I blame InFamous for my new found addiction to trophy hunting. It started as an excuse to play more InFamous.

Well I got it, played it, finished it, played multiplayer, won trophies, killed red eyes,

and loved every moment

happy gamin' peeps

Well thats one God of War down. I'd forgotten how chalenging these games could be. Well with one God down I've already started the second game, I've just killed Mr. Hammer (to avoid spoilers everything is by code name), and have made my way to the second temple on this odd little island.

I attempted to get Killzone 2 yesterday, every store but Target was sold out, and Target was selling theirs for $10 (AU) more than the other stores, which unfortunately put it out of my price range. I'm also trying to find a good PC game to waste time on, I'm looking into Empire: Total War, it's been awhile since I played a total war game (Shogun: Total War being the last), and I'm sorta in the mood for some historical combat.

I'm attempting to save some money for the inevitable release of Prototype and InFamous, which are so close I can practically taste them, along with good ol' batsy in Arkham Asylum. To be honest there seems to be a bit of an action adventure trend running through some of the more desirable upcoming releases.

Still playing SFIV and am still enraged by how hard the game can be, my main problem is how broad the concept of "same skill" pairing is, I have entered in lobbies that claim to be for same skill players, only to find that the person I'm playing has over 5'000 battle points, as opposed to my 600 something. On a lighter note I unlocked all the characters, Gouken is quite the awesome character, though thanks to his incredible lack of a jump counter other than the most well timed Whirlwind Kick in existance, he tends to fall just short of his brother Akuma (or Gouki for the asian readers). I have also learned that Seth sucks, both to fight and to fight as.

Anyway, happy gaming and make sure to watch this space after the 18th, cause I'm going to the Melbourne Animania festivel.

Rejoice, for I have SFIV, and along with the entire MGS series I have enshrined it as a god. Seriously, this is the most well balanced fighting game I've ever played and also the most challenging. Online battles are great, the challenge modes are fantastic way to hone your skills and though the opening and ending anime films for the characters could be a little more revealing to the story, the arcade mode is fantastic. All this is far outdone by the sheer prescnece of the graphic and artistic design, the characters all look like they've been hand-drawn by the most skilled manga artists in the world, and though they look like cartoon characters, they all carry an air of realism in their over muscled frames. the controls are tight and it's immensly satisfying to pull off an ultra combo finiisher, and very fun to watch one in progress, this is one of those games that is very hard to get tired of. The only thing I wish is that people would stop playing as Akuma and Ken online, seriously it's annoying.

Anyway, I've decided to play through God of War 1 and 2 to brush up on my greek god killing skills for the upcoming final installment, and though it is a ways off, I'm still pumped to get to the new powers and killing weapons that Kratos will have.

Looking at some great new GDC announcments, mostly that of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, also very very excited for Batman: Arkham Asylum and Infamous, the hints of Hideo Kojima's new project served as the highlight though, that man could puke in box and make it the most riveting experiance of your life.

Saving up for Killzone 2, hopeful to have that in a few weeks, I'm also considering dropping Res Evil 5, simply because I don't know the story of Redfield well enough.

Anyway, happy gaming and for all my fellow Aussie's, not long now till the holidays

well 2009 certainly has started with a bang. Already my confidence is soaring that this will be another great year in gaming. Sure the recession is hitting the games industry, but I'm sure we can all pull through. The releases of Street Fighter 4 and Dawn of War 2 have given me hope for the future. Though SFIV still eludes me, for lack of time and money more than anyhting else, I can safely say Dawn of War 2 is a blast, I'll be sure to write a review of it soon. DoW2 seems to me like it could be a shot in the arm to the RTS genre, something that pulls it up and could possibly even cause an evolution that see's devs taking more chances. Killzone 2 is another game that I must pick up, and Resident Evil 5, I still need to play some of the older resident evil games so I know whats actually going on, but I get the jist of it. Chris good, Las Plagas bad, guns good, Umbrella and T-/G-virus bad, Wesker awesome. I seem to have started playing a lot of old PS2 games again, I'm currently playing through MGS3 after just completing Kessen 3 MGS3 is much harder than I remember.

Thats all the gaming talk I can think of now, happy gaming