I would like to know what all you bastards got for the holidays. As for me, I got all this!



Hazaa! A new Xbox 360 and some games! And I'm back online! Anyone up for some Horde Mode!?

P.S. BlindsideDork, I am very jealous of your new gift, but I too recieved a weapon.



Looks like an ordinary cane that an old humble man like myself would use. But watch this!



Aha! Now it is a weapon capable of minor cuts and scratches! I say to you, Blind one, we should do battle some fine afternoon and put both our weapons to the test. Steel against steel! Teeth against teeth! Brow against brow! ...you see where I'm going with this.

[Platinum]Earn all other trophies for Sonic's Collection.

[Bronze]Get Rich
Alex Kidd: Collect 1,000 in currency

[Bronze]Don't Die
Alien Storm: Reach Mission 3 without losing a life

[Bronze]Enter the Beast
Altered Beast: Collect 100,000 pts or higher by the end of the first level

[Bronze]Holy Water
Beyond Oasis: Unlock the Water Spirit

[Bronze]Stealing Points
Bonanza Brothers: Reach 40,000 points on the first level

[Bronze]Easy as Pie
Columns: Get 20,000 points only on Easy Mode

[Bronze]Hardly a Hero
Comix Zone: Complete first episode

[Bronze]Get Ahead
Decap Attack: Collect 5 Bonus Coins

[Bronze]Communication is Key
Ecco: Talk to another dolphin

[Bronze]Taste Like Tuna
Ecco: The Tides of Time: Eat 200 fish

[Bronze]Suit up
E-SWAT: Obtain the Combat Suit (Complete Mission 2)

[Bronze]Don't Get Lost
Fatal Labyrinth: Progress to the fifth level of the labyrinth

[Bronze]Getting Chicks
Flicky: Collect 80,000 points

[Silver]Garden Gnomes
Golden Axe: Collect 20 magic power-ups

[Silver]Tower Up
Golden Axe II: Complete Tower Level

[Gold]Saved by Magic
Golden Axe III: Use magic 10 times

[Silver]TGIF
Kid Chameleon: Collect Maniaxe

[Bronze]Twinkle Twinkle
Ristar: Collect 5 Yellow Stars

[Gold]Yatta!
Dr. Robotnik's M.B.M.: Complete the game

[Silver]True Ninja Skills
Shinobi III: Complete first level without using continues

[Bronze]Complete Chaos
Sonic The Hedgehog: Obtain a Chaos Emerald

[Gold]A Different Tail
Sonic 3: Collect 100 rings with Tails anywhere on Angel Island Zone

[Bronze]Flicky to the Rescue
Sonic 3D Blast: Rescue 20 Flickies.

[Gold]Lots of Zeros
Sonic Spinball: Get 10,000,000 points in the first level

[Silver]Get to the Chopper
Super Thunder Blade: Score over 1,500,000 points in the first level

[Bronze]Three Times a Charm
Streets of Rage: Complete 1st Level using all 3 characters

[Silver]Good Day Mate
Streets of Rage 3: Unlock Roo the Kangaroo as a playable character

[Silver]Super Charged
VectorMan: Collect 500 photons

[Silver]Can You Dig It?
VectorMan 2: Reach Scene 11

[Silver]Blast Processing
Play all Genesis™ Titles

[Silver]Master the System
Unlock Everything

[Silver]No Life
Watch Every Video

[Silver]Critique
View all Artwork

[Silver]Only in the '80s
Play all Arcade Titles

That'll keep me busy for quite some time. This will definitely be a nostalgic rush worth $30.

Looks pretty meh if you ask me. The US always gets the worst box art. But the game still looks great, and should be releasing in March next year. The 360 has really pulled through not only with good RPGs, but exellent support from Japanese developers. The 360 is looking to be the new machine for RPG nerds (although PS3 still gets White Knight Chronicles. Famitsu be damned!)

Now I'm not talking about the single player. Even on the hardest difficulty it wasn't that challenging. The Speed Runs, however, are a serious pain in the ass. I'm trying to get all of the trophies for the Speed Runs, but I only seem to be able to complete the tutorial. Even the first actual level is stressing me out! Six minutes is given to complete the mission, and I always cut it, no matter how many times I try, at around 6:45 or so.

I try moving on to other levels, but the same thing keeps happening. I already completed everything else there is to do in Mirror's Edge, so I think I might just throw in the towel now. Anyone up for some co-op in Resistance 2? And I would like to hear if anyone else has had issues completing these runs, or I just suck.

Yes the sequel to the remake has been announced. Although Rob Zombie said that he despised the idea of another film, he is helming the sequel now dubbed "H2". The film is to begin shooting in March (no word on who's writing the script). I, for one, don't consider this bad news as I actually enjoyed Zombies' remake. I'm not sure what it could possibly be about (Michael died at the end of the last film), but these characters have been revived many times before.

I hate when this happens. A decent looking game with a cool premise is released, and the gaming community shits all over it. 2.5 from IGN, 3.5 from Gamespot, the general view on this game is that its atrocious. Well, gamers, I have finished Legendary, and surprisingly the game isn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be.

The premise, like I mentioned before, is pretty neat. You are an art thief who breaks into a museum to steal a priceless artifact. Turns out its Pandora's Box, and you open it. Shit hits the fan, crazy mythological creatures are unleashed, and you now have a glowing hand that gives you magic powers. You have to escape the city, kill the monsters, and fend off a weird organization called The Black Order. The story is told through minimal cutscenes and average dialogue, but the point still gets across. Kill monsters and restore order to the world. That's it.

The gameplay, which is where the game took its biggest hit, is simply average. The gunplay feels like any other standard FPS, and there are a small assortment of guns but they work just fine. One really neat aspect is that when you kill enemies, they drop health spheres that you absorb with your hand. Yes, Legendary has a health bar; something I haven't seen in awhile in a FPS (no more of this "hide behind stuff and wait to heal" bullshit). You also have the ability to heal yourself or to do a force push. Other than healing, the powers feel very tagged on and aren't that useful.

There are a lot of different monsters you will be killing in Legendary. The most prominent being the werewolf, which are also the most fun to kill. Once you kill them, you have to chop their heads off or they will revive themselves. Its not deep in the least bit, but its strangely entertaining lopping their heads off, especially when there are more than one to square off with. You'll also kill griffins, minotaurs, weird fire toads, golems, and a Kraken. The graphics are also pretty decent, with some impressive particle effects.

Legendary is about 10 hours in length, but there isn't anything to entice replaying it. The multiplayer flat out sucks since its incredibly basic and there is never anyone on. I recommend a rental if you are willing to give the game a shot.

In the end, Legendary's only real suffrage is from being too mediocre to stand out. With better shooters like Gears of War 2, Resistance 2 and Call of Duty:WoW, most gamers will look at IGN's score and simply pass it by. But if you are willing, you will get some fun out of bringing down a minotaur with a Molotov cocktail.

My Score: 6.5/10


P.S. I made a new header for my reviews :)