November 2007 Archives

You can accomplish a lot of things over a 4 day Thanksgiving weekend.  As for me, I finished my first (and only) FPS without using any cheat codes!  That says a lot because I grew up playing games like Doom, Rise of the Triad and Duke Nukem.  To more recent titles such as:  Half-Life 1 and 2, Unreal Tournament, Halo, Call of Duty...etc.  I never beat any of these games unless I used a cheat code, and most of the time I would get bored and just set them aside.  Bioshock managed to quickly grab my attention and throw it all around the city Rapture with its amazing story and deep customization.

I am in by no means a good First Person Shooter (FPS) gamer when it comes to consoles and their wanky controller/joystick.  Sure my console FPS roots go back to Turok on the N64 (I am looking forward to the new Turok by the way) and span through to the latest Timeshift game, but I tell ya, if you think my skills on an FPS console can be referenced as elite, then my friend, you have no idea what skill really.  I am am a PC FPS purest.  Regardless of how good an FPS game is on a console, if I know it will be released at anytime in the future for PC, I will hold off playing it until can play it on the PC.  I love the wasd and mouse controls, and being inches away from the monitor really make the FPS well, more upfront and personal.