Another Freaking General Update: Because I'm Lazy.

Every summer is the same thing. Planning on tackling the large backlog of games. Meandering around playing this and that instead of doggedly playing the games you should be playing. This summer seems to have been worse than any I can remember. I didn't get anything done. Well, that's not true. I've put in hundreds of hours into Sacred 2 and have all but one last achievement. Too bad that'll have to wait as I've snapped and can't play another second of Sacred 2 for the foreseeable future. I'll get that last achievement someday, so I tell myself. Magus is psyching himself up for a purchase of a PlayStation 3, finally. And what a long process this has been. The guy has three games for the system already, wants a few more already out, and shows interest in some future titles as well as wanting some PlayStation Network titles, especially some original PlayStation titles he needs to finally round up. And he's waiting on the Sony press conference from Cologne, Germany in hopes of an announcement of the rumored Slim PlayStation 3 or a price cut in the US in time for Demon's Souls and Uncharted 2. What else has been going on? Well, Microsoft's Summer of Arcade II is definitely a major cause in why I haven't accomplished much in the way of clearing the backlog. I've purchased four of the five titles thus far. I enjoyed the hell out of 'Splosion Man in both the single and multiplayer games. I've messed around with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled. Waiting to hook up with Riddel to play through it online. Most of us bought Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 but we haven't even begun messing around with that one. Trials HD came out today and I'm already really enjoying the game. And next Wednesday I'll be getting Shadow Complex. I purchased Fat Princess for the PlayStation 3 and enjoyed what I've played of it but the connection issues made me put it aside. Now that the patch is out, I'll have to get back to it, but will most likely wait for Magus and Neo to get the game before truly getting around to it. I've also been playing Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad for the Xbox 360. You know the one, it started out as a Japanese PlayStation 2 title in the Simple Series of budget priced titles. It's a hack and slash with chicks in bikinis and zombies and showers of gore. I've been lazy but I'll write that one up in an all-in-one as there is some level of game there. More than most reviewers gave it credit for easily. Let's see, what else is going on? Oh yeah, Batman. Most of us had dismissed the title when it slipped from June to late August. We were interested but it now just was in the wrong spot. Bad timing and all that. Then the demo came out and it pretty much changed everyone's mind on the subject. So this holiday season will once again kick off in late August with Batman: Arkham Asylum. I'll be picking up the PlayStation 3 version, for the exclusive Joker maps, and it's time to expand the system's library a bit. After Batman, it's a game a week through November. And my backlog remains untouched. Joy. Maybe I should just stop pretending to care because one obviously can't win, especially with committing to online gaming over single player experiences this year.