So, I finally hit the big 100,000. I have spent countless hours editing the wiki, adding information for various games, writing articles, adding releases, taking pictures, etc., etc., etc. What can I say? I really enjoy adding information to help my favorite video game website become one of the best game resources on the web. And at this rate, it looks like that will be soon. Here are my top ten favorite wiki articles I've worked on, because everyone loves lists.

10. Mario

Funny thing is, here I only wrote the information about all of the spin-offs and other materials. So, if you were the one who wrote all of the information about the main series, great job. There really isn't much else to say here; it's Mario, I wrote the spin-offs section, I got a ton of points, the end.

9. The Legend of Zelda

I still have a ton of work to do with this article, which is why it's number nine here on the list. The only section left to do, though, is that pesky timeline section (which could really use some help). Otherwise, I feel I did a pretty good job (the article was a grammatical mess when I saw it at first).

8. The World Ends With You

The World Ends With You is a game that I only recently picked up. The wiki article was pretty much blank, so I filled it in with everything from character summaries to a development history. Personally, I think I did a pretty good job, but that's up to you to decide. It's pretty generic stuff compared to some of the stuff higher on the list, though.

7. Mother 3

Awesome game means it needs an awesome wiki page. For the longest time, this article was uneditable (I don't think that's a word), but as soon as it was, I got to work on it. Like the The World Ends With You article, this is pretty basic stuff compared to stuff higher up, but it's still a decent article (full plot summary, yay).

6. Command & Conquer Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge

This is the expansion pack to Red Alert 2 (it shows up later on this list), so I naturally played a lot of it when I had Red Alert 2. So, when this wiki article shows up blank, I filled it in with a ton of information, listing all of the units and structures in the game to boot.

5. Beanbean Kingdom

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is up there in my favorite games of all time. The Beanbean Kingdom was an awesome place, filled with different sights and locales. I know a lot about this game, considering how many hours I spent with the game, so I dove into writing an article for the Beanbean Kingdom location page. An hour or so later, you have this article; a cool representation of the location that Superstar Saga takes place in.

4. Final Fantasy VI

Another wiki page that is one of my favorite games of all time. This one is different in that the wiki page was already partially built by the time I got there. So, if you worked on this article, great job, I just built on what was there before, adding a lot of information on gameplay, plot, and character summaries.

3. Capcom

I really like this page for one reason; it put into scope the massiveness of Capcom's gaming library. There is a lot more information I could add about Capcom properties being adapted into other forms of media, but whatever. The one thing I couldn't believe about this article; I got about 200 or 300 alone from adding links.

2. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

The Command & Conquer franchise is one that I have grown up with. So, when I saw that the Red Alert 2 wiki page was empty, I jumped at the chance to write a wiki for it. Now, I have not only written a ton about the plot, gameplay, and faction benefits, but I have also listed every unit and structure in the game, with stats, price, and a brief description. You have no idea how long that took.

1. Chrono Trigger

Okay, honestly, who didn't see this coming? Despite the page's... interesting history (which I won't go into right now), it is the wiki page that I have put the most love and care into, writing everything that I know about the game. Well, not quite (there is more I could add; I want to add a bit to the plot about reviving Crono), but that's beside the point; this page is awesome.


In closing, here's the first article I edited.

I just wrote a review of Burnout Paradise.

Here it is: http://www.giantbomb.com/burnout-paradise/61-5648/user_reviews/?review=8043

Tell me what you think of it.

Probably the Secret of Monkey Island or Sam & Max: Hit the Road.

So this past week I've had a lot of new games to enjoy: The World Ends With You, Elite Beat Agents, Castle Crashers, and Burnout Paradise. I'll start with The World Ends With You, which I have probably been playing the most. I'm not sure how many hours I've racked up, but it has to be around 20 or 30 hours. This game is great. I really got into it about five or six hours in, after I finally caught on (for the most part) to the dual-screen gameplay. I still don't fully get it; it must be impossible to match cards of certain suits in a poker-like minigame while rapidly mashing the D-pad, slashing like crazy at the touch screen, and yelling into the microphone. I finished the game yesterday, probably, and I have to say, the story is absolutely amazing. There were twists at the end that I can say I did not expect at all. Now that I'm done with the game, I'm shocked at the amount of replayability as well, as RPGs usually don't have a great amount of replayability. So, yeah, this game is awesome.

Castle Crashers I bought on Sunday of last week. Actually, my friend logged into my account and bought it. But, whatever, I wanted it anyway. I tried playing through a few missions on my own, but was bored out of my skull, so I hopped online. I was hooked. I now have successfully gathered every achievement except for the two multiplayer ones. I'm definitely going to enjoy this game for a while, as I am pretty decent at it (I almost managed to beat my friend, who is level 80, for the princess). One thing, though, the game is very glitched up at times. My friend and I found a funny glitch while we were playing; if you manage to slash off someone's head, but if they use a potion in the split second before they hit the ground, they survive save for their head. Despite the glitches, this game is really fun.

Burnout Paradise I probably put about 10 hours or so into. I mainly played a lot of Free Roam, smashed through fences, and broke billboards. I did manage to do a few things, like a 2x barrel roll, 20 takedowns in a row, a 360 flatspin, and a couple more. I'm definitely going to have to pick up the toy cars and legendary cars DLC sometime, despite the huge about of people online using these cars. Elite Beat Agents is the game that I probably have played the least this past week. I still completely suck at the game; the only song I can do actually well is Walkie Talkie Man (which is pretty catchy). But whatever, I'm getting better.

All of the demos released on the Xbox Live Marketplace this week have been interesting too. I think the demo I had the most fun with was the Wheelman demo. Honestly, it seems a lot like the craziness of 50 Cent. Meleeing with your car? Check. Spinning completely around and using a pistol to blow up cars? Check. This demo is pretty fun, so I might rent it at least. I did try out the Watchmen demo as well, and I actually found it pretty fun. I definitely would not pay $20 for a game as short as I have been hearing, but if it was more like $10, I might consider buying it. Wanted: Weapons of Fate was another one I tried out. I will not be buying this game. The shooting was so fractured; it seemed like the developers tried to take a lot of ideas from Gears of War, but were not executed as well as Epic Games did it. The adrenaline tricks are pretty cool, though, but this is not a game that I would pay full price for.

Well, the long-teased site update is finally here. I'm really actually liking it, and I haven't ran into many bugs or glitches yet. Here are some quick, bullet-point impressions.

• The profile background seems interesting on paper, but it really could use a little work. It would be nice if the profile page could adjust according to the resolution of my monitor, because otherwise the page stays the same and the image stretches out of the boundaries of the page.
  
• Image uploading is a lot more seamless and easy. I also like the ability to drag and drop images into various galleries (which is easier than going to each individual image).
• The profile page reminds me a lot of GameSpot now. I do like how most of the stuff is on the sidebar and how all of the feed updates are in one easy place.
  
• The menus at the top are a lot smoother and it's easier to get where you want to go.
• Syncing Twitter is a cool option, but who knows how much I'm going to use it.
• The main page is a lot cooler looking now; I like how it shows your friends blogs there, now. One thing that I don't like, however, is how it doesn't show the "most popular" or "highest points" of the day anymore.
  
• I'm not liking the new dark gray on black on the wiki pages (the yellow on black was better).
• The "latest updates" on wiki pages isn't really that accurate (it doesn't really show right after I make a new wiki edit or something).
  

Well, that's about all I can think of right now. I really am liking the redesign; it isn't too big of a change where I would hate it, but it isn't too little where I think of it as the same thing.

So, I finally got around to downloading ScummVM for Mac OS X and got several games. I played through Beneath a Steel Sky, and loved it. I did dislike how there were minor items that were obtained through some complicated process that I never would have guessed, and then these seemingly unimportant items are needed to get past specific areas much later in the game. Despite that, I really enjoyed the storyline (although it did end rather abruptly). With rumors brewing of a new sequel in the works, I'm definitely interested.

I also sold about eight of my old DS games and picked up three new games. Burnout Paradise, which I've been meaning to buy for quite some time, I finally got for the new, reduced price of $20. I quickly grabbed the free DLC, and jumped into Paradise City (I rented the game previously, and had progressed a little in the game). What amazes me is the vast scale of the game. There is literally always something to do on every road; a road rule to break, a time to beat, an event to finish. Most of the cars handle really well, and I can see why it was one of the best games last year.

I also bought two new DS games: The World Ends With You and Elite Beat Agents, both of which I've been meaning to buy for a while. I got The World Ends With You for $30 and Elite Beat Agents for slightly under $10. The gameplay in The World Ends With You has a really steep learning curve, but after catching on, I've begun to love it. The story is also interesting, and the soundtrack is growing on me. Elite Beat Agents is also awesome, and most of the hilarious situations have made me smile.