It's that time of year.

Who's filled out their brackets? Who do you have winning the tournament?

2006 was an awesome year for gaming, with tons of new games and console smash hits, but with that came a few downers this year. I'm gonna recap the best and worst for those who care.

1uP: Next Gen has Arrived

Yeah, basically the next generation has arrived, with the Xbox 360 already taking hold of some market share and Wii and PlayStation 3 both showing extreme potential. The winner will be decided in the years ahead, so for now, we marvel at the technology and games that is offered.

Poison: Next Gen Shortages

Sadly, each next-gen console has experienced a or many shortages. Frankly, this sucks, I haven't gotten my Wii yet, and I dont like it. Poison.

1uP: Developers exercising their right to freedom of expression

More developers like Rockstar are needed in this industry. They dont take crap from anybody and make their games the way they want. As long as the ESRB rates their games fair, they will continue to sell like hot-cakes. This year, it was Bully.

Poison: Jack Thompson...again

He's pretty much here for bashing Bully without even playing the game. The guy has serious issues and needs to chill out, but that clearly isn't going to be happening anytime soon. It might just be me, but I have a feeling we'll reluctantly read about him again in 2007.

1uP: Microsoft's E3 Press Event

In the words of Jeff Gerstmann, Microsoft went out there and blasted everyone with "GAMES!...just.. GAMES". Gears of War, Viva Pinata, Confirmation of GTA IV, Halo 3 trailer, this was the best press conference I had seen in years. 1uP to MSFT.

Poison: Sony's E3 Press Event

I try not to hold too much bias, but Sony's press event was just sad. Although their after event was supposedly a hit, with games playable, the press show sucked. They seemed like a company on the verge of falling apart, showing no signs of strength, seemingly copying another company's very ideas, and resting their entire event on numbers, figures, and "Riiiiiiiiidge Raaacer!".  If the big three hold another round of press events (e3 is gone remember?), I hope Sony learns a thing or two from Microsoft, SHOW THE GAMES!

1uP: Next-generation console games

What an impressive showing, from Gears of War and Viva Pinata, to Zelda and Resistance; this year, the next-gen consoles were king, and they proved it with strong titles in all genres. Every console gamer knows that this year was just awesome. Too bad I can't say the same for PC gamers.

Poison: PC games

This year was a pretty weak year on the PC front. There was that Half-Life 2 Episode, and some neat expansions, but I can't really say that anything interested me. Dark Messiah caught my attention for a while, but that too turned out to be a dud. 2005 was one of the biggest years for the PC but 2006 was just sad.

Well, thats it.

Have a happy new year!

Well I'm all settled in.

I'm getting my TV tomorrow so I'll be setting up my 360 finally!

My Dorm is arite, and my roomate is cool too.

More news and info coming soon, including 360 games and Wii games!..

Just be thankful that I made it to UW safely

Finally, after a looong drought, I've gotten some games.  Actually the drought is only about a month long, but anyways.

I got the Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Vol 1 (I didn't have any of those arcade games prior to purcashing), so I think I made a good purchase there for only 39.99.

I also got Test Drive Unlimited, I was kind of... on the edge but after reading Gamespot's review and seeing that the price was only 39.99, I thought i'd try it out.

BUT I still can't connect my 360 to the internet (xbox Live) yet, so you dont see any points updates hahah.. BUT i'm up to 5830 now thanks to like.. 250 points from Arcade games and Test Drive.

Test Drive is pretty good for the price, Single player is getting slightly dull, but there is tons of variety and tons of areas to explore.  I can't wait to get online with this!

Arcade is Arcade.. gotta love em.

Thats it for now. 

CHAO

I got here a week ago. been without Internet, but now I'm goooooood.

Haha

Just thought i'd let all ya'll know.

Also haven't been playing much 360 .. but i hope that changes soon hah.

Still stuck at like 5000 something points.