Review - Halo 3: ODST

Platform: Xbox 306
Spoiler Danger Low

The Good
+ The score. Simply amazing, and it does exactly what it needs to do.
+ Best campaign in the history of the franchise.
+ Firefight!!!!
+ Scoped Pistol!
+ Silenced SMG!

The Bad
- No matchmaking in Firefight.
- Short campaign.
- Hands. The hands rendered with the Halo engine look awful.

Review - Modern Warfare 2

Platform: Xbox 360
Spoiler Danger: Low

The Good
  + The last two hours of the campaign
  + Spec-Ops mode is my new crack
  + The final confrontation is epic

The Bad 
  - The campaign's story is mostly ridiculous
  - How many Shock and Awe moments can fit into one game?

Review - Dragon Age: Origins

Platform: Xbox 360

Spoiler Danger Low 

The Good:
  + Deep characters and storyline
  + A world deeply impacted by the choices you make
  + So much to do

The Bad:
  - Graphics
  - Technical glitches that impede progress

Nunchux Back in Business... and Goodbye 2009

I'm in kind of a random mood today, and if the first paragraph is any indication, it seems my keyboard and I are gonna be fighting today - it may even come to fisticuffs. After a couple of weeks blog-free and an entire week completely internet-free (XBox Live excepted), I am back and am ready to begin more regular blogs once again. I've got some cool stuff in the works for the next couple of weeks, time permitting, not the least of which is my annual best of the year post, which I'm very excited to write. It's probably my favorite post of the year! Like my very own Emmys. I'm clocking through the last great games of the year (reviews for all also coming soon), then I will be ready to post the best of.

You can find a lot of great life lessons within the frames of Calvin and Hobbes. Just sayin'.

Anyway...