My #3 Pre-order of Shame returns. Yes indeed. I was so excited to get Assassin's Creed. I remember rushing over to gamestop to pick up my copy on release day, rushing home, popping it into my PS3 and saying "There's more then this, right?" Now, I'm not saying I was as excited as others who pre-ordered it (I was sucked in by the screens and game play videos, not who was shilling it),

I woke at a bright and early 12:30am this morning to gear up for my wait outside Best Buy. I was very lucky as it was not as cold as last year, and I ended making quick friends with guys in line behind me. Still I did watch a couple of hours of TV shows and play some games on my PSP in my best efforts to kill time. The atmosphere was quite jovial and there was no problems at all with the crowd.

Once the doors opened I breezed though Best Buy grabbing the items I wanted while doing my best to make my way towards the line for the computer pickup and checkout. Even though it wasn't more then 10 minutes after the door had opened, the line snaked around several aisles and I was left to slap down my portable stool and wait it out. In all I spent close to 2 hours in that line, watching as others gave up to try again later and a idiot Geek Squad member tried to inform us they

Black Friday is near. Just about all the ads have been "leaked" and the pre-Black Friday sales are at hand. And for me, no TV that fits my specifications in my price range. So no TV this year. It's a good thing. I would rather save my money for a TV I want, then settling for less. But I have been a touch naughty, I jumped on the Hanns-G 22" Widescreen moniter from Newegg already, should be delievered by Friday no less.

I have spied some deals I'm interested in grabbing on BF. Specifically a Toshiba laptop, a Logitech Harmony remote, and Transformers on BD all at Best Buy. I'm also hoping to see some good prices on other BDs and PS3 games. So this year I really have to brave the cold and boredom of a line. But if you ask me if it was worth waiting last year, I'd say yes. It's only one morning of a four day weekend after all. Even if I miss out on the doorbusters,

Yes, Homeworld (The Ladder). Homeworld has a special place in my memories. I remember guiding my persistant fleet through tough, sometimes crazy missions. Initially I did my best just to survive, but once I could steal enemy ships I did my best to grow my fleet and keep the rare but deadly ships I had collected alive. The final mission

This isn't today's post, I'm sure that'll come in the sliver of time between today and tomorrow. This is just a quick blurb about some crap that bugs me. I'm living in the last minute folks!

• Life on Mars - I have Bowie's Life on Mars on my playlist and it always comes on sometime during my commute, and I can't help but feel a bit unnerved. Even worse is when I'm out of the car and crossing the street.

• Store Exclusive DLC/Dick moves against Cheap asses - Look I'm all for DLC. Look what it did for Warhawk. I just hate the whole preorder at Store X get DLC A, preorder at Store Y get DLC B bullshit. It pisses me off, especially when you can't buy the DLC online later. Speaking of that, Wii Speak Channel only available for original purchasers of the Wii mic? It's a move against both people who like to save a buck by buying secondhand and people who make 3rd party perhipials.

Before the work day from hell dumped all over me (Even though I'm home it's still not over), I was surprised to learn about a Valkyria Chronicles Anime coming out April 2009 in Japan. The show will be handled by A-1 Pictures, who are working on Kannagi and the current season of the Birdy the Mighty: Decode TV series.

The fine folks over at the deliciously NSFW Sankaku Complex doubt it will be a 2D/3D hybrid, but I hope they at least retain the whole "drawn" effect of the game. I wonder what direction the TV series will go since there is already a manga focused on a more "Boy's Love" type angle. Either way, more merchandise! Though it's not like there isn't figures and gashapon already.

Also any word on if the US is going to get the DLC for Valkyria Chronicles that JPN and HK have? I've just about given up on Disgaea 3 DLC coming over.

Finally! November has arrived! I've been waiting for this for a long time. New Bond Movie, Resistance 2, Naruto PS3, Thanksgiving, and BLACK FRIDAY!

My Black Friday and Christmas Shopping savings accounts are plump and ripe, and now all I need is the circulars for the strategic planning to begin. But to prevent me from dipping into my wallet and going over my budgeted limit for frivolous spending I must lay down some harsh rules:

• Except for going to see Quantum of Solace (which will be paid with cash on hand), I will not spend until Black Friday.
• Supermarket sales shall not temp me to adventurous cooking. With Thanksgiving coming up it shall not do to overstimulate my palate. My pantry and freezer will last me. Except for milk. I'm allowed to buy milk.
• Schoolwork comes second after Work-related-work. Video games shall be low on the totem

BioShock? Yeah, I understand how some might not have found their tour of Rapture frightful. Near the end of the game, your character was so amped on plasmids and powered up weapons that the final boss didn't stand a chance. Still the overall essance of the game, the surroundings, the characters, the ambient sounds, they gave off such a creepy aura. I could only play so much of the game at a time. Eventually I had

I love Warhawk. Originally I purchased it for the headset, and never in my wildest dreams did I imagine a online only multiplayer 3PS would be my most played PS3 game. Discovering CAG Warhawk only exacerbated that love. The list of excuses for missing CAG Warhawk Nights is very, very short. GGL Base Rape Rash is on the list though... so getting that out of the way here are three things I want from Warhawk:

Anyway the sound of peeling this banana is provided by Saki Fujita, known for providing the sound data for Hatsune Miku aka Vocaloid2. I'm extra curious to hear this in action.

Chess, Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Go, Backgammon, Monopoly, Scrabble, Risk. Why aren't these and others on the PSN? I don't know why simple versions of gaming classics aren't available as part of the PSN for local and online play. And I mean simple, not cel-shaded visuals or 7.1 dolby digital surround, just the games. The only complex thing to add would be PSeye support. Plenty of people play simple games everyday at Yahoo or MSN, so why not on today's generation of online-enabled consoles? At the very least we'd be looking at Sony's ads and not someone else's.

Threerandomwords IM'd me this while I was working on the last blog post and I just had to share.

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Highschool of the Dead is an ongoing manga written by Daisuke Sato and illustrated by Shouji Sato. Shouji Sato's work is better known under the name of Inazuma/Digital Accel Works by fans of h-manga (Apologies to Daisuke Sato if he is part of Inazuma/DAW as well, I'm unaware if it's one person, a duo or a cirlce). It follows a group