My PS3 Collection (So Far)

I manned up and purchased my PS3 last year, and ever since then, it has yet to disappoint me. It’s almost the perfect system, and will finally be completely flawless when Modern Warfare 2, God of War 3, Resistance 3, Kingdom Hearts 3 (if they make it so) and Bioshock 2 are released in the future.

But until I inevitably buy those incredible games, I’m gonna have to stick to the awesome games I already have, which include:

Resistance 1 & 2

Resistance: Fall of Man was the first ever game I bought for the PS3. I wasn’t used to incredible graphics at that time, so, obviously, I was blown away. This game had everything a first-person-shooter needs to be great. Well, I wasn’t a big fan of the online multiplayer mode, but the Campaign mode was an experience that changed how I look at FPS’s. The co-op campaign was definitely the best I’ve ever played. My friends and I had a blast killing aliens and saving the world with Nathan Hale and his unknown black cohort, whose looks may or may not have been based on those of Ja Rule.

And then there’s Resistance 2.

Remember when Killzone 2 was about to be released earlier this year, and everyone was saying that it would be better than Halo (Sadly it wasn’t)? Well, little did everyone know that that game was already out. Yes, Resistance 2 is that good. It takes what every FPS has established as a necessity for a good shooter, and adds a lot more to that.

The Campaign is so much fun, I’ve played it so much that my thumbs were begging me to stop. I would have liked to see the traditional co-op mode, where you and a friend can beat the shit out of the Campaign, but the co-op mode in Resistance 2 is still good. But the game shines the most in online deathmatches. It’s more violent and grittier than Halo (because there’s no purple aliens) but it does lack vehicles, which Halo has plenty of. (Which, by the way, are mostly purple.)

Bioshock

My more recent purchase, Bioshock is a load of fun. The story is great and creative, and you get to pummel mutants and giant scuba divers with a wrench. What more could you ask for? Oh, you would ask for the ability to shoot fire, lightning, and swarms of bees from your hands? Well, that’s in there too, Mr. Complicated Demands. Sheesh.

But seriously, Bioshock is great. It does have a few glitches here or there, but fuck that, it’s great, okay?!

Orange Box

Holy Jesus, mother of God, three games for the price of one; all on one disc?!  That sounds too good to be true!

The game come with Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and a game called Portal. Half-Life is amazingly good, and Team Fortress is just too much fun. Portal is the best of the three, however. It really tests the brain, and makes you enjoy it all along the way. Oh, and cake!

Tony Hawk’s Project 8

Pretty the much the same as all the other Tony Hawk games, only more open-world shit and all that. Also, a lot more of the color red.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero: World Tour

I’ve become increasingly and aggressively good at Guitar Hero since I bought GH3 earlier this year. Not really good, mind you. I can beat all the songs on Hard, except The Devil Went Down to Georgia (DAMN SONG!) and most of the songs on Expert. GH is very addicting, and may be the game I’ve played the most of all my games, though it may be the cause of extensive damage to my left pinky. Orange button, you can go to hell.

Grand Theft Auto IV

This game actually won the Videogame of the Year award in last year’s End of Year Awards, so you know I liked it. There’s nothing like mowing down pedestrians in a brand new Corvette (Coquette?) and just using a cheat code to fix the dents and clean the blood off of it. It really prepares today’s kids for life.

Scare-anormal Activity

I saw Paranormal Activity. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I put extra butter on my popcorn.

 To be honest, I was kind of hesitant to see PA. (No, not Pennsylvania. That’s a state.) Not because I was scared or anything, *nervous laughter* but because of all those commercials. Y’know, the ones that were airing nonstop last month featuring movie review quotes claiming it was one of the scariest movies ever made. I mean, c’mon Hollywood. That kind of marketing just leads to a guaranteed let down. I can’t tell you how many people kept asking me if I’ve seen it yet, and telling me, “They say it’s the scariest movie ever!”

 First of all, who are they? From what I saw, it was just one website that said that. Second of all, it was hardly the scariest movie I’ve ever seen. It took too long to get to the good stuff, and there were only a handful of actual scary parts.

 But, I got to give it praise for being creepy. It sticks with you well after you leave the theater. It makes you feel afraid every time you go to bed. It makes you ponder whether or not some invisible beast is watching you and living in your house, ready to grab your foot and drag you from your bed in the middle of the night. Or worse, make you stare at your spouse for hours as they sleep. That’s gotta make you feel tired in the morning.

 It really is a good film, and proof that low-budget horror movies can just as easily make you shit your pants as ones with a ton of cash supporting them; even do a better job at it. Though it’s not the scariest movie ever made, it does come pretty close, and that deserves some credit.

 The popcorn could’ve been better.