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I cannot wait until May 15th - Diablo III. I remember loving the cutscenes, I would genuinely watch them over and over again, and I was so shocked and impressed at how brilliant they looked. In comparison, these cutscenes look incredibly outdated and sub-par now.

This new TV Spot for Diablo III is just amazing - watching on repeat as we speak…

Nostalgia Overload

I’ve recently been thinking about my early roots of gaming and the games I used to play when I was younger. I’ve been thinking about how exciting it always was to play these games, and everything was so new and different - I think one of the best examples and probably the one that I think about more than others was Pokémon.

I still remember when I got Pokémon. It was my birthday and I had soccer practice. Right before practice my dad was going to drive me to Toys R Us and buy me a new Gameboy Color (my first gaming system aside from an old Nintendo that we got rid of when I was in grade 3), and Pokémon. I remember trying to decide which version to get. After some deliberation I decided on the Blue version, but the Toys R Us informed us that they were sold out of both versions anyway (due to my Birthday being so close to Christmas and a close September release date for the game). They told us that the game was sold out everywhere and the chances of us finding a copy was nearly impossible.

My dad didn’t give up though. We drove around Hamilton, Burlington and Stoney Creek looking for a copy of the game and after a couple of hours we finally found one. I remember starting my game in the car, still wearing my shin guards and trying desperately to read the screen against the dark sky as I entered my name into the game. We never made it to the soccer game.

From then on, I remember being so incredibly engrossed and amazed about everything in the game. I had bought the strategy guide in order to read up on how to evolve my monsters, but never reading too far ahead in the game. I remember staying up all night at a sleepover in order to beat Lavender Town. I remember how my new neighbour, Steve, beat the Elite Four three or four hours before I did and warning me about how strong Lance was. I remember trading with him, because he had the Red version of the game, and managing to collect all 150 monsters without cheating. It was quite the feat.

It’s sad that these types of feelings and emotions don’t really exist in my gaming world any more. After half a dozen iterations of the Pokémon franchise, I stopped caring. I didn’t have to catch them all. I didn’t have to even complete all the side missions or fight all the trainers. It just lost it’s magic. 

I’m glad I have my memories of what once was, but it’s such a shame that Pokémon will never have the same impact to me that it once did.

Batman: Arkham City Collector’s Edition is official.

Looks good. Click through for more information.

Hopefully this collector’s edition will be much more successful than the previous.

“A “premium” statue made by Kotobukiya, an art book, Gotham Knight animated material and early access to DLC.”

Hmm….awesome.