So Gear of War 2 comes out today, which I have been looking forward to for a long time. In fact Chances are by the time you read this I will already be off to pick it up. It sounds from 1-up's review that it is leaps and bounds better then the original which made me even more excited. However from their review it sounds like I was right about the story being really bad as a result of trying too hard to have a deep story. I doubt it will detract from the game too much, although I find it annoying that a game as excruciatingly violent as Gears tries to be sentimental and touching.

Also, something awesome happened this week for me. Basically, I realized that I had 70+ dollars on my paypal account from selling stuff on ebay several months ago that I had completely forgotten about. You know that feeling of finding a 5 dollar bill in one of your pants pocket when doing laundry? Now multiply that by 14 and you will get how I felt. Since I had already attempted months ago to move that money over into my bank account unsuccessfully I decided to instead of doing the responsible thing and saving that money I decided to blow it all on Ebay. And for the sake of bragging, I think I will post what I got here:



And no, I am not talking about the show, I am talking about the comic. The one that was never released in America and is out of print. And I got the first 2 volumes for 4 dollars each, 10 dollars each if you count the shipping from japan. Which is pretty good considering I've seen it go for up to 80 dollars. I really like Outlaw Star so I am really excited for getting this, which is saying something because I generally despise anime. It's one of the 3 anime series I actually enjoy despite having some of the worst animation I have ever seen.



The 6th issue of Watchmen. I bid on this and the 1st one but I was outbid on that one. I got it for 5 bucks. I really didn't get it for any reason other then bragging rights.

I also got a Destructoid T-shirt. Not from Ebay of course.

1. I think I am in love with Mirrors Edge. I got around to playing the demo and god do I want this game now. When I first heard about it I didn't think it would play that well but it controls perfectly. I would say the acrobatics control even better then Prince of Persia.

It also has pretty colors.

2. Craineum's son is adorable. It almost makes me want to have babies for the sole purpose of dressing them up as pokemans. oooh, or the Nemesis. A mini Nemesis would be so silly.

3. Nobody entering the Blitz Dtoid contest makes Samit a sad panda. I would have entered just to get the PS3 but I don't know where I would put the damn thing. And no, that is not a jab at the PS3's size. That is a jab at my dorm room being too damn small. That, and I have no interest in sports games.

4. Cammy is in Street Fighter 4. That'll shut NihonTiger up.

5. Obama winning the Presidential election turns the Cblogs into a hellhole. Yeah, Obama won, that doesn't mean you have to write a 2 sentence blog stating the fact when 50 OTHER FUCKING PEOPLE ALREADY DID SO! This is a videogame blogging site for christ sakes, I want to hear about videogames, not about the election of Barack Obama which I assure you everybody in America knew about before you made your damn blog.

6. Henry Hatsworth is the best videogame character ever.

7. Mortal Kombat vs. DC looks even cornier then previous MK's now. If you haven't seen the latest trailer for it go watch it now, if for no other reason then to get a good laugh.

8. Yojimbo has reached a new level of awesome. See my shiny new banner? He made that for me.

9. Blehman regrets buying Legendary.

10. Halloween 2 is a really bad movie. Although it was worth watching for one particular scene which almost made me piss myself laughing.