"What we have here is a failure to communicate"

Why oh why do I never update this blog? All the time, I want nothing more than to talk or write about video games, yet I never seen to. Well here I am, trying to make up for lost time.

Where am I now, you may ask. Well, so far I've finished 4 games this year. Fallout 3 and Little Big Planet, which I started late last year, and most recently, Flower and Metal Gear Solid 3. All of these have been generally pleasing games. I'm trying to kill the games in my backlog that I've started but never finished before truly proceeding, as the dry season is soon to be over with the release of Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 in the coming weeks. I know, I know, Street Fighter IV just came out so there are good games already coming out; I'm just not that into fighting games. I've got a copy of it from Gamefly sitting here right now and I've played it a bit, it's fun. I mean, if there were a fighting game outside of Smash Bros that I would get into, it would be this one. But what keeps me from really delving into it, is that it still has they layer of hardcore-ness in the combos and special moves that simple people like me cannot grasp. I like a game that slowly gives you things and then eventually, the strategy is knowing how to use all your given mechanics. I feel like fighting games basically put you at the end game and never explain of said mechanics. Because you're supposed to know already from the other entries, right? Right. Well I never grew up playing Street Fighter II or Soul Calibur or Tekken or any of those other great fighting games that now have legacies and entry barriers too high for simple folk who just want a game where we can beat each other up.

So currently, I'm working my way through Call of Duty 2, which I started probably around 2 years ago. It's a lot of fun, since I'm playing on Veteran. The only way I really enjoy shooters now is by playing on the hardest difficulty.

I'll be back here in a few days with more updates. Ciao.