Today I have finished ordering all of the parts needed to bring my creation to life!!! ~(thank you ebay)

My Helghast costume for ACen is ready to go and I'm quite happy with the outcome. Let it be known now that I am poor and do not have a lot of money to play with. So this is a good example of a "poor man's" version of the Helghast Stormtrooper for Killzone.

I will now go through all the parts I bought today to finish my work:

And now, with a little help from my friend Photoshop. I can now give you a good Idea what it will a look like when I put it all together.

Pretty cool huh...

But lets not stop here. Lets add everything els to it. Given I already have knee/elbow pads, and gloves.

Let see the FULL BODY!!! NOTE: Colors Might be off from final costume...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO, It looks good eh...

Let now do a little comparison:

Can't get any closer than that without spending 100's of dollars.

And just for giggles and because it was bored, lets put my guy into the game!

Well thats all for me today. When I get the stuff in the mail in about a week, I will post pics of the final rendition of my costume.

For info on The ACen Expo (Anime Central), visit their site here and check out the pictures from the past years.

NOTE: If I didn't play the game, it's not nominated for anything. So before all the Wii sheep out there start bash the fact I hardly have anything nintendo is because I never owned a wii. Also, not much came out for wii last year either, or at least nothing award worthy.

Game of the year:

winner: Metal Gear Solid 4 - Guns of the Patriots

runner ups:

- Fallout 3
- Lost Odyssey
- Fable 2

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Arcade Game of the Year:

winner: Mega Man 9

runner ups:

- Castle Crashers
- Braid
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix

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Console of the Year:

winner: Xbox 360

runner ups:

- Playstation 3
- Wii
- PSP

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Stinker of the Year:

winner: Mercenaries 2

runner ups:

- Mk vs DC
- Haze
- Fracture

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Best Xbox 360 Game:

winner: Gears of War 2

runner ups:

- Fable 2
- Lost Odyssey
- Tales of Vesperia

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Best Playstation 3 Game:

winner: Metal Gear Solid 4

runner ups:

- Little Big Planet
- Resistence 2
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
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Best Wii Game:

winner: No More Heros

runner ups:

- Super Smash Brother Brawl
- Da Blob
- Mario Kart Wii

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Best Graphics:

winner: Gears of War 2

runner ups:

- Metal Gear Solid 4
- Fable 2
- Lost Odyssey

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Best Art Direction:

winner: Fable 2

runner ups:

- Braid
- Gears Of war 2
- Tales of Vesperia

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Most Improved Sequal:

winner: Fable 2

runner ups:

- Saints Row 2
- Resistence 2
- Need for Speed Undercover

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Weapon of the Year:

winner: Metal Gear Rex - MGS4

runner ups:

- Bromok - Gears of War 2
- Fat man - Fallout 3
- M1 garand - Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
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Best shooter:

winner: Gears of War 2

runner ups:

- Left For Dead
- Battlefield - Bad Company
- Resistance 2

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Best Fighting Game:

winner: Soul Calibur 4

runner ups:

- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
- Super Street Fighter 2: HD Remix
- Dragonball Z: Burst Limit

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Best Platform Game:

winner: Banjo/Kazooie - Nutz and Boltz

runner ups:

- Mega Man 9
- Braid
- Little Big Planet

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Best RPG:

winner: Fallout 3

runner ups:

- Lost Odyssey
- Fable 2
- Tales of Vespiera

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Best Racing Game:

winner: Burnout Paradise

runner ups:

- Pure
- Mario Kart Wii
- Grid
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Best Survival Horror:

winner: Dead Space

runner ups:

- Condemned 2 - Bloodshot
- Silent Hill Homecoming
- Alone in the Dark

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Best Rhythm Game:

winner: Rock Band 2

runner ups:

- Guitar Hero World Tour
- AC/DC Live - Rock Band Track Pack
- Guitar Hero - Aerosmith

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Best Boss Battle:

winner: Metal Gear Rex vs. Metal Gear Ray - MGS4

runner ups:

- Sky scraper helicopter assault - Saint's Row 2
- Screaming Mantis - MGS4
- Gaint Worm - Gears of War 2

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Best Strategy Game:

winner: Command & Conquer - Red Alert 3

runner ups:

- Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
- Civilization Revolution
- Spore

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Best new IP:

winner: Mirrors Edge

runner ups:

- Little Big Planet
- Dead Space
- Left for Dead

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Best Action Game:

winner: Star Wars - The Force Unleashed

runner ups:

- Metal Gear solid 4 - Guns of the Patriots
- Ninja Gaiden 2
- Grand theft Auto 4

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Best Sandbox Game:

winner: Saints Row 2

runner ups:

- Grand Theft Auto 4
- The Incredible Hulk
- Spiderman - Web of Shadows

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Best Overall Soundtrack:

winner: Lost Odyssey

runner ups:

- Fable 2
- Metal Gear Solid 4
- Mega Man 9

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Best Song:

winner: Fable 2 Main Theme

runner ups:

- Lost Odyssey Main Theme
- Old Snake Theme - Metal Gear Solid 4
- CONCRETE JUNGLE [CONCRETE MAN STAGE] - Mega Man 9

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Best Story:

winner: Metal Gear Solid 4

runner ups:

- Fable 2
- Lost Odyssey
- Brothers on Arms: Hell's Highway

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Boom Headshot Award 2008

winner: Brothers in Arms - Hell's Highway

runner ups:

- Fallout 3
- Gears of War 2
- Fable 2
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Best Cut Scenes:

winner: Metal Gear Solid 4 - GUns of the Patriots

runner ups:

- Grand theft Auto 4
- Star Wars - The Force Unleashed
- Lost Odyssey

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Do to recent events, I have decided to cancle my TA subscription here on Gamespot.

Go to www.giantbomb.com , The REAL Gamespot! Runned by Ryan Davis and Jeff Gertsman.

Long time GS editor and On the Spot host Jeff Gertsman was fired because of his video review for Kane & Lynch.

Some rumors are going around that Eidos was not too happy with Jeff's tone in the review and believe that he was out of line with some of the things he said.

With Eidos have a lot of advertising dollars going into the Gamespot site right now (look everywhere, K&L banners are everywhere on this site), it is becoming apparent that Eidos had some influence over Jeff termination. Not only this, but now some are speculating that it goes even deeper than that.

People are starting to accuse Cnet/Gamespot for having game publishers and advertisers influence their reviews. That is pretty serious. If this turns out to be the case, CNET and Gamespot will lose every ounce of credibility and the possibility of account cancellations.

I for one, will be leaving this site if this is to be the case.

*UPDATE*

Here is the main dicussion board about this matter: http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26072117&page=59

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