About a year ago i set myself a target of a certain number of games ( a dozen ) to complete before i bought myself an Xbox 360 or PS3 ...

Well the day has finally come .. i'm ALMOST finished on my 12th game .. tomb raider Anniversary.

I say almost becuase the game crashed just before the end .. so now i've got to replay a section. But hey .. it's still pretty good going ... and i'm pround that even though i bought a 360 6 months ago and have completed 6 games on that machine i'm not counting those towards my list.

Now the problem remainds that i've still promised to finish another 5 last gen games before i get a PS3 .. and i'm still no better off than i was before as i've got a list as long as my arm to get through

This time however i'm very likely to stick to my word .. after all it's not like there is a big difference between the 360 and the ps3.

so now time to have a think and decide what those 5 games should be .. Hmmm while i make up my mind .. think i'll have a go at bioshock and GTA4

It's great to have so many games .. now if only i had the time !!

Sorry ... Just had to chip in my 2pence worth on the debate surrounding the "the objectification of women" and "fat-bashing" with of all games Fat Princess

FUNNIEST THING I'VE HEARD IN AGES !!!

for those of you who have not read anything about this you can read Danny O'Dwyer's Blog post or the original spark and now very well read Feminist Gamer Blog

I have only one thing to add .. would anyone see this as anything except for funny if it was say a simpsons game .. where each player gets to roll around Homer ? One better would the writer of the blog care if it was a game called Fat King ?

Of Course not !

These sorts of "people are so insensitive" type of cries are just so small minded ... and diversive !

Much like people who get up in arms about Res Evil 5

... what these people want to do is remind you that there is a difference between men and women ... between black and white .... and the simple truth is the quicker people get it into their heads that there isn't a difference then the quicker we can all just get along

but to the writer of that blog i have only one thing to say. Get off your high horse and think of this as any child / family friendly animated movie / cartoon... it's not designed to insult or ridicule anyone ... it's your cynicism that sees these things ... it's you that's causing the problem.

Oh my god ... i thought i only had 2 games left to fulfill my promise of finishing 12 games before i went next gen !

I've just got to the end of vice city storires so thought i was down to my final game .. when shock horror .. i realise ... it's 4 !!

so I'm still left with 3 games to finish.... And i bought another 4 xbox games so really i should add at least 2 more titles to the list !!

That said i've been playing a fair bit of Outrun 2 .. and for £2.50 ( $5 ) i think i've got my moneys worht out of it ... and i've only gone and bought another 3 games on 360 .. so the cycle of buying too many games has started again !!

I'm thinking that a couple of the games i finish from last gen will now be emulated through my 360 so i'm currently looking at finishing

Simpsons Hit & Run

Unreal championship 2

Metal arms : glitch in the system

Second Sight

Psi ops

.... and then still on PS2

Bully ( or C.C.E in the UK )

Okami

at least one God of War game

... i've got to say at this rate i don't think i should be buying a PS3 in 2009 either !!!

So .. new rule .. no PS3 until i finish a least 12 Last gen games !!

Yesterday i bought an HD-DVD drive for my 360

Now i know that the format is dead in the water and that there will be no future releases onto what will surely become for most people a very expensive paperweight. However this is my story and the reason i'm playing vulture to Toshiba's ill fated format.

1> firstly the drive cost me £25 ($50) including 2 films

2> the drive comes with the Xbox Remote control

3> web sites are shifting their HD-dvd disks out the door for £5 ($10)

4> I won't be buying a PS3 until 2009)

5> there is a good selection of high quality films availiable for it ... not to mention Heroes season 1

these three things combined i thought to myself it's such a small price to pay for a little bit of history... or at least it was .. i've gone quite mad and started ordering disks left right and centre and then realising how crazy i'd gone and cancelling half of the orders .... in a matter of clicks i've built up a collection of disk that would quite frankly shame the average Blu-ray owner. so far i've spent about £60 ($120) and amassed a collection of 9 films .. but there are so many more titles i'm tempted to spend money on ... so far i've been quite good and only duplicated films i already own with 2 of my favorite films.

so where do i go from here , there is a part of me that's tempted to buy films that i wouldn't buy if the format wasn't dead (superman returns springs to mind ) and films i already own just so that i can get the 'HD' experience ( like the Matrix trilogy ) however ... i think i will simply settle for a collection of 15 odd films and be thankful that i've bought myself a nice little stop-gap to ease me into the world of HD movies before i buy a PS3 next year

Ok .. i'll admit it ... i broke my promise and with 4 games still left to finish i bought a 360 pro

Now in my defence it was an absolute bargain !!!

all brand new

360 pro , 2 wireless controllers and 4 games for £176 !

( basically the best deal a shop could do with an extra 10% off from the nice people that do my credit card )

add in 2 more games pre-owned for £5 each and i've got a fairly nice setup !! And when i get round to having some MS points i'm going to buy the worlds greatest game ... SWOS.

but .. i'm still determined to finish 4 more last gen games !

and i will do before i play anything of substance on my 360 .. so for a little while .. no mass effect , no bioshock , no GTA4 !

AND ... i'll now have to stick to another agreement i've made that i won't buy more than 1 console in any given year !

so no PS3 for my till 2009 !!

... the big problem for me then is do i really want to buy a Wii in 2010 when i think it looks too dated right here, right now ?

Oh well .. that looks like another promise on shakey ground !!