For me, when I'm impressed by something, I can't think of as much to write compared to things I dislike. When I came off dissapointed by most of what was in all the big 3's press conferences, I had no problem complaining about it!


Sony:

Whoever was playing Resistance 2 in the video needs to learn how to strafe. It actually irritated me watching the player run up the ramp in the building like he had tank controls.

It's obvious why they change the box art and colour of discounted games, but for me I just can't stand buying those differently boxed games. I want originals, dammit!

I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't care about Ratchet & Clank and has no intention to ever play one. Every time I see a trailer or something, it's just unfunny one-liners and lameness, just like Everybody Loves Raymond.

Which do you believe will happen first? Playstation Home completing beta testing, Gmail completing beta testing, Duke Nukem Forever releasing or Chinese Democracy releasing? Hmm, it's a tough one. Visit my blog in 2012 to find out!

MAG seemed like a really good idea, but it didn't occur to me until the next day that I don't really like playing online after a few months of a game's release. Usually, the only people remaining by then are the dedicated fans of that game, who always tear you apart.

The only game I've truly continued to play online is Burnout Paradise. The online community is generally friendly, and the fact that you need to work together to complete challenges makes it an original, pleasent experience.


Nintendo:

The "New" Animal Crossing looked like the GameCube version with Mario Kart Wii styIe bloom added to character models. Where's the detail? Once again a Wii game gets graphically short changed.

The Nintendo ads with actors playing like jerks are just too irritating for me now. With the thirty seconds of commercial time, they could show a guy managing to enter one friend code.

Is this Wii Speak thing gonna cancel out the sound actually coming from our television or what?

You know those guys who have their TV or music up loud enough that it comes through their headset on Xbox LIVE? Well, it may be like that to the max, plus with everyone's mics echoing each other it's gonna make everything even more fun!

They still haven't addressed the Friend Codes issue yet, so Voice Chat is still largely a waste of time.


Microsoft:

I posted these in reverse order, and that's because I actually liked most things Microsoft had to show.

I cannot explain why, but for some reason my most anticipated game is now Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox LIVE Arcade! Sure, there's Gears 2, Rock Band 2, Portal: Still Alive and BK: Nuts & Bolts of course, but the thought of the original going on my console makes me feel warm inside.

My gripes with Microsoft's showing were more picky so I'll keep this one short...

Netflix - Meh!
Scene It! - Meh!
Lips - Meh!
1 Vs. 100 - Meh!
Star Ocean - Meh!
Infinite Undiscovery - Meh!
Last Remnant - Meh!
Last Remnant on Game For Windows LIVE - Double Meh!

Well, that will do for now. Are you angry? Leave a comment!



I just hope my magnificent blog post doesn't make GameSpot crash like my last one.

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MAN, IT FEELS GOOD! It feels good to come back here and blog it up again! It feels good to make my opinions soon known again to the GameSpot users who give a damn. But it's been along time since I've done this; nearly 12 months in fact.

It's funny looking back at my old stuff. I can't believe I had the time to analyse the wrestling every week!

I've made some changes. In the time since my last blog post, I've been employed twice over and have had to leave both jobs, I stopped regularly watching wrestling and I had no choice but to leave the wrestling forum that I had put over 6000 posts and four years of my time into for unrelated reasons.

I've also since bought an Xbox 360 and attained nearly 8000 achievement points since December.

GameSpot is now my only main forum I post on, and I couldn't be happier with that. The GameSpot AU content has improved immensely in the past few months and the AU forum regulars are all great too.

Anyway, enough talking about crap you don't care about. More about the future.


My next post will probably be about E3. I absolutely love E3, and I guess this is a better time than ever to not have a job so I can stay up for the live content.

I don't think I'll be writing about films anymore. I'm happier being more gaming focused. If I was to review films however, I'd give Hancock four stars, and without even watching it yet I'd give The Dark Knight five stars.

I would like to start uploading video blogs, but at the moment I've got a lot going on. This will probably happen later than sooner, but you never know...

Finally, I have an apology to make. I haven't been reading any of your blogs since my own went on hiatus. I apologise for that, But I will make everything right from this moment on. It would be unfair to ask for you to read my entries if I don't return the favour!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy what will hopefully be entertaining, insightful and original content I have to offer.



70 Blog entries down, at least 70 more to go.

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At No Surrender the big announcement was finally made, and now we're gettin' twice the iMPACT!. More wrestling is always better. Let's hope that TNA use their time better than they did with one hour.

The PPV was quite a good show. I don't think Unforgiven can top it, but we'll just see. I will talk about Unforgiven in my next entry.


RAW

Talk about a dead crowd. Even Triple H couldn't keep them lively.

DAMN-A! I laughed my head off! I was so wrong to judge Santino when he was a face. I even watched the replay just to watch it again!

Vince just couldn't help but get his own Mini-Me! I actually don't mind the character of Hornswoggle, but this is just rediculous.


ECW

Mike Knox getting the win is probably an indication that he will get some sort of a push.


SmackDown!

Nothin' much to say about SmackDown!. Not that it was bad, even though it's on the bottom of my list. All the shows were pretty good this week.


iMPACT!

Who else bops to Pacman Jones' music? It's so catchy!

Next time you watch the show, have a good look at the shelf in Cornette's office.


Elektrixxx Rating: Week 37

4 - SmackDown!
3 - RAW
2 - ECW

1 - iMPACT!


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I've been very busy, so no break down this week.

Two really good main events on ECW and SmackDown! put them on the top half of my list this week, and iMPACT! is unfortunately slowly degrading. Hopefully the two hour timeslot in October will rev things up a bit.

Generally, the shake up and shake out of WWE superstars on the suspended list are what's giving the shows a breath of fresh air.


Elektrixxx Rating: Week 36

4 - iMPACT!
3 - RAW
2 - ECW

1 - SmackDown!


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Well just about everyone in the internet wrestling community was devastated that Randy Orton lost his title match at Summerslam, despite initial plans for him to do so. Still, the match itself was pretty good, and with the dreaded Khali/Batista bout preceding it, it made the match look that much better.

While all the shows were pretty good this week, they weren't hard to separate between #1 & #4.


RAW

Jeff Hardy sold his beat down pretty well.

Whenever Vince has something going backstage you knows it's gonna be funny. The crack about Kennedy's walk followed by Vince doing his walk himself was great!

The gathering of comments from Triple H, Vince and Carlito also made for some good television.

What an excellent ending!


ECW

All the light touches to the show that made it very enjoyable this week. I just wish someone besides CM Punk would be #1 contender.


SmackDown!

The crack from JBL towards Tazz was gold!

I hope Rey get's the title to get Khali away from my main events.


iMPACT!

The promos weren't so good, but the wrestling was just as entertaining as ever. I mean, what a main event!


Elektrixxx Rating: Week 35

4 - SmackDown!
3 - iMPACT!
2 - ECW

1 - RAW


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