Looking Ahead...

I wanted to at least get in one more post before the weekend. Hopefully this will be the last of the "explanation and technicality" posts from me before I start actually, you know, blogging. At least for awhile. In any event, I did want to say one more thing in that regard. You can expect from me about 2-3 posts per week, and all of those during the work week. The weekends is the time I actually play games, spend time with the wife, and generally take care of all the other stuff. So blogging then is out of the question (at least for actual posting, something I want to do would require doing it during the weekend, but more on that at another time).

Sadly, I couldn't really come up with anything too in depth to write today, so I am going to do a "here's the games I am playing and will be writing about also ideas and concepts that I will want to mention" list/explanation. Normally, I would like to write about things in a more editorial manner, with me just free styling my thoughts on things, but there wasn't much I wanted to talk about this week (the Peter Moore leaving Microsoft thing seemed pretty clear to me, and E3 was something of a bore).

Without further ado, here are the games/systems/concepts I am most interested in and you can expect to see me write about:

World of Warcraft- Yes, yes, I know. Pretty much everything has been said and done with this game already, but since I am late to the show on this one (both in playing it and talking about it) I am rushing to catch up. I have a 64 mage in the game and hope to write a long "review-but-not-really-a-review" post for it when I hit the 70 cap, but I am worried that would be too dull, even for me to write. However, I do have what I think could end up being a rather interesting concept for it....

Blue Dragon- As you will quickly discover, I am something of an Xbox fan. It's strange, really. I generally dislike shooters, and the Xbox 360 has way, way too many of them, but I prefer it's more Western flavor as opposed to Nintendo and Sony's console offerings. So, why, then would I be interested in Blue Dragon? Easy, because I am waiting for the Eastern market to win me back over and prove that they can reach a staunch Western fanbase (like the one that owns Xbox's). Though I said I am growing tired of the Eastern market, I still have a fondness for it that is mostly fueled by chuckling at the inane nature of it. That, and my wife loves Kingdom Hearts.

Lost Odyssey- See above. Though I am destined to enjoy this one way more than my wife.

Playstation 3....and why I don't own one- I am sure that, eventually, I will. In the meantime, I imagine that, should people continually read this blog, they'll want to know why someone who has such an affinity for video games doesn't own one. It's one of those short answer/long answer type things, and those always take awhile to explain.

The Wii....and why I don't particularly enjoy it- This one is tricky. See, I own a Wii, managed to find one a week after Christmas (it's kinda a funny story how that happened, and would be included in a post about the Wii), but I rarely, if ever, play the thing. And in fact, it isn't even in my house. My stepdad has it, cause he enjoys it more than me. And it isn't like I hate the thing, not at all.....BUT....well....there are a lot of other things I'd rather do. Hence why this will need to be covered eventually.

Halo 3....and why I couldn't care less- Expect this once the game hits and everyone is trying to make me play it.

Handhelds, handhelds, handhelds- I own two DS's (one for me, one for my wife) and a PSP. And now that these things are really starting to shine with their software, expect me to actually give a damn about handhelds for the first time since the original Gameboy was released. (I could spend all day talking about the various idiosyncrasies of Elite Beat Agents)

Basically, that is the "list" at the moment of various topics you can expect from me. Next week might be a little tough because I am going away for the weekend and won't be home again till Monday evening. So I'll have to play it by ear (perhaps something in the news will spur something, who knows).

In any event, stay tuned as we work out the kinks around here and try to find our rhythm.