I was extremely pissed off when Valve cancelled the release of The Black Box that would of included Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The games I don’t already own and would gladly purchase. However now there is only The Orange Box that includes these three games and the two I already own. Every game site seems to tout it as a great deal, and price wise it’s really good. I’m sure if you’re out there and never played those games you’ll have your money’s worth of playtime. Valve has an other clever idea for their marketing, since you don’t need these games twice you should/could give them to a friend that hasn’t played these games 2 years ago. Upon release I’ll be able to send a code to a friend so he can get these two games. The thing is if he really likes it, he’ll probably end up buying The Orange Box and get stock with two copies of those games too. I would of like better respect from Valve and at some point I wanted to vote with my dollar, make them understand how wrong it is. I just wonder what will happen when they reach the end cycle for Episode Three… will they create a new bundle to rip off their loyal contributors? I believe they had the right method at first with The Black Box, but were corrupted by evil and let money get to their heads.

I’ll finish off with my appreciation of the purchase of the game via Steam, since you need the thing running anyway to play their boxed games why not get it online. It was a few clicks and hop they got money through PayPal. The games are associated with my Steam account and through a nice pre-order discount I saved a total of 16$ compared to what my local Canadian retailer would of charged me. I consider this my first digital purchase and I think it might grow on me…

Expect a review soon, if you never played those games before look-out for massive give aways in the coming weeks, not from me – but from all the ones buying this bundle across the globe. Half-Life 2 made a kind of revolution in my gaming life with a solid story line and cinematic value action adventure.

Day Watch (DNEVNOI DOZOR), gives you the indication that we’ll look at the other side of the fence as the balance of power has been shifted in an unexpected manner. The first movie had impressive visual effects that helped give way to this crazy universe that is our own. The best way to understand what it’s all about is to watch the trailer. It’s been available on YouTube for some time but the quality is always painful. Instead visit Quicktime trailers for the trailer for Day Watch in high definition (HD).

Set in contemporary Moscow, DAY WATCH (DNEVNOI DOZOR) revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness – the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides.

In Theatres: June 1st, 2007

Timur Bekmambetov (dir.)
Konstantin Khabensky
Vladimir Menshov
Valery Zolotukhin
Maria Poroshina
Galina Tunina

The most coherent analogy to PlayStation Home would be the well known Second Life; you get an avatar, character that you design to your likings, to evolve in a virtual space where you can meet friends, show off trophies and do a ton of interactive stuff. The keynote showed the ability to view trailers and movies from within the virtual environment, basically you got your character and a TV in it’s apartment, watching a trailer. Words cannot do full justice to Sony’s latest innovation; watch listen to the nice lady and be amazed, I’m sure impressed by what they pulled out of the hat.

Previews tell that this sequel takes off right were the first installment left us. Kratos returns to complete his vengeance and still tries to struggle with his past. He is betrayed and left in some extreme situations that you have to play through and survive, slashing enemies! GoW II will come in a 2-disc set loaded with bonus features, that add-on was really appreciated on the first one and this one is a guaranteed Greatest Hits before the end of 2007. This is one exemple why the PS2 is still the platform that sells the most unit, even with the Wii, Xbox 360 and Sony’s own PS3 in the mix. It’s extra cheap and the games are still coming! You can look forward more information about God of War II when I get my hands on it.

Love to all, may God bless you all. Be safe when you celebrate and enjoy the Holidays…

You have been waiting for it, I sure have. Final Fantasy XII is finally out. It seems like it took for ever before they released it. There is a previous post covering the release and you can read it to get your RPG fix. EB Games even had a special collector’s edition including a DVD.

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But when you have two countries that are highly similar in lifestyle, you send him BACK to his family; wife and three kids that were already living up there! In other words his only loss is the job as a teacher he had, but he would of lost anyway since he’s a sex offender. Is Canada considered some kind of 5th world country where this man will live miserably for the next three years? Does he leave everything behind in shame of his actions? No he doesn’t!

Considering those facts, how can you put one year of prison and three years of “freedom” in Canada side by side. I’m outraged and I hope the Immigration department looks into this and invalidates this judgment, we don’t have to take him, imaging if we did the same thing and sent out our criminals to the US. Tell me what you think about this and explain the logic behind this if you consider it to be any. I’d like to read your comments on the subject (where ever you are in the world).

Source: U.S. teacher exiled to Canada after sexual abuse conviction