Happy 4th!

Man, I can’t believe it, E3 is coming soon! I am looking forward to some major stuff from Ninty. Perhaps even a new project from Retro? Everyone has been talking about something for a while now. Let’s just hope it happens!

Well, it looks like my writing is finally paying off. I am going to E3 with 411mania. To some, this may not be a big deal, but this is a huge event.

Well, I did vote on this one: Shigs!  Looks like Shigeru Miyamoto is number 9 on the user picked list of TIME’s 100 most influential people.

How is it going guys? Well, lately i have been writing for 411 mania, and it has been a lot of fun. I try to keep up with the news here too, but sometimes it’s tough to try keeping up with two sites. What I end up doing is writing news there, and using this site as more of a blog for personal thoughts on the game industry and its happenings.

Updates may not happen here as often as they used to, but lately it has gotten a bit lonely here, because when we started the site was 4 people. Lately it has just been me. I don’t run the site, but I am considering asking the owner if he wants to go with some more general tech news.

This week I have already finished Ninja Gaiden DS and Insecticide. Soon I will be posting my reviews on 411. Expect me to post a link as soon as I can.

So what’s going on?

Yeah, I am still alive and well. Have been working at my local EB for a few weeks. It’s a great bunch I work with, but the bummer is that it has actually made video games into *gulp* a job. Oh well, better than most things I can be doing right now, and it’s only temporary.

Aside from that, not a lot is going on, been playing Brawl of course. Picked up Professor Layton (VERY fun game actually) and I think Professor Layton should win the nice guy award. Caught up with some Link to the Past (haven’t played that in a while) and am looking forward to Insecticide and Ninja Gaiden DS. This is why I need to limit the games I buy. I rarely finish them, because I tend to get caught up playing other newer games everytime something comes out. I HAVE to finish all these games one day.

What else…oh yeah, been reading “The Ultimate History of Video Games” really great book so far, but I really have to say that “Power Up” did a little more to feed the hungry fanboy in me. After that is “Game Over”, it is said to have a really great detailed history on Nintendo. In fact, the book is sitting here at my desk as I type this up. Oh, and the Guinness Book Gamers Edition. Yeah, I read a lot.

Games you all need to check out:

Professor Layton

Insecticide

Ninja Gaiden DS

I am assuming anyone reading this has already purchased Brawl. If you haven’t go out and get it, now.

Oh, and while in Austin, I picked up King of Kong and the Super Mario Bros. movie.  YAY me.

So while I was in Austin recently, I saw this cool place called Game Over Videogames. It’s a store that specializes in retro gaming. They are a really awesome bunch who genuinely seem to love what they are doing. Check them out here: Game Over

This is definitely a place you want to visit if you happen to cruise through Austin, TX.