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Ok, so this week I've got a few things I'm going to talk about this week. I've been playing (and as of yesterday finishing) inFamous. I know its a bit old now, but I figured that I should have played the first one before the second one comes out. Now I should start by saying I'm a huge fan of the open world sandbox style game. I loved prototype, and I think that Red Dead Redemption is still game of the year without contest, and given the caliber of games released so far that's a pretty big pegging.

So naturally I was presold on inFamous, and after playing I'd have to say its a mighty fine game. Heaps of fun to be had doing such fun things as zapping a chain link fence with electricity then basting a bad guy into them. First time I did that I burst out laughing like some sort of evil super villain. Anyway the game itself has a good story, with choices all through the game (basically broken down into good and evil choices) and some really great looking cut scenes. I'm not too sure if I'll go back and try for the Trophies I missed, but ask me that again in a month or two and I may tell a different story.

I also downloaded Dead Rising: Case Zero for Xbox during the week. For those who played the original Dead Rising, well it's like that, but better (It bridges the story of Dead Rising and the upcoming Dead Rising 2). If you haven't played dead rising, think of every cheezy, camp zombie film you've seen and you're close to being upto speed on things. The important thing in Dead Rising is that pretty much anything can be used to kill the hoards of zombies shuffling around the small desert town. A new feature is the ability to combine weapons to make stuff thats even more awesomer. For example, get a leaf rake and a battery, slap em together and you've got an electro rake. Massive Win!
Dead Rising 2 drops at the end of the month, so for a good look at how it runs, and what improvements they've made *cough* gun aiming system *cough*, its well worth the 400 odd points it'll set you back.

In a final note, I had some quite tragic news during the week. Up until a few months ago I was a WoW addict, playing with a small guild becoming friends with most of the members. I found out (through facebook of all things) that the guild leader, Malac, passed away after a motorbike accident. A lot of people in the past have told me that because I didn't know these people in real life that they I couldn't really call them "friends". Well on this matter I am forced to strongly disagree, and am morning the passing of a good friend, great guild leader, and a pretty damn good raid leader too. Malac you'll be missed.