Hey GameSpotters!!

October has come and gone, and here's what happened.

Not much gaming went on, mainly because I've been taking constant breaks from it. It's been mainly music this month. Also, Halloween was awesome!

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GAMES BOUGHT

Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)

GS Score: 9.5 (N64)

My Score: 9.5

GAMES RENTED

Mass Effect (Xbox 360)

GS Score: 8.5 (X360), 9.0 (PC)

My Score: N/A

COLLECTIBLES PURCHASED

Tales of Destiny: Perfect Guidebook, Japanese (Sorry, couldn't find a pic!)

Dissidia Play Arts Vol. 1 - Cloud Strife figurine

PS3 TROPHY PROGRESS

Same as last month, unfortunately. Once I get some more PS3 games, my trophy collection shall sky-rocket up the levels.

X360 ACHIEVEMENT PROGRESS

13 Games, 3435G, 195/582.

(I WILL ONLY LIST THE GAMES THAT I GOT GAMERSCORE FROM THIS MONTH!)

Tales of Vesperia - 405/1000 (5 new)

Mass Effect - 115/1200 (115 new)

Gears of War 2 - 175/1750 (10 new)

Blue Dragon - 50/1000 (5 new)

Banjo-Kazooie - 200/200 (200 new, COMPLETE!)

NEW REVIEWS

Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)

GAME OF THE MONTH

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)

This month has been very nostalgic for me, and I haven't played a newer title in a while now (excluding Dissidia and Vesperia). I thought I'd play some Ocarina of Time to cure my gaming depression, and it worked. Despite the fact that I have played through Ocarina thousands of times, I still love it, and it still partly cures depression. I've always wondered why.

SONG OF THE MONTH

I couldn't come up with just one, so....

From the 1970's: The Battle of Evermore - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)

From the 1980's: Kickstart My Heart - Mötley Crüe (Dr. Feelgood, 1989)

From the 1990's: Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana (In Utero, 1993)

Yet more nostalgia.

DEMO OF THE MONTH

God of War III. I wouldn't mind giving this series a go. I'll most likely purchase the GoW Collection coming out soon.

ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MONTH

Music Maestro, 25G - Banjo-Kazooie

There are 900 musical notes out there in the world of Banjo-Kazooie. Real gamers collect them all...

COLLECTIBLE OF THE MONTH

Cloud Strife figurine. I got it out of a lucky dip. There are 5 figurines in that series that you can get, and you don't know which one is in the box.

There was Warrior of Light, Cloud, Squall, Zidane and Tidus. I got Cloud.

VIRTUAL ITEM OF THE MONTH

Master Sword - Various Zelda games.

HERO OF THE MONTH

Link. I'm sure you don't need a picture of him.

VILLAIN OF THE MONTH

Ganondorf. I'm sure you don't need a picture of this guy either.

PURCHASE OF THE MONTH

Tales of Destiny: Official Guidebook for $5.50.

VIRTUAL BABE OF THE MONTH

Reith - Magna Carta: Tears of Blood

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So that concludes October. I had a great Halloween, and I hope you did too. Have a good November everyone!

ShadowLaguna

http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/dissidiafinalfantasy/player_review.html?id=689206

I apologise for the delay in writing this review. Enjoy!

Due to recent events that have been pretty awesome, here's a brief blog about what has happened in the past weekend.

I went to a party on Saturday, stayed the night at a friend's. That was pretty sweet. Stayed up for about 36 hours straight in the weekend overall, which by that time I decided to crash on Sunday evening, due to school next morning. I swear I had no Mountain Dew at all in the weekend. NONE.

I've also been listening to some pretty sweet music lately, particularly Led Zeppelin. Definitely one of the best bands in music history.

Most recently, I won a bid for a Japanese strategy guide for Tales of Destiny. I won the bid at $5.50!! NZ currency. The artwork in the seller's sample pages tempted me. So, hopefully I shall have some beauty to look at in a few days time, artwork related. Of course it may somewhat help me with ToD when I finally play it (need to get past region-lockout, as I have a Japanese copy of the game too).

And to conclude my randomness, I read a bit on Brütal Legend. A heavy-metal based adventure game? That....rocks! I am downloading the demo as we speak.

Thanks for reading, and have a nice day.

ShadowLaguna

I find it hard to believe that it's been almost 16 days since I last wrote a blog. I think it's because I've had nothing to write about. Nothing's really been going on lately.

I've actually been feeling rather nostalgic lately. I am currently listening to mainly 80's music (particularly metal, which I can never get enough of). The games I've been playing lately are older titles (aside Vesperia and Dissidia, which I don't play too much of at the moment). I recently got Banjo-Kazooie off Live Arcade and got all 200 gamerscore for (yes, I even solved all of the stupid jigsaws in Banjo's house). I am also playing through Ocarina of Time for the *insert big number*th time, after having a big chat about it with a good friend of mine. I may pick out some other older titles sometime, and play them.

My life isn't really worth talking about at the moment. Nothing interesting has really happened. All I can really say is that I'm looking forward to going to Los Angeles for a few days after my final exams finish in November. Hopefully, I'll come across Demon's Souls and Persona on PSP over there (neither have PAL release dates yet). Then, next year will be my final year of high school.

So, yeah. That's all I can really say at the moment. Do any of you have any suggestions for future blogs. Because at the moment I'm feeling really blank, and running out of ideas. I'm thinking maybe more Top 5 blogs.

(Dissidia review will probably be delayed. I've written a fair bit of it, but I'm not really in the new game mood I'm afraid. Thanks for understanding.)

Have a nice day.

ShadowLaguna

Hey GameSpotters!

Here's what I did in September.

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NEW GAMES

BOUGHT

Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PlayStation Portable)

GS Score: 8.5

My Score: 8.5 (may change)

Dash of Destruction (Xbox Live Arcade)

GS Score: N/A

My Score: 2.5

(It was free, and is good for instant gamerscore.)

Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)

GS Score: 7.5

My Score: N/A

Mario Kart (Wii)

GS Score: 8.5

My Score: 8.5

RENTED/BORROWED

Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)

GS Score: 8.5

My Score: 7.5

Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360)

GS Score: 6.5

My Score: 7.5 (may change)

PS3 TROPHY PROGRESS

Level 6 (16%), 216 Trophies (5 new), 1P, 7G, 27S, 181B.

Resistance 2 - 31% (5 new)

Can't be bothered listing other games. Besides, R2 was the only PS3 game that I got trophies for that month.

X360 ACHIEVEMENT PROGRESS

11 Games, 3100G, 174/511.

Blue Dragon - 45/1000 (35 new)

Infinite Undiscovery - 280/1000 (280 new)

Gears of War 2 - 165/1750 (95 new)

Left 4 Dead - 360/1250 (360 new)

Lost Odyssey - 110/1100 (110 new)

Tales of Vesperia - 400/1000 (175 new)

Hexic HD - 50/200 (10 new)

Star Ocean 4 - 310/1000 (190 new)

Dash of Destruction - 190/200 (190 new)

Fable II - 620/1350 (205 new)

Gears of War - 570/1250

NEW REVIEWS

Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (Xbox 360)

GAME OF THE MONTH

Dissidia: Final Fantasy

ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MONTH

A tie, between.

On the Run, 30G - Infinite Undiscovery

Deliver Aya to the village without getting hurt.

(Really frustrating, especially when Capell screams "Cut it out" every time he gets hit by a fireball.)

and...

Burn the Witch, 10G - Left 4 Dead

Light a Witch with a Molotov.

(It was my first L4D achievement, and it just feels awesome!)

TROPHY OF THE MONTH

R.I.P. ****** ********, Gold - Resistance 2

Defeat ********, Complete the Single Player Campaign.

(The reasoning for the covered words is due to the fact that there may be spoilers involved in them. It is after all a secret achievement.)

COLLECTIBLE OF THE MONTH

This.

I got it free for pre-ordering Dissidia.

VIDEO OF THE MONTH

The new Final Fantasy XIII trailer.

SONG OF THE MONTH

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses ( Appetite for Destruction, 1987 )

(BEST. LOVE SONG. EVER!)

VIRTUAL BABE OF THE MONTH

Any female from Infinite Undiscovery.

SURPRISE OF THE MONTH

Star Ocean: The Last Hope International coming to PS3, which got announced as soon as I completed it on Xbox 360. It has a US release too.

DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE MONTH

Resistance 2. At first, I liked it. As I progressed, it got worse. It just didn't click to me. It's a good game, but it just felt like a typical FPS to me. To be honest, I preferred the first one.

DEMO OF THE MONTH

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves multiplayer beta. I'm looking forward to playing the full game.

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So, that's it for September. Come back next month, for my October Monthly Blog. Thanks for reading, and have a nice day.

ShadowLaguna