I'm stoned out of my mind right now and read so much good shit from this year that it just made reminisce about how much I love video games and the role they have played in my life. They introduced me to this virtual reality that led to the point where I am now; a web developer/graphic guy at a successful software development company. So as I look back I think about the games that have just come to love.

10. World of warcraft.
Blizzard is a master at waiting for others to do shit then see where they can improve it. Good artists copy, great artists steal. This isn't a bad thing obviously since WoW has really created a true universe that I care about as well as to invest time and effort into. The mind and creation of this universe is second to none but the game play is what others have done.. just better..

9. Phantasy Star
This is pretty much my 1st rpg that took me some time to understand but I loved it. My friend didn't like it. they were too into Mike Tyson's Punch out and Super Mario Bros. I fell in love with the genre of RPGs because of that game.

8. HALO PC
The only game I have EVER really been good at. I can say with much confidence that I am an amazing player in that game. There isn't any other game I can even dare to say that about.

7. Street Fighter II: World Warriors
Luna Pizza 5404 Park Ave West New York, NJ 07093. Early September in my freshmen year there was this game that they brought in. Graphics were amazing and it was sequel to a game I knew. I got decent at it and won a few comps but no other game like it was out there. The fighting genre owes its existence to this game.

6. Mario 64
I never really was into Mario. I had played and beat the games that came but I was just beating them cause. But this was all that was there when the N64 came out.. OMG! 3D platforms genre games all use this as page 1 of their development whether they think so or not.

4. Ninja Gaiden
The story is what got me. It was deep, developed well and keep you playing to see how it was gonna end. Tecmo went all out on this game. Funny thing is I bought it cause I really liked the Arcade version and bought this not realizing it was completely different.

3. Ys
Its strange how sometimes games now don't really use instruments still. This soundtrack went all out and perfect music for area you were in. Story I must admit was cheasy, not as bad as Red Alert or Valis but what I remember best was how well put together this game was. Amazingly well put together. Too bad Ys III sucked dick..

2. Final Fantasy 3 (VI)
The 1st RPG I remember ever invoking a real emotion in me. Final Fantasy 2 (IV) was emotion in a lot of people's opinion but this was the defining moment in the series and in gaming that I think really had you connect hard with characters that made you feel something. Something I never felt in entertainment outside of movies.

1. Battle of Atlantis
This is the game that started it all for me. 1980. Red apple on 96th and off Broadway in up town new york. My mom was shopping and I was just barely able to see over to see the wonderful game that became my earliest memory. My very 1st memory I have is of a video game.

I figured I'd do something stupid and post a conversation I had with a friend and I was sharing my excitement for the game with him.. He laughed at my glee with the game. I felt everything I was saying was true to me and my opinion of the game and my observations of it. I figured this would eb a pretty cool way to present a review. This is unedited random *stoned* babble of a man who was loving the new game he was playing.


(10:22:02 PM) MAbans: Is it silly to register a domain called "afatblackcock.com" just so I can have "staring@afatblackcock.com" as an email?
(10:22:26 PM) Michael EPGS: LOL
(10:22:46 PM) Michael EPGS: Wow, I laughed pretty hard on that one.
23:00
(11:03:55 PM) MAbans: dude.. TF2.. Best multi-player.. AMAZING!
(11:04:08 PM) Michael EPGS: Haven't played it yet.
(11:04:14 PM) Michael EPGS: Heard it's funky fresh.
(11:04:37 PM) MAbans: Oh dude.. It's so freakin' amazing.
23:05
(11:05:03 PM) MAbans: I've been playing hardcore.
(11:05:04 PM) MAbans: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Marcelo_Abans/stats/TF2
(11:05:27 PM) Michael EPGS: Cool stuff man. Take some FRAPS
(11:05:41 PM) MAbans: 1st weekend I didn't play wow was the weekend I got this game..
(11:06:30 PM) MAbans: Classes are perfect. Maps are a dream.. I can't talk it up enough... A near perfect mutiplayer experience. Such a awesome throw back to old school gaming that was jsut fucking fun..
(11:08:14 PM) Michael EPGS: Never played the original.
(11:08:30 PM) MAbans: Neither did I..
(11:08:40 PM) Michael EPGS: What makes it old school D:
(11:08:42 PM) Michael EPGS: Or feel that way.
(11:08:50 PM) MAbans: Like I remember playing Quake.
(11:08:52 PM) Michael EPGS: Wait. No. What old school game does it feel like.
(11:08:53 PM) Michael EPGS: Ah.
(11:08:57 PM) Michael EPGS: Never played that either :P
(11:09:10 PM) MAbans: That game sucked but you played it because something about it was just really fun..
(11:09:22 PM) MAbans: I remember dumping hours.. Flying axes and stuff..
(11:09:36 PM) MAbans: Then somewhere along the way games just got really complicated.
23:10
(11:10:14 PM) MAbans: Strict team structures, rules, team killing, scoring ranking.. etc..
(11:10:29 PM) Michael EPGS: LOL
(11:10:36 PM) MAbans: It made it too competitive and unfun at times.
(11:10:47 PM) Michael EPGS: "OKAY, I DROP OUT OF THE HOG PASSENGER SEAT, GO IN THROUGH THE FRONT, COME OUT THE BACK WITH THE FLAG AND WE'RE GONE"
(11:10:58 PM) MAbans: That's what made HALO so great, if you were good.. You were GOOD...
(11:11:14 PM) MAbans: All of us were the same class, a spartan.
(11:11:26 PM) MAbans: You all started off with the weapon set of OUR choice..
(11:11:35 PM) MAbans: You and I battle for who gets sniper..
(11:11:49 PM) MAbans: If you get it I immediately try to back you up and cover you..
(11:11:56 PM) MAbans: It was flexible. Fluid..
(11:12:03 PM) Michael EPGS: A thing of beauty.
(11:12:09 PM) MAbans: HALO 2 after playing it made it too competitive.
(11:12:17 PM) Michael EPGS: Yep
(11:12:22 PM) MAbans: It lost it's magic.
(11:12:36 PM) Michael EPGS: 3 isn't too bad. Still competitive :P
(11:12:52 PM) MAbans: HALO 3 makes an effort but again new suits of armor, that do different things like give speed. It's too complex.
(11:12:57 PM) MAbans: So on to TF 2
(11:12:59 PM) Michael EPGS: WHOA
(11:13:06 PM) Michael EPGS: Do new suits give different shit?
(11:13:09 PM) MAbans: yeah
(11:13:13 PM) Michael EPGS: Wow, wtf.
(11:13:25 PM) MAbans: You can lighten it to make you move faster but lose fire pwer dmg.
(11:13:29 PM) Michael EPGS: Quick question. Is Orange-Box for X360 (TF2) multiplayer?
(11:13:42 PM) MAbans: Yeah but it's better on PC by far.
(11:13:51 PM) MAbans: I played it today on xbox360
(11:14:04 PM) MAbans: You need that keyboard and mouse for the real experience.
(11:14:13 PM) Michael EPGS: Shizzle.
(11:14:24 PM) Michael EPGS: Take some video for me.
(11:14:50 PM) MAbans: I'm sure you can get used to it. But it would be tremendously unfair for xbox 360 players against PC players..
(11:14:56 PM) MAbans: So you got 9 classes.
(11:15:05 PM) MAbans: Each plays very different..
(11:15:27 PM) MAbans: Scout you run around and double jump and are 2x as fast than everyone else.
(11:15:46 PM) MAbans: You Solider is great at splash damage.
(11:15:59 PM) MAbans: Pyro is awesome clean up with it's ambushing.
(11:16:10 PM) MAbans: That's offensive.
(11:16:33 PM) MAbans: Then you for demoman and Engineer who are mostly for guarding or clearing stuff out..
(11:16:52 PM) MAbans: A good demo and engineer make it a night mare for anyone to get into an area..
(11:17:11 PM) MAbans: Then Heavy which is a tank, he gets used a lot in offensive moves..
(11:17:17 PM) MAbans: Those are defensive.
(11:17:22 PM) MAbans: Then you got support.
(11:17:52 PM) MAbans: Sniper of course, long range deadly accurate and capable of hsing someone with minimal effort, it's fun to play..
(11:18:09 PM) MAbans: Spy which is used a lot more than I expected.
(11:18:34 PM) Michael EPGS: I'd probably play something that's hard/least played. Hence why I snipe in most games.
(11:18:35 PM) Michael EPGS: :-/
(11:18:49 PM) Michael EPGS: One, I need video. Two, I have FTP for you to upload the vids of. Three, lemme play :P
(11:18:58 PM) MAbans: Spy is awesome, you can disguise as them.
(11:19:00 PM) Michael EPGS: Sniper is easy for US, or easy in general...
(11:19:01 PM) Michael EPGS: LOL
(11:19:02 PM) Michael EPGS: Really?
(11:19:13 PM) MAbans: Yeah like you can look like their team with one of their names.
(11:19:25 PM) Michael EPGS: That's fucking golden.
(11:19:28 PM) Michael EPGS: Goddamn.
(11:19:37 PM) MAbans: Like sometimes I'll be a spy because their defense is too tough with too many engineer..
(11:19:46 PM) MAbans: But you can sap the sentries that they put up..
23:20
(11:20:03 PM) MAbans: You can run and turn invisible
(11:20:15 PM) MAbans: In shot kill ALL class with back stab.
(11:20:21 PM) MAbans: One Shot*
(11:20:28 PM) Michael EPGS: Quick question. How do you fight a spy?
(11:20:31 PM) Michael EPGS: Like, get 'em?
(11:20:50 PM) MAbans: Lets say we think there is a lot of spies.
(11:20:57 PM) MAbans: I'll switch to pyro..
(11:21:07 PM) MAbans: See there is no TKing..
(11:21:18 PM) MAbans: So you can hurt only your enemies and yourself.
(11:21:40 PM) MAbans: So if a spy is next to you dressed like our team I'll burn you both, but only he'll die..
(11:21:55 PM) Michael EPGS: LMAO
(11:21:57 PM) Michael EPGS: THAT is great.
(11:22:04 PM) Michael EPGS: Wow.
(11:22:12 PM) Michael EPGS: Yeah, that game sounds pretty fuckin' fresh just on that small information.
(11:22:13 PM) Michael EPGS: Nice man.
(11:22:13 PM) MAbans: It's simple but deep.
(11:22:23 PM) MAbans: Then there is the amazing.
(11:22:25 PM) MAbans: Medic.
(11:22:42 PM) MAbans: The medic can turn a fight around..
(11:23:04 PM) MAbans: They have like a ghost buster's type gun.
(11:23:28 PM) MAbans: You point @ a teammate and Poof.. You heal him..
(11:23:34 PM) MAbans: It's a stream..
(11:23:42 PM) Michael EPGS: Yeah.
(11:23:46 PM) MAbans: He can run circles around you
(11:23:48 PM) Michael EPGS: Makes the guy invincible that he's streaming.
(11:23:55 PM) MAbans: not true.
(11:24:07 PM) MAbans: You can take a lot more dmg but you aren't invincible
(11:24:23 PM) MAbans: Because, all players have a chance to give a crit' hit..
(11:24:37 PM) Michael EPGS: oh
(11:24:49 PM) Michael EPGS: lol, CRITICAL DAMAGE
(11:24:52 PM) MAbans: So a solider shooting a crit rocket, can easily kill 5 guys (Most I've done) in a single shot.
23:25
(11:25:10 PM) MAbans: The rocket comes out all glowly
(11:25:57 PM) MAbans: The medic is kind of useless for any offense.. I've seen some good ones who have killed me with their brain saws but they are weak..
(11:26:06 PM) Michael EPGS: Alright man, enough. I ain't gonna be playing this game and you're making me giddy.
(11:26:15 PM) Michael EPGS: Haven't seen you excited like this in awhile :-o
(11:26:20 PM) MAbans: So they need another player.. But cool thing is you still get points for helping
(11:26:32 PM) MAbans: So if you kill 4 people you get 4 points as well as do I.
(11:27:00 PM) MAbans: So there is constent incentive to keep healing and of course the person you are healing to keep you alive..
(11:27:23 PM) MAbans: Oh they have an ubershot that makes them invincible for 10 seconds. that's cool too
(11:27:28 PM) MAbans: anyway gonna try that?
(11:28:00 PM) Michael EPGS: If Steam has a demo week for it, yeah.
(11:28:16 PM) MAbans: I'll buy it for you... it's only $20
(11:28:26 PM) Michael EPGS: You do that and I'm your dedicated healer.
(11:28:27 PM) MAbans: You can pay me back if you like it. Which you will.
(11:28:39 PM) MAbans: Gimme 2 weeks.
(11:28:42 PM) MAbans: I'll gift it to you..
(11:28:43 PM) Michael EPGS: It's not a matter of being cheap, just don't got the money, you dig? :P
(11:28:48 PM) MAbans: Wird.
(11:28:51 PM) MAbans: word..
(11:28:55 PM) Michael EPGS: What class do you play?
(11:29:15 PM) MAbans: There are my stats
(11:29:15 PM) MAbans: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Marcelo_Abans/stats/TF2
(11:29:30 PM) Michael EPGS: Soldier ;D
(11:29:31 PM) MAbans: I'm was gonna write a review for this game on destructoid.
(11:29:46 PM) MAbans: I'm just gonna copy paste this convo..
(11:29:55 PM) Michael EPGS: Smart ;-)

Remeber the Intel sound? It was 3 simple notes that let you know there is "Intel Inside". Now I'm sure they are still using it in ads now but I wouldn't know. I don't watch TV really, too busy playing TF 2 and WoW to care. Anyway I was looking at some reviews on gametrailers.com and wanted to see a review for Eye of Judgment. I go into another tab to read the latest on Britney Spears when I hear the commercial for Eye of Judgment. I ignore it and at the end of it I hear a sound that was oddly familiar. I took my usual lunch and went to play HALO 3 when I started up the XBOX 360, I heard the start up sound. The sound is distinctive and you hear it and immediately think "XBOX 360". So I frantically run back to desk and look for the ad which i can't find on youtube for some reason and the PS3 sound they have at the end of their commercial for Eye of "Judgment" and maybe others. (This is where I saw it. I dont know about any others) is start of the XBOX 360 start up sound. makes me wonder if this was an intentional move because I've seen PS3 ads before and they were using the little bloop/conk sound from the PS2 and early ps3 commercials. I hope it's my mind playing tricks on me and not Sony grasping at straws.

I figured I'd do something stupid and post a conversation I had with a friend and I was sharing my excitement for the game with him.. He laughed at me at my glee with the game. I felt everything I was saying was true to me and my opinion of the game and my observations of it. This is unedited random *stoned* babble of a man who was loving the new game he was playing.


(10:22:02 PM) MAbans: Is it silly to register a domain called "afatblackcock.com" just so I can have "staring@afatblackcock.com" as an email?
(10:22:26 PM) Michael EPGS: LOL
(10:22:46 PM) Michael EPGS: Wow, I laughed pretty hard on that one.
23:00
(11:03:55 PM) MAbans: dude.. TF2.. Best multi-player.. AMAZING!
(11:04:08 PM) Michael EPGS: Haven't played it yet.
(11:04:14 PM) Michael EPGS: Heard it's funky fresh.
(11:04:37 PM) MAbans: Oh dude.. It's so freakin' amazing.
23:05
(11:05:03 PM) MAbans: I've been playing hardcore.
(11:05:04 PM) MAbans: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Marcelo_Abans/stats/TF2
(11:05:27 PM) Michael EPGS: Cool stuff man. Take some FRAPS
(11:05:41 PM) MAbans: 1st weekend I didn't play wow was the weekend I got this game..
(11:06:30 PM) MAbans: Classes are perfect. Maps are a dream.. I can't talk it up enough... A near perfect mutiplayer experience. Such a awesome throw back to old school gaming that was jsut fucking fun..
(11:08:14 PM) Michael EPGS: Never played the original.
(11:08:30 PM) MAbans: Neither did I..
(11:08:40 PM) Michael EPGS: What makes it old school D:
(11:08:42 PM) Michael EPGS: Or feel that way.
(11:08:50 PM) MAbans: Like I remember playing Quake.
(11:08:52 PM) Michael EPGS: Wait. No. What old school game does it feel like.
(11:08:53 PM) Michael EPGS: Ah.
(11:08:57 PM) Michael EPGS: Never played that either :P
(11:09:10 PM) MAbans: That game sucked but you played it because something about it was just really fun..
(11:09:22 PM) MAbans: I remember dumping hours.. Flying axes and stuff..
(11:09:36 PM) MAbans: Then somewhere along the way games just got really complicated.
23:10
(11:10:14 PM) MAbans: Strict team structures, rules, team killing, scoring ranking.. etc..
(11:10:29 PM) Michael EPGS: LOL
(11:10:36 PM) MAbans: It made it too competitive and unfun at times.
(11:10:47 PM) Michael EPGS: "OKAY, I DROP OUT OF THE HOG PASSENGER SEAT, GO IN THROUGH THE FRONT, COME OUT THE BACK WITH THE FLAG AND WE'RE GONE"
(11:10:58 PM) MAbans: That's what made HALO so great, if you were good.. You were GOOD...
(11:11:14 PM) MAbans: All of us were the same class, a spartan.
(11:11:26 PM) MAbans: You all started off with the weapon set of OUR choice..
(11:11:35 PM) MAbans: You and I battle for who gets sniper..
(11:11:49 PM) MAbans: If you get it I immediately try to back you up and cover you..
(11:11:56 PM) MAbans: It was flexible. Fluid..
(11:12:03 PM) Michael EPGS: A thing of beauty.
(11:12:09 PM) MAbans: HALO 2 after playing it made it too competitive.
(11:12:17 PM) Michael EPGS: Yep
(11:12:22 PM) MAbans: It lost it's magic.
(11:12:36 PM) Michael EPGS: 3 isn't too bad. Still competitive :P
(11:12:52 PM) MAbans: HALO 3 makes an effort but again new suits of armor, that do different things like give speed. It's too complex.
(11:12:57 PM) MAbans: So on to TF 2
(11:12:59 PM) Michael EPGS: WHOA
(11:13:06 PM) Michael EPGS: Do new suits give different shit?
(11:13:09 PM) MAbans: yeah
(11:13:13 PM) Michael EPGS: Wow, wtf.
(11:13:25 PM) MAbans: You can lighten it to make you move faster but lose fire pwer dmg.
(11:13:29 PM) Michael EPGS: Quick question. Is Orange-Box for X360 (TF2) multiplayer?
(11:13:42 PM) MAbans: Yeah but it's better on PC by far.
(11:13:51 PM) MAbans: I played it today on xbox360
(11:14:04 PM) MAbans: You need that keyboard and mouse for the real experience.
(11:14:13 PM) Michael EPGS: Shizzle.
(11:14:24 PM) Michael EPGS: Take some video for me.
(11:14:50 PM) MAbans: I'm sure you can get used to it. But it would be tremendously unfair for xbox 360 players against PC players..
(11:14:56 PM) MAbans: So you got 9 classes.
(11:15:05 PM) MAbans: Each plays very different..
(11:15:27 PM) MAbans: Scout you run around and double jump and are 2x as fast than everyone else.
(11:15:46 PM) MAbans: You Solider is great at splash damage.
(11:15:59 PM) MAbans: Pyro is awesome clean up with it's ambushing.
(11:16:10 PM) MAbans: That's offensive.
(11:16:33 PM) MAbans: Then you for demoman and Engineer who are mostly for guarding or clearing stuff out..
(11:16:52 PM) MAbans: A good demo and engineer make it a night mare for anyone to get into an area..
(11:17:11 PM) MAbans: Then Heavy which is a tank, he gets used a lot in offensive moves..
(11:17:17 PM) MAbans: Those are defensive.
(11:17:22 PM) MAbans: Then you got support.
(11:17:52 PM) MAbans: Sniper of course, long range deadly accurate and capable of hsing someone with minimal effort, it's fun to play..
(11:18:09 PM) MAbans: Spy which is used a lot more than I expected.
(11:18:34 PM) Michael EPGS: I'd probably play something that's hard/least played. Hence why I snipe in most games.
(11:18:35 PM) Michael EPGS: :-/
(11:18:49 PM) Michael EPGS: One, I need video. Two, I have FTP for you to upload the vids of. Three, lemme play :P
(11:18:58 PM) MAbans: Spy is awesome, you can disguise as them.
(11:19:00 PM) Michael EPGS: Sniper is easy for US, or easy in general...
(11:19:01 PM) Michael EPGS: LOL
(11:19:02 PM) Michael EPGS: Really?
(11:19:13 PM) MAbans: Yeah like you can look like their team with one of their names.
(11:19:25 PM) Michael EPGS: That's fucking golden.
(11:19:28 PM) Michael EPGS: Goddamn.
(11:19:37 PM) MAbans: Like sometimes I'll be a spy because their defense is too tough with too many engineer..
(11:19:46 PM) MAbans: But you can sap the sentries that they put up..
23:20
(11:20:03 PM) MAbans: You can run and turn invisible
(11:20:15 PM) MAbans: In shot kill ALL class with back stab.
(11:20:21 PM) MAbans: One Shot*
(11:20:28 PM) Michael EPGS: Quick question. How do you fight a spy?
(11:20:31 PM) Michael EPGS: Like, get 'em?
(11:20:50 PM) MAbans: Lets say we think there is a lot of spies.
(11:20:57 PM) MAbans: I'll switch to pyro..
(11:21:07 PM) MAbans: See there is no TKing..
(11:21:18 PM) MAbans: So you can hurt only your enemies and yourself.
(11:21:40 PM) MAbans: So if a spy is next to you dressed like our team I'll burn you both, but only he'll die..
(11:21:55 PM) Michael EPGS: LMAO
(11:21:57 PM) Michael EPGS: THAT is great.
(11:22:04 PM) Michael EPGS: Wow.
(11:22:12 PM) Michael EPGS: Yeah, that game sounds pretty fuckin' fresh just on that small information.
(11:22:13 PM) Michael EPGS: Nice man.
(11:22:13 PM) MAbans: It's simple but deep.
(11:22:23 PM) MAbans: Then there is the amazing.
(11:22:25 PM) MAbans: Medic.
(11:22:42 PM) MAbans: The medic can turn a fight around..
(11:23:04 PM) MAbans: They have like a ghost buster's type gun.
(11:23:28 PM) MAbans: You point @ a teammate and Poof.. You heal him..
(11:23:34 PM) MAbans: It's a stream..
(11:23:42 PM) Michael EPGS: Yeah.
(11:23:46 PM) MAbans: He can run circles around you
(11:23:48 PM) Michael EPGS: Makes the guy invincible that he's streaming.
(11:23:55 PM) MAbans: not true.
(11:24:07 PM) MAbans: You can take a lot more dmg but you aren't invincible
(11:24:23 PM) MAbans: Because, all players have a chance to give a crit' hit..
(11:24:37 PM) Michael EPGS: oh
(11:24:49 PM) Michael EPGS: lol, CRITICAL DAMAGE
(11:24:52 PM) MAbans: So a solider shooting a crit rocket, can easily kill 5 guys (Most I've done) in a single shot.
23:25
(11:25:10 PM) MAbans: The rocket comes out all glowly
(11:25:57 PM) MAbans: The medic is kind of useless for any offense.. I've seen some good ones who have killed me with their brain saws but they are weak..
(11:26:06 PM) Michael EPGS: Alright man, enough. I ain't gonna be playing this game and you're making me giddy.
(11:26:15 PM) Michael EPGS: Haven't seen you excited like this in awhile :-o
(11:26:20 PM) MAbans: So they need another player.. But cool thing is you still get points for helping
(11:26:32 PM) MAbans: So if you kill 4 people you get 4 points as well as do I.
(11:27:00 PM) MAbans: So there is constent incentive to keep healing and of course the person you are healing to keep you alive..
(11:27:23 PM) MAbans: Oh they have an ubershot that makes them invincible for 10 seconds. that's cool too
(11:27:28 PM) MAbans: anyway gonna try that?
(11:28:00 PM) Michael EPGS: If Steam has a demo week for it, yeah.
(11:28:16 PM) MAbans: I'll buy it for you... it's only $20
(11:28:26 PM) Michael EPGS: You do that and I'm your dedicated healer.
(11:28:27 PM) MAbans: You can pay me back if you like it. Which you will.
(11:28:39 PM) MAbans: Gimme 2 weeks.
(11:28:42 PM) MAbans: I'll gift it to you..
(11:28:43 PM) Michael EPGS: It's not a matter of being cheap, just don't got the money, you dig? :P
(11:28:48 PM) MAbans: Wird.
(11:28:51 PM) MAbans: word..
(11:28:55 PM) Michael EPGS: What class do you play?
(11:29:15 PM) MAbans: There are my stats
(11:29:15 PM) MAbans: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Marcelo_Abans/stats/TF2
(11:29:30 PM) Michael EPGS: Soldier ;D
(11:29:31 PM) MAbans: I'm was gonna write a review for this game on destructoid.
(11:29:46 PM) MAbans: I'm just gonna copy paste this convo..
(11:29:55 PM) Michael EPGS: Smart ;-)

Million of gamers everywhere are waiting anxiously, frothing at the mouth for HALO 3 tomorrow. I'm one of those players. I can't wait for HALO 3 but guess what, I won't be on line @ midnight for the stupid game. I won't be wearing a HALO 3: "Finish the fight" or "Believe" shirt to show off my accepting of the cool club. No, I will not proudly have my master chief helmet as the center piece of my coffee table. Maybe if I didn't see a comment demonstrating how truly big tools fan-boys are, I wouldn't be so inclined to discuss this with such venom. It's sad when I see people who get bent out of shape for 1 game getting a marginally better score. I mean really, is really THAT big a deal when a game gets 8.8 over HALO 3's 8.5? It's like these gamers need some sort of validation of their fanaticism in order to be excepted into some wild Master Chief cult.

I deal with the same kind of shit with Star Wars gangs. I am a HUGE Star Wars geeks but no one would know unless they knew to ask me. I'm just not sucked into the whole idea of getting all "nerdy" with my friends just because of a big release of a movie, game, book, etc.. It's stupid, it's a cry for attention of "I'm with the cool kids look at me!". It's a new social dynamic for those that weren't any good at sports and didn't get a letter men jackets to parade around high school in. I was a jock and it sucked. It's a stupid thing that is allowed to get out of control; which is made worse because of the Internet where you can selectively block, spam, invite, email, message and/or share shit people you like or do not like. There are no longer intelligent dialogues about differences of opinion but rather "You are stupid NUB!"s exchanged at every corner.

So as an idea to all reviewers, do your company, computer keyboard, Internet and fan boys a favor, don't bother reviewing games of this caliber anymore. If it's bad we won't believe you and hunt you down. If it's good we will get pissed at why it's not as good as cake. if it's good as cake why isn't it as good as our Holy Lord and savior Jesus. If it's as good as Jesus then why isn't better than... you get the idea. There is no amount of praise you can give a game because we will only look at the # score you have given a game and it's anything less than a 5*, perfect 10 or 100 will lose our fucking minds. God forbid that our game is slight lower in a numerical rating than another we have no idea about, cause we will start a war with that community who is more than likely teasing us for being better..

I can totally understand liking one thing over any other else. World of Warcraft is my preferred game of playing but to say that every other games sucks compared to it is stupid because there are other games to enjoy (Puzzle Quest for one 9.5 who need a value). HALO 3 is going to be great, for me. I don't need anyone else to tell me what I cook is good, my girlfriend is hot or this shirt I wear looks good on me. I already know. So HALO 3 is already going to be good for me based on my past experiences which have been good. I don't need a reviewer to tell me how good it's going to be when I already know. So don't bother reviewing games like HALO unless MC is holding a dog ass out shooting shit balls at the Convenient, the game play requires you to play with your feel and hit the buttons with your elbows. For you fan boys, just enjoy the stupid game and stop looking for a validation that somehow you made the right choice backing a game, book, console and/or movie series. Don't worry about it haters of all things unknown, you guys are just as bad wanting a bad review, I'll explore that mentality in a whole other post.

Lastly if you think that this somehow comes off that I'm somehow better than you, that's because I am. I'm too interested in getting laid to want to dress up as master chief and run around with friends. That's only for when I'm alone in my room staring at the reflection in the mirror crying about how far I've fallen.. Oh yeah fuck you, I loved Jar jar.

Nuff said, I need to come up with some more creative things. I have some good stuff coming your way. Stay tuned. Tools..