Hey peeps, haven't had time to reply to your blogs lately, I'll read them all soon. Been busy doing some work experience. I'll be working on a short film this summer, so am busy busy busy!



Not busy enough to stop playing games however... I blasted MGS4: Sons Of The Patriots last night on Big Boss Hard level and I'm going to replay it to get some more stuff. What do I think of the game? It's epic, I even made this special emblem for it.



There are parts when you play that make you feel like Kojima is a genius, which we kinda already knew. There are some parts that could annoy you, maybe because I was only able to carry 5 Rations and Snake's health was tiny. And there are some bits that drag on for ages and some moments that shock you to no end example "spoiler1", "spoiler2" and "spoiler3".



It's been a while since I cleared a game so quickly, 20 hours even after taking my time with it, and I still jumped right back in. I'm giving this one a 10, because after all the ups and downs this game, for me at least was the best story driven interactive entertainment experience ever. E3, Nuff said!

Plus the visuals are just amazing! Really it's not only about the gameplay people.

What a long and for the most part boring story. Although the ending kinda made me glad I played through it... I thought the game lacked a lot of what I liked from previous Final Fantasies. Don't get me wrong, it's still good, just lacking on some areas.



Most if not all the bosses were merely guardians of something, so they didn't really have any importance. Final boss Vayne was just this character the game made you fight, just because you had to. Unlike Sephiroth or Maester Seymour I didn't really fear him, I just smacked him like all the other bosses finishing the game without much sense of accomplishment.

I will still do the side quests and stuff since I can't get enough of the Gambit and ADB systems. I also want to get my characters to Level 99. Currently at Level 50, I boosted from Level 39 in like 5 hours thanx to an Auto-Levelling trick.

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Here's a random link that you should click, if you want to read something totally unrelated to this blog post!

EDIT: I cleared GTAIV last week, all in preparation for MGS4. I don't think I'll have time for Portable Ops though, which I haven't touched for months!

Who in GameSpot approved a rating of 8.5 for this game?
Where was this game hiding all of my life?
What was I thinking when I decided to play it in the dark?
Why aren't the developers famous and rich for making it?

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Answer me those four questions please... I've been playing Condemned 2: Blood Shot for the last couple hours, in the dark, and it's been a long time since a game left me on the edge of my seat like that! It's awesome, it's mad and it has some seriously disturbing fun!



This game deserves a far better rating than what it's been given... only problem I've had so far is when using L1+R1 for blocking and L1 or R1 for left or right attacks, respectively I tend to button mash too much thus messing my fights up especially when the combos kick in. But you can't help it, the game creeps you out and staying calm can be tough sometimes.



So there, I haven't finished it yet, and I'm giving it a 9.5 just for that. I didn't even mentioned the interesting story, wicked voice acting, graphics, sound effects, violence and stuff! I'm drooling!

EDIT: Leaving the score at 9.5 now that I've cleared the game. Now back to GTAIV, I really need to finish that one before MGS4!

Finished the theme for Butters782, who won the competition I had on the last couple blogs. A second competition might be on it's way, which will be much harder but greater reward I think!



Also the banner for the runner up winner stephanime...



Manbearpig RAWKS!

I'm back baby! Done with uni, handed the last of my work (essay which was a pain to write) last night! I'm just chilling now!

Instead of doing some uni work, I decided to replace my old website with the design I've been working on for the last couple months. Still not complete yet, but I couldn't wait to release it.



I tweaked it a bit from the previous alteration and fixed the Internet Explorer issue that made the site align left. Damn, it even works on the PS3. No new content am afraid, except for some graphics and logo. Also I removed the search bar for the time being, it never returned any results!

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COMPETITION: GameSpot Exclusive

Seeing that most of my views are from GameSpot links in the first place, I thought I'd make a competition for my peeps. First person to get the question right wins a custom made Theme (as in Banner, Avatar and Blog Image) by yours truly, tailored to their exact specifications. Second and Third to get it right will get a banner made for them.

QUESTION: What is the name of Evil Teddy's owner who abandoned him for video games years ago?

TIP: LATEST ART on homepage, but Evil Teddy was drawn in 2006!