Well, I had a good long healthy run. Two years… 2 long amazing years! No longer though.

As of this weekend, I re-activated my WoW account and began making a new character. (Trying to use the refer-a-friend program, buy my refereed friend and I haven’t been able to play at the same time!)

As promised, yet a little late. Hopefully some of you can understand the dilemma I was abruptly forced under.

This is the second video I’ve seen pop up from Daniel Floyd, which has now lead me to track down other videos he has done. Daniel tends to talk about video games, the industry in it’s current state, and ways to make it better… for the better? You know? This video mentions ways that learning is brought into video games, or could be used by more developers to help give something to the players.

So when you walk away from hours of murdering people virtually, you might also walk away with a bit of knowledge. Floyd makes some very good examples of way it could be done, and ways that I’m sure most of us have been affected by, and may not have even know.

Since Spore was released over the weekend, one can only imagine the number of creations that have come into existence. A quick summery of the game for those of you that have never even heard of the game (Which means you have never been a part of the internet and video games in your life).  You begin life as a small organism after a meteor crash lands on a planet. There you start your life growing and evolving to where you make it to the surface of the planet. Always growing, always evolving as you make your way into a tribal, civilization and the icing of the game, space exploration.

One of the bigger draws to the game is the fact that you can customize every aspect of your creature and civilization (Buildings, vehicles, and space shuttle) and give it your own color schemes.

Well it’s been a few days since the release of Fallen Star (The Latest Booster Pack for Warhawk) and I must say, there is a great reason it’s taken me a few days to write about it. The introduction of Jet-Packs is amazing feature for the game. One of the key reasons it has finally added a feature I personally felt the game was missing from the start. The ability to bail out of a flying Warhawk, whether you’re the pilot or a passenger.

The new map is also a welcomed site to sore eyes. Not nearly as large as Omega Dawn (Thank goodness) and no where near as bright as Broken Mirror. In the middle of the map, it appears that there is a giant space ship that has fell from the sky (Hence Fallen Star, eh.. eh?), which I can only assume is one of the ships that were meant to be in the single player campaign the game was originally going to have.

As of 12:53 am this morning, the newest Warhawk Patch, version 1.5 was released. (At least that was when I noticed it) So I just had to try it out, wanting to see what trophies could be acquired, what trophies I would start with. (Since they did announce some of the trophies would be acquired upon installing since some of them you wouldn’t be able to re-acquire)

Just a quick rant about an article I read. (After I was directed there by John)

Tis a sad day when all the beloved characters we have all known and love, shall just disappear into the evil world known as B.Net. I had some good times with you Sorc!

A web show based on a hilarious premise – a normal guy sucked into Zelda! Well… he was beating off to the fairy while playing Zelda on the NES… and choaking himself with the controller cord. But it makes for a great origin story!

I highly suggest checking it out – funny shit: Legend of Neil

Well it’s been almost a week since Soul Caliber 4 was released last Tuesday. So what do I think of it you ask? Well, lets see, the story mode for each character is short and for the most part tastefully sweet. There are a few corny endings, or endings that made me just think “Really? That just happened?”  After Ronin and I went through almost every character and beating the story mode to unlock all of their weapons, we began editing characters. The game has a decent amount of items to pick from for customization, and has the game goes on, you unlock more things, to make the goodness even better!

Why Video Games

The Spring Of Your Life Is Here

We Heart You For Ever

Rush is amazing. I never really dug ALL their music… nor bought albums, but I sure as hell turn that shit up when in the car. Their inclusion in rockband was great- so much fun to play their songs. I have the DLC to prove it.

The following clip is from backstage at Colbert Report. These guys seemed to have never touched the game, looks like they kicked ass until they stopped. So what if they failed at 31%? Im sure they were just shocked at the progression technology has made since the days of silent moving pictures. (sick burn on Rush for being old!?!)

One of the main reasons I have refused to jump on the Xbox 360 bandwagon is because of the astronomical failure rate the system surfers from. I know that the newer systems are supposedly more reliable and the extended warranty covers the RRoD problem, but it is something I still don’t want to chance. I have heard enough horror stories about MS rejecting a 360 warranty because the problem wasn’t a specific RRoD or people waiting over six weeks to get their unit back to know that I simply don’t want to fuck around with this. I can’t justify investing over $400 (system, games, controller, Live subscription) into something that I am just going to wait on to break.

The real dilemma with a 360, for me at least, is that for better or worse the system has a number of intriguing exclusive titles. Dead Rising, Bio-Shock, Gears, Halo, and Left 4 Dead are all games that I anticipate to play.* On top of that the price is right on a 360 and they look decent on a SDTV (I don’t plan on upgrading to a HDTV anytime soon). While I do like the PS3 and some of the games that the system offers (Warhawk, MSG4, and Little Big Planet), I would never purchase one without an HDTV. The PS3 looks like an absolute abortion on a SDTV.

So here I am at the gaming crossroads. I want a new system because the Wii is no longer passing muster. I don’t have the scratch on hand to purchase a new TV (thus making the PS3 worth owning), but I also refuse to purchase a 360 that in all likelihood will break sooner or later. Luckily for me, Fortuna has finally spun her wheel in my favor.

As of Wednesday, the new 1.4 patch for Warhawk was released. Why it didn’t contain the new trophy patch (That will be the 1.5 patch that should be out “soon”), but instead it contained two very nice new game modes.

So it seems that as soon as I make one claim, someone has to go and show me up.  Almost as if someone was actually taking my rants seriously (Although it’s ok, I know it’s not true)

It’s about time I didn’t have to buy a new console for the next installment. Let’s just hope they don’t give us a dumbed down version on any of the systems since it’s coming out cross platform.