Ok, I haven't really done a normal blog in a while, so here's what's going on in my life at the minute... I'm currently at school for the next 4 weeks, then we split up and have the Christmas break.

I plan to do a mix of gaming and studying during the Christmas break- since I'm hoping to get Batman Arkham Asylum as well as Dragon Age Origins, however in January I have my 'mock exams' - they're like big tests before the real exams and will probably influence what subjects I'll take next year.

I have picked up exclusive copies of Jak and Daxter: the lost frontier- and Assassins Creed Bloodlines both on PSP- their official releases are on the 20th November, but I'll do a preview blog after play testing over this weekend.

I have exclusive access to bloodlines- a week early!

Yuna (Final Fantasy X)

Yuna is the main female character in the epic Final Fantasy X, she is a summoner from the small island of Besaid who must go on a pilgrimage to Zanarkand whilst collecting aeons to be able to beat Sin, a punishment sent by the Gods to eternally punish people for the misuse of machin, or so we think

She builds a relationship with the main male character Tidus through out the story as she looks after him when he's believed to be effected by toxin when one day he appears washed up on a beach in Besaid island and joins Yuna on her pilgrimage.

She is brave as well as compassionate throughout her journey , I can't tell you to much without giving any spoilers, but you really need to play this game if you haven't done so already- there is also a sequel to the game in which Yuna takes the main role as she hunts for spheres.

Heroine rating 4/5

Yuna is a really kind and compassionate character on the whole and really provides a lot of emotion into Final Fantasy X, overall she's definetely one of the biggest female characters in the RPG genre.

First of all, I was mentioned in this weeks weekly report for my series of blogs I've just started I'm pleased with that, appreciete all the comments on my blog and I'm just really happy to have been mentioned

Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)

Really it would be insane not to mention Lara who has featured in 9 tomb raider games which we see her adventure all over the world, from Thailand, South America and even the Antartic, her survival skills are top notch and she's not bad when using weapons as well.

Through out the series she uses pistols, shotguns, SMG's, grenades and even flamethrowers, despite the fact she is extremely rich and has a mansion here in the UK- she seeks pleasure through adventuring and solving ancient mysterys and why not if you have the money?

In Tomb Raider underworld she heads north to Norway and enters Valhalla, the ancient Viking heaven to solve a mystery thousands of years old- it dosen't end there, she's also had 2 movies based on her in which she was played by Angelina Jolie not bad!

Heroine rating 5/5

In the end Lara is a strong contender for the ultimate gaming heroine, she's the original independant woman of gaming who was had some epic adventures and is certain to have some more.

Hey guys, you probably have noticed I haven't been here for a couple of days, altough I expected to have internet acess while at my Dads we did a bit of a detour and went to stay up north, so I couldn't really be online much, however we did hit the big city of Birmingham, you might know it.

The game stores are much bigger, I was lucky enough to play a minute of Forza 3 on the Xbox 360, and I watched some guy playing DJ Hero in one store.

DJ Hero looked slow and sounded mainstream

DJ Hero isn't looking great, from what I saw gameplay was slow and the tracklist isn't really appealing that much to me, it's all mainstream remixes which is a shame.

ANother game for my wishlist is Fallout3, there's so many games I want to get, it seems I'll have to wait for christmas though, which is just around the corner, I'm back to school next monday and I have a hell of a lot of coursework to do by then, but I'll still be around

Thanks for reading...

~Gormo

Alyx (Half-Life 2)

Alyx is in her mid 20's and is a close freind of Gordon Freeman, she's definetely the main female character in the Half-Life series.

She is a skilled computer hacker, she helps the rebels by hacking into combine security and computers, she's also quite athletic, she effortlessly jumps through obstacles that Freeman can't handle.

Without Alyx Freeman would have been in a lot of trouble, she has saved him a lot of times, at the start of Half-Life 2 episode 1 her robot 'Dog' helps find Freeman when he's trapped in some ruins.

Check out this if your not easily offended, it's a mod for Half-Life 2, pretty sweet right?

Heroine rating 4/5

Alyx has some skills and is a highly capable and independant women and you have to admire her for that.