So I went to my "local" mall today, and observed some sights. Feast on my opinions with your eyes.

Foot Locker employees are god damned annoying. As soon as you walk in, they swarm you with "Hey, wazzup, is there anything I can help you with? No? OK, if you need help finding something, gimme a holler!" Just die, homie. And why do these idiots wear headbands, indoors? Oh yeah, because they want to look "cool". And of course, some of the shoes I saw were ridiculous. G Unit shoes? Why the hell would I want to wear the same shoes as Tony Yayo?

There are a lot of desperate teens out there, guys who will date any fat, disgusting, belly shirt wearing cow they can find, just so they can drape their arm around her flabby, slightly hairy shoulder and parade her around the mall like some trophy. And ladies, if you have a gut, don't wear those damn shirts that end about 2 inches below your boobies.

I swear 95 percent of all GameStop customers only visit the store so they can talk games with the clerk. Don't these people have friends, or inflatable women, they can talk to? Doug in Sales doesn't care about what you think of Phantom Brave, he just wants to get through his shift without some moron saying he owns every Dreamcast import wrestling game ever made.

Is it mandatory for every customer at Barnes and Noble to wear khaki's? Honestly, I have been in about 10 different Barnes and Noble stores, and I never see some guy in cut off jean shorts and a "PBR Me ASAP" shirt, just browsing through the latest John Grisham's.

There are more black people in Minnesota than I had previously thought. And according to the mall, all of them wear throwback jerseys and pants that sag down past their ass.

Whenever someone walks through the door at Hot Topic, an automatic rifle should go off and shoot them in the head, ending their misery. Because if you shop at Hot Topic, you are probably one bad breakup away from swollowing a bullet.

The mall always reinforces one of my strongest beliefs: It's not a crime to look

And there you have it, some of my thoughts on my local mall.

I got Raze's Hell yesterday, and it's pretty good. It's no Brute Force, but it's still pretty entertaining, and for $30, it's a great value. I haven't played any of the minigames yet, and I did play one online game (I won in a 6 player deathmatch), and it was better han I expected. Of course, anything seems great when you're winning. Overall, it's shaping up to be the kind of game I expected.

If you illegally download only one record all year, make it "The Everglow" by Mae.

In case you haven't been paying attention, I REALLY want Forza. I can't recall the last time I was so antsy about a game, and a RACING game no less! If you notice in my collection, I only own a handful of racers.

Halo 2 nights with the folks from GGD is a little too laid back and slow paced for me. I would prefer less talking between games, and more action. Pee and smoke on your own time, when you're playing Halo 2, PLAY THE GAME.

That's all I got.

But I have to wait until next Wednesday at the earliest to get it. Getting paid every 2 weeks sucks ass. I am really tempted to trade in GTA:SA, Snake Eater, Doom 3 (Collectors Edition) and possibly all 3 Ratchet and Clank games towards Forza, but that would really put a dent in my game collection.

Off EBGames.com for $29.85, using my GSC discount. I should have it on Wednesday. I am REALLY looking forward to this game, it seems like it has everything I love in games. I'm not a violent person, but I love violent games for some reason. And the whole idea of brutally murdering cute, cuddly Kewletts really appeals to my baser, animal instincts.

Family Guy didn't disappoint, which is what I expected. I was confident it would come back with a full head of steam. The usual cut aways were great once again, my personal favorite being Ralph Cramden finally punching that whore Alice. The whole episode was jamp packed with literal "laugh out loud" moments, and it certainly lived up to my expectations.

As for America Dad, it was better than a lot of stuff that's on TV, but it didn't impress me as much as the pilot episode. I felt like the Bum Fights angle could have yielded even better bits, but it was still very entertaining.

I just jumped back into Halo 2 this week, and after being REALLY discouraged over it (see one of my previous entries), I've started to like it again. I had a blast playing it last night, and even had a 20 kill, 3 death round of Team Slayer on Zanzibar. I also got invited to a party with 3 hilarious black guys (I assume they were black), who were damn fun to play with, just because of their hilarious banter.

I'm gonna hit up every store in Austin tommorrow for a copy of Raze's Hell. Although I'm not confident any place will have it, hell, GameStop didn't even get any copies in.