive game and plus it's free. Yeah, surprisingly Eliminate Pro is a free App and it caught me by surprise. However, like any other free stuff, there's a catch to it. Every time you enter a match, you will slowly lose some Energy Cells from your self and if it reaches to zero, you are unable to participate in anymore matches. In order to recharge your Energy Cells, you have to go to the iTunes Store and pay a sum of money in exchange for the Cells. Now that sounds like a scam now, doesn't it? Luckily, you have the alternate choice of waiting for the Cells to recharge on its own after waiting for a few hours.

The other thing I find it not to my liking are the controls. Moving around is fine but when I want to aim and shoot, it's not that stable. The gun keeps fidgeting around making it difficult for me to shoot at the enemy properly. I'm not sure if it's the game's flaw or my lousy reflexes but it is kind of a pain to experience it. Bottom line, Eliminate Pro is a fun and original game but having to pay real cash for some recharging crap may not be a good reason to get it just yet.

Another game that's worth mentioning is DOA: BlackJack~ Kasumi Version. It's basically your average BlackJack game but with Kasumi as your card dealer. She will cut the cards while juggling her bouncy assets in front of you. It's as weird and cool as it gets. With the amount of money you accumulate from winning, you can use it to purchase some pictures of Kasumi and get new costumes for her to wear. The one that she's wearing in this picture requires a lot of dough to unlock it. It was a lot of work but it's worth it in the end .

There are many more games that I would to like to share it in here but maybe next time. I'm mostly busy with my work but I do my best to play as many games as possible during my spare time. If you're also an iPhone user and have downloaded some games, do recommend me some good ones.

Catch ya later!

-Psykhophear aka Psycho_Path

It's been a very long time since I last posted my blog here at GameSpot. Within those time I was pursuing other interests and doing various works outside of Gamespot. But now I have quite the free time I thought I'd post a blog here which I wrote on my own personal website which by all means please do check it out. Catch you all later and be safe.

I'm hooked with my iPhone these past few months playing around with all kinds of apps and stuff. It has become my new plaything at the moment (Sorry PSP). There are so many good apps available and some really bad ones but I would like to share with you first my favourite iPhone games:

10. Bejeweled 2-A straightforward puzzle game but really addictive, especially if you aim to get a higher score.

9. Enigmo-A very quirky brainteaser filled with lots of frustration and fun. Nothing punishing about this game which is a good thing. Did I mention it's totally revolutionary?

8. Tap Tap Revenge-A Guitar Hero clone in some ways but it's really not too shabby. I discovered a lot of new songs from Tap Tap like 3OH!3's Don't Trust Me, Daft Punk's Technologic, Weezer's We Wish You A Merry Christmas, etc.

7. Spore: Origins-It may not be as good as the PC version but having to have your microscopic creature swim around in your iPhone is just out of this world. Still haven't finish this game though but I will get there eventually.

6. Silent Hill: The Escape-Pretty exciting game for the iPhone although it could use more stages, weapons and better storyline and replayability. At least you get to replay the game as an alien with a laser gun. Rad! Silent Hill begs for a sequel.

5. Resident Evil: Degeneration-I really like the Degeneration movie because I feel it handles its source material pretty well than the lousy Milla Jovovich trilogy. Although the game mechanics is a true RE4 clone, Degeneration on the iPhone is surprisingly good.

4. Duke Nukem 3D-The latest edition on my iPhone, Duke Nukem 3D is a real surprise to me cos I didn't expect for the game to be made available on the iPhone. Good port but the controls could've been better. Definitely recommended for those who are truly disappointed with Duken Nukem Forever's demise.

3. Metal Gear Solid Touch-A great 2D shooting game from Hideo Kojima himself. I was skeptical when the game first came out cos it didn't really look impressive when I saw the screenshots. But after the price went down I decided to give it a try and wow, this game's surprisingly good. Simple concept but fun like hell. Definitely not recommended if you haven't played MGS4 on the PS3.

2. Tiger Woods PGA Tour-Tiger Woods rocks! And this game rocks too. PGA Tour is probably the only sports game I ever played and the iPhone version is not too shabby either. The Tour is a whole lot of fun if you're the competitive type and the feeling of having Eagles and Birdies is so beautiful. The only thing I hate about this game is the two annoying commentators. Their comments are just so cruel. If only you can shut them up.

1. Wolfenstein 3D-As original as it is, Wolfenstein 3D is still the king of FPS game. To be honest, this is my first time playing the game and it brings me such pleasure being able to play this great PC port on the go. Way to go, John Carmack!

There are other games I wish to download such as Doom, Doom: Resurrection, Tetris and more but I wanna wait a bit longer until the prices reduce, but as for Doom, it'll have to wait some more since it's not out yet. I have other games that I've downloaded and tried but I wasn't impressed with any of them at all. There areCrash Racing, Cro Mag Rally, Pac Man, Time Crisis, Flick Fishing and Space DeadBeef. The reason I bought them is because of the iPhone ads. These games were in them and you just couldn't help it but to download it yourself. Please don't get these games.

With so many games coming out, I couldn't help it but to pray that the respective developers will port the following games to the iPhone:

1. Star Wars: Dark Forces- This is the first FPS Star Wars game ever and it's truly a great game even though it was panned as a Doom clone. LucasArts just released the Monkey Island remake on the App Store. Why not this one?

2.Day of The Tentacle- Another LucasArts game but this one's an adventure game. A genuine SCUMM game at its finest.

3.Jones In The Fast Lane- A ****c PC game in the early 90's and it was a true family ****c.

4.Ghostbusters- The developers should apply the Ghostbusters: The Video Game (The Nintendo DS version) into the iPhone. That would be awesome.

5.Batman-I just had an idea of having a 2D beat-em-up Batman game like the Adventures of Batman & Robin and Batman Returns on the Super NES or Batman and Return of The Joker on the NES, so I hope someone can come up with an iPhone version where you get to beat the living daylights out of Batman's foes on the go. That would be wonderful.

6.Prisoner of Ice-One of my favourite Call of Cthulhu games. It was scary the first time I played it and it will most certainly do the same to you too.

iPhone is truly an amazing gadget. For those of you who aren't sure of what games to get for your iPhone, I'd say check out the games that I listed out on my Favourite list above. But if you don't have an iPhone, then what on earth are you waiting for? Get one now!

-Psykhophear

To all the gamers out there, I want to wish Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May you will all receive or give presents to your loved ones and hoped that one of them is a video game .

Before I wrap this blog up, I would like to list down the best and most disappointing things of 2008:

The Best Things:

+My new discovery of other video game websites (GameTrailers, GiantBomb, ScrewAttack).

+Having to finally own a PlayStation 3, which completes my next-gen console collection.

+Metal Gear Solid 4- Guns of The Patriots is finally here!

+Gears of War 2 is here too!

+Condemned 2- Bloodshot is awesome!

+Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy has finally been released!

+Also including AC/DC, Metallica & Slipknot. Four rock solid albums in one year is mind-blowing!

+The Dark Knight is superb. RIP Heath Ledger!

+My MackBook Pro- my first time into the Apple world and I love every minute of it.

The Disappointing Things:

-What GameSpot has turned into.

-Alone In The Dark- a good example of a perfect game with lousy controls.

-Tomonobu Itagaki's departure from Tecmo

-Duke Nukem Forever's delayed release (What else is new)

-Ghostbusters- The Video Game delayed release (Damn you Activision)

-Midway's financial crisis

-Windows Vista sucks and the Red Ring of Death. Microsoft has lost its focus.

-Haven't played MGS4 and Gears of War 2

That wraps it up. Nothing much to say except that MGS4 really deserves Game of The Year award even though I haven't played it yet . And speaking of wrapping things up, may you will all receive great gifts this year and for those who don't celebrate Christmas, have a great holiday!

Psykhophear

(Favourite Christmas Carol: Deck The Halls)