Too... Many... Games...

I'm drowning. There are too many recent releases beside my 360 console. Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and Call of Duty 4, all within a couple of weeks. It's a bit overwhelming. I've been doing rounds of each game like a drunk slut in the middle of a blowjob circle working my way up to the inevitable bukkake. Plus I still have yet to blow the Orange Box's load.

So after playing bits of these games (except for COD4... maybe tomorrow), what game seems to have that glimmer of awesome?

Well Assassin's Creed is great, there's no doubt about it. It's one of the most beautiful games I've ever seen, plus the free-running design is fantastic and is probably one of the most innovative design choices I've seen in within the past couple of years (along with portals, cover systems, Halo-health bar, and physics puzzles... hundreds of physics puzzles). But unfortunately you can't just make a medieval Grand Theft Auto, sprinkle about 3 ounces of depth to the experience, and expect to make the Game of The Year. What Assassin's Creed lacks is execution. Each assassination process is repetitive, hollow, and the narrative is as dry as my dead grandmother's vagina. But here's the thing, it's fun. If you don't mind the repetition, then I really can't stop you. The chases can be very enjoyable sometimes, and you'll always find different animations that Altair is capable of. So far, Assassin's Creed isn't GOTY material, but it's definitely one of the best titles of the year, one of the most unique games in the past decade, and will be talked about for years to come.

Mass Effect. Those two words will forever be linked to every positive adjective in the english language. So far, I haven't even gone balls deep into the story, and I'm already immersed in this Star Wars-like universe. I know every species of alien, the politics, and most importantly, my party members. Not since Final Fantasy IX have I actually cared about characters so much. This is the next big Sci-Fi adventure and I'm fucking excited. The mere thought of this being a trilogy makes my pants dampen in love juice. The dialogue system is fantastic shit, and I love conversations now, I used to shit all over KoToR's dialogue, but BioWare has done it to perfection. This is truly the best choose-your-own-adventure experience ever designed. The combat is fun, fast-paced, and very challenging, and can be played many different ways depending on your class (I'm playing as a soldier... because I like guns). Plus the milk and honey of this game is without a doubt... space zombies... I love killing space zombies.

COD4 soon enough.

By the way, Jade Raymond's still a fox. I want her in my pants.


Get Sexy.

From Now Till Christmas...

...It's gonna be hell. Guitar Hero 3's still selling out, Call of Duty 4 is rocking sales, and the next two weeks holds the year's most anticipated releases, which include Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect and many, many, many, many, many more... so it's pretty win-win.

My manager has yet to hire a seasonal employee... which she was supposed to do 2 weeks ago. So tip of the hat to her for being such a marvelous leader...

And as if Cody Barlog left Sony... is God of War III gonna... suck? *tears*. I'm slowly being more tempted to get a PS3 what with the price drops and everything.

...oh wait, PS3 has 2 good games out.

Manager Doodies on Duty's

My manager has been in Vancouver for the past week because her fiance's grandmother died. Funny how she's allowed to do that since she forced me to work during a funeral I was supposed to attend. Actually, here's how it went:

She wanted me to show up before a funeral to say hi to people for about 40 minutes, then LEAVE before the funeral, and work the rest of the shift until close. If you can find the logic in that, then please, tell me. And the thing is someone else was working as well, so that means that there was no need for me to work, I did jack shit during that shift, but her reason for me working was because I was scheduled for it... My mind is going to melt.

And so she won't let me attend a funeral, yet she's allowed to leave for a week for the funeral of someone who she probably doesn't even know very well. Oh, and apparently she was excited to go to Vancouver... because of IKEA and shopping. Interesting, I thought she had a funeral to go to, and I thought she had to console her loving fiance? Stone cold bitch.

Now, here's the kicker, she didn't make any schedules for the month of November, so that means that there's no one scheduled for Sunday. And the guy who's on the verge of being Assistant Manager, but isn't yet, had the overwhelming responsibility of having to find people to cover the Sunday shifts PLUS do a shit load of work. Not fair.

My manager has taken 3 vacations since I started working here 4 months ago.