On My Radio

I have been remiss in my posting duties here.  I could say that I've been playing Gears of War every night just trying to get past General Raam, but I've been playing that one f'in mission for months now and still can't beat the bastard.  However, I do find that now matter how often I get torn to shreds, I'm right back up hitting Continue, hopeful that I have found that one move that will save my ass from further rending.  I am getting so pwned.

I remember getting my first Xbox and being all Halo all the time.  I mean, I was Master Chief even in my sleep, dreaming about how I was gonna finally get around Covenant forces during Assault on the Control Room while playing on Legendary.  I would wake up some mornings and, before even taking a shower, fire it up and try my dream solution.  More often than not, I would fail miserably - some times, not so much.  But, honestly, I was really only ever obsessed with one game.  Sure, I played others, but they never held my attention like Halo did.

Now, I have a 360.  And I find at times I'm suffering from attention deficit disorder.  I still love Halo (3 now), but Gears of War, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty IV...um...wow....just wow.  Whether it's the depth of the environments, the storylines or just that they're ridiculously fun to play, I don't know, but I sometimes feel as if I'm cheating one of my games by playing another.  Some of you know what I'm saying, right?  Right?  Hello?  Fine.  Whatever.  Denial's not just a river in Egypt, people.

I was telling Tony this afternoon that I've gone over the edge.  I have developed an unhealthy dependence on podcasts as of late.  And a majority of them 360-related.  Currently on my iPod I'm listening to Natalie and Nelson (Talking About Games) on Achievement Junkie; the crew at Xbox360 Fanboy; and Major Nelson's Blogcast.  It's so bad that I listened to the entire Microsoft keynote at E3 on Major Nelson's show the other day.  Also at Talking About Games, I listen to Uncle Gamer Radio.  Parris and Jay also host another show over there that I've become quite a fan of called Remember When, which for you 80s pop culture geeks like myself, is just pure gold.  And speaking of the 80s, there's Stuck In the 80s as well - they just did a Top 10 list of the best Phil Collins songs and recently interviewed Phil Oakey of The Human League.  I know, I know, I have a problem.  I also listen to The 10th Wonder podcast for my Heroes info and The B.S. Report when I have to have my Boston homer/sports fix because, well, everyone needs a little Bill Simmons in their life.  Who else can seamlessly blend Karate Kid and L.A. Confidential?

There you have it, just a little more insight into the twisted psyche of mr. big dubya.

Comments

[croutonboy]

Nice...I've now subscribed to half of those (so I can watch them on my NEW IPHONE). I'm a fan of Diggnation, personally, and everything else is either NPR related (Radio Lab is amazing) or history related, because I'm a HUGE nerd.

[WithOutPapers69]

Welcome to the xbox family my brother!! I've been on the podcasts now for a while.

-Marc