Welcome to The Haul

I know this might come as a bit of a shock, but I did not gain possession of a single game-related item this week. I suppose I could take pictures of my groceries and the presents I bought for my family members, but that doesn't sound particularly interesting. Instead, I'll just write a real blog.

So I've been a bit absent from your blogs as of late because I've been incredibly busy with school. I'm trying to take my cardiology test before I head home for Christmas, but the difficulty of the material isn't helping. As it currently stands, I'm trying to test on Tuesday (the 23rd) and then I will head to Michigan to see my family. I'm only planing on taking a few days off and then getting back to the grind, so gaming will be nonexistent.

I did start up Fable II a while ago and am now completely enamored with that game. Unfortunately, I've only been able to play twice and probably won't be getting back to it for a couple weeks. Beyond that, I've played a bit of Professor Layton here and there. As I mentioned before, it is an enjoyable game, but I'm not as impressed with it as most reviewers. In between bouts of studying I've managed to get a little StarCraft going. Sometimes my buddies and I go on B.Net (instead of studying) and play a few matches, but mostly I've been working through the single player. I've already beaten it once before, but wanted to brush up on the story and mechanics. I actually finished it for the second time today and played through two missions of Brood War, which I've never beaten before. If you haven't played these games, you owe it to yourself to experience the most well-balanced RTS game in history.

Still reading? If so, then I've got one last thing to mention: I won't be doing any sort of game of the year blog (I can tell you right now that Gears 2 is my GOTY). Instead, I'll be posting up a list of all of the games I've played this year and how long it took me to beat them (if I ever did). Until then...Happy holidays!

`Nick