So its been awhile since I wrote on this space, around two months to be exact. I haven't really been not using the site, I just really haven't had the time in between playing this holiday's awesome games and a increasingly busy social life recently. So stuff I have bought since my last blog and a few quick thoughts on each. Its like 1 in the morning, but I figured I better updated this dusty old blog while I have the chance.

• Castle Crashers- This game just blew my mind. I used to love the brawler genre so much, and the combination of great art, traditional brawler gameplay, and some light RPG elements make this probaly my favorite brawler of all time. Definitely worth the price.
• Midnight Club: LA- Wow, just wow. If you can finish a four minute race through the heavy traffic of LA without wreck once then congrats! You have what it takes to succeed in Midnight Club: LA. That sounded pretty negative, but I enjoy the game quite alot. The car selection is nice and varied, cosmetic customization of the cars is very deep, even though the performance upgrading system is rather generic, and the city of LA just looks amazing, but the insane difficult that even the most dedicated drivers will have trouble winning and the fact that cars don't just handle differently enough (I should be able to tell the difference between how a Lancer Evo and a Mustang GT handle, right?) are what made me abit lukewarm towards this release. Still, its worth a look for hardcore racing fans.
• Far Cry 2- So I bought this on release day and have maybe sunk around 12 hours into it or so, and I'm not even 30% done with the game. I really don't have much to say since I don't feel I have spent enough time with it yet, but if you like great, visceral shooters with some very cool ideas thrown in and don't mind driving for several hours to get to objectives than this game should intrest you.
• DOOM- Yeah, I bought this when I had 400 MS points and 2 hours to kill. I played it once and haven't gone back since. Its definitely a DOOM port. Like you haven't played 50 of those already. I know I have, but this is the definitive port from the 2 hours I spent with it.
• Gears of War 2- I went into this October/November not caring about Gears 2, but around November 5, I had my 'Oh crap! they are totally making another Gears of War game" moment and decided to go buy it on launch day. The single player is a huge improvement over the original, which I felt was very short, and occasionally downright bad. Its a much longer experience, the scripted sequences are far superior to the originals, and they used colors of than gray and brown this time! Multiplayer is a collosal improvement from Gears 1 as well. Maybe its just because I got into Gears 1 online very late, and by then everyone else was way too good for me, but this just feels more streamlined and balanced since weapons other than the shotgun and chainsaw do damage.
• I bought COD: World at War a few days ago. I'm going to write something more in-depth about that after I've spent more time with it, but I'm having loads of fun with it so far.

Dude, you won that Zune? Awesome. Congratulations.
I definitely agree Gears of War 2's single player is superior to the original, though I haven't messed around with the multiplayer enough to comment on it. Maybe I really should fork out the $15 and get Castle Crashers. Everyone says it's one of the best downloadable games of the year. I still gotta get my hands on Far Cry 2 and COD: World at War, but my 360 has been acting up and looks like it might need to be replaced. When it is working, however, I've really been having a great time with Banjo: Nuts & Bolts. It didn't make the greatest first impression, but now I just can't seem to get enough of it.

congrats on the win!!

Lucky. I sunk hours upon hours to get the 3,000 more points I needed to qualify. DAMN YOU, STATISTICS, I NEVER DID LIKE YOU ANYWAY!

I'm glad the Zune went to someone who... likes Homestar.

Guero, Castle Crashers is a amazing game for 15 dollars. I've played through it at least three times, and still haven't gotten bored of it. I'm down to my last $70 bucks and don't know what to buy. Banjo or Prince of Persia

Congrats on getting the Zune. I made like 2 edits and then decided it wasn't worth it.

Thanks, I decided at the last second that I was going to try to get 5000. I had like 3500 and spent maybe 6 hours editing getting the rest. It wasn't awful, and I'm glad I won it. I probaly won't use it much though, since I'm getting a Ipod touch for christmas, but I'm sure it will be good for a back-up player

You won the Zune right, congrats.