Allright, I love writing shit. That's right. Shit. I love going on and on about philosophies of games and yadayada and talking about the bigger picture. A lot of people here do it better than me , and I sometimes forget the games I'm actually playing. I can't enjoy them quite as much as when I first got my hands on them, because I'm constantly in the need of that next fix of gaming bliss. So this post will just be a rant about how I loved the Devil May Cry 4 demo on the 360.

It's been a kinda drought lately (mostly spending my time in tf2, cod4 and halo3, some old vampire rpg, and Puzzle Quest on my way to school), so I've been in a state of boredom. Sure, tf2 is just plain awesome, Halo3 is great and fun in multiplayer (can't stand the campaign, but thats another story) and Cod4 is intense and dignity stripping (e.g. making you feel like you're barking up the wrong tree if you were planning on a professional cod4 mp career), but I don't devote every hour a day to a certain game because I just don't have the attention span. I need that new game!

And here it is! The Devil May Cry 4 demo got me giddy for a new game again. I've played about half of dmc3 on a borrowed ps2 a while back, and that game pulled me in for some awesomeness that was made for my shallow mind. I love the attitude (the over-the-top style that just makes fun of itself and having a great time doing so), I loved the music, the graphics and the combo-frantic gameplay. That was dmc3. This is dmc4. And given the graphics whore I am, it is the dmc made entirely for me. Or so it feels, 'cause I hope that feeling can last longer than the 15 or so minutes you have in the demo.

The controls on the 360 is pretty much the same as on the ps3 (the face buttons are the same, R1 is right bumper etc.) but it does feel a bit awkward. It feels very awkward in fact. Having played dmc on a dualshock, you'll have the same awkward feeling, I'm sure. But it works. If I could hook up a dualshock usb controller to my 360 (or any other device for that matter) I would.

Devil May Cry 4 got me giddy and excited again, like I felt a few months ago with the big game avalanche that was late 2007. Sure, you can make a lot of arguments against the game, I have some concerns that I might talk about when I've played the final game. But for that 15 minutes (give or take) Nero certainly did hit a slam dunk.