Back in Business.

So, I haven't posted in awhile for a few reasons, mostly because I've been in and out of the hospital since October(ish). But I also picked up a room mate and we're planning on getting an apartment back on the dreaded mainland. Normally the room mate situation would not take up too much of my time, but he totally got me hooked on fighting games again. I thought I had given up after many nights spent mastering Ivy's god damn movesets in SC II, just to be completely destroyed in III (along with every other good part of the game) and yet again in IV (though still a quite enjoyable installment.) But anyhow, my room mate seems to be a master of 2d fighting games (by westerner standards) so we've been playing the hell out of Melty Blood (which is a spin-off game with characters from Tsukihime) and Guilty Gear. The only person I know that is more hardcore about 2d fighters on this island is his damn girlfriend; She has a sick winning streak against us with the Ciel character in Melty Blood, but today, that all changed when a box from the future arrived.

(Close up on box from the future)

(Becca opening the box from the future)

A few days ago my room mate (whom I'll now refer to as Torry, because writing room mate over and over is starting to piss me off) and his girlfriend decided they wanted to get fighting sticks to add to their gaming experience. I, the only credit card holder of us, immediately stepped in and begun the research task with Torry to track down the best arcade stick we could potentially afford. After a couple of days of research it seemed that the best we could hope to obtain are two Hori Real Arcade Pro sticks for the PS3. Today the box came and Becca (Room mate's girlfriend) and I faced off for about an hour and a half while Torry was at work. Acclamating to a fighting stick takes some time, so I was devestating her with random character choices for quite awhile, but she got the muscle memory for the new button/stick layouts eventually. I got to tell you though, these are probably the most beautiful arcade sticks I've ever held in my hand, so I felt that I should share this with all of you. Enjoy the pictures!

(Becca's god damn Ciel versus my Len)

Well to do with other games, since I haven't been able to update my blog readers in awhile I'll just do a quick run down on new games I've been playing:

1. Fallout 3: 80+ hours into it, absolutely fabulous. I can't wait for the DLC which adds ten more levels and an actual game+ after completion of the story. (Xbox360)
2. Call of Duty: World at War: Online is pretty similar to four, so it's great. I love the dogs, despite what other people on the interweb think. Singerplayer experience I don't think is as refined as four was, but I haven't beaten it yet so we'll see.
   
3. Wrath of the Lich King: Level 80, completely most of the heroics within the first two weeks of release, got super bored and ended subscription again, wish my computer could handle Warhammer.
4. Melty Blood: Act Cadenza Vb2: Pretty well balanced 2d fighting game, except Walachia, man he sucks. Unlike Arcana Heart, much less loli themes in this Japanese fighter.
   
5. Resistance 2 (Beta): Best online co-op shooter ever.
6. Little Big Planet (Beta): Best online co-op everything else.

Now that I'm feeling better, more gaming and more blog posts to come soon!