Beat Brutal Legend last night. I had originally pre-ordered it but after reading a few reviews and seeing just how much the RTS element was used in the single player part of the game, I decided to rent it instead. After going through it I'm glad I did. It was a fun game but it was short (ended kinda abruptly) and seemed to do a lot of things ok rather than a few things well. You've all probably read a few reviews so I'm not going to re-hash my version of it here. It's a rental and I'll probably pick it up in a year or two when its less than $20. I hope the next game Double Fine does puts as much effort into the gameplay as it does to the story and dialogue. Also, I've decided that after listening to the soundtrack in the game that metal is ok. Not amazing, not shit, just ok, like mustard, wallpaper, and yield signs.

Now I'm playing Demon Soul's.......sweet fuck that game is to gamers what Swine Flu is to Mexican infants. Must have died a half dozen times last night in the first level after the nexus. Getting frustrated but I want to give it a chance. The things on the internet tell me to give it a chance. As I've gotten older and my perspective catches up to my age and station in life, I find my patience waning. I would like Demon Soul's to help me rekindle that patience I had as a gamer when I was younger. It's sorta generic looking and drab but I like that. I've played too many RPG's where your character wears some variety of living hell armor/the bones of a dead god/exosuit made of stem cells and switchblades throughout most of the game so it's nice to see a game that plays down that element to emphasize the world your character is (unfortunately) in.

Next up? Maybe Borderlands. Maybe Dragon Age: Origins. They both look good but so what? A game looking good nowadays is standard and unremarkable and no one notices. Games have to look really fucking good to get noticed. I just want the potential I see in both the games to live up to the hype. Guess we'll see though.