PRINCE OF PERSISTENCE AND OTHER RELATED UPDATES!

Hello Dear Readers,

I hope you are healthy and well, I have finally took the time to write up a quick blog on what's been going on. Well for those that may have read my previous blog, you may remember that I wrote it in some pain, from weird aches to odd bones clicking here and there. I felt pretty terrible and it only got worse until I at to see my Doctor about it on the Friday. He wasn't exactly sure what was causing the pain but I eventually was given some odd looking tablets to take over a couple of week period to see if it improved. Well thankfully it improved pretty quickly, I'm still sore but generally happier then I was last week. Saturday was by far the worst as I was stuck in bed due to the pain. But anyway, I don't want to talk about that all day. Let's talk about Videogames and my persistence to play these instruments of entertainment. 

I'M THE REAL PRINCE...... THE PRINCE OF PERSISTENCE!

Well I still haven't been able to pick up a copy of Prince of Persia for Xbox 360, with what happened last week I wasn't able to obtain a copy through the usual means so I'm hoping to try and purchase one this weekend. This is frustrating as I've been hearing a lot of good things about the reinvention of the PoP series. I like to think I'm a pretty persistent individual but I easily lose patience on matters of life. So there was part of me wondering if I should just leave Prince of Persia until it came down in price or when it was easily avaliable when I went to the shops or my local supermarket (even though I HATE shopping). But if I'm totally honest with you dear reader, I have a deep seeded need for an experience similar to the one I had with Assassins Creed. I could call myself selfish for thinking such a thing, maybe I have expectations that are simply to high. But I did indeed love Assassins Creed greatly and I do hope I can get the same joy from Ubisoft's newest wall-walking franchise. I know a few friends who have been playing it and it's recieved mix views. Some love it while those who throughally enjoyed the Playstation 2 series (the Prince of Persia trilogy before this new Prince of Persia...... I'm confussed to) believe it to be inferior to the trilogy. I'll have to wait and see how I eventually feel about the game. It's odd, some months ago my interest in the game was tiny, though I think that was partly down to the hundreds of triple A titles getting all the media attention at the times.

There does seem a debate concerning the games 'you'll never actually die'' factor. Many have said the games simply to easy and that's probably correct. Elika will save you from falls most of the time and falls are often the biggest concern for a wall jumping prince so it's a fair critisism. But every gamer is different, and every gamer looks for a different experience and joy when they pick up their controller to play a videogame. Some love the competition, some love the felling they obtain from playing while there are those that simply love the overall experience a videogame can offer. I refer back to Assassins Creed, for many it featured repetitive gameplay, broken swordplay and way to many bugs and I can't deny some of those complaints. It did indeed suffer from bugs but in my own personal opinion it didn't suffer from to much repetition. Repetition was caused partly by the gamer playing, the world was so rich in detail and atmosphere that I often found myself walking around a city within the game in joy of what videogames had become, something more special then any movie could compete against. I felt like part of the time and world in which it was set and it goes down as one of my favourite games in existence. So for me the experience of Prince of Persia is what is important so I've often taken some of the reviews hitting around the web with a pinch of salt. Hopefully I'll be able to get a copy this weekend. I've played some amazing games this year but I haven't had that ''WOW, What a total surprise'' experience this year. I had it twice last year with the superb Eternal Sonata and Assassins Creed. So heres hoping.

OTHER UPDATES THAT MAY INTEREST YOU..... IF YOUR BORED THAT IS!

I will be frank with you, at the moment I don't feel that confortable writing this blog. I'm not sure if it's simply the fact that I'm still hurting a little and my mind is still half in the clouds of the British Countryside and also trying to write this blog. So I apologise if this entry seems a little off. But my mind and general thoughts have been a little everywhere this past week as you may expect. So what else is worth talking about: 

I've been Powering Up Forever!
I totally forgot about this game hitting Xbox LIVE, but it cheered me up to see it on sale. This arcade shooter in the same vain as Geometry Wars and all those classic shooters from the arcade days borrows a lot of what we have already seen on LIVE and PSN. But what a great game it is, it doesn't just look great it also plays brilliantly and as that addictive feel to it that saw me play way to many hours of Geometry Wars 2 this year. I started playing at 10pm last night and didn't realise the time until it was 2am. That's the signs of a good arcade game right there folks and I really recommend you try out the trial at least. The game is on sale for 800 Points which doesn't seem bad at all. It's great fun and will last you a good many hours. I will be doing a full review of this in the near future.

Still have the Rock Band 2 addiction!

Yes, I'm still playing way to many hours of Rock Band 2. So many hours that I needed to buy a brand new set of batteries for my Guitar Hero: World Tour guitar. Strangely throughout the weekend I was eager to play Harmonix's latest creation but was in to much disconfort to do so. That made my weekend even worse. I'm not totally sure how big my catalog is now but it's easily over 400 songs. I downloaded the superb No Doubt 'Singles' DLC this week and it is a fantastic package of brilliant and beauitul songs. No Doubt aren't to everyones tastes but they have some great songs that are fun to play on Rock Band. I still have my wish list of DLC though, I would love to see some Bloc Party, Billy Talent and even some My Chemical Romance (and no I'm not a emo, I throughally enjoyed their Guitar Hero 2 Pack a few years ago). Not to mention some more Tinkle Me Pink would be nice. But we have some country next week and who knows after that. I give HMX credit for offering a large amount of variation in the songs avaliable for the game.

Depression, Here, There and Everywhere!!

The world seems in a state of depression at the moment, yes things are bad economically and we are ''apparently'' destroying the world by using motor vehicles and planes. Not to mention the murder of babies, stabbings throughout the World and we are still using plastic bags when we go shopping despite protests against the use of them. But what's with everything being so bad? News coverage is one of the most depressing things to watch on TV at the moment. No longer is it the shout-fest that is Eastenders. Newscasters have a sense of death about them, they may want to look like beautiful models in front of the screen. But really there creations of the devil, just wanting to tell the World how bad today as got compare to yesterday. I have a real problem with watching TV nowadays, I find it to be one of the most boring and dull sources of entertainment ever. I have to admit a love for Radio, digital Radio to be precise and the fantastic classic comedies still found on them. From Hancock's Half Hour to Just a Minute. Many of the comedy shows on Radio were silly and simple but they also remind me of how great comedy can be. Only ten years ago we were filled with so many great comedies from Red Dwarf to The Fast Show. Not to mention the many others. But today TV doesn't want us to laugh to often, because we are all going to hell for destroying the planet...... apparently!!

Well that's it for now, I apologise if the blog seems off or dull. My mind isn't totally focused yet but I wanted to update it nonetheless. Hopefully I'll be more interesting (and cheerful) next time round for you to enjoy. There are many great bloggers on GiantBomb and I enjoy reading many and to be totally honest I don't think I'd want to read this one if I wasn't me. But hopefully the Christmas cheer with hit me soon enough, that or I'll become a humbug like most years. Though my Cousin is due to have her second child anytime soon and I hope that goes all well, though it's a little worrying so near Christmas, means more presents for the child. Which means more cost for me. But hopefully everything will go well and that will cheer me up a little.

 Anyway, Thanks for Reading and Keep Gaming!
Joseph Bayliss (TrueEnglishGent).