I've spent the last few days playing RE4 with my girlfriend because she's the type who loves to watch others play videogames. Its pretty cool to have a gf that would rather watch you get exploding shurikens thrown up your ass than drag you off to the mall, and I thank her everyday for it.

As you can read from the title, I am very sick. Its the flu, I believe, unless everyone I care about is lying to me and I am now the host of an alien virus. This would suck greatly, because if I die today I won't live to see tomorrow when Megaman 9 is released, and this would greatly dissapoint me. The chills are over, and now its mostly just head congestion. But I still feel like ****, and I've still got a ways to go.

I'm very glad that my gf made me start playing RE4 over again, because I knew I was going to do so again sometime before RE5's release anyway. RE4 is still one of my favorite games; engaging, fun, and all around awesome. But it also harbors one of my least favorite characters of the gaming world: Ashley Graham. **** I hate you so much Ashley!!! Useless, obnoxious, depressing *****! Why can't you fend for yourself? ***** slap that monk for god's sake! Do something!!!

Ugh...but I love the rest of the game. I'm playing the Wii Edition because I love playing with the ****c Controller and I needed an excuse to have fun with my Wii again (stupid white brick with no recent good games; exept DeBlob). Which leads me to my next conundrum; which system should I get Megaman 9 on? PS3 so I can see the amazing visuals in 1080p? Or on my Wii so I can play it with a pseudo-SNES controller?

I've spent the last few days playing RE4 with my girlfriend because she's the type who loves to watch others play videogames. Its pretty cool to have a gf that would rather watch you get exploding shurikens thrown up your ass than drag you off to the mall, and I thank her everyday for it.

As you can read from the title, I am very sick. Its the flu, I believe, unless everyone I care about is lying to me and I am now the host of an alien virus. This would suck greatly, because if I die today I won't live to see tomorrow when Megaman 9 is released, and this would greatly dissapoint me. The chills are over, and now its mostly just head congestion. But I still feel like ****, and I've still got a ways to go.

I'm very glad that my gf made me start playing RE4 over again, because I knew I was going to do so again sometime before RE5's release anyway. RE4 is still one of my favorite games; engaging, fun, and all around awesome. But it also harbors one of my least favorite characters of the gaming world: Ashley Graham. **** I hate you so much Ashley!!! Useless, obnoxious, depressing *****! Why can't you fend for yourself? ***** slap that monk for god's sake! Do something!!!

Ugh...but I love the rest of the game. I'm playing the Wii Edition because I love playing with the ****c Controller and I needed an excuse to have fun with my Wii again (stupid white brick with no recent good games; exept DeBlob). Which leads me to my next conundrum; which system should I get Megaman 9 on? PS3 so I can see the amazing visuals in 1080p? Or on my Wii so I can play it with a pseudo-SNES controller?

Its been awhile since I've been able to sink my teeth into a really decent RPG (since Atlus' last two 360 titles were absolute **** and that's all that has been available recently), so Disgaea 3 really satisfied my lust for roleplaying blood. If you enjoyed the previous two titles in the series, then you need to buy this game immediatly! Sadly, that's as far as I can reccommend it. If you don't like RPGs or have trouble getting into them, Disgaea 3 will not make you think any differently. And even some RPG gamers will feel like they've played this game before.

Sure the game is a damn good romp, but the story is pretty much a rehash of the original's story. Mao is pretty much Laharl(the main character from the first game), as both must become Overlord of the Underworld, and Raspberyl is really just another Etna. The story is unoriginal, but everything that made the first two Disgaeas cult favorites is back. The strategic gameplay is as addicting as ever, and the silly dialogue and sense of humor are well intact. New abilities and the ability to deal one million damage are some of the neat new additions, but apart from these not much has changed.

One thing that has improved is the level designs, which have added effects to different tiles, so battles are now even crazier as the strategy experience deepens. But the first thing gamers will notice is the unchanged graphics. This game has taken a lot of crap for its last-gen looking graphics, but I couldn't care less. Sure it looks strange watching these little sprites jump around in HD, but its not enough to take you out of the game. The game would have looked nicer with 3D models or even HD sprites, but the current ones won't bother fans.

Like the rest of the series, Disgaea 3 contains hours upon hours of gameplay; possibly up to 100 or more! There's a ton of items, moves, and overall customization to be had here. Fans will bury weeks upon months into this game, but others will probably pass. Disgaea 3 lives up to the series' name in addictive RPG gameplay, but it feels more like an expansion thats strictly for fans. You like Disgaea? Jump right in and have fun! Don't? Then you're better off playing Cabela's Dinosaur Hunter.

Grade: B-

Now that its a day after the conferences and all the dust has settled, I'd like to take a look back on what ranged from fantastic to truly abysmal.

Microsoft's conference took second place in my book for giving a fantastic show that covered ground for some upcoming games. Watching Gears of War 2, Fable 2, and Resident Evil 5 played live on stage was really exciting, and the announcement of Final Fantasy XIII was a huge one. But as far as surprises go, FFXIII was the only one. The rest of the show was spent talking about the new avatars, which look really neat but are clearly blantant rip offs of Nintendo's Miis, and the new dashboard (which looks fatastic).

Sadly, this year Nintendo's conference left a lot to be desired. With an overall lack of good looking games and original IPs missing in action, there just wasn't much here. Animal Crossing: City Folk was honestly the only game that looked fun. The rest of the games were either boring to watch or the skit that tied in with the game was so bad that I had to divert my attention away from the screen (yeah, Wii Music). Wii Sports Resort looks like a cheap way to get the WiiMotion Plus, and I am interested to hear more about Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, but that was as far as my interest could take me. I'd honestly have to say that Nintendo's conference was a failure in my eyes.

And last we had Sony's conference, which I'd have to say was by far the best. With the live demo of Little Big Planet, PS3 price drops, an awesome introduction to Resistance 2, and a teaser for God of War III, Sony had me hooked the whole time. Now that's not to say that everything was perfect (Resistance: Retribution looks like it could use some work), but the rest of the show was very polished. I am also interested in seeing more of the game M.A.G., which boasts 256 player online matches.

Now out of all the games I saw played this year, I'd have to say that my most anticipated would be:

1. Resident Evil 5
2. Killzone 2
3. Resistance 2
4. Fable 2
5. Little Big Planet

I had hoped that this would never come. But it has, and I honestly have nothing to say. Ace Ventura 3, yet another Jim Carrey sequel minus Jim Carrey, is arriving sometime later this year in theaters.

Think about it. Evan Almighty? Son of the Mask? And now this; when will they stop with the Jim Carrey sequels!? Its not like fans were clammoring for this film, especially when they knew that Jim wouldn't be seen within 100 feet of it. Like it or not, its coming. I guess its to punish us for having such a good summer at the movies (kinda like Alvin and the Chipmunks did last year).