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So I just finished the demo for Star Wars Force Unleashed on the Xbox 360. And I must say that I will be getting the game. Overall the action was awesome and using force powers was challenging enough that it felt like it really took some time to learn but not overly so. Taking down a tie-fighter was awesome! Blowing people up was awesome! Throw people to their death was awesome! My only gripe a...

So, back in 2005 I bought a used PSP-1001 while working at GameStop. Then last year I sold the PSP-1001 on ebay and then purchased the new PSP-2001 in Darth Vader form. Now, with the recent news I've seen on the changes for the PSP-3000 I'm looking at possible putting the Darth Vader PSP on the self (I'm not selling it, its a damn collectors item) and buy a new PSP-3000. Am I lame or what?

We all remember Gerstmann Gate. And even when you finally think you have forgotten it something happens that brings it back into memory. Well, here is one more thing to do so. Turns out that that special person who everyone blames for Jeff being fired has found himself a new home. http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/18/gerstmann-gate-villain-leaves-cnet-for-advertising-company/

So I've been playing Gears of War the past couple of days. And I must say, WOW! The battles are intense, the controls (for the most part) are great, the game is STUNNING (even on my SDtv) and I'm really loving the story. I haven't played a ton of FPSs, but of the ones I've played I'm sure this one is the best thus far. P.S. Yes, I am playing on Hardcore.

So early Sunday morning I finished GTA IV. Since then I've been trying to figure out what I'm going to play until Madden comes out next week (yes I buy a Madden game every couple of years). Last night while I was checking on something that I sold on Ebay I decided to check and see if I could get a good deal on a copy of Gears of War. No, I haven't played it yet, I've wanted to but I didn't get...

Yep just what the title states. I'm thinking of selling my Wii. I haven't played it much since I got it and personally I'm disappointed with the direction Nintendo seems to be taking the Wii. Sure, there are a few games that I want to still play. But, to be honest I don't want to play them enough to really keep the system. Besides, most of those games are on other systems. So should I go ahead...

I was just reading a post on Joystiq about the possibility of having a Grand Theft Auto game on the Wii. One of the lines in the post read, " Reggie wants it , gamers want it, but will Take-Two ever deliver?" Now I can see Reggie wanting a multi billion dollar making series on his system. But, do gamers really want a GTA game on the Wii? When Nintendo announced GTA: China Town Wars for the DS I...

Yep, so pretty much early this morning I surpassed 100 points, as of this blog post I stand at 145 with 78 of those going to College Hoops 2K8. It may not be the 500 or 1000 points that I've seen many others reach but to me its a nice little milestone.

I just finished watching the Comic Con trailer for Spider Man: Web of Shadows and I must say that it has me very interested in game now. I didn't know anything about the story line before and figured it was just another boring fight this villian and then this one and then this one. But, now...well its still just that but with the added twist of everyone being infected by the symbiote. If you ha...

So, I'm going through my Google Reader and catching up on my RSS feeds when I came across a Joystiq interview with Ryan Davis . If you haven't already seen it, and most likely you have, go ahead and have a quick read. Interview

So I just got an email saying that my submission for the College Hoops 2K8 page has been approved gaining me 3 points! WooT! Yep, its my first page, and it will be my baby because I doubt that many other people care about the game enough to fill out the page. So it looks like I got a mission...a secret mission....don't tell anyone!

Besides the site being a bit slow everything seems to be working out pretty well. I really love the layout and such so far.

So the time has finally come! The site has launched and I'm glad. Its been a long time since I've been on a videogame site that I really felt good being a part of. But, then something happened...and then things kept happening and I got tired of all of it. So then I floated around the internets for about a year looking for a place to go where I could be a part of the videogame world. Well I neve...