I finally picked up GTA IV for my Xbox 360 last Friday and have been playing it all weekend. First impressions are good. The opening cutscenes right away impressed me and lifted my expectations that GTA IV is going to have a better story with better characters than its previous incarnations.

Playing Assassin's Creed on the PC is something I've been eagerly waiting to do for a long time. I ignored the DRM, instability, and control issues, and dove right in - purchasing the game through Steam. First impressions were mixed. The graphics and story instantly drew me in while the controls and menu navigation threw me off. But I stuck with it, and in the end Assassin's Creed turned out to be a damn good game.

One of my most anticipated games for the PC was finally released a couple days ago. Assassin's Creed has been a game I've known about since it was first announced to the world. But I was never that interested in the game until about nine months ago when lots of gameplay footage and screen shots were released. The game looked amazing and I couldn't wait to play it.

Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is a dangerous game. It may not be directly dangerous to your health, like alcohol, but in the long run, I can see myself getting more and more unhealthy the more and more I play this game, or the more and more alcohol I drink. What the hell am I talking about? TF2 is also like alcohol in terms of time shifting. There, that should clear things up.

Crysis was one of my most anticipated games of 2007, but with the holidays I haven't been able to get, or play, or review this game until now.  There were highs, there were lows, but overall I left the game feeling empty. And actually, as I write this review, I'm having trouble remembering any moments in the game that really stood out for me. But I'll try...

Well, here we are already - 2008. I thought 2007 was a pretty good year for gaming, especially PC gaming, with the release of such games as The Orange Box, Call of Duty 4, Crysis, Bioshock, and Supreme Commander to name a few. And now looking forward to 2008, it looks to be another great year of gaming. Here are some of my most anticipated PC games for 2008.

I was browsing through the New Arrivals area of the Xbox Marketplace when I noticed a new arcade game called GripShift. I first heard about this game for the PSP and saw some game play videos on it. It looked to be pretty fun, and I was thinking about getting it for my PSP. But once I saw it on the Marketplace, I immediately purchased it there and didn't think twice about the PSP. Good move!

It's been awhile since I've played a Call of Duty (CoD) game, and I was pretty skeptical when I got this game. The first game was great while the next two were pretty crap-tastic, but several good reviews and amazing looking game play videos of CoD 4 tipped the scales, and I broke down and got the game. I haven't beaten the game yet, but through my game experience I can already tell you that CoD is back!

It's been close to three years since I built my last gaming PC, and though that computer still kicks ass at most games, it's starting to show its age with next-gen titles. I first knew it was time to start looking at a new computer when I installed and played Bioshock; a great game that forced me to turn down the graphical setting in order to get a decent frame rate. Next, was the Crysis demo which officially gave my computer a heart attack when I tried to run it at High settings and resolutions.

Figures. The weekend I go out of town, is the same weekend they decide to release a demo of one of my most anticipated games of the year, Crysis. So yesterday morning (Monday) I start to download the demo via BitTorrent. I tried downloading from several other HTTP servers, but their download time was going to take a while longer than BitTorrent. Still, the demo took about 3-4 hours to download.

Here we go. My most anticipated game of this year has finally come, and unfortunately, gone. But that's OK, because I've already played through it twice and I'm now watching Jenny (wife) play through it. The next installment of Gordon Freeman's journey takes him through the outskirts of City 17 and into the wild with big outdoor areas, and new elements like weapons, enemies, and friendly faces.

Valve's Orange Box that is. Which is set to be released in less than two hours. How do I know this? Well, Steam was nice enough to tell me. I opened up Steam, went to my games list, and half-heartedly double clicked on the pre-loaded, yet locked, Portal game. And what did I get? A nice message telling me the game is going to be unlocked in a little over an hour. My pulse increased immediately. I knew the game was supposed to be released tomorrow, but Valve always likes to push things back.

Without having to wade through this entire article looking for my opinion on this game, I'll just say this - Team Fortress 2 is amazing and well worth the wait. So for those just looking for that answer, there you go, but for those who want to read a bit more info on why I love this game so much, then continue reading below.

I open up Steam this evening to play some Bioshock and what do I get? A nice helping of updates and Steam restarts that I distressingly have to comply with. I'm used to it; it's quick and painless (usually). But this update told me because I'm running Vista, that I need to run Steam with admin privileges to install the update. OK, that's new. Once the Steam client update downloaded and installed I was treated with a wonderful new feature. The (all-new) Steam Community.

Well Bioshock has been surprising the shit out of me lately. Awhile ago before the game came out 2k released a demo of the game on the Xbox 360. Due to all the mass hype this game was getting I thought I'd download it and give it a try. Needless to say, the demo did less than impress me. Then a couple weeks later 2k releases the same demo but this time for the PC. So I download and try that version thinking that maybe because it's on a PC, it will be more enjoyable. The end result was still a bland feeling. So when the game finally got released, I didn't get it right away. But peer pressure kicked in and I bought it anyways; slowly playing my way through it. I now love this game!

Crysis is probably one of my most anticipated games of 2007 along with Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Team Fortress 2. Why? Well, for one is it being developed by the same guys who created Far Cry which I thought was a very fun game. Second, it takes you back to those lovely outdoor tropical environments that I missed in other first person shooters like Half-Life 2, Doom 3, and Bioshock. Third, it has amazing graphics. So amazing in fact that I'm worried that my computer will have trouble running it at the settings I want. What kind of settings? Maybe a nice high resolution, some AA, high res textures, and far view distances to name a few. If my current computer can't handle it, I guess I'll just have to build a new one.

For me Team Fortress Classic (or TFC as it's more commonly known) was one of my favorite multiplayer games ever. For it's time it was a damn fun, addicting, and great game. I remember sitting in front of my computer and playing round after round for hours; until my eyes dried out and my contacts were killing me. That was fun. I had a 14.4 baud modem and an itchy trigger finger. I always played as either a Sniper or Soldier. 2fort was of course the best map (for both Snipers and Soldiers), followed by Dustbowl. When ever I think about TFC I want to play it. Unfortunately though, I was usually away from home at that time.

I've always liked the Tomb Raider games. Sure there were a couple that were definitely sub-par, but since the beginning I've played through each one. Just last year I was scrounging through my old PC game discs when I came across the original Tomb Raider. I thought about installing it and reliving some memories, but one quick sight of those wonderful 1996 graphics and I decided against it. Well luckily I can now play through the original game again only this time in our current gen graphics with Tomb Raider's latest game called Tomb Raider: Anniversary.

Ever since I got my Xbox 360 last Christmas, I've been craving some off-road competition. Whether it be a rally racing game, or motor cross game I just wanted to play some type of racing game with dirt and jumps. While I was still on my PlayStation 2 I really enjoyed the rally racing that the Gran Turismo series offered. As for the PC, well I never really liked any of the racing games for it. Probably because I didn't have a racing wheel or gamepad for my computer (a must have for racing games). Then of course I see Motorstorm for the PlayStation 3 and it looks awesome. I don't have a PS3 nor can I afford one, so it looked like my off-road fix would have to wait. That is, until I discovered a game called Dirt.

I believe this is the third or fourth time that I'm playing through this game. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is its full title and I really enjoy playing this game. Bloodlines is an RPG/FPS game that came out for the PC a few years ago and runs off the Half-Life 2 Source engine. While the game may not be as big or complex as other RPGs, it does have depth. It's also worlds apart from your typical fantasy RPG. Bloodlines, as I'm sure you figured out by now, revolves around the world of vampires and everything they do in our present time to try and hide themselves from the rest of the world.

Ah yes, Grand Theft Auto IV. I'm not afraid to admit that I love the GTA series. Well, at least from GTA III and up. The first two GTA's were ok, but not as memoriable as their children. I am of course talking about Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. They all rock, so all you haters shut up. Those three games have given me more game play time than another other game I can think of.

Valve, it's been awhile now since you guys released Half-Life 2: Episode One, and my patience is starting to wear thin. You can only play through this game so many times before it get repetitive (count 8 times for me). Now I'm waiting for Episode Two, which looks amazing by the way, and will probably blow the previous episode out of the water. We're talking bigger, and more open environments, new enemies, weapons, and vehicles. Updated graphics, AI, and physics. Plus, the answering of more of those famous Half-Life questions. Like WTF is is going on!? FEED ME INFO ON THE DAMN G-MAN!!

As most of my Xbox Live friends have realized, I haven't been on my Xbox for the past couple of months. Reason? Well, between buying a new house, moving, and unpacking, I haven't had time to play with it, let alone, even hook it up. During all this activity I didn't miss the 360 mainly because I didn't even have time to think about it. But now that I'm all settled in I really want to play it again, but I can't.

I am of course talking about the amazing fan fiction written by Nick P (not me). Also known as Spineless-Mush over at PortalForums.net. This book is simply called DOOM and is, as you guessed, based off the Doom universe. Through the upcoming years that eventually lead to the release of Doom 3, I read a bunch of fan fictions based off Doom. And while the Doom universe itself lacks any real story or dept, it does contain some of the coolest monsters and environments I've ever seen in a game (or movie for that matter). But most authors of these fan fictions couldn't put these aspects into a dark, demented, engrossing, and most off awesome story that Nick P. wrote.

...Sucky Terrible Abominal Life Killing Emotional wReck. Before I receive too many fanboy hate mails, let me put in this disclaimer - I M H O. Thank you. Why do I hate this game so much? Answer - because I cannot play it. Why can't I play it? Answer - because it's impossible to play a first person shooter (fps) at 10 frames per second or less. Why is it only running at 10 frames per second? Answer - I don't know. I have a top of the line gaming PC. Then why is the game running like shit on your computer? Answer - - - fuck if I know.

When I first got my Xbox 360 and signed up for Xbox Live, I noticed a free offer for American customers. It was called the Xbox Live Diamond Program. It was 100 percent completely free to Xbox Live subscribers and offered lots of discounts at tons of retailers around the country. So I though why not, and signed up for it right away. A few months go by and I completely forget about it. Heck I haven't even turned on my 360 for the past couple of weeks. But I checked my mail today and saw I got a letter from Xbox Live.

UPDATE: If you are having issues with Media Center freezing while connecting to your Xbox 360 try this fix:

Alternatively, if you are having problems with your Xbox 360 crashing with an error, try to remove the Hard Drive from the 360. If this fixes the problem, then try it again with the hard drive attached. If you get an error again, then there may be an issue with your 360 hardware in which case you'll need to contact Microsoft to get the unit repaired/replaced.

You can read more about this issue here.

Well I got Windows Vista installed this past week, and let me tell you it's been fun. Seriously, so far so good. I had Windows XP Professional on my PC, and recently upgraded to Vista Home Premium. Actually, I didn't upgrade to Home Premium. Rather I backed up all my shit and did a clean install of the new Vista operating system. You see I did a fresh install of XP Pro only a month or two ago and was planing on just doing a upgrade to Vista, not a full fresh install. Well it turns out you cannot do a upgrade from XP Pro to Vista Home Premium, so I had to backup everything and do a clean install.

I just recently discovered a new PC game in the February issue of PC Gamer magazine. After playing Gears of War non-stop on the Xbox 360, I've been craving some other great multiplayer co-op games. Well, Turtle Rock's newest game called Left 4 Dead looks to fill that void. That's right, the famed development studio behind the hit Counter-Strike is taking their shot at a new IP. Will it be as popular as Counter-Strike? In my opinion I think so.

Headcrabs that is! First it went after me but I was able to fend it off. Then it went after my dog Abby, but once it got a mouthful of fur it quickly bailed. Finally, it went after Jenny. As it leaped toward her head, she grabbed it and cuddled it fiercely. Damn, that seemed to tame the beast. And now it sits idly by on top of my monitor as I write this - starring at me - hovering above my beloved drunken smurf.

Most people that have gone out to a bar or sports bar have probably seen them. They're those weird little blue things with all the buttons and weird fandoogles. Plus they got the cool 1980's style green screen. They're the NTN Playmaker machines that let you and your friends play against each other in a battle to the death to see who answer the most trivia questions. So how can you not be throughly intrigued when you walk into a sports bar and see one?

My wife, Jenny was nice enough to buy me an Xbox 360 for Christmas and I couldn't be happier with her decision to do so. Jenny, like me, is a gamer. A hardcore gamer? No. But a gaming chick non-the-less. And us guy gamers know how hard it can be to find a girl who is smart, attractive, and most importantly, a gamer.

This past weekend I had a few buddies over to play with my new Xbox 360. We spent the majority of the day eating, drinking, and of course playing video games. I have both Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Gears of War, but we hardly played any of those games. Instead we spent most of our time playing the demo of Tony Hawk's Project 8.

Sorry for the lack of updates on this site lately. It's just that I've been busy....playing. I must say I am extremely impressed with the Xbox 360. I know it came out last year, but I didn't get it until this Christmas. Prior to that I never played any games on it, nor messed around with any of its functions, nor ever even been in the same room with one.

So, yeah, I got an Xbox 360 for Christmas thanks to Jenny (love you!). Talk about weird. I've been talking a lot about the 360 lately, and even stated I wouldn't mind getting one someday. So she surprised the shit out of me this Christmas when I opened her present and saw the Xbox 360 package.

I, of course am talking about myself. You didn't actually think that any other PlayStation fanboy would admit that, did you? That's like trying to get an Apple fanboy to admit the iPod is lame. It's just not going to happen. They have their loyalties and will stick by them no matter what. Even if it means their loyalties belong to a mental hick from Texas that somehow got elected President of the USA (twice) and is now running the country (and various other parts of the world) into the ground (hate mail starts.....now).

This is a message to my friend, Linerider. Linerider, I hate you. You seemed nice at first. A simple little toy that I could play with. You were fun, entertaining, and allowed me to express my creativity. You were always there for me in times of absolute boredom. Whether it be at home or at work, you always knew how to make me happy.

I like to get nostalgic sometimes.  What I'll do to bring back memories varies from time to time.  This time though it was my old PC game manuals.  There are some good ones in there.  Some that I spent hours reading and learning from.  A lot of these games were out before the Internet was around, so all you had was their manuals to help you out.

You all know that PlayStation 3 right?  You know, Sony's newest gaming console?  Oh yeah!  That's right.  It's the one that's impossible to get unless A) you have lots of money and can buy one on eBay, or B) meet a man in dark back alley to 'exchange' something for one.  Anyways, I don't have a PS3 and probably will not get one for awhile.  First, I'll wait and see how the console does, or wait for more to become available, or wait for the price to drop.  Yeah, I'll probably be waiting for the next couple years.

So I've spent the last few days drooling over Crysis videos and screenshots.  I cannot wait to play that game or get into its level editor!  Anyways, I finally get the urge to do some jungle slaughtering so I pop in my FarCry discs and start installing the game again.  I recently reformatted my PC because Windows doesn't like me replacing motherboards like they're hot-swappable devices (weird huh).  But that's for another post.

With a new year right around the corner, there are a few upcoming PC games that have really got my attention.  So much so that I dread everyday I have to live without these games in my possession.  Not really, but I know some of you out there know what I'm talking about.  Let's take a look and see what I want need next year for gaming:

After many months of worrying despair, it looks like the guys behind the HL2 mod: Black Mesa Source have finally released some new updates and media.  This was definitely a sigh of relief.  This mod looks incredible and I cannot wait to play it.  I was worried that the mod might of died due to the lack of news or updates on their site.

Ok, last post about Jack Thompson, I swear!  But I just had to post this little gem.  Where to start, where to start?  As most of my readers know already, Jack Thompson has some type of vendetta against the video game industry.  No one really knows why, but many believe it's for more recognition and votes at the polls.  Either way, the guy is a complete wacko and Rockstar (developers of Jack's favorite game, Grand Theft Auto) was nice enough to show everyone just that.

I recently got a hold of a new PC game called 'Just Cause' last week and have been playing it most of this weekend.  The game is a 3rd person, adventure game (think Grand Theft Auto - GTA).  Actually, that's really good advise, because the game tries to be just like GTA.  Except this new game is worse in some cases but better in others.

But who is Jeremy Soule you ask?  Well in my opinion he's one of the greatest (if not the best) music composers for video games ever.  And last night Mr. Soule won the first annual MTV composer of the best video game score.  What game did he win for?  It was of course, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.  From the mouth of the man himself:

Damn! This is one of the coolest flash games/program I've used in a long while. It's called Punk-O-Matic and you can check it out below:

With this flash program you can create your own punk song. I spend over an hour tonight messing with it. It's crazy! I like it mainly because punk rocks. Plus a lot of the guitar riffs and drum lines this programmer used kick ass. Next time I'm in a band I might have to use Punk-O-Matic to help write the song. Heh.

Ah crap.  First the bad news.  Half-Life 2: Episode 2 has been delayed until February 2007.  Episode 2 was originally supposed to be release sometime at the end of the year.  This puts the release of Episode 1 and Episode 2 at eight months apart.  Valve started the episodic (is that a word?) game deployment to avoid long gaps in between sequals.  It kind of makes me wonder if game episodes are going to work or not.  But still, the gap between Half-Life and Half-Life 2 was like five years.  So eight months doesn't sound too bad.

Haha!  This adapter rocks!  I've been playing a lot of GTA on the PC lately.  The game is so much better on the PC than it is on the PS2.  For one the graphics are way better and another the game runs smoother and loads quicker.  But of course playing GTA with a keyboard and mouse can be a pain in the ass.

Did you like Doom 3 or Quake 4?  If you did then get Prey.  Get it now.  Prey is a good mix between Doom 3 and Quake 4.  Of course Prey, as well as Quake 4, uses the Doom 3 engine so similarities are going to be seen.  But what Quake 4 did with the Doom 3 engine and vehicles and outdoor areas, Prey does with gravity and portals.

Valve finally released a trailer for Team Fortress 2.  You remember that game right?  It was supposed to be released sometime last millinium.  Well it's finally coming out and should be released with Half-Life: Episode 2.  Maybe early 2007 I'm thinking.  Anyways click on the link below to check out the new Team Fortress 2 trailer.  It might be different than what you expected:

I just bought a new video game called 'Prey' for my computer.  The game looks pretty cool and the demo was fun, so I figured I'd buy the game.  I'm not the type of gamer that buys Collector Edition games, mainly because I don't care about all the fluff that come with them for an additional cost.  But this time I went for the Collector's Edition just because I wanted the DVD version of the game.  The standard edition of course comes on several CD-ROMs as opposed to the Collector's Edition which comes with one DVD.

I wasn't really going to write about Episode One, but I got nothing else to write about so what the hell.  But a warning, this post will contain spoilers to the game.  You can skip down to the next red section to avoid any big spoilers.  Otherwise read away!

How many of you have played the original SiN? Did any of you even know that there was an older SiN game? Well, most people actually don’t know. The original SiN game came out around the same time that Half-Life did. SiN was a good game but Half-Life was better. Thus, SiN was over-shadowed and never became really popular. I knew of SiN’s existence but only played the demo when it first came out.

Yeah! More anti video game propaganda. I love reading these articles about these horrible video games and their "liberal tyranny". Please read the following article and tell me how errors you see: Video Game: Criminal training for liberal teens.

AH! Why do they keep making new Tomb Raider games? This has to be the sixth or seventh game in the series. Maybe they think if they keep making more, that they will eventually get it right and make a half descent game. Well my friends let me tell you...they finally did.

Who here has heard of the 'Hot Coffee' fiasco that took place?  Anyone not raising their hands needs to get on the Internet or watch TV or do something outside of that cave they've been living in.  Of course I'm talking about the whole incident in which the popular Grand Theft Auto game was modified by a gamer to include a sex mini game.  Once this mod hit the Internet it spread like wild fire and soon everyone had it or at least heard about it.

Hehe, I just found this online and think it's great.  I mean look at it, it's a Headcrab stuffed animal!  Who could live without one of these?  I've already ordered six.

Ok, maybe not but it is kind of cool.  The Headcrab is one of the most popular video game enemies in the Half-Life series of games.  At $25 though it seems kind of steep but I'm sure I'll get one eventually.  It just looks so cuddly doesn't it. :)

Heh, I almost forgot that this weekend is the Guild Wars Factions preview event.  Factions is the next chapter to the game and includes all new areas, professions, skills, enemies, etc, etc.  I planned on playing Oblivion mostly this weekend, but I guess I'll have to put that off until this preview event is over on Sunday.

I got the video game Oblivion for the PC last night.  It's a game that I've been eyeballing for a couple months now.  Oblivion is the fourth installment of The Elder Scrolls series.  I never played any of the other Elder Scrolls games except Morrowind, which I only played for maybe five hours.  It's not that I didn't like Morrowind, it's just that I kind of forgot about it.  I don't know, maybe I was playing another game at the time and forgot about Morrowind.

The creator of one of the most popular games ever (The Sims) has been working on a new video game that aims to break through current video game boundries.  The game is called Spore and the creator is named Will Wright.

It happened last week sometime. I was sitting at home one day, being bored while on the computer. Nothing good on the Internet to look at, tired of listening to all my same music, and burnt out on all my PC games.

Seems like a simple statement eh? Would you rather have your kids doing cocaine or playing video games? Sounds almost like a rhetorical question - kinda like, would you rather eat some food or get run over by a truck?

Just like with the Halloween update, Guild Wars has now updated again to celebrate Wintersday as they call it. During this time, the major outpost all got transformed to show their holiday spirit.

I'm really starting to worry about the people that help run this country. I mean, I hate to use the term but um, get a clue! For christs sake, do politicians have nothing better to do than waste everyones' time and money (tax payers money) on stupid, redundant crap?

If you don't remember, a few months ago California passed a video game law that would prevent the sales of certain games to minors. You can read my previous post on the issue here >> California's video game bill.

The Xbox 360 has been out for a few weeks now and with the majority of every new gaming console, the 360 is nearly impossible to find. With its high demand and short supply, the 360 was sold out in nearly every store in a matter of hours after it was released. 

Recently it has come to my attention that famed film critic, Roger Ebert does not consider video games to be a form of art. And after a little searching it turns out that lots of people do not see video games as art. They consider paintings, literature, films, and ever comic books to be art, but not video games.

Ahhhh! Why do they keep doing this? Why do they insist on taking perfectly good games and turning them into horrible, horrible movies? You would think after a hoard of horrible outcomes and reviews, people would stop doing this. Yet it continues. Actually, it seems to be getting worse. 

Tomorrow (Nov 22nd) Microsoft will release their newest game console, the Xbox 360. I'd like to get one eventually, I just don't know when.

The Xbox 360 comes in two packages, the Core and Premium (shown above). The Core is what the cheapo, Wal-Mart shopper would get. The Premium is what those-who-know gamers will get. I'll be getting the Premium of course.

Those who are fans of the Gran Turismo series know its tag line, "The real driving simulator." Well Tourist Trophy comes with a similar line, "The real riding simulator." That's right...'riding'. Tourist Trophy (TT) has one main thing that makes it different from Gran Turismo (GT) - no cars. TT offers you to control the fewer-wheeled vehicle form - motorcycles.

When I first saw FEAR about a year ago it didn't strike me as anything special. It just kind of seemed like another standard run-and-gun fps. But since then Monilith (developer) has released lots more info about the game and it just sounded better and better. Finally, when the game was released I just had to buy and play it.

The huge game publisher/developer EA Games, has gone and obtained another license to add to their already world dominating company.

Now the future of The Simpsons video games can only be published by EA Games and no other company. This deal between Fox and EA is the first development deal between these two entities. The first game of the multi-game deal will be launched on next generation systems though no launch date has been announced yet.

In the spirit of Halloween, the developers of Guild Wars have decided to celebrate. And what a cool celebration it was.

As you can see, some of the outposts in the game have been re-done with the coming of the Mad King - a giant pumpkin head npc that likes to celebrate Halloween by playing games, thus rewarding us for winning and killing us for losing, ouch. Some of the games included a Simon Says type game, rock-paper-scissors, and more.

This review has some spoilers in it. So if you don't want your Quake 4 experience ruined, then don't read this review.

Overall, I liked the game and would give it a 7/10 rating. The graphics are definitely top notch, though some of the outdoor backgrounds (skies) look a little dated. But that aside the Doom 3 engine really shines in this game. And I love my PC. I can play this game at 1600x1200 - 4x AA - High Settings with no lag at all.

First off, Quake IV has finally been released. It continues the story from id Software's Quake II game (Quake III was no more that a multiplayer game). Quake IV runs on the Doom 3 engine and looks amazing.

Remember Arnold Schwarzenegger? He was that great action film star that I would consider an idol sometimes. But that's in the past...now I consider him a worthless, mindless, sheep of a politician.

Within the next month or so, Rockstar should be releasing their next Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game called, Liberty City Stories (LCS). This game will be released for the PSP.

Known existence of this game has been around for awhile. Through its development it just looked like just another GTA clone, but now Rockstar has revealed that multiplayer will be available for this game.

Well, I couldn't take it anymore and finally bought one. This is one of the coolest things I've bought in years.

I got the PSP Value Pack for $250 from Best Buy. It came with the PSP system, AC adapter/power cord, battery pack, soft carrying case, wrist strap, headphones w/built in remote, and 32 MB Memory Stick Duo.