Friday, August 26, 2011

Real Summer Break

I'm getting a real break now that I no long have a job (again) and am once again looking up companies that are hiring. Although I'm no longer employed, I'm still diligently working on my videogame blog everyday and still working on music along side with applying for jobs. I did a music cover of "Skream - Where You Should Be" (instruments, voice, and everything) and posted it on Facebook, so that's one thing I finished. I'm thinking of working on my own games starting after my sister and friends go back to school. At the moment, I just want to spend time with them while I still can. Besides that, I'm obviously playing games and working on finishing some of them. I'm STILL not done with Metal Gear Solid 3, and so I think I'm going to finish that today (on the last boss). I borrowed God of War Collection from a friend and I'm finishing up GoW 1 on that disc. I also bought Dragon Age 2 since it was $25 at Target (I got the last copy there too). Besides that, I've been playing all sorts of games on my PC, mainly because of the steam games. I've reached up to 56 hours on Terraria and have slowed down on how much I play it. I found out last night that my VVVVVV save file is gone because of the update to v2.0 and its new features, soooo I might play that over again since I never got to 100% it. Although I said I would take a break from FPS 2 months ago, I have bought games like FEAR collection, Medal of Honor: Airborne, and Section 8 Prejudice. Section 8 Prejudice was a surprising delight to play, but barely anyone is on the servers playing anymore for multiplayer. I've been enjoying some "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" when it's not crashing. For some reason, it would crash and say that an error has occurred. I'm still working on Torchlight in wait for Torchlight 2 and Diablo 3. I want to get into my bigger games such as the Assassin's Creed series, Fallout 3, Bioshock 1 & 2, and definitely Mass Effect 1 & 2. It's been nearly a year since I bought ME 1 & 2, and so I think it deserves some more attention from me. Besides that, I have barely touched my Wii (except to occasionally play "Valhalla Knights: The Eldar Saga") and so I want to beat most of the games I have. Even with all these games, I'm still looking forward to so many others that are coming out: Phantasy Star Online 2, Diablo 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Dragon's Dogma, Dark Souls, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Torchlight 2, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and versus, Deus Ex: Human Revolution (which came out this week), Mass Effect 3, Assassin's Creed Revelations, and oh oh COUNTER-STRIKE GLOBAL OFFENSIVE



I wasn't expecting a new Counter-Strike game, but I heard about it just a few weeks ago. Today, trailers went up and some gameplay was shown. It's not a new iteration as much as a make over with new textures, animations, weapons, maps, modes, and such, but I'm still excited about it. Apparently, all the other Counter-Strike games went on sale today on Steam. I think I might get the older ones again for old times sake.

Anyways, wish me luck in finding a job or striking it big with my indie games (if I ever do get it out there).