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Yes I know its early, very early. We still have several months left in the season and some AMAZING games (well potentially amazing games) coming out. But I am going to go out on a limb here and say that one that will be near the top of my list if not on the top is.....



Seriously, I can't say how amazing this game is. The fact that its a interactive pick your own adventure was extremely risky, but did it pay off in spades. Your play through and mine could be completely different. The fact that people remember things and that every action has an equal reaction is just amazing.

Its only 2 episodes in thus far but according to Raptr.com I have put in a little over 6 hours. I played episode 1 2 times just to see what happens. Now that I finished episode 2 with my "main" profile I plan on starting Episode 1 again just to see what happens.

Seriously, the artwork is really strong it feels as if you are watching the comic (in color....) come to life. You get to know the characters and care about them (more so Clementine but I think that is the Dad in me...) and we have some amazing scenes that are extremely tense.

TENSE you read that right a Point and Click game where you are faced with TENSE moments that I haven't had in a long, long time playing a video game. Top it off you have to make critical decisions that affect the rest of the cast. Some of them make my jaw hit the floor (those who played episode 2 know what I am talking about...).

When this is all said and done the main play through will be around 15 hours for me (averaging 3 hours a episode) and I can see myself knocking out several others when they are all released or hell when a new episode is released to go back and see how much you can change the story from episode to episode.

Seriously, what other game can you say that about? This is a one of the best single player experience that I have played on the 360. If it continues on the path that it is on now then this will be hands down my favorite for GOTY. But since we are only 2 episodes in I will give it a contender title.

For those that don't know EVO is the fighting game communities Super Bowl^TM. All the biggest fighting games and the best from around the world will be going to compete.

Some may remember it from this video:



Still amazing if you haven't played the game, you don't know how crazy that was. Oh and listen to that HYPE.

If you are a fan of fighting games at a high level then its really fun to watch a stream. Most of the big games will be on display MK9, SFxTekken, KoF XIII, Super SF II Turbo, SCV. The most important ones that are in are SSFIV: AEv2012 & U. Marvel v Capcom 3. Which during the stream will see the most views (I will be watching. I LOVE this stuff) in the states UMvC3 will be one of the most popular during the stream.

Now just in time for Evo (July 6 - 8) we get to see various game breaking infinites. You know the same that were in the broke ass MvC2? Oh here let me refresh the broken-ness of MvC2 for you all:



Yes you could get that guy in a loop and bam you win.

So why bring this up well it seems like everyone on the UMvC3 roster has one of these example:

Magneto:


So you thought it was one touch kill before now its 100% 1 touch and your dead. Rumor is they are working on a patch, doubtful it will be released before EVO so now we will get to see a broken game become even more broke.

Sunday means new episode for everyone to enjoy:



Yippie! Next is 99 then 100 so I can't wait to see what he does for 100 (I am hoping its Troll 2 since that movie is so damn bad but so, so very good)

Unrelated, why does Tekken 6 take forever to load install?

As the 2 of you that actually read this and have followed me over on 360voice knows my job seems to wear me down.



By wear me down I mean it bends me over a la HBO's OZ. I can't catch a break. I bust my ass day in and day out to assist with others and done a lot of seperate myself to be the elite GO TO person for my area, which I am.

But now its when things get to shit on me. We used to work 10 hr shifts. Now that has changed to 8 hour shifts mandatory. My work hours are odd retail hours (10-8 m-f, 9-7 sat, 12-6 sun) so really 8 hour shifts are difficult since Sunday we are only opened for 7 with the extra hour we open to get the place ready so that means people that work Sunday have to work a 10 hr shift....the thing that they banned 100%.... In addition to that we have to deal with constant fire drills where I have to come into the location on my day off, field phone calls on my day off, and pick up shifts when people don't show since I am salary that means I lose money since my salary is based on a 40 hr work week. FUCK YES!

All of those have have happened this week (3 days in). I am on my 4 day in a row working with 3 being 10 hrs due to 2 vacations that were approved (1 by me one was forced onto me by my market manager) so I have to pick up....Its one of those things where I would love to just cash out my PTO (around 2 months worth) that would hold me over until I find a new job and leave but I for some reason have some odd loyalty to a company who pisses on me at every chance they get.....

I have been pushing this site to anyone that has listened. Since i have nothing else to blog about but want to keep trying to get people to come read I thought i would just post the newest video here for all to enjoy:



Again great blog site where he has 97 of these videos posted. I spent one night watching about 50 of these when I found out about it while I was grinding out an awful game (shocker)

So if you have free time go check it out.