Hey, how's everyone doing? Good i hope.

It has been a while since i last posted a blog entry and there have been good reasons for that. Work and more recently my holidays have kept me away.

About my holidays, for a change i left the island where i'm usually stranded. I went on a twelve day trip across the Portuguese mainland.

Started off in Lisbon, capital city, where i stayed for three days. I already knew the city, in fact it's the only place i know in the Portuguese mainland, but nonetheless, i wanted to visit it again. Here is a picture of me near the Torre de Belém, one of the city's and country's landmarks:

Check out teh shades

Next i headed south to Faro, capital of Algarve, a region known for it's warm weather and great beaches. I stayed there for six days. That gave me the opportunity to get to know not only Faro, but also other places like Albufeira, home of some of the country's best beaches. Here i am in Albufeira:

Couldn't wait to get in the water...

For the last three days i headed towards the north, to Portugal's second biggest city, Porto. Porto was a really pleasant surprise, it's a beautiful city, filled with beautiful old buildings and bathed by the amazing river Douro, in which shores is produced the world known Port Wine. Here is a picture of me near the D. Luiz I bridge and a picture of Avenida dos Aliados:

Beautiful bridge

Those are painted statues, in case you're wondering...

Came back home yesterday, tired of all the walking and long train trips, but really happy with what i've experienced in this holiday. I had a really good time.

Btw, my eyes are not closed in those pics. They's just semi shut due to the strong sunlight.

Well, this was an update on my whereabouts. See you guys around.

As i was growing up, i was mostly a Sega guy. Played the Master System, the Mega Drive (Genesis for my American friends) and even the Game Gear. Also played the Saturn and the Dreamcast, but that was when everything started to go downhill for Sega. For me, Sega had its gold age when the Mega Drive / Genesis was out.

I bought Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection the other day. Bought it because there isn't anything else coming out now that really interest me. I was a little afraid that i wouldn't enjoy this collection of classic games from Sega because i might have been spoiled by recent generations games. Boy, was i wrong... The minute i started playing games like Alex Kidd, Sonic, Streets of Rage, Altered Beast and many others, my mind was flooded with so many memories of the many afternoons and evenings i spent playing those games with my friends, especially with my cousin Roberto who was like a brother when we were growing up.

I felt good inside when those memories started popping up. In these times where life seems so much hard and less happy, having those memories and feelings was really great. I never thought classic games would have this effect on me.

Thank you Sega, for giving me the opportunity with this collection of games to remember some of the best childhood moments that i had.

At least for me it does.

Until October, there's no must get game coming out. From that point on though, there's more games than i can handle. I hate this. I hate the fact that most high profile developers choose to release their games around the holiday season. I know it's the smartest thing to do since that's the time when people buy more games, but i think it would be good if they chose to release more games during summer time. It would be good for more dedicated gamers, that like to have great games throughout the whole year, and lets be honest, a great game sells any time of the year.

Oh well. Guess it's time to finish some games and replay the ones i've been wanting to play again.

So, how about you guys? Do you feel the same way or do you disagree with me and think this summer drought some gamers talk about is a myth?

In other news, i got the Platinum Trophy for inFAMOUS. I'm not obsessed with trophies, but inFAMOUS was so damn good and fun to play that i decided i would go for it. I played the game twice, once as a good guy and once as a bad guy. Amazing game, the ending was really great. Bring on a sequel!

Seriously, this game owns me right now. I can't freaking stop playing it!

Someone help me, please!

InFamous is one of those games that immerses you so deeply that when you're playing it, you don't notice time passing by and you're absolutely oblivious of what's happening around you.

InFamous is one heck of a fun game to play. It has its technical issues, like the occasional pop-in, but in no way that ruins the experience. This is the most fun sandbox game i have played since GTA Vice City.

9.5/10

Go get it right now if you own a PS3 and like this type of game.

Since the first time i laid my eyes on InFAMOUS, i had a gut feeling that this game would be really great. Since the beginning i've been hyping it as AAA material and now that the reviews are coming out, i feel very satisfied. Satisfied because i'll soon be having another great game in my library, but also because i owned a lot of people that laughed in my face when i said this game was gonna get a 9.0 here on gamespot.

Here are the reviews of some of the most respectable sites and magazine publications:

Gamespot - 9.0

IGN- 9.2

IGN UK- 9.0

IGN AU- 8.6

PSMUK- 9.0

Game Informer- 9.0

Gameplayer- 8.5

Eurogamer- 7.0

1UP- A-

Gaming Age- A-

CVG- 8.5

Videogamer- 8.0

Kikizo- 8.5

Gamedaily- 9.0

Play Magazine- 10

Gametrailers- 9.0

TVG- 8.0

Really good scores across the board.

The demo is very fun and addicting and i can't wait to get the full game. So, who's getting it also?