I absolutely love it. I think most of the people who will be answering this QotD do too. Most of the fighting games that made comebacks are prettier, more balanced versions of their predecessors with online play. I don't think fighting game fans were ever really looking for anything other than that. The new entries have also scratched the fighting game itch pretty well by offering deep, but refreshing gameplay and of course, online battles. It's always nice when fans of a niche genre can indulge themselves.

Fact: Wii is the dominant, definitive winner in terms of install base, console sales, and overall profit-making for this generation.  

I used to work overnight at a McDonald's across the street from a 24-hour Walmart. Are they all open 24 hours? I don't even know. Anyway, I took an early break at about 11:50pm and headed over to get in line for the PS3 version of the first Rock Band. There were four people ahead of me and the person stocking told me they had about 20 bundles total. Midnight rolled around and he brought out all the boxes. As it turned out, they were only selling the 360 version so I ended up totally screwed. I later found out they had both the PS3 and 360 versions in stock but they wanted to drive "Black Friday" sales so they didn't release the PS3 one until the day after Thanksgiving. I got up at 4 am that morning, went there, waited in line for two hours because for some reason this Walmart didn't sell video games on "Black Friday" until a certain amount of people were in line for them, and still had to ask three different people to go in the back and get me a PS3 bundle for the game. I got the first one.

From the steady stream of superb games flowing right now, I've managed to (afford to) catch LBP, Socom, and Rock Band 2. I'm getting Resistance 2 at some point in the coming months but RB2 is definitely the one I'm playing the most and the one I'll be playing for the longest amount of time.


I'll get Valkyria Chronicles at some point in early 09 because something has to be said for what is undoubtedly the best Tactics game this generation so far.

Hello to anyone who actually decided to read my blog! I don't/didn't expect anyone to read it so if you're here, you stand out!

I've been following the adventures of Jeff, Ryan, Rich, Alex, and Brad since I first joined Gamespot the day Final Fantasy VIII came out on PS1. I've written to Alex on Burning Questions. I've seen all the episodes of Button Mashing (yes I know the song). I've seen all the episodes of The Hotspot (well at least the ones that featured games I cared about). Basically I've been around for a while. And of course, I have all the Bombcasts on my Blackberry, which I use as a poor man's iPhone.

I am, as of this writing, 19 years of age. When I was 12, I got my first taste of video game journalism via a review I wrote for Parasite Eve, an oldie (but goodie) PS1 game. I've wanted to be involved with the game industry ever since. Now I'm a college student at Michigan State University. I've written reviews for games dozens of times. I pretty much choose to write about games anytime I have a writing assignment that allows me to. A few months ago, however, I had an assignment where the instructions were to write a 7-10 page essay on a free speech conflict in the mainstream media.  The title I chose for that paper was "6.0-Fired". The essay focused on what I THINK led to Jeff's termination from Gamespot, and the subsequent "leaving" of all the other Gamespot editors I cared about. I doubt this is the avenue for discussion on that topic so message me if you'd like to read the essay...or watch the hilarious Power Point presentation that accompanied it.

Anywho, I joined this site because I respect what the guys at Giant Bomb are doing. Anyone could have started a new site or created a blog about how crappy life is when you're inappropriately fired after being with a major company for over a dozen years. Instead these guys have built a new, unique site and shown everyone the gears and cogs they put together to run it. Their passion for gaming (or maybe just for game gossip and money) is admirable at the very least. If joining this site helps them in any way, I'm all for it. Maybe one day in the next 10 years, they'll be making blogs as members of my game website.

Thanks for reading and add Keeng on PSN.

Keep it up, GB.

 

P.S. I got a 4.0 in that class.