Hello all you Giantbombers out there, I only just joined the site recently and today I felt the need to write some things on the internets that no one will care about.

So after the super awesome week where Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat came out on the same day things have been pretty quiet in the world of video games. Oh, apart from that thing about PSN going down. But that's no big deal right? I mean, it's not like it will stay down for long. Oh wait... It's been down for over a week. Well, it's only a video game console, it's not like people are in danger of anything serious like identity theft right? Oh...

 
I'm not actually sure what this image is, I just typed in Jack Tretton on google and this came up... Seems some what appropriate.

So after completing Portal 2 twice and coming to the sad realisation that I suck at fighting games, I wasn't sure what game to turn to next. Then, I heard about a game called Outland. After seeing images of the game I was immediately interested in it and went to check out some reviews. Turns out a lot of people think this game is rather good and I'm one of them. The game is a platformer with puzzles and some sword swinging thrown in. It has some similarities to games like Metroid and Shadow Complex because your character gets upgrades that allow him to perfrom new abilities which can be used to get more upgrades by backtracking to earlier parts of the game and entering previously unaccesible areas. The game also looks and plays great, the art style is similar to Limbo in some aspeects and navigating your character around is a joy to watch due to the fluid animations. I've played for about an hour so far and I'm loviing it, shame on me for only just hearing about this game. I'd highly recommend people to go buy this or at least download the trial, you won't be disappointed. 

 
If you don't think this looks awesome please call 0800 GTFOSTFU 900.

Finally, I started a new playthrough of Half Life 2 for the first time in a few years. I forgot how awesome this game is. To me it's the perfect FPS, it's a good length with great pacing and set pieces that rival anything seen in CoD or Halo and has a story that far surpasses pretty much any other FPS game out there. The game also still looks pretty good considering it's nearly 7 years old.

 
 Looking good...

So that's it for my first blog, hope you enjoyed it and maybe I'll write another one at some point. BYEEEEE.  

Great first blog. Outland does look pretty tempting. Welcome to the Giant Bomb forums in blog form.

That's kind of crazy, we're playing the exact same things :p I started Outland and the visuals and gameplay are exceptional. As for Half Life 2, the facial animations are superior to some modern day games. It hasn't aged a day 

I played through HL2 and Episodes last week and enjoyed them greatly, I beat Portal 2 last week, I got Mortal Kombat earlier this week and still suck at it, and I'm currently playing Outland. Are we the same person?

Welcome to Giant Bomb.

One of the guys, on another forum I go to, says that shit is hot  and am inclined to believe him.

Very nice first blog. I'm imagining you've done some blogging on another site as you're using images pretty nicely. I haven't tried Outland yet, but I have the demo sitting on my 360 at the moment. I haven't played Half Life 2 in a while, but I didn't care for the sections that weren't set in City 17 or The Citadel; something about the gameplay, probably. Do you still like Mortal Kombat even though you're having trouble with it?

Thanks for the nice comments, this is the first time I've ever done a blog and it's nice to see that at least some people are liking it.

As for Mortal Kombat, I did really enjoy the story mode but now I'm getting kind of frustrated as I find it pretty hard to do anything other than really simple combos. i can do a small juggle combo with Scorpion but that's about it. I'll keep trying to get better though as it is a really great game.