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i've decreed it that i will now post my xbox live achievements profile at the top of each blog to gloat in my meager, but higher that some, score. booyah!

i forgot to share something a month ago with everyone... this is my new favorite food...



that being said, let's move onto a topic concerning the psp.

i traded my video camera a few years back to my brother for his psp. he never used it, and i never used my video camera, so it made sense to do the swap considering we'd both utilize each other's items far more than our own.

however, my only need for the playstation portable was that of a little game called, "grand theft auto: liberty city stories."

when i got the GTA game, i was more than a little sore with it. not with the story by any means, but the lack of a directional pad to be used as an alternate for driving vehicles.

see, i have this thing about the playstation analog stick, as well as the psp's analog nub... i hate them. unless i'm moving my character physically, i don't want it. especially not to drive with.

the driving in grand theft auto is so linear sometimes, that it's a much smoother ride with the directional pad. easier to control, easier to maneuver.

needless to say, i rid myself of the game and awaited it's port arrival on the playstation 2, which was nothing short of the joy i've come to excpect from the GTA saga.

over the next year or so, the only other game that interested me enough to pick-up was, "splinter cell: essentials."

it's a great game, with decent controls, albeit clunky sometimes, but very fair overall.

after that, the psp laid dormant for a long while.

cue to last night around five-ish...



OH... WOW...

the only real, "silent hill," game i really didn't agree with too much, was the second one, but even that wasn't a complete loss.

but this one... origins... the prequel that takes place right before the first PSone game... it's more than satisfying if you're a hardcore, "silent hill," fan like i am...

not only do you get to see familiar faces from the series, but remember how i mentioned that in a review i read, they said that the company found a way to ghost in the movie plot... it's the little girl from the film.

for a handheld, it's incredible to look at the lush environments, whether in the real world setting, or when you advance through mirrors to the terror side.

my only complaint is the same as the reviews i've read. the combat system is one button mashing. one button being, "X," and it's pretty consistent of just locking onto enemies and hitting them over and over until they fall. that's the game's only real downfall...

other than that, my weekend is set.