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No it's not one of those blogs about how a self righteous person can make you feel good in an otherwise seemingly worthless life. Don't worry it's not like that. I figure since nothing much is happening in the gaming industry, as of late, I'll blog about what I'm doing here in the economy stricken state of Michigan.

The good 'ol Xbox 360 is still out of commission, taking a vacation over at the repair shop called Microsoft, or wherever the hell it's at right now. Thank God for UPS tracking numbers right? So in the mean time I've been drooling over the PS3 and lamenting the days where games like God of War or Jumping Flash put a smile on my face.

Since owning a 360 I've grown accustomed to the excitment and anticipation of big budget games like Gears of War, Halo, and the various others that made the console famous. Then I realized that the selection of games for the system was just that - big budget games.

After Sony's press conference at E3 '08 (which was the best showing this year, in my opinion) I've been antsy to play the old classics again on the Playstation brand. Including Ratchet and Clank, God of War III, Resistance 2, and the various others. Even the PSP attracted my attention with games that the handheld desperately needed, including the awesome bundles Sony is offering. Home, once again, was a no show with the exception of a video of the service, whoo-hoo! I guess they're demonstrating to the public that Home isn't quite dead.

Other than that I've been reading the Dragonlance novels; Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman. The first three books that start off the Dragonlance saga. So far they're good books, a little dated since they've been written in the early 80's, but still good.

I'm currently working on Final Fantasy X and FFX-2 will be next on my roster of "games I haven't played yet". I miss those JRPG's. Great stories but lack exploration, versus the western RPG's that contain exploration but lack story. You get one or the other with I guess.

I've read that the new Kingdom Hearts: Birth by sleep is coming to the PSP. You can find the entire article here if you so desire to read it. I'm curious if it'll be ported onto the PS2 sometime in the future. I'm sure it will.

Also Magic: The Gathering has been keeping me busy as well. And even though I haven't played in 5 years, which I'm still learning the new abilities and rules from the latest expansions of the game, I'm looking to join a league or even a tournament to hopefully win some prizes.

Anyways, as the time goes by and the girlie friend is heading home from work, I have to draw this to a close. Goodnight everybody and try not to flood the response section with your over excitement of my blog here.

Those early rumblings just might be true. Back in May, rumors swirled that filmmaker Brett Ratner was directing the God of War movie. In a MGM press release for the new RoboCop movie, there's this bit of info:

David Self’s credits include 13 Days and Road To Perdition. He wrote God of War for Universal, to which Brett Ratner is attached to direct, and was a writer on Universal’s Wolfman currently in production.

That press release is obviously incorrect. It should read: "He wrote God of War for Universal, to which Brett Ratner is attached to direct and fuck up." 

Article by: Kotaku.com

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Agreed.

Q-Games has become a growing developer in the past few months with titles in the PixelJunk series like PixelJunk Racers, PixelJunk Monsters, and the upcoming PixelJunk Eden. In this video you'll see the many cool features that Eden will support, along with gameplay footage, and it's impressive. I personally like the quirky, unusual games, that you won't see anywhere else.

When Mirror's Edge was first introduced I wasn't sure what to make of it. Is it truly a game or will this fade away like the rest of the over the top games of yester- year?

This demo, although interesting, hasn't changed much from the initial trailer shown months ago which leads me to believe that the trailer and the gameplay footage are one in the same. Personally I would like to see more of what Mirror's Edge has to offer in the future.