Yes, it's definitely been a while since my other blog, so I'll keep this one short and sweet.

I've been sick recently, so my time on GameSpot increased.  I ran into a few forum vets in OT and had a great time talking to them (Apple Orcas go!).  My girlfriend and I are still going strong and my friends are starting to return from Sakuracon.  I'd go if the whole thing didn't scare the bejeezus out of me.  Cosplayers...*shiver*.

Also, it may be a while until I post again since Harvest Moon: Magical Melody releases tomorrow.  I'll be all alone in my dank Gamecube dungeon plugging hour after hour into this game.  I'm so excited!

See?  Short and sweet.  Hope you all have a great day and I'll see you online.

Since I don't think I care enough about that Gamecube post to actually finish it, I decided that three months was enough.  Here I am, rock you like a hurricane!  Yeah, so....

I've been playing Star Wars Battlefront 2 with my friend Dizz and we've made quite a lot of headway in the Rise of the Empire mode.  It's been a lot of fun along with a lot of frustration.  First off, we can't seem to figure out how to tell our guys to stand back and cover us, thus not losing the round due to the large pile of corpses in the middle of the field.  I think we'd enjoy playing Galactic Conquest a lot more since you can actually defeat the numbers of the enemy instead of trying to get that dang bomb in front of Yavin base.  Oh, and I'd hate to be the rebel that has to deal with Dizz as Lord Vader.  I've never seen someone choke so many people before actually trying to finish the mission.  I also enjoyed watching the Rancor devour anyone foolish enough to get in front of it.

Smackdown vs Raw 2006 comes out today.  Dizz gets it tomorrow.  You will not hear from me after that.  I will be too busy creating the perfect powerbomb machine to toss uneducated wrestlers off the top of the cell.  I also plan on burying them soon afterwards.  After the match, I will unleash my inner Rico and decorate my locker room with all kinds of wrestling paraphernalia.  Whoops, forgot about GM mode and running Raw.  In comparison to other Smackdown games, this game is an explosion of new modes.  Tomorrow can't come fast enough.

Lastly, to further solidify that I am a true nerd in every respect of the word, I am almost done writing the background story to my Kel Dor character in the Star Wars D&D game I'm apart of at my college.  He ends up blowing up both his side and most of the enemies side in a poorly aimed sniper shot.  Sounds like what happens when I play Battlefront 2.

That's all for this entry and remember that the game doesn't flop, you do.  The buffet can be found down the hall in room 206.

Why, Gamecube? Why do you just sit there and get me all excited for a game and then I find out you can't play it? This has been a trend that's been bothering me for a while. I think it's time we confronted these issues head on. I want some answers.

First off, it seems that whenever a multi-platform game comes out that I'm actually excited to play comes out, it turns out that multi-platform only refers to the PS2 and the XBox. The latest example I can think of is the Capcom Classic Collection. When the collection that will undoubtedly be one of the best and most nostalgic collections out on the market was announced, I was in love. I read the preview and I loved every second of it. Then I get to the end and I read that it'll only be released for PS2 and XBox. Why did you have to skip this one, Gamecube? What was so much more special about Namco and Midway? What hurts the most is that most of these games, if not ALL of them, were on your forefathers NES and SNES? Did you just assume that I already had these games and didn't need the Gamecube to play them?

Second, it's this weird selective game thing that you do. You know what I'm talking about. NCAA Football 06 for the PS2, Xbox, but NOT Gamecube. See, this one I don't get at all. You don't think it's necessary to give me the college game, which is an EXCLUSIVE license by the way, but feel that I should get Madden? What possible reason could you have for giving me one and not the other? They're a set. I've been making draft classes and exporting them to the Madden game for years and this Road to the Heisman mode made me so excited to bring the created player I always make to the Superstar mode of Madden. Would you let me do that, though? Of course not Gamecube, you know better than me. Did you realize I can't get a different NCAA game from somewhere else? I didn't have a choice in the first place and you took any opportunity of getting the Heisman away from me! I just don't get why you would give me only half of the experience. Did it get in the way of some Mario College Football game?

Yeah, maybe that's it. Maybe you think your characters are so superior to any other game that it's pointless to even support them. Well, I got news for you Gamecube, your not the only franchise in town. Your forefathers could make a franchise just by making a sequel. Why can't you do it? They were the only game in town. There was no system that people thought of other than the NES and SNES. You, however, have Sony and Microsoft to worry about. You've still stuck to your arrogance and elitist attitude your grandparents had and look where it got you. You can't depend on your Gameboy brother with the PSP gaining a lot of headway in the handheld market. People are even saying that the Revolution could be it for Nintendo. You hear that Gamecube?

*Will be edited when I return from Halo*