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It's been a while since I last updated. I've been keeping busy with the usual work, side work, and playing on the Xbox 360 Live. I just recently got Gears of War, which prompted me to finally buy a year's membership to play games online. Previously, I was able to download demos, games and content via the 360 Live Marketplace, but I couldn't play against others. Gears of War was such a cinematic and fun single player game, but it was very short. Multiplayer is really where the longevity of that game is.
Additionally, I can now play my World Series of Poker and Tiger Woods Golf games online too. Actually most games coming out now have online play. Playing others around the world while sitting on my couch really is great. I'm so use to doing it on the PC, but for some reason it seems fresh and new when doing it with console style games. It really is the next generation of console gaming.
I was going to write a sort of editorial about my thoughts on the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 "console war" going on now. Being someone who isn't a die hard fan of any one system or company, I have a pretty clear view of what is good and bad about each console (at least I'd like to think so). So many editorials I've read on the web about this subject are clouded or tainted with the writer's personal affinity for one of the companies. Anyways, I thought writing an editorial would be an interesting blog entry, but I decided to write this regular blog post for now instead.
Reading all the current editorials has almost made me sick of the subject and all the opinions flying around. So I'll save my current thoughts for an editorial at a later time, instead of jumping into the jungle of current flame-baited discussions. However, I will say that I am currently very happy with my Xbox 360, and the Nintendo Wii is looking pretty interesting too. I'm also very content and excited about the current direction of next generation console gaming in general.
As I mentioned, I've been pretty busy lately with work, then coming home and doing more work, then spending a final few hours of the day having fun on Xbox Live. So I've been caught up in my little world for the last week or two. Christmas is sneaking up fast, and I need to start focusing on gift purchasing. I also have almost two weeks off work coming up soon. It will be nice to enjoy some chilled time off and bring in the New Year with friends and family. For now, it's time to return to my cycle of work, and maybe later some Xbox Live ;-).
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