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I recently downloaded a digital copy of Just Cause 2 for the 360 during a sale they had. It was $10 and I knew the game was an "open-world sandbox game" so I figured I'd give it a shot. I am so glad I did.

I have been working at my job a lot in the last week or so and have really let myself go in regards to not only writing a new blog, but reading everyone else's. Today, I attempt to rectify that situation. While my girlfriend studies for her rigging test, I'll be gaming and reading and gaming and writing anf if I can possibly work it in, I might do a little gaming as well. Of course, I also have to plan for my Dungeons & Drgaons campaign tomorrow night, but I'm sure it'll all come together nicely.

Last night at approximately 12:30AM I beat Bioshock Infinite. While I didn't think it was the mind-blowing affair I had been led to believe from reviews and friends, I have to admit it shed a different light on a subject that has been hashed and re-hashed throughout gaming's history. I don't want to talk about what that is (that's a lie, I really want to talk about what that is, but I can't without giving away too many spoilers), but I will say this: When is a door not a door?

Well now, I've done it. I set out today to complete my game collection page here and after a couple of hours it's done. So go ahead everyone: take a look. Let me know what you think. What have I got that you also enjoy, what do I absolutely need to get, what on this list can you not believe someone owns. I await your input with baited breath.

I tend to stay away from the internet on April Fools' Day. The lack of conversational inflection confuses me and I can't tell if people are joking or not until long after the joke has been told and I'm actually still wondering if the joke was on me or on everybody. I'd like to think I'm very good conversationally in person, but maybe I just don't hear sarcasm when it's being written out.

It's Easter! And while that actually means very little to me in a religious sense, it does mean that I have a day off alone at home while my girlfriend is at work, so I will be taking this time to update my game collection here. I want to try to get through all of my retro games today. (Not true, I'd like to get through everything today, but I don't have high hopes for that.)

If you feel so inclined, check back periodically and see how far I've gotten. Also, you can berate me for not having enough past gen titles as well...

And the answer to that is: plenty, obviously. For instance, my screen name on PixlBit, atrophycosine is the same as my PSN name, and my Xbox Live gamertag. However when I first started "blogging" on gaming websites it was 2005, Xbox Live had only been up for three years, my gamertag for regular Xbox titles was Idolator, and I had already been a forum member on Gamefaqs for a few years under the name tripleconsolegenius (but am now known as forcedbandage which also happens to be my Steam account name).

Well, here I am. A new website to make my world in. After being an avid reader of and occasional writer at 1up, I've followed the exodus of exiles to PixlBit. I am excited by the opportunity to embark on something new; but am also, like many of my fellow expatriates, am saddened by the loss of such a central part of my internet experience for the last eight years. Hopefully I will make more of an effort here then I did at 1up. Not to say I didn't write there, but I bet my total number of blog entries for the last eight years could be counted on hands and feet.