Anticipated games!

Now more than ever we are seeing a growth in large video game projects featuring releases of franchise titles across multiple platforms. Take Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for example. The first Modern Warefare really solidified COD's place amongst FPS games and World at War proved they were going to grow their online play. CODMW2 is sure to shoot to the top of online games but there are definitely more to come and contest that place.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a surefire hit and with Bioshock 2 promising multiplayer we'll be in for a whole new experience. (I just hope they make a competitive multiplayer game and not just co-op or campaign.) And there is something being worked on called Halo: Reach slated for Fall 2010 but this is a pretty dry case. All we really know is its an FPS that acts as a prequel to the Halo series.

Nintendo is working on a new Zelda Wii title as announced at E3 but I don't think we will see more of that until October. Another Nintendo classic is being brought back and even though it's series consists of only two games Golden sun will get people back on their DSi once they get bored with it.

First Post/First Game

My first blog post! Anyway, the first video game I can remember playing was Mario Bros. I think that goes for many others as well. The classic tale even Shakespeare could never write. A princess kidnapped by the evil king Koopa and the only courageous enough to save her are two brothers. Plumbers of the same womb who, although seem to be Italian, have only been know to say "mama mia!". Only the twisted genius of Shigeru Miyamoto could create such an amazingly ridiculous character and have it capture the hearts of millions. The only reason I didn't yell "WTF" when I played this game for the first time is because I really had no frame of reference for video games. But now I see clearly one of the many reasons for our generation of blissful dementia. Mario really led the way for the strange fads and trends we enjoy today. We probably wouldn't have so much Japanese culture influencing the youth if it weren't for Miyamoto-san.