Easily, Forza Motorsport 3. After some of the artwork came out for that game I had all my excitement come back to me. Contrary to popular 08 games of the year, 2008 was in fact a pretty depressing year for racing games. Grid, Pure, and Burnout all managed to underwhelm me. But 09 is looking so very amazing right now with Forza 3, Dirt 2, and even Gran Turismo 5. Those alone could easily make up for anything that wasn't quite right for me last year. I didn't get the chance to play Midnight Club 3 but might as well add that to the list considering the amount of issues it managed to have. I'll happily admit these racing games weren't bad at all. But for me, they weren't what I wanted.

And Moto GP 08 was terribly awful. 06 and 07 may have set the bar extremely high, but still, come on.....

Also, these other small games you may have heard of:

Resident Evil 5
Bionic Commando
Street Fighter 4
Sonic's Genesis Collection Because the Best Sonic Games are Appearantly Not His

The possibility that we might also hear about Ubisoft sequels has me excited. I feel like I say this constantly now, but Episode 3.....if it came out this year.

Decided to buy these:

Far Cry 2
Fallout 3
Gears 2
Tomb Raider
Banjo

Which means I passed on:

Fable 2
Both Moto GP games
Dead Space

Should have passed on Rock Band 2. Officially feeling bad about playing plastic controllers like that.

Those first two probably have more length then anything that came out this year. Far Cry 2 definitely looks impressive. Did anyone really expect that? I knew it would be technically great! But, it also just looks like a lot of fun.

I've been sitting on a few reviews and I put some up. Rock Band 2, it's just not the soundtrack I wanted.

I was going to get Pure but now I think I'm just waiting for Fable 2. I think I'll be getting Dead Space, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Tomb Raider, Banjo, and Gears this year. Too much coming, and I'll just have to miss Mirror's Edge, Prince, etc.

By the way, I still use the Guitar Hero 2 controller for Rock Band. Anyone else think that's easily still the best controller? I've overpaid for those dumb things for years and the first one I got still plays the best.

I'll just end this with a thought...all this Burnout Paradise stuff has been really coming out a lot now, when am I getting my restart button? I really want that. I think they proved their point but come on! You'd test out airplanes but you won't give us a restart button now?!

I posted reviews I've had laying around for Call of Duty 4, Lost: Via Domus, and Bioshock. Not a big fan of Bioshock.

I picked up Bionic Commando because somehow I went my whole life without playing the original. Didn't play more than 2-3 minutes but that's enough time to know the presentation is really cool. Somehow I went my whole life and missed it. I've played A LOT of games too. Like, a lot.

Plus I feel good supporting quality remakes. I wish Sega would make a Sonic 4 with the older sprite style. Like Mega Man 9, or Bionic...Where in the world is Vectorman Sega?

Almost have my full 1000 on Soul Calibur 4 achievements. If anyone would like tips for that game PM me. I can give you advice on the most time efficient way to get everything. Lots of trial and error got me into a rhythm. Anyway, after an hour of searching for the items I was missing, I found out you have to beat Story mode with those five anime inspired characters. What a headache....so I almost have all weapons and equipment, almost.

Also, for any racing fans out there, next month Pure and Baja come out one after the other. Both look really good, I'm excited. Pure reminds me a lot of the SSX series. Baja reminds me of the older off-road arcade racers. In other words, I can't go wrong.

Anyone else think ESPN NFL 2K5 is still better than Madden? :)

Definitely going to try and finish up Soul Calibur as much as I can. But I've been thinking about doing a little driving around Hawaii too. It's been a while since I crashed my car off a mountain and survived.