Wondering what everyone will want this Christmas ? If i had a choice of a material object i guess it would be new tires for my truck. I seriously doubtSanta will buy me $1200.00 dollars worth of 4x4 mud terrain tires ? As for a game of choice i know everyone here will want at least one game on their Xmas list so what will yours be ? For me it shall be Left for Dead 2 or borderlands or a used copy of the new Transformers. I would really luv a great racing game but i don't see any out that fit my style. I like Midnight racing style games, where you can roam.
What are your xmas game choices ?
(And the users who ignore them.)
A while back I wrote a blog entry on the correlation (or lack thereof) between review scores of games on the three consoles of this generation and the sales of their games. Although this was all well and good, there was one thing that this did not really provide to the reader: namely, relevance to the ultimate purpose of gaming, that being entertainment. Judging by the fact that user scores did not correlate very strongly with sales either, we can reasonably conclude that it is probably not the case that greater sales of a game necessarily imply a greater degree to which those who purchased it enjoyed it. In other words, the mere fact that many people bought a game - often against the advice of reviewers everywhere - doesn't necessarily mean that they had fun playing it.
Indeed, probably one of my greatest mistakes when writing that entry was the unjustifiably rosy conclusion that I inserted, in which I said that people were buying games that they want to play when they ignore reviews. I was called on that statement in the comments section, and those who did so were absolutely right: the evidence I presented did not at all support that statement at all, and I was wrong in making it. It might have been more accurate to say that people are buying games that they think they want to play. There was, after all, no strong correlation between user reviews and sales, either.
But nonetheless, the results of that study do raise a rather pertinent question: If people ignore the reviews of a game that they buy, is that likely to be a good idea? Are they likely to be vindicated, or will they instead probably curse the fact that they didn't listen to the reviewers? To what extent ought people trust a review, if they are unsure whether or not they will enjoy a game? How often do players in general and critics agree, and where do they agree? These are all questions that I intend to investigate within the bounds of this article.
To begin with, I went mining for data once again at Metacritic and at GameSpot. This time around, I concerned myself with two points of data per game: the Metacritic average and the GameSpot user average. The former I used to gauge the general feel of the critics for a game, and the latter I used to gauge the general feel of the masses for a game. To ensure that the overall score could not be influenced too much by one single person, I filtered out all of the games that did not have at least ten reviews both by critics and by users.
People will surely tell me that this is an inexact way of doing things, especially the GameSpot user average (it being a self-selected sample), and on this point they would be correct. Nonetheless, given that the question posed above concerns itself with those who bought a game, not all those who were uninterested in it from the start, I feel that this is a good enough metric to use with which to examine the question.
Once I had my data, I next separated games into a number of categories. A well-received game was one where both critics and users gave it an average score of at least 8.0 (e.g., Metal Gear Solid 4 got a 9.3 from critics and a 9.4 from users). An average game was one where both critics and users gave it an average score of at least 7.0, but less than 8.0 (e.g., Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe got a 7.5 from critics and a 7.8 from users). And a poorly received game was one where both critics and users gave it an average score of less than 7.0 (e.g., Wii Play got a 5.8 from critics and a 6.4 from users).*
Astute readers will notice, however, that all three of these designations are ones where the critics and users agreed, on average, on the overall quality of the game. I also made two additional designations: a user-favored game was one where critics' overall assessment of it was one level less than the users' (e.g., critics thought it average while users thought it well-received), and where the users' average score was at least 0.5 points higher than the critics' average score (e.g., Spectrobes got a 6.3 from critics and a 7.5 from users). A user favorite game was one where critics thought it poorly received, but users thought it well-received (e.g., Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology got a 6.6 from critics and an 8.3 from users).
One could also invent the designations of "critic-favored game" and "critic favorite game", but these proved to be utterly nonexistent: out of the hundreds of reviews I sifted through, in no case did critics ever review a game significantly higher than users did. So I will not include these designations for consideration.
Finally, I denote that the users agree with the critics when the average critic score is within 0.5 points of the average user score. The percent agreement for a given console is the percentage of time this is the case for the games on that console.
Note that all of these designations are completely arbitrary - one could alter them to get slightly different results. I assert that they are reasonable, however: the range of 7.0-7.9 is indeed a roughly average score for a video game, and GameSpot presents an increment of 0.5 points as the smallest tangible differentiator between two games. Both of these facts I have effectively used verbatim in this article.
Now that we have both the data and the terminology in place, we can analyze the makeup of the libraries of each of the three current-gen consoles and the two current-gen handhelds:
PS3
Well-received: 42%
Average: 23%
Poorly received: 15%
User-favored: 18%
User favorite: 2%
% agreement: 67%
Xbox 360
Well-received: 32%
Average: 21%
Poorly received: 22%
User-favored: 23%
User favorite: 1%
% agreement: 56%
Wii
Well-received: 23%
Average: 18%
Poorly received: 23%
User-favored: 31%
User favorite: 3%
% agreement: 41%
DS
Well-received: 28%
Average: 18%
Poorly received: 16%
User-favored: 30%
User favorite: 8%
% agreement: 40%
PSP
Well-received: 24%
Average: 9%
Poorly received: 9%
User-favored: 51%
User favorite: 7%
% agreement: 24%
(Note that these may not add to 100% due to rounding.)
At face value, the Wii's detractors would seem to be vindicated at least somewhat: in terms of percentages, the PS3 does, in fact, have almost twice as many well-received games as the Wii, and the Wii does indeed have more poorly received games than the PS3 (with the Xbox 360 in the middle in both cases). However, if you take a second look, the picture becomes less clear: the Wii, in turn, also has almost twice as many user-favored games than the PS3. In fact, both sides in System Wars appear to be right to a certain extent: while it appears to be the case that the Wii does indeed have worse games than the PS3 and Xbox 360 on average, it also appears to be the case that critics reviewing Wii games do, in fact, not seem to quite "get it" to the same degree that critics reviewing games for the other consoles do. In a blog entry a while back where I discussed reviewer bias, it was suggested in the comments section that perhaps all reviewers were biased in the same direction. I said at the time that I did not know how one would gain evidence for this assertion, but perhaps the above might actually qualify, although I say this only as a passing musing that I imagine may well not stand up to serious scrutiny.
Interestingly enough, however, the biggest rebels of the consoles' and handhelds' userbase were not the Wii gamers, but in fact the PSP gamers. Fully 58% of PSP games were rated significantly higher by the users than by critics, and on only 24% of PSP games - that's less than a quarter! - did users agree with the critics' precise assessment of the games. This came as quite the surprise to me, but there it is. I won't claim to understand why this is the case - users are free and invited to venture their own theories if they have them.
But back to the question at the beginning. Based on this data, what can we say with respect to the question of whether or not people are liable to regret it if they don't listen to the critics when buying a game? Well, we can more or less say "it depends".
On consoles, it would certainly seem to be the case that the critics are more in line with the users on the PS3 than the users on the Wii. In 80% of cases PS3 users agreed with the critics' rough evaluation of the game (well-received, average, poorly received), and users agreed with the critics' precise score 67% of the time. On the Wii, on the other hand, in only 64% of cases did Wii users agree with the critics' rough evaluation of the game, and users agreed with the critics' precise score only 41% of the time. On the PS3, in only 20% of cases did users score a game significantly higher than the critics, whereas on the Wii that figure rises to 34%. In other words, on the Wii, over 1 out of every 3 games released is received significantly better by the users than by critics, whereas on the PS3 it's only 1 out of every 5 games.
On the other hand, however, on both consoles it was far from a majority of cases where users broke from the critics in terms of liking a game significantly more.
On the handheld side, the picture is much bleaker for critics - the DS looks much like the Wii, except for having more games well-received by both parties and fewer games poorly received by both parties, and the PSP is just off in its own little world, with users in agreement with critics' rough evaluation of a game only 42% of the time, and rating games significantly higher 58% of the time - well over a majority of cases.
So what should we conclude? Well, the conclusion should come as no surprise to one who is a savvy buyer of video games: reviews are generally not useless, but at the same time they are most certainly not the be-all and end-all authority of quality. People will very likely find it useful to read the review just to learn the bare facts of what is in the game at least as much as to listen to the reviewer's subjective opinion of what is in the game. Those whose main console is the PS3 are the most likely to find that their subjective assessment of a game is in line with the critics', while those whose main console is the Wii are the least likely. Those whose main handheld is the PSP should probably just completely ignore review scores, as in this case they actually do appear to be almost useless in terms of predicting whether or not the reader will agree with the critics' assessment of the game being reviewed.
I know that this almost certainly will not stop those who consider an 8.5 on a single site to be a flop while considering a 9.0 on that site to be pure AAA gold. But there it is, and I hope at least someone can make use of it. And, of course, if you've already got a scheme that works perfectly for you, don't let me tell you otherwise.
*Note that this is not quite precisely true, but I didn't want to take up even more space to enunciate the precise definition since it is not entirely straightforward. To be completely precise, a game is considered well-received, average, or poorly received if both critics and users rate it with that score, or if the critics rate it with that score and the users' rating is less than 0.5 points away. For example, a game that the critics rate as 8.1 and the users rate as 7.9 will still be considered well-received. This is to avoid the oddity of having percentages not add up to 100% since, for a game to be user-favored, there must be at least a 0.5-point difference between the scores.
The worest thing happened to me today. I'm a bad public speaker but there was a group project the whole today. So when it was my turn to present i was really nervous through the whole thing. The teacher, at the end of class, he said everyone did a great job except for one person. Then he called out my name and i got really embarrassed and i wanted to dissappear. Everyone in the class thought that was messed up. I tried to laugh but my voice cracked and i started to cry. One of my group members said it was okay and patted me on the shoulder another said that was mean and told me it was okay. I just nodded and looked down and covered my face with my hands another group member told me to come with him outside and that the teacher was being a butt and not to pay attention to him. So i washed my face and another group member came in and she told me it was okay not to cry that he was being a butt then when we went back they told me not to leave after class cuz they where going to make him apologize to me. And he did he said it was supposed to be a joke that he didn't mean to hurt my feelings but he didn't want me to leave the classroom crying. He told me i made him feel bad...
That was my worest class day ever and it was only one class today and no friends to talk to. Can you believe he did that?
I'm glad he said sorry tho.
Come, take a stroll with me through my day yesterday………. But first, a little background to set things up.
Last week Monday, we had Comcast come out to the hose to swap out a digital box, for a full HD box. When the tech got there, I brought him to the TV was that was getting the new box, and within about 4 minutes he had done the swap. However, the new HD box would not turn on, and, of course, this was the ONLY HD box he had on the truck.
After a 1.5 hr round trip to the Comcast service center, the tech came back with a new HD box and did the swap…. YES! Everything worked………. So we thought.
We did not realize (until too late) that the OnDemand feature, and a few of the premium movie channels did not work. So this past Saturday we spent a few minutes (more like 35) on the phone with the geniuses over at Comcast while they tried to "PING" the box in hopes of getting it to work properly. No luck, the box just would not work. SOOOOO… we had to set up another appt for them to come out.
Fast forward…..
Tuesday:
Saturday before we hung up, we set a new appt for Tuesday between 10:00am, and 1:00pm. You know, because they can only give you a 4 hr window.
10:00am rolls around… 11:00am passes, 11:45 I leave my home office to go check on the painters downstairs. I come back into my home office at 11:47 (yes, a grand total of 2 minutes had passed) and I noticed that I missed a phone call on my cell (we do not have a landline phone, have not had one for 7 years)
Turns out it had been comcast calling to confirm our appt for 10:00—1:00, (remember it's already 11:45) OH.. one other thing, they called and confirmed this appt THREE times between Saturday night and Monday night.
Any way, I retrieve my voice mail that was left no more than 2 minutes ago, and to my SHOCK.. the voice mail says " Hi, this is (blah blah blah) With Comcast, I was calling to confirm you appt for today, but since you did not answer the phone we will consider you not there, and have canceled your appt. Please call us back to reschedule."
I'm sorry WhAT? This is where the fun starts….
Right away I call them back, but of course sit on hold for almost 15 minutes before I get Einstein on the phone.
ME : Hi, I am calling about an appt I had for today, that I was just told has been canceled because I missed your phone call.
Comcast: Yes sir, I see that at 11:46 we tried to contact you, and because there was no answer, the appt has been canceled, would you like to reschedule that?
ME: Ummm no, I would like for the tech to come out during the time frame I was give for today :10:00 – 1:00.
Comcast: I'm sorry sir, but the tech has already been rescheduled to another customer.
Me: So let me get this straight. You (Comcast) called us THREE times between Saturday and last night to confirm this appt, and because I had to walk away for 2 minutes to check on something my appt is canceled?
Comcast: That is correct.
Me: I called you back within 2 minutes of that voice mail, sat on hold for another 15…
Comcast: Sir, you should have answered your phone.
ME: Oooo k, SO.. if I had to really use the washroom, or was on a business call, I don't get a chance to call you back to say "YES I AM HERE"
Comcast: I see your point, let me see if someone from the tech scheduling dept can give you a call back.
ME: Thank you, I will be waiting for your call.
45 minutes go by…. Time to call back. I will shorten up this conversation for you.
ME: Hi JOE at Comcast… please look up my account, and hand me over to a Manager.
Comcast: Yes sir, I see the notes, and understand you need to speak with a manager.
Me: Thank you
Comcast: Please hold.
25 minutes go by, nobody picks up……
THIRD CALL BACK.
ME.: blah blah blah blah (as I explain the whole thing AGAIN)
Comcast: WOW.. I really feel your pain, and understand.. this really was not fair to you.
ME: Thank you, now, how will we get this done today.
Comcast: well…. I can try my best to use some backdoors to the tech dept, but they will probably just make you reschedule.
Me: Tim…., just so you understand, if I reschedule this appt that Comcast confirmed THREE TIMES, the next guy coming out will be Verizon to hook up FiOS.
Tim: I understand.
The tech was at my door 23 minutes later. AND… the box did not even need to be swapped, just PINGED correctly from their end.
Comcast lives in my house to see another day.
I normally refrain from talking about PC titles because quite frankly I have a serious lack of PC gamers on my friends list (shame on all of you!) so it'll likely be received with little interest but recently I've had a crazy desire to play some classics. I normally go through this phase sometime during the year. It's one of the reasons why I enjoyed Retro Revival Week from back in the day on Gamespot. As it turns out, I found out that my Acer Netbook works as a great retro machine due to the 1024x600 resolution and the portability (thank you China for my 9 cell battery *_* ).
Right now I'm getting into Baldur's Gate II, everyone keeps mentioning how Dragon Age Origin's is its spiritual successor and one of my all time guilty sins (aside from never finishing a single Mario game) is never having played Baldur's Gate II which is unacceptable being the huge RPG aficionado that I like to claim to be.
is it me or does this portrait look surprisingly like Vin Deasel?
On the TV side if things, I just finished watching the latest episode of Dexter. I can only sum it up with a HOLY SH#$%T! I didn't see that one coming , probably the best television episode I've seen this year (or should I say online) Any Dexter fans out there?
On December 2, I turn 20. I'm no longer a teenager, I still play video games and will continue to do so for as long as they provide me the entertainment. Birthdays aren't really that exciting anymore, mainly because I can afford to buy the stuff I want now. However, I guess you can't complain about the cake.
Gaming-wise, I've been playing 1 vs. 100 and been doing fairly well. I've just got one achievement left in it but I have to wait until a live event comes up to get it. I have also done all of spec-ops and the campaign 100% in Modern Warfare 2, which has given me my most recent 1000 gamerscore. Now, my focus is on Assassin's Creed II. It's very enjoyable so far and varied compared to the previous.
If you'd like to read my review on it, without giving too much detail, then please check out my contribution to AndyWilliam24's Gamer Euphoria website, that you are welcome to become apart of. I have this week off and plan to make good use of my time, through the means of video games, although I'll try to get out once in a while. 
I got a new game. who me a new game....i still play games people just not as much. I picked up a copy of Left 4 dead 2.
But that's not the point of this blog have you heard the awesome song in it. it's epic want to hear it clck this.
As you may recall in my last article i mentioned my impressions of Modern Warfare 2. First impressions after playing for an hour were great, and after spending more time (8 hours or so) with the game the impressions are even better.
Firstly the amount of weapons, attachments, and perks is just astonishing. There are so many options and there is no doubt that this adds so much more to the gameplay. The maps also are full fo variety, but genrally the maps are not as good as the ones in call of duty 4. There are certain maps here that apply to certain weapons, and if you have the wrong weapon for a map it can be very crippling.
Multiplayer has still been the only aspect of the game ive touched. I have mainly been playing team deathmatch because simply it is so much fun, but I also tried out some other modes. Mosh Pit is a new mode that combines all of the team games into one. For instance, one round would be team deathmatch and the next round would be capture the flag. The capture the flag mode is great and really fun. It is very team oriented. Headquarters is about the same as call of duty 4 except this time around there is a lot more grenade spam (Flashbangs).
It is safe to say Modern Warfare 2 is a game of the year contender, but there are some balence issues with perks and killstreak bonus in the multiplayer that can make the game really one sided.
i really don't like when sites go to two websites. IE i have my log on on here but upon making this it moved all the data and given me an account on movietome, i don't like that it annoys me grrrrrr.
It's my birthday today. I'm 21 years old now =o
I just wish I had my sweet boyfriend here *kisses Chandu*. I don't even have any of my friends here either 
It sucks.
Oh well, I'll just have to make the best out of this birthday 
I hope you're all having a good day ^_^
Eh! S_F've been away for quite some times. And he's really missing his fellow friends!
Watsssup Gamespotters!! 
*Gaming*
Sorrry no pictures on my recent blogs because imma using old PC. Laptop's in the factory. [Since my CS2 is on my laptop] It's been long time didnt get onto CS2. Darn my pro skills are fading, man.
Guess it's not necessary to update my profile looks since it still looks nice for me. Wakaka. Feel free to post some feedback about my profile looks.
Well it's been a while and I've been tagged so I thought I'd mention what I have been up to. Still playing Uncharted 2. About 1/2 way through and a wonderful game. There are some really cool environment things in this and I won't mention them since some of you might be playing it. I also picked up BlazBlue at Best Buy for $4.99. Wow, it was in the bargain bin. I picked up the last one as I got there as the other one got picked up seconds before. The cashier was mad because he told me he paid $60 for it 2 months ago LOL. Cool 2-D graphics. I'm using a fighting stick and haven't had time to configure it because the game is not pre-configured to use one and I'm not sure what all the buttons do yet LOL. Still don't have time to play BlazBlue but I want to download Trine for $19 off PSN LOL. I miss platformers as I haven't really played one since Little Big Planet. I do play my Sonic II on my GBA from time to time too. Still playing Madden 10 and Tiger Woods 10 on rare occasion also and also have Dragon Age pre-ordered. I should be good until X-mas but we will see.
what's up gamespotters, picking up borderlands tomorrow(360 version). looking to see if anyone else was doing so. if that is the case, 4- player coop link would be in order. talk to you later gamespot. 
As you guys know by now, There is 23 days left til The launch of the best game ever....(In my opinion).... On November 10, 2009, Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 will strike worldwide. The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse. The newest installment in the groundbreaking Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare 2 features for the first time in video games, the musical soundtrack of legendary Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Grammy Award and Tony winning composer Hans Zimmer. The title picks up immediately following the historic events of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the blockbuster title that earned worldwide critical acclaim, including: 14 million copies sold worldwide, Most Played Online Video Game in history, 2009 Guinness World Records, More than 50 Game of the Year awards, including the Console Game of the Year and Overall Game of the Year, 2007, from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. The game will be released in 4 Editions:
Regular Edition - $59.99
Hardened Edition - $79.99
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Veteren Statue Bundle - $139.99
Prestige Edition - $149.99
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console - $399.99
Console Features: 1) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Standard Edition. 2) 250GB HD. 3) 2 black wireless controllers. 4)1 black Xbox 360 wired headset. 5) 1 Ethernet cable. 6) 1 Standard Xbox 360 Composite A/V cable.
Yeah, I know your heart is probably racing and you probably just peed yourself. But If you didn't pee yourself This will probably make you do it.....
Here is The Full list of achievements.... There is 50 total totaling 1000 Points.
Back in the Saddle - Help train the local militia. - 15 
Danger Close - Get hand picked for Shepherd's elite squad. - 15 
Cold Shoulder - Infiltrate the snowy mountain side base. - 15 
Tag 'em and bag 'em - Find Rojas in the Favelas. - 15 
Royale with Cheese - Defend Burger Town. - 15 
Soap on a Rope - Storm the gulag. - 15 
Desperate Times - Execute the plan to help the Americans. - 15 
Whiskey Hotel - Take back Whiskey Hotel. - 15 
The Pawn - Assault Makarov's safe house. - 15 
Out of the Frying Pan… - Complete the mission in the airplane graveyard. - 15 
For the Record - Complete the Single Player campaign on any difficulty. - 35 
The Price of War - Complete the single player campaign on Hardened or Veteran Difficulty. - 90 
First Day of School - Complete 'S.S.D.D' and 'Team Player' on Veteran Difficulty. - 25 
Black Diamond - Complete 'Cliffhanger' on Veteran Difficulty. - 25 
Turistas - Complete 'Takedown' and 'The Hornet's Nest' on Veteran Difficulty. - 25 
Red Dawn - Complete 'Wolverines!' and 'Exodus' on Veteran Difficulty. - 25 
Prisoner #627 - Complete 'The Only Easy Day... Was Yesterday' and 'The Gulag' on Veteran Difficulty. - 25 
Ends Justify the Means - Complete 'Contingency' on Veteran Difficulty - 25 
Homecoming - Complete 'Of Their Own Accord', 'Second Sun', and 'Whiskey Hotel' on Veteran Difficulty. - 25 
Queen takes Rook - Complete 'Loose Ends' and 'The Enemy of My Enemy' on Veteran Difficulty. - 25 
Off the Grid - Complete 'Just Like Old Times' and 'Endgame' on Veteran Difficulty. - 25 
Pit Boss - Run The Pit in 'S.S.D.D' and finish with a final time under 30 seconds. - 10 
Ghost - Plant the C4 in 'Cliffhanger' without alerting or injuring anyone in the blizzard. - 10 
Colonel Sanderson - Kill 7 chickens in under 10 seconds in 'The Hornet's Nest'. - 10 
Gold Star - Earn 1 star in Special Ops. - 20 
Hotel Bravo - Earn 4 stars in Special Ops. - 20 
Charlie On Our Six - Earn 8 stars in Special Ops. - 20 
It Goes to Eleven - Earn at least 1 star in 11 different Special Op missions. - 20 
Operational Asset - Earn all 3 stars in at least 5 different Special Op missions. - 20 
Blackjack - Earn 21 stars in Special Ops. - 20 
Honor Roll - Earn at least 1 star in each Special Op mission. - 20 
Operative - Earn all 3 stars in at least 10 different Special Op missions. - 30 
Specialist - Earn 30 stars in Special Ops. - 30 
Professional - Earn all 3 stars in at least 15 different Special Op missions. - 30 
Star 69 - Earn 69 stars in Special Ops. - 90 
Downed but Not Out - Kill 4 enemies in a row while downed in Special Ops. - 10 
I'm the Juggernaut… - Kill a Juggernaut in Special Ops. - 10 
Ten plus foot-mobiles - Kill at least 10 enemies with one Predator missile in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
Unnecessary Roughness - Use a riot shield to beat down an enemy in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
Knock-knock - Kill 4 enemies with 4 shots during a slow-mo breach in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
Some Like it Hot - Kill 6 enemies in a row using a thermal weapon in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
Two Birds with One Stone - Kill 2 enemies with a single bullet in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
The Road Less Traveled - Collect 22 enemy intel items. - 10 
Leave No Stone Unturned - Collect 45 enemy intel items. - 10 
Drive By - Kill 20 enemies in a row while driving a vehicle in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
The Harder They Fall - Kill 2 rappelling enemies in a row before they land on their feet in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
Desperado - Kill 5 enemies in a row using 5 different weapons or attachments in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
Look Ma Two Hands - Kill 10 enemies in a row using akimbo weapons in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
No Rest For the Wary - Knife an enemy without him ever knowing you were there in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10 
Three-some - Kill at least 3 enemies with a single shot from a grenade launcher in Single Player or Special Ops. - 10
Got several new games these past few weeks, I took advantage of the toys r us buy 2 get 1 free deal for 3 of them.
1.Halo 3 ODST (Xbox 360)
2.Uncharted
rakes Fortune (PS3)
3.Godfather 2 (Xbox 360)
4.Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift (PS2)
5. Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2 (PS2)
6. Tokyo Xtreme Racer (Dreamcast)
7. Need For Speed Shift (PC)
8. Operation Flashpoint 2 (PC)
I've gotten into the TXR Racing series latly for some odd reason, they are so underrated and are really great games.
I haven't been on here as much. I've been busy lately. Did some work to my car, started my senior year, went on some canyon cruises... haven't even had much time to play games. But i did get NFS Shift (360) on day one. I'm almost done with career mode and i can't stop playing it. If you like NFS and Forza games i would recommend getting Shift. It's a mix of both. I still haven't played multiplayer but i'm down. Feel free to add me on XBL.
Here are few shots of what my car looks like now. I got more plans but nothing major this year. Only gonna get new 17s and a 7" touch screen. Also planning on getting a lip kit. Next year gonna do engine rebuild and probably slap a new turbo on it.
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through the few years of the suppose, Console Wars. Its has come down to a simple and easy fact that some has already seen. When the all three systems are compared you come to the interesting fact that none of them can even be compare to each other.
Why is this the case you say. Well to put it simple, lets start with the Wii.
The Wii is a awesome system with great potential but it comes short of whats really expected from it. The ones to blame for the slow and utter downfall of the system is the developers releasing utter crap on to it. (Not being a owner of the console.) I tried to find reason to even pull 250 + tax for the system.... And as i came across many people that owned it and played the countless crappy games. they could only tell me that its only good for the ported games and the Wii sports games. Which isn't much i might add. The system does add an interesting concept that was thought up long along. When the whole idea was release in a different way. but i progress.....
Now the 360.... though it has the countless, countlessand countless games and content release over time along with the head start. It absolutely, positively,undeniably, cannot be compared to the Playstation 3 in terms of specs.... why? it comes close... it has a possible betterperformance.... thats all well and good and a bag of chips but... the 360 has failed to be a better product overall. It has come across many problems over the years and has been proven through many tests to be a failed excuse of a reliable system. With it being to delicate for words and the lack of endurance. Many and i mean many gamers have come to spend double of even triple, the cost of the system. And it still doesn't compare to way the company handles it hardware replacement. Millions are still stuck within the loop of getting their systems changed and or fixed.
It may have its up side with games and exclusives but its certainly not a ten year (lol) product. As like most products of Microsoft.
And last the Playstation 3 .... most of what is said about the system and it trailing in sales. It is still the most valued product, in many ways. Its still more bang for your buck. The down side is that it does lack a massive amount of games and exclusives, but the system does TRY to make up for it with media. (well before the new slim came about).. The system allows for multiple ways of supplying media... with music, pictures, videos, internet, and media server connections it can be a endless supply of media content.
Now thats not what i want to really point out but the fact is that these systems only fall into the place with those who can use them to its full potential.....
now if we continue to think of why each system is doing better then the other... we can also think of this.....
the Wii has its pirates that hack it to play the backwards capable games, that pretty much go all the way back to Nintendo's first system. Allowing many to capitalize on its massive game collection.(there are a lot a lot a lot of pirates out there)
Then you have the 360 which of course, is another cracked system....... allowing pirates to take advantage of the massive game collection thats already out for it. (once again i remind you there are a lot of pirates ...especially on the microsoft OS)
^And finally we have a Ps3 that has yet to be cracked and so far has little to no pirates ...........where did they all go ???? ^
well it seem the arrows put to where the extra maybe millions have gone to buy systems.
there is a lot to each system and thequality and value can tell a lot for each of them..... This console wars bull**** should be really laid to rest. Because none of them are in league with each other.
Final say- PLEASE DO THE RESEARCH AND FIND WHAT YOU REALLY WANT WHICH INCLUDES WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT AND HOW YOU WANT IT TO WORK ....JUST TAKE A LOT INTO BEFORE DISHING OUT A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS ON SOMETHING YOU THINK IS A PIECE OF CRAP.
