Ok.. I'm sure I'm not alone here- but today whilst I was working hard at school my mum decided to have a bit of a clean up in my room and ended up throwing out all my old game boy colour and game boy advanced games and consoles.. and she didn't say a word about it- I just went in, and they wern't anywhere to be seen.

It turned out she'd sent them to the charity shop.. yeah, this includes the original game boy colour, pokemon yellow, red, saphirre and pinball.. as well as a gameboy advanced...she then has a go at me saying 'You never play them!'

It maybe true.. I haven't touched any of them in about a year, but it's the principal of just assuming that it would be ok to throw them out, I have googled some of the prices and in all it seems she's just discarded about 40 pounds worth of games and consoles.. fantastic.. and that could have bought me a couple of new Xbox games..

However, they also had some sentimental value to me, it's not like I would've sold them, let alone throw them away... so has this ever happened to you?

It seems she sarcasitcally said that she'd go back and get them from the store.. however she's just drove of now.. so she might have been being serious.. err.. the pain

~Gormo

So.. Assassins Creed bloodlines, here's my blog on it, it's yet another game which has been scored down due to being on the PSP console, as Star Wars: the force unleashed was also victimised, in my opinion.

First of all- I enjoyed the first Assassins Creed, I gave it a 7.0, but imagine having a portable version of this game with slightly lower graphics- most hardcore gamers would think it's a great idea, that's exactly what Bloodlines is, a pirtable version of the original Assassins creed, with slightly less impressive visuals.

The visuals maybe scaled down- but they're still pretty good

All the gameplay is nearly the same- you go to the Assassins bureau, collect your mission and move in, carrying out investegations and assassinations using your smooth stealth skills- you get given throwing knives, a shortsword, fists and a stab knife.

It's also a direct sequel- Altair continues his quest and you'll find yourself in ****c desert territory, aswell as being taken to a port, the water dosen't look great, but it gives the game some variation of landscape- which the first game missed.

In this part of the game you have to break into the ship and steal a manifesto

Overall the game is just as good as it's original console version- but improves on it in many ways giving us varied enviroments and a deeper insight into Altair, what makes me further 'lol' is that they gave the original game a 9.0 score... which puzzles me.

I might later do some blogs on my faviroute weapons of gaming- but for now enjoy this pretty image of Bloodlines

~Gormo

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.