long time no update

well, i haven't updated in a while because...well...i have very little to say.

i mean, it's rare that i ever have nothing to say about a topic, it's just that there isn't a whole lot going on that interests me right now.

smash bros.

smash bros isn't out til march 3rd, and i'm not guaranteed a copy right then either. i guess, as opposed to fire emblem and other less desirables, the pr company that front nintendo in canada has been inundated with requests for loaners of this particular game.

now, if i were nintendo, i would want every person who could write about smash, to have a copy in their possession before launch, but that's just me. they're so super secretive about the unlockables in the game, the new characters, and basically everything but the main brawling that i don't think exposure is even a concern.

with the dojo and the fact that most American (or Japanese i guess) companies put very little money into Canadian press, i've not got my hopes up.

gaming these days

but it's not to say that i'm not gaming. in fact, the predominant use of my time recently has been plugging away at a few select games.

i've given up on mass effect entirely, so that's one thing i've stopped worrying about. there's just too much talking and too much walking. it's too much like real life i guess, but with more aliens and guns.

nhl 2008

i am almost through my inaugral nhl 2008 season finally! i've had the game for many moons but always played a few games here and there. i mean, i love the game and the new controls, i just kept getting rad games to take up my time.

lost odyssey

i've also breached the third disk in lost odyssey and i'm finding that, with a good chunk of the game done, i'm still loving the combat but finding it hard to sit down and play.

why? because once you get into a dungeon or new area, it's damn hard to put down.

for one, the save points later in the game can be few and far between. now, i rarely die in these instances, but the situation between me and my fiancee tends to detoriorate as i keep saying 'just one more minute...i seriously just need to find the next save point...'. this problem is documented here on kotaku.

skate.

and when i'm not playing hockey, or defeating giant bugs and enchanted thugs in lost odyssey, i'm battling xbox live and ea nation to get some online skate action in.

i don't think i've been this obsessed with a sports game since the first two tony hawks came out. it's really really good. course, connecting to games is a pain in the arse and i can't figure out if the matchmaking fails so many times due to ea, live!, my internet connection or some combination of two or three of those ingredients.

so, i can say that at least i'll keep busy until smash, mario kart wii, or anything else compelling are released.

later days,

JD