Hey gamespot! How's it going? I've really missed the people here, and it feels great to be back, well, you know, for at least the time being. I promised one last blog for the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots, and here it is. I haven't played it yet, but it's right here. My gamespot groupies come first! lol. The wait of four long years are over, as I grasp the game case in my hand. It's really a feeling I can't describe. Hideo Kojima's masterpiece is finally upon us, and my Playstation 3's price tag has finally been justified. I'd just like to say thank you to Hideo Kojima for such a fine piece of art, and for being the greatest developer in the industry, he's truly a legend. Every single Playstation I have purchased had to do with an MGS game. PS1, MGS, PS2, MGS 2, and eventually 3, and here we are, the Playstation 3 with MGS4. This final salute goes out to Solid Snake, my personal favorite video game character whom I've occompanied through many hours of gameplay since the year 1998. As his saga comes to an end, I can safely say, Solid Snake goes down in history as one of the best, and in my opinion, THE most BADASS characters in video game history! Finally, here's the final good bye, and farewell. If you wanna keep in contact, you know where to find me, emails up there, and PSN and gamertag. Now, I'm off to play some MGS4 =) as for Solid Snake....

He's kept you waiting huh?

http://kotaku.com/344073/another-gamespot-reviewer-decides-to-leave

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Bye bye.

I find it utterly absurd how they fired him over a stupid review. I really do not know all the details, but if it is infact because of a simple review, that's just disgusting. As in a previous blog, I told you, I only trust a couple of reviewers. Them being Jeff and, Alex, however, now it's just Alex. I'll come to the site to check up on things, but this whole gamespot community stuff is over for me, sorry. You let a quality reviewer go gamespot. That's like the WWE telling HHH to leave. The funny thing is, didn't that game suck anyways? Why would they even make such an abysmal game. If you ask me, Jeff should've left because they gave him that nasty game to play. I liked Jeff because he always told a game for what it's worth. Weather it being Bioshock, or Zelda. He never over sold a game, just because everyone else did. Hey, sure, maybe Tony Hawk, but, that was for it's time. (that game was indeed fantastic). Just because Kane and Lynch is a bad game, that's not Jeffs fault. Oh well, this isn't Jeff at lost, but indeed Gamespot. Thanks Jeff for everything you've done, but this tainted website is no more for me in an interactive way. Man... and I was about to start posting videos of me and my bro at the arcade playing DDR/In the Groove. Oh well. But I did have fun here, a lot of fun actually. Everyone here was great to me, and they're all great. I never thought my profile would get so many views. I thought it would have stayed in the double digit numbers. Thanks guys. If you wanna Keep in touch, my PSN is Zift, and my gamertag is Shazalia (don't know when i'll get a new live subscription though). Or, add me on MSN, Edge_head86@ hotmail.com, farewell.

However, you can expect ONE last short blog when Metal Gear Solid 4 comes out. I need to say that the best game in the world is finally here. When MGS4 comes out, expect one, last, short blog, see ya.

I find it uterrly absurd whenever reviewers, mainly gamespot, gives something a score, but people get mad about it. Like, Zelda for example got an 8.8, yet people got mad. Yes, because I forgot, an 8.8 ACTUALLY means 0, and it's terrible. Now, Mass effect, an 8.5. Yet, complaints still arise? Excuse me as I take some time to wrap my head around this, since when was an 8 or above a bad score? Seriously, explain please. You also have to keep in mind; this is the OPINION, key word, OPINION, of the reviewer. That person's opinion is inevitably different than someone else's. I could say a game should get a 5, but someone can say it should get a 10. Okay, to each his own, this is MY opinion, and that is YOURES. So, this is strictly opinion. Why must people get so immature over a simple score? At the end of the game, DO YOU LIKE THE GAME? Or are you just getting it simply because it got a 9. I fell in that trap. Call of duty 4, a 9? Nope, an 8 for me, again, OPINION. Furthermore, I think someone got mad because Galaxy didn't get a 10. Oh, you're right, a 9.5 is terrible, let's all sue Gamespot. I think people should just grow up, and accept the fact that this is an opinion, and at the end of the day, it shouldn't affect your purchase. Hey, people out there actually liked Big Rigs, isn't that funny?

I myself am Arab, and with all the Arabic references in the game, it makes it that much better for me. Altair, the main character is an Arabic word, which means, "the flying one", or the "flyer". When I realized that, I went crazy, and got even more happy. His full name is Altair Ibn- La ahad. Ibn means son, and la-ahad means no one. So in full terms, he's Altair- the flyer, Ibn la-ahad, which is son of the no one. So in English terms, he's the flyer, the son of no one. Lol, hope you liked the lesson. These little aspects of the game make me appreciate it so much greater. It makes my culture feel appreciated. I hope I can find some Arabic words scattered across the vast world of Assassin's Creed, which are sure to make me jump up in joy. Thank you Jade Raymond, on top of your good looks, you've taken into account my culture, which is a biggie for me in gaming. Oh well, off to play some more, and btw, HIGHLY recommended game.

Yeah, they were out of the PS3 versions so I decided to get it for the 360. There's been sudden talk of the 360 version being the preffered one, although I didn't care which one I got, because it's the same thing, and it's Assassin's Creed!, I couldn't wait. Haven't played it yet, gotta get to some Science done first, then I'll play. Feel free to leave your impressions on the game if you have, i'll ttyl.