Ladies and gentlemen, let the fun begin... again!

Many months have passed since I have kept this blog up to date. Many things have changed in the last 3-4 months. It's been a while since the last time we chatted, so let me fill you in.

Over the holiday time, two next-gen console came out during this time, and one console corrected the errors it made in the past holiday season. The Wii and the Playstation 3 arrived on store shelves 1 week between each other, causing a hellacious amount of chaos at stores all around the U.S. Microsoft managed to solve problems of the past by making hardware and software ready for early next-gen adopters by bringing out hit titles like Gears of War, Rainbow Six Vegas, and FEAR just to name a few. Everything was looking very bright for the hardcore gamers, until the drought.

A rule of thumb to always remember about console launches is that there will usually be lack of top hit games within the launch window. Sony and Nintendo both suffered from this rule, leaving system adopters scratching their heads and wondering where the Mario's and Daxter's of the platforming world were hiding. As of now, both Nintendo and Sony have approximately 10-15 games out for their systems, which isnt a small number usually, except that a lot of the games were ports from other systems. The original IP's (Intellectual Properties) were few to find, leaving gamers with re-hashes of old games they've played time and time again in the past. Microsoft was not sitting in such a spot, having released the very popular Gears of War. Gears of War sold hardware over the holiday season. Granted this was their only original IP that came out during the season, but it proved it's weight in gold for Microsoft, as they cashed in big time.

Sony and Nintendo were suffering on the hardware side of life during this time also. As the months came and went, the Wii and PS3 were hard to locate, but towards mid January the Playstation 3 was sitting on shelves, and people were still craving the minigames of the Wii. It was very obvious that while the 360 had a year lead on the competition, Nintendo wasnt planning on messing around. They were out for blood this time, and due to the hype, fun factor, and quality of the Wii... It gave Xbox 360 a healthy competition over the season, and is still almost impossible to find just lying on a store shelf. PS3, not so much...

With the Holiday recap out of the way, other things have changed since the last post so many months back. I'm back to a slower schedule at work, and buisness has also died down a little too. This means that i'll be around more often, and be able to get back to the updates in gaming news. Now, while i'm not exactly sure as to how I will approach a schedule to when I will be posting the latest... I'm pretty sure i'll go for more of a 'Once Per Week' sort of situation as to keep this as more of an enjoyable thing for me, and for you, the viewer. This doesnt mean that I wont post stuff occasionally just during the week when I see something interesting.. but it'll help give you guys an idea of when to expect an update, and will allow me to rack up some tasty morsels of gaming heaven. Expect the regukar update to hit on Fridays, as it will give you something to to check out once the week is over and you're off of work, like myself. So thats the current plan. A little messy still, but things will become more organized as you and I ease back into this whole thing again.

Anyways, i've gone on far too long. Time to go play some games.

I'll look for you on the battlefield,
-Cypher