Let me start off with the disclaimer that I never played the first Killzone...I wanted to, but for whatever reason I never did. Also, my primary platform of choice for FPS games has been the PC for going back maybe 15 years, although I play a fair share of console games these days as well. I also own both a Xbox and a PS3 and can see the pros and cons of each system, so I'm not a fanboy either way

The demo is single player only, ~1.2 GB. You start off with the customary "adjust the brightness" screen, and I had to actually crank it to the max, which isn't usual with games on my set up. Luckily the max brightness was suitable.

I gave the demo a run through and thought it was decent, although, predictably, very short -- about 10-15 minutes of gameplay, if you take your time. The single player almost felt like something out of the CoD series, just in a Sci-fi setting. You're in a squad, you got bad guys to shoot, and occasionally they'll give...

I figured I'd take the CAG blog system for a spin and post my thoughts about multi-console ownership these days. I've been a long time CAG reader and listener to the CAGcast but never interacted much with the site and forums.

Anyway...I just purchased a PS3, after owning a Xbox360 and a Wii. Of course now owning all 3 of this gens console has a certain stigma attached to it that many non "core" gamers couldn't understand. I've been a gamer my whole life and it is my primary form of entertainment, over TV and movies, so I definitely feel I get my value for my investments into such an expensive hobby.

For this current gen, I started out with the 360, which I picked up early in 2007...of course I had read plenty about the 360 failures, but foolishly believed that those problems had to be fixed by then, considering it was well over a full year of its launch. The Wii and PS3 were still a long way off, and the 360 had a decent list of current and...