I think most people know that I left the site abruptly in November, and can probably guess why, if my constant crusading against CNET during gerstmann-gate wasn't enough of an indication. So now I've come back 8 months later to make an official farewell post and to give people a heads up of where they would see me.

Now why would I come back after 8 months to make a blog post on GS? Well it's mainly because of the launch of Giantbomb, and seeing it's where a lot of ex-GS members are now flocking to,(and of course where Jeff and a lot of the old GS crew are now staffed) I found it beneficial to update my blog about it. Consider Giantbomb to be my permanent replacement for GS in regards to a full fledged profile page in which I update my blog constantly. My username is the same as over here as well, so it won't be hard to find me there either. As a site that just officially launched today, the traffic is incredible, and the general design is top notch. Of course it isn't 100% perfect, but that is to be expected for a 1st day launch.

Now you might see me on the giantbomb forums ocassionally, but it's definately not my main forum that I will constantly be checking. That would go to the infamous NeoGaf. The forum that pretty much haed me down since the gerstmann-gate incident and will most likely be my go-to place in terms of forums for a while to come. Like Giantbomb, my username is the same as the one here, so if any of you are planning to join GAF in the near future, you will at least know one member of the forum.

Well, that's it for me. Hope to see some of you at Giantbomb! Drop me a comment if you still remember me.

Oh and to finally finish off my console buying blog, from months past, I got a 360, with plans to get a PS3 somewhere in the fall. If you want to add me on Xbox Live my username is onem1c.

I think this has to be the largest amount of games I've bought this month and it's only going to continue rising. Today I just bought COD4 and Crysis from my local EB games store. Along with orange box and gears this marks the 4th game purchase I've made this month alone. Hopefully I'll be satisfied by both titles, especially after the good things I've heard about them.

Now there are only 3 more games standing in my way, Forged Alliance, Unreal Tournament 3, and World in Conflict. This has to be one of the best years of gaming, but one of the worst years for our wallets.

SO with my first paycheck out the door I decided to finally pick up orange box. It's installing on my 40gb PC right now, and it's going to take a lot of deletion to put in gears as well. Even though some people might have seen me ramble about how crappy GFW live is and how the whole "pay for gold to play ranked" bs really pissed me off, especially when services like steam offer pretty ,much the exact same features at no price, I still went for it over call of duty 4. Maybe I'm crazy, but I just couldn't drop a game that I've been highly anticipating for months on end.(I just began getting hyped for COD4 a month ago)

And with that I'm pumped and primed for the GS TF2 tourney. (Yes I registered for the tourny yesterday even when I didn't own TF2. So what?)

Yes, you heard me correctly. I'm going to get a 360. As I finally have a job and can get enough money to support my broke self, I've decided to finally begin saving to enter the next generation of consoles. My use of the PS2 has been pretty dismal at best, with the only game worth playing on it so far being FFXII(Although I stopped playing the game as I've been having some serious trouble beating some statue boss) I'm hoping to buy a halo edition 360 before Nov. 20 so I can be one of the first to pick up Mass effect, a game that I have been watching for some time now and is by far my most anticipated game this fall.(falling a little ahead of the orange box)I even read the prequel, which marks my first time finishing a book in the past 6 or 7 years. Yes, it's that damn good! I'm also hoping to indulge on the halo 3 craze and pick up gears of war on the side. If all goes well I'll also be able to upgrade my aging computer too.

Now I just have to hope that nothing goes wrong mand my job is actually satisfying.(I head working as a cashier can be a real pain in the ass)

After months of waiting I finally picked up my limited edition copy of
bioshock. I was actually extremely lucky I got the LE edition too,
because I pre-ordered the LE yesterday and from what the EB game
manager said, the LE version sold out a few hours after I pre-ordered.
I haven't played it yet as I'm waiting until night to finally install
and indulge in some rapture goodness, but I have opened it up and as
such have taken pictures of the LE edition(Especially that big daddy
figurine!) for you guys to look at.

*On a side note I decided to pick up a copy of COH alongside LE
bioshock. With supcom, COH, and bioshock now in my hands I'm sure not
to get any sleep for some time to come.