Wow

I feel like the worst blogger in the entire world. A lot of crap has hit the fan recently; between work, school, and other obligations I have been utterly useless. Well, I beat Dead Space 2 and Homefront and had a StarCraft 2 super phase going on for a while. Dead Space 2: Five Freaking Stars out of five. Homefront: Five Freaking Stars out of five. Dead Space 2 was a nearly perfect game for me. The only complaint I actually have is that there was no really big bosses like there was in the first game. Everything else (sound, visuals, story, characters, gameplay) was perfect. Homefront was one of the best Fps's I have played in a long time. The story was dark and realistic and the fake war really hit home. The reason Homefront was so fantastic for me was the story. I play games to have fun and to hear an awesome story, so Homefront was a home-run for me. It had some glitch-tastic moments sometimes, but it was worth it. The Call of Duty controls were unfortunate, but I'll live.
This brings me to a point I really need to discuss. I was not bothered by the short length of Homefront or Dead Space: Extraction. The story was told and when the story needed to end it ended. If every game in the universe decided to be super short and dumb, I'd pop a cap, however these two games were okay for me. I like to relive the stories of these games and a few others ( Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Video Game, Uncharted 2...), but other games itsy bitsy lengths piss me off. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Force Unleashed 2... Those are just lazy, and no I will not play your multiplayer Modern Warfare 2. It is broken.
So, in conclusion, I apologize for being busy. Thank you for reading and I will try harder to write for you. I have a few more ideas already ;)

Wow it's been a long time!!!! BUT! Today is a special day :) Dead Space 2 came out today and it is AWESOME. The Dead Space series has always held a special place in my heart. Dead Space one was beautiful and fantastic in every way. Extraction is my favorite Wii game and one of the greatest games I have ever played. The characters in it were fantastically well done and let's just say I got suuuuuper into that game. Dead Space 2 has not disappointed. The opening chapter is ridiculously well done. Dead Space has always had strong openings, but I think this one takes the cake. Another awesome thing is that the telekinesis doesn't suck now. In Dead Space one, you would pick up something pointy and chuck it and you might as well be chucking a marshmallow at the oncoming Necromorphs. The atmosphere, lighting, gun play, kinesis, enemies(The pack and stalkers are so scary and awesome), and everything are all fantastic so far. One large complaint though. The PS3 versions online isssssss, busted. The EA servers are emitting huge amounts of suck :/ But I'm pretty sure they are fixing it. Hopefully soon. Well, that's just a minor complaint. Dead Space 2 is fantastic. Buy it!!!!!

Obscurity

Games like Halo, Grand theft Auto, Pokemon, and Gears of War are all well known/ well received games. There are however games out there that are less known... obscure in a way. The ones that are not traditional, break the rules.
Games like Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, maybe even Metal Gear Solid. These games do not play like "normal games", they are sometimes considered odd. Metal Gear Solid; Stealth Introduction to gaming, shattering of the fourth wall, awesomely weird stories. Silent Hill; Psychological Terror, true horror, Frighteningly awesome stories, tank-controls. Fatal Frame; You kill ghosts with a camera (there are so many things wrong with that sentence), terrifying stories. These games were not in everyone's homes, they did not make every magazine cover. They were silent contestants in a crowded room of loud game announcements.
Not everyone adored these games, they did not please the masses, their effects were silent, but violent (^_^). These games (Fatal Frame not included?) Created some of the most rabid, dedicated, intelligent, and just plain awesome fanbases of all time. You want proof? Look up any Halo fan film, then compare it to the masterpiece Silent Hill: No escape, or to the amazing Metal Gear Compilations by Nyxus on gametrailers.com. There are some good Halo fanfilms, I know, but to me these are so much better. Please don't hate.
These games are masterpieces. They are clever, smart, scary, and at times mind-altering. I can proudly shine my badge as a member of the Silent Hill and Metal Gear rabid fans :).

PS. Sorry for the massive lateness

Videogame Emotions: Loneliness Part 2

Last time I did one of these (a long time ago, sorry bout that), we talked about the Silent Hill series creepy/depressing feelings of being alone. Today we'll talk about a happier game: Shadow of the Colossus. While Silent Hill was a terrifying environment where you were the only thing remotely human, (Yes I know you were with Maria and other people. They don't count.) Team Ico's masterpiece SotC, presents this enormous fantastically imagined world, that only you can travel. Instead of terrifying players, it gave you a sense of wonder and peace. That no one was there to bother you, there was no war, no drugs. Only peace. Shadow of the Colossus was a masterful game that flooded the player with many emotions. Peaceful Loneliness being one of those.

Dead Space 2

Hopefully you already know that I love the Dead Space series. I've played and sorta beaten both and loved every minute of each one. Well Dead Space 2 was obviously an enormous announcement for me. The ink blot is my desktop and the gameplay video is bookmarked =). Today the Debut trailer aired on Gametrailers, and at risk of exploding from awesomeness, I'll just give you the link. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut-trailer-dead-space-2/65054#comments_top. It's freakin great.

Gears of Uncharted 2: Awesome

Okay I am way happy and disappointed. Uncharted 2 is one of my favorite games ever. It is a masterpiece and makes my PS3 useful. I wouldn't trade it for anything, but I want Gears of War!!!!!!!!! Ah! the graphics in gears two rival Uncharted one and even border on meeting two. It gives the Xbox 360 an enormous exclusive! Halo? Blah. Gears is where it's at. So Epic.... I love you. Please, Please!!!!! Give Sony some love!!!!

Battlefield Bad Company and Clash of the Titans

So this last week has been fun =) Rented Battlefield BC-2 and have been playing tons of multiplayer. So far my opinion is that Rush is awesome, probably my favorite mode, and that the Snipers are awesome. Overall the Multiplayer is just so awesome. Highlights include the first time you hit a spastic-helicopter with an RPG(non-lock-on), the first time you get a gravity-drop-head-shot, and the first time you place C4 on the fuel tank of a tank. I could go on and on. It's just awesome. The destruction, the gravity, the sound effects. Sigh. I also went and saw the Clash of the Titans remake. It was awesome. The camera was shaky at times and the beginning kind of jumped right into the action, but overall it was a great movie. Sometimes the cinematography reminded me of Lord of the Rings (Very good thing.) The action was good and I highly reccomend it, especially to God of War fans. I'll rate it when I get my rating system figured out >_<. Please comment! People do read this right? =) I know you do please comment.