The weekend is here

Morning folks,
So Friday came around quickly and so I thought it be a good time to get a post before the weekend started off. In the ways of gaming I've not really done much with Skyrim this week since last Monday, I did kill my first random Dragon which was awesome but I really could do with picking up some more potions though. Hoping to get some time back in over the weekend and next week to try and sort an hour or two a day dedicated to the game.

Mostly this week I've been working on Lego Lord of the Rings in the ways of collecting all the red bricks I need to 100% the story levels. Doing alright so far but still got quite a lot of collectibles to find so it's still a long way off from the Platinum trophy. Also this week I've still been playing the multiplayer for Tomb Raider and Gears of War Judgement, clocked another four achievements in Gears and working on levelling up slowly. Might jump on the special event this weekend and play on the VIP list to get double experience points. Tomb Raider I've hit level 35 out of the 60 I need and slowly going up but taking it's time, might try and have a small session over the weekend and see how close I can get to 60.

Plans for next week will still be the same and that's continue with these four games for now, not adding a new game until one of them is finished. Oh that does remind me and yes I am still playing Minecraft but I need to get a journal post up about it. I will try and get that up in a second, sorry about the delay but it completely slipped my mind.

Speaking of Minecraft did you see the release of Terraria on consoles a month ago? I had ago at the trial and really unsure what to make of it. It's like a 2D minecraft but with a lot more action in the ways of more monsters, boss fights and lots of stuff to collect (e.g. armour sets).



Has I said I was really unsure what to make of it and I did play the trial, I will admit I was getting confused very quickly. Might have to try it again because it looks to be an awesome game and right up my street. If anyone has played it drop a comment on the post since I would love to hear some user reviews about it.

Now since I've seemed to have jumped the topic over to arcade games and trials I might as well stick with this topic for a little longer. I did download the Farcry 3 Blood Dragon trial to see what all the fuss is about. Yeah it's a very retro 80's scifi game and I got to say I love the old style cut scenes and dialogue for the game. Once I've clocked a few games I will be picking it up, I was going too but I know I wouldn't play it straight away since I'm working on a ton of things.

Ok I think that is it for ramblings in this post and I will leave you readers be for a bit, but before I do there is one last note I need to make. If you read my blog you know I've forgotten all about my two for one challenge I was working on a few months back. I did realise in a post a few weeks back and said I will sort it out, well I am going to it's just I need some more time to sit down and to update the list. Plus I need to work out what I've bought in the last few months so that will take a bit of time as well. Keeps your eyes open and I will put up a general post once I've updated it so until then have a good one folks.
~Iznic

Plenty of Games

Morning folks,
I've got plenty of gaming time in this week so far and yes I did start Skyrim the other day, not got very far into it yet since I need to dedicate more time to it but I am enjoying it so far. I will do a more detailed update about it once I've got further into it and put a few hours in. Skyrim though is not the only game I'm currently playing, I do have few projects I'm working on is the best way to describe it. Of course I'm trying to get a level done here and there for Lego Lord of the Rings since it's currently my latest rental.

I've also been playing the multiplayer for Tomb Raider and Gears of War Judgement, slowly grinding out the achievements that I am missing. It's a mixture of ranked matches and private (especially Tomb Raider since I'm getting zero exp and people keep quiting mid match), slowly getting their but I am enjoying myself. Starting to like the new Gears of War finally but I do miss the old horde mode, this new survival mode as nothing on it.

Other then that I have been putting a few minutes into Warcraft each day since the faire is in town, once a month the Darkmoon Faire appears for one week. There are daily quests where you playing fun rides to earn tickets to buy cool prizes, anyway with the latest patch they updated it so you now have a chance to win a prize on each ride (pets, trinkets etc.). Plus they added a new rare boss to fight on the island, the white rabbit! takes a huge team to kill it so hopefully I will be lucky and get to fight it once it's spawned.

Although I have been getting plenty of game time in there are a few games I wanted to play and disappointed with myself for not giving them the time of day. For example my time card as run out for Star Wars Old Republic, barely got a few hours out of it so I let it change over to the free-to-play option. I wanted to try out a different class before the time runs out but never got around to it, I know I still can it's just there is lot of restrictions for the free-to-play stuff.

Second game would have to be Defiance, I was really getting into last week and not been back since. I need to put some time into it because there as been two events so far and I'm missing out on the cool rewards for taking part. Might try and get a session started tonight, fingers crossed anyway on that. So yeah as I said I've got lots I want to play and oh nearly forgot I was meant to be working on Minecraft as well, built a small house and I've finally started expanding it. I wanted to give it a blast since tomorrow is the one year birthday for the Xbox release, in fact there is mean't to be a birthday skin pack going up for free tomorrow to celebrate with.

Well that's it really for me, I've got plenty to play so I will be busy the next few weeks and on this note I'm going to end this post so I can work on the other posts I've got planned. So have a good one folks and I will catch you later.
~Iznic

P.S. I forgot about my two for one challenge and only just realised about it while I was working on my new "Upcoming Games" page. I will try and get the stats updated soon so I can see where I stand.

Fifteen Hours to Go

Morning Gamers,
Well only fifteen and half hours to go until Sony's big announcement happens, I'm very excited to see what they announce today. We all know it's pretty much their new console thanks to the teaser trailers talking about their past consoles plus with the advertising say it will change gaming you know it's got to be a new console. That or they announcing a brand new exclusive game but it would be a little too much hype just for that.

Anyway I thought I would put down a post before the event with what I'm hoping to see, plus I needed to do a general update. Well I'm hoping the rumours are trouble with the new controller design, I like the Dual shock but I hate the triggers, I find it annoying that I had to go and buy Gioteck clip on triggers to stop my finger slipping. Also the analog sticks need a better grip for your thumbs, maybe a slight indent could help there. So yeah I'm hoping for those two things to change and that's it for me, long as the pad is comfortable I'm happy.

The Console itself, well I'm not sure what I want it to do just as long as the download/install speeds improve because the PlayStation 3 is a joke when it comes to that. It's like being on dial up all over again and there is no excuse how it can be so bad. Oh yeah there is something I don't want, constant Internet connection and no Pre-owned. Now don't get me wrong all my consoles are pretty much constantly connected to the Internet but what happens if the net goes down, everyone has had that problem at least once. I don't want the net going down and then making my console useless to play while I have to wait for it to come back on. What happens if it happen suddenly in a middle of game, does it shut off and not let me save? if they going to do this they need to really look into properly since no Internet Provider is 100% up.

Pre-owned is a tough subject for everyone, I can understand completely that the Publisher and Developers get zero of the profit made from Pre-Owned. But on the other hand you got to expect a decrease in sales if you wipe out the Pre-Owned business, too many games are released in the same time frame and most people cannot afford all of them. Without trading in old games there be no way I could get all my new games, plus what if a game sucks? I'm stuck with it forever? then I won't be taking chances with games I'm not sure on. As I said it will decrease sales no matter what anyone says but I do understand something needs to be done so they see some of the money, hell they made the game.

Think I'm getting off track right now, basically I want an awesome console announced tonight with lots of new sparkly features to keep me entertained. I would also love to see a release date and that it will be this year, plus if we lucky some games to go with it. Uncharted 4 for launch will make it a day one purchase for me.

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Actually before I change the subject fully away, the event is at 11pm GMT tonight so what the hell! typical since I will be at the Gears of War Judgement Lock-in at that time. Will have to take my iPad with me so I can stream it in the background, multi-tasking for the win although it is a Microsoft event so wonder how that will go down. So yeah subject change, Gears of War! cannot wait to play it tonight and see it in action although in another way playing it a month early will only make me want it right now. I played the God of War the other weekend as well, wasn't it a lock-in event more of a demo pod but my god the level was fun. Also walked away with a free Kratos Sackboy keyring as well which is awesome. As I said the other day it's going to be a busy day, since I will have a few hours after work and before the event I'm not sure what I will be playing.

I clocked Call of Duty the other day so I'm now balanced again with my challenge, I ordered Hitman HD collection for the PS3 since it was in the Mega Monday sale on Zavvi for £15. £5 for each game was a steal to me so had to order it, actually I could work on that. Also still got Saints Row the Third and Ni No Kuni to work on as well, the PlayStation 3 is really getting some love lately. Probably because I do love the Trophy system and a lot of my friends have moved over from the Xbox, of course it does not mean I've given up on my Xbox.

Think my challenge is going to struggle over the next few weeks since the March line up will be starting, not sure how I had originally planned to complete that many games to get all that lot. But I will be trying my best to keep clocking as much as I can, cannot allow my Pile of Shame to get any bigger. Well on that note I'm going to head off, too much rambling on this post so I think it's time to end it. Have a good one folks and no doubt I will be posting later or tomorrow with the outcome from today.
~Iznic

Happy Valentines

Hello all,
Happy Valentines everyone! hope you all having a great romantic day with your love ones or spending a great night with your favourite game. Thought it was about time I posted up an update with what's been happening which is not a lot to be honest. It's been one of those weeks where I was too busy to do anything really, in fact the only gaming I have been doing is keeping my Simpson's Tapped Out up to date and doing the quick Love is in the Air dungeon for Warcraft.

Made up for it today though with two more levels completed on Veteran for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 PS3 (current rental) and did one of the quest story missions on Saints Row the Third PS3. This weekend I will be playing some more multiplayer again with COD Black Ops 2 and Battlefield 3, been really getting into those two games and I probably will be picking up the season pass for Black Ops at this rate. Anyway my goal for this weekend since there is really not much left of the week, is to finish my rental which would be my tenth game for my challenge. Now I would jump for joy since that would give me a credit so I could buy Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires next week, but well...yeah I caved again on Monday. Hitman HD Collection for the PlayStation 3 was only £15 which is amazing price so I put a order down, plus three platinum trophies! how could I say no.

Also that reminds me I'm counting the game as one credit to purchase but it will be worth three games for completing since they all full games, well except the Xbox one since Blood Money I've already done on it so two for that version. Back to topic anyway so I'm currently minus again for my challenge so I need to finish one more game to cover the purchase then clock two more for next week, who's bright idea was it for this challenge? Just thinking after that is the March line up with at least four to six games at least.

Anyway that's a depressing thought and let's talk about something more fun, well let's start with next week with lots of announcements about to happen. Got Bungie on Sunday with their new game Destiny which could be awesome if the rumours are true, then on Wednesday with got Sony announcing something which everyone is banking on the next console. So it's going to be an interesting week, in fact Wednesday is jam packed since Assassin's Creed 3 is launching the first DLC episode and I've got the Gears of War Judgement lock-in if I can sort out getting their and back. It's going to be awesome next week and I've just realise there was a Nintendo Direct today with 3DS/Wii U games so I really should go sit and watch that. In fact I will do that now before I end this post and then I can add my thought's.

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Got to love the Luigi hat at the start, I want one of those when I'm playing on my 3DS. Got to say the Luigi mansion 2 does look but it's not up my street, OK readers check out the video above for the full thing I'm only going to talk about games I'm interested in, sorry but the blog is about my gaming adventures lol. 

Damn March 22nd for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, I'm still not picking up a Wii U yet but I am tempted for the 3DS version. Nearly had an heart attack when the video showed off the consoles bundles, my first thought was "OMG! Limited Edition consoles". Thank god they are just normal consoles bundled with a copy of the game, bit disappointed they not doing some kind of special console with Monster Hunter artwork but then at the same relieved since I would not able to afford them.

So they will be releasing the circle pad extension for the XL finally, might be tempted if I do get the game since I would play it on my Pikachu XL. Although I did get the circle pad cheap for the 3DS and I've still got my Toad console, would save me some more money but the bigger screen would be better. Very tough decisions that one and oh damn that looks awesome, the part for connecting the 3DS and Wii U just came up. It looks awesome on the big screen with the Wii U version, stop tempting me Nintendo! although the footage on the 3DS xl looks awesome as well. Ah sweet a demo is coming next week, just another thing to add to the list of things to do next week.

Well personally I was hoping to hold off getting it straight away but I can tell it probably will be a day one purchase with how good it looks. Ohhh April 19th for Fire Emblem, I've heard so many good things about this game and all my American friends have pretty much sold it to me. Against this was another game I was hoping to hold off on when I first heard of it but over the past few weeks it's been crazy how many good things I've heard about it.

Oh bugger! Fire Emblem special edition XL is coming to Europe, should had known when he said he was sorry for the huge delay. Hmmm do I want it is the question and it's the month after all the huge line up, plus I'm sure there is quite a few games hitting in April as well. I swear the Gaming Gods don't like me right now since they trying to bankrupt me. Whoa hang on the original special edition was a normal 3DS, we getting an XL?? took me a minute to realise that. Not sure what to think now since I've just looked it up on google and it seems to be missing the edge corner artwork but in it's favour is the matt finish which I prefer over the shiny finish which all the normal 3DS come as. Although sometimes it does look good and can be pulled off, think I really need to see a version and not a picture. OK I just pressed play again and he's showing one off in his hands, it looks a lot darker then the picture and hard to tell the image. Wow the cut scene animations look beautiful for the game and the game play is nicely done. Free DLC as well so I'm pretty much sold on this, although I was already pretty much sold before even watching the video. Not sure on the console though now after seeing more of it, see what happens over the next few weeks and which stores will be supplying it.

Blimey I forgot there was a Etrian Odyssey coming out for the 3DS, now I did play the DS one since it was quite cheap in the Pre-Owned section once. It was an unique game where you basically explored a giant labyrinth, I did not get too much into it since well I have a lot of stuff to play but it was a good game from what I saw. This could be interesting but it depends when they release it since it's listed for Spring. Same goes for Project X Zone from Namco, tactical RPG is usually up my street but I'm normally not a fan of crossover games because well, the story usually sucks. Will be adding both of these games anyway to the watch list and in fact I could do with a blog page for this list because no doubt I will forget them.

Wait wait wait! the Zelda concerts was held in 2011? it's been nearly two years? are you serious I thought that was last year, dang I'm losing track of time. Sorry I know that was a bit random but it was kinda shocking when he said how good it was in 2011, I really did not think it was that long ago. Anyway back to talking about the games and I see they finally releasing the next Mystery Dungeon in the Pokemon series. Never finished one of these yet and I don't think I picked up the last one as well, hmm I like the new AR system but not sure if I will be picking up. If I'm not going to play it like the rest then I'm just wasting my money, but I have until May at least to think about it.

Ohh a new Mario vs Donkey Kong, I love these games since they remind me a lot of Lemmings back in the day. Ah it will be a download title so that's put me off slightly since I've not been a fan of Nintendo with their digital section, mostly with the lack of being able to recover stuff if the console goes faulty or getting a new one. I've heard they have improved but still weary about it, will have to see when it comes out anyway. Anyway that it's for me and Nintendo Direct for the day, plus the end of this post as well. Sorry it's been a huge long post of really random stuff but oh well.

So have a good one folks and I will catch up with you all soon,

~Iznic

Start of the Weekend

Morning folks,
Got an hour or so before I need to leave for work so I've decided to get on with some my jobs for the weekend, of course I made to sure put on my to do list blogging posts so here I am. Just updated my 2013 stats page so it's now 100% up to date finally, big thing to announce is that I finished the story yesterday for Medal of Honor Warfighter.

It's an ok shooter but I wouldn't say it's anything great, quite a few bugs and I really could not get into the story at the start. In fact most of the game I had no idea what I was doing or why I was doing it until the last few missions. That being said if you do look your first person shooters do give it a try when it's cheaper, it does have a few nice elements to it. Anyway that was my 8th game to be completed this year so I'm off to a really good start and my 9th for my challenge so I just need one more clocked and I can buy Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires at the end of the month. Lovefilm have sent me Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 for the PS3 so I'm currently playing through that on Veteran difficulty, hopefully I will have that done soon.

You probably wondering why I've not been playing Ni No Kuni though, am I right? well I have to be in the mood to play huge games like RPG's etc. Right now it's been a stressful week so I really did not want to get into anything that I had to remember a lot of stuff to play, shooting games are pretty much easy to pick up and play without having to remember much. But anyway I do have plans to give it a good old bash this weekend plus with several other games, in fact my want to play list is huge and I would say don't be shocked if you see a ton of games appearing on my play lists.

Also throw in the fact I just hit over 148,000 gamerscore so I'm very close to the 150k mark I really want to push for it now, then in a few weeks we have March and the wave of new releases will come crashing down. So yeah I've got a lot to do and no idea where to start, my plans are to play all weekend with tomorrow being more multiplayer again. MMO's in the morning and midday then console gaming on the late afternoon evening, cannot promise I will stick to that but fingers crossed anyway.

Well that's it for this post anyway since I really could do with getting ready and setting off, maybe attempt to do one more job before I go. Oh that does remind me though, remember I said I was shocked that I had not done an unboxing post in ages? well I found the folder with my photos for two of my collectors editions. I knew I had planned some posts and was working on them, just not sure what happened after that but anyway I'm hoping to get a post up later so keep your eyes open for later.

Anyway now I'm off, so take care all and happy weekend!
~Iznic

Medal of Honor Pulled

As I was writing out the Pokemon blog post I was shocked to see on Twitter that EA had announced they will be pulling Medal of Honor out the regular rotation. Not sure what that means? well it was setup that every other year there would be Battlefield game then in between a Medal of Honor game. EA have now cancelled Medal of Honor for good for the time being, seems the sales/reviews was not good enough for Warfighter to warrant a return to the series.

I'm both surprised and not surprised since when I played the one before it was ok but the story was short and a little hard to get into. It did not really grip me or make me want to care about, I cannot even remember what the storyline was in fact. I remember the multiplayer being a bit bad and trying to work out how it got so bad yet Battlefield Bad Company 2 was amazing.

What has made me laugh is that I have ordered Warfighter the other day from Play.com since they had the limited edition up for £15. After playing Battlefield 3 on the weekend I fell in love with the game again so I wanted the Beta access for Battlefield 4 this year. Bad point is that means I've bought more games then I have completed in my challenge, need to work super hard to correct that.

Anyway check out the full story over on IGN.com and hopefully Warfighter is not too bad when I get around to playing it when it arrives. Shame they don't try and learn from their mistakes, give it one last shot with the next one but then I guess it costs quite a bit each time.
~Iznic

2 for 1 Challenge Results

Current Standing: 0
Credits Earned: 5
Games Bought:5

Games Completed

1. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS)

2. Lego Lord of the Rings (Xbox 360)

3.  Hitman Absolution (Xbox 360)

4. Halo 4 (Xbox 360)

5. Saints Row the Third + DLC (Xbox 360)

6. Lego Batman 2 (PlayStation 3)
7. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (PlayStation 3)
8. Hitman Contracts HD (Xbox 360)
9. Medal of Honor Warfighter (Xbox 360)
10. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (PlayStation 3)

Games Bought

1. Saints Row the Third (PlayStation 3)
2. Hitman HD Collection (Xbox 360)
3. Ni No Kuni (PlayStation 3)
4. Medal of Honor Warfighter (Xbox 360)
5. Hitman HD Collection (PlayStation 3)

More thoughts for the day

Afternoon,
Well I did promise that I would return to finish off my posts for the day, so here I am and ready to write. What I did not get to finish off in my post this morning was the current update for my Two for One challenge. The stats have not been updated since Halo 4 and since then I've completed two more games, first I finally sat down and grinded out the last achievement in Saints Row the Third which I posted about and of course all the DLC was 100% completed. Then shortly after that I finally sat down and finished off my rental Lego Batman 2 for the PS3 which clocked me my first Platinum trophy for the year.

Of course completing these two games now allows me to buy another game, in fact from now on I'm going to call it a credit. Anyway so far for the challenge I've completed six games earning three credits but I did buy Saints Row the Third on the PS3, so I'm down to two right now which is perfect since next week sees Hitman HD Collection and Ni No Kuni launching. I am worried though since at the end of February/March a stupid amount of games will be released, it's like Christmas all over again.

Off the top of my head I know Dynasty Warriors 7 Empire comes out at the end of February, then at the start of March is Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm. Then in the month is Tomb Raider, Company of Heroes 2 (if it gets released since it was made by THQ), Gears of War Judgement, Bioshock Infinite, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, God of War Ascension and probably some others that I cannot remember at this moment in time. So that's what eight games I just named out so I need to clock, oh bugger! sixteen games over the next month. Plus I could do with saving some money since there is a high chance that at the end of the year we could see the new Xbox and PlayStation. I think I'm going to go bang my head against the wall for a little while.

I could go through all the games and be picky with which ones I want, but they keep releasing awesome new trailers. For example I was prepared to wait to pick up the new Gears of War game since there as been no real marketing for it or big shout out about it, then they release this trailer (see below) a couple of days ago and now I want to go to the lock in next month to play it.



The new horde mini beserker looks amazing! and the fact you can now use most weapons with the shield, it's heaven. I love the idea of a version of horde in the single player plus the challenges being thrown, gives it more replay value and the spawn changer was a nice touch. So yeah I'm now excited to play the game and there is no way I'm going to wait for this game.

I would like to say I have a plan but I really don't, every day I swear the industry announces a new game or collectors edition just to tempt me. In fact expect a few more posts over the next few days showing off the different trailers and games, I would put them all into one post but it would be too much awesome for one thing and could end the world. For example check out the cinematic trailer for Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm because that is one amazing trailer!



I'm really looking forward to playing the Zerg and seeing the story span out with the Queen of Blades, multiplayer really does not bother me since it's of my league. I love watching the E-Sport streams and live streams but I couldn't keep up if I tried, maybe if I practised with Skirmish mode and some mates I could attempt it. You never know but for the mean time I will stick to the story, anyway on that note I'm going to end this post for the day and get some gaming on the go. Thanks for spending the time to read this and hopefully you are having a better time manging the amount of games that are coming out.

Until next time have a good one folks!
~Iznic

Snow Day

Evening folks,
Having a wonderful snow day today, well I did have to go to work earlier but enjoying the evening now by staying warm and playing games. Hope all those in the UK are safe and sound, plus having a great gaming day as well.

Well in the week I finally clocked all the challenges to get the last achievement in Saints Row the Third which got me the full 1,000 gamer score. Was really chuffed with that since I could finally download the DLC (picked up the season pass ages ago but refused to download anything until I did the original achievements), anyway clocked all those as well the day after since they was really short. Took about an hour for each one but they was fun so I was not too disappointed.

Forgot how good this game was and I really wanted to play the story again, so yeah I caved in the day after and bought the PlayStation 3 version. If I'm going to play through it again I might as well get the trophies for it, got the complete edition with all the DLC on the disc as well.

So of course with my challenge I now lost one of my game credits, I was up to five games completed thanks to finishing off the Xbox version which meant I could buy two games. So now I can only buy one game which of course will be Ni No Kuni at the start of February. Hitman HD Collection is meant to be coming out around the same time so I need to get another game completed, I'm on 42% with Lego Batman 2 so fingers crossed I can get that done soon.

Well that's about it for me, well actually I did start Mass Effect as well but I'm trying to be good and get Lego Batman done first before continuing with Mass Effect. Anyway I'm off to go play some games, see you all soon and have a good one.
~Iznic

January Fun

Morning folks,
Well so far the challenge is going great, as you know I finished Professor Layton at the end of December. On the first day of January I finally clocked Lego Lord of the Rings for the full 1,000 gamer score and now yesterday I clocked Hitman Absolution (just the story this time). So I've covered Ni No Kuni and I'm half way to covering the Hitman HD collection, currently working on Halo 4 right now so hopefully I should get that done by the end of the week.

I say hopefully since my PC is back, spent the weekend rebuilding it and installing the software back on. It's so fast thanks to my new Solid State Hard drive, really kicking myself for not getting one sooner. Cannot play any games yet since my current monitor is out of date and not supported by Windows 7 (even though I had Windows 7 for most of last year and it was working fine), got a new one coming tomorrow so I should be back on Warcraft tomorrow.

Need to make sure to balance my time so my PC does not take over my two for one challenge will be impossible, although I do have a huge line up of games I want to play right now. Finding it very hard not to keep switching games and trying other ones, I know if I do that then I won't get anything finished by the end of the month.

Anyway that's it really for an update, I just wanted to pop on to make a quick post about how the challenge is going. I might post later if I can get the list done, but I want to write out all the games I want this year to get an idea of what to expect. Knowing my luck it will be two pages long or something, god help me if they launch the next generation consoles as well.

~Iznic

P.S. Updated the year progress stats this morning and yes I'm aware of some of the display issues with the site, will be looking into this over the next week.

Happy New Year

Evening folks,
Hope you all had a great New Year Eve last night and not too hung over, I spent the night watching movies and had a great time with the girlfriend.

Now it's no New Year with out some resolutions and so for my new years resolution I've decided to do a challenge. The2 for 1 challenge has started for me today, well actually it started last Saturday but who care about the minor details. Anyway the rules are simple "I cannot buy another game until I've finished two out of my pile of shame", originally it was 1 for 1 but a work friend changed my mind.

Of course I'm kinda now regretting that decision since I just realised how many games are coming out across the next few months, so I really could do with getting my ass into gear and get something finished. In fact I'm very close to finishing off Lego Lord of the Rings for the Xbox 360 which will be my first game of the year, plus it would be the second game of my challenge. So I'm off to a nice start which will cover me for Ni No Kuni at the end of the month but still need another two since I've heard the Hitman HD Collection is out as well at the end of the month.

If I stick to one game at a time I have no doubt that I will get through my collection, my problem as always been there are too many games I want to play at the same time. So a lot of stuff gets pushed to the side or half finished, so I need to cut down on how many I'm playing. Also would be wise to try and clock the new games I buy instead of letting them gather dust, though to be fair I did well this Christmas with a good chunk finished.

It will be a interesting year anyway, just made a quick note on the games coming out the first quarter and I'm now really regretting making the rule two games.

Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires
Starcraft 2 Heard of the Swarm
Ni No Kuni
Hitman HD Collection
Gears of War Judgement
Tomb Raider
Last of Us
Bioshock Infinite
Crysis 3
God of War Ascension
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

That's a lot of games for the first three/four months, well wish me luck and lets hope I get that pile of shame down.

~Iznic

P.S. Any gaming new years resolutions readers? drop a line with what you got planned