I just played a match of Tekken 6 against this guy:
  I beat him the first two rounds, but I wanted the moment to last as long as possible so I took it easy and let him beat me the next two rounds. The final round got a little hairy and he ended up beating me, 3-2. 
 
For those five minutes it was just me and him. Bliss.
 
(If  you don't know, that's Jerry Holkins (Tycho) from Penny Arcade)

Summer is over and that only means one thing, LOTS OF GAMES COMING OUT GAH! Now's the time to start saving all the money I can for games. I just looked at the release calendar for the rest of this year. I'll be buying atleast one game every week. I'm not off to a good start with saving my money though. I just threw down a chunk of money on a pre-order for a Velvet figure. 
 

If you know how much this costs, great, if not, good for you, you shouldn't know. It's about 9 inches tall and I'm in love. It comes out in February and I can't wait for it to sit on my desk and remind me that I need to beat Odin Sphere. But now that I've spent this much money on a damned figure, I can truly call myself a nerd.
 
I really want to play Beatles : Rock Band. That game scarred me for life though. I unwillingly sang a song in front of 50 people at PAX. My stomach never felt so sick before. 
 
I got a review copy of Wet and I beat it. That's all I can say until Tuesday. 
 
I got a ?review? copy of Demon's Souls as well. I question whether this is reviewable code or just for preview purposes since it does say Playstation 2 on the disc. Demon's Souls is a great game so far, but JEBUS is it tough. The game is extremely unforgiving. If you die you need to run back to get your soul, the trick is, when you run back you'll only have half of your health. So making that journey back to your soul can be really frustrating since every enemy re-spawns when you die. Other than that, everything about it is super addicting and I can't wait to play with some friends. That reminds me, I have a date with the guy from Kotowari (plug!) with that game. 
 
You know what? The posters I got this year from PAX put the ones from last year to shame. Good thing they cover different walls. Maybe a poster tour is in order. 
 
Pa-ka!

These are all awesome. That is all for now.
 

 



 

It's early Thursday morning and my coffee is brewing, stomach is growling, FEAR 2 DLC is downloading, Mr. Moose the Cat won't stop meowing, and my friends are flying out this way. It won't be too much longer before I leave to pick up sir James Logan from the Portland airport, then we head to Voodoo Donuts! After that we're going for a 3 1/2 hour drive to Seattle to meet up with Talor Berthelson, Chuck Waltz, and Arthur Green in some dark, cold, shady hotel room.
 
We managed to score media badges this year for the show, so we'll be able to hit the floor early to, well, to be completely honest, just play Diablo III and Starcraft 2. We have a ton of other stuff going on during the show, so the only real time we'll have to play these games is during these early hours, before the rush of wild nerds swarm the floor. 
 
But there it is, I'm going to PAX again, but this time with a totally awesome crew. I can't wait to get this day started on the road. You should very much expect tons of goofy, yet not necessary videos from the road and hotel room. We'll be sure to capture everything.