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I thought this was brilliant. And I guess my 1000/1000 in Fallout 3 means that I’m very prepared myself!

I always hate Saturday afternoons when there’s no football on because it always take me a while to figure out something to do to fill up the space that was once always occupied. I’ve just been catching up on Tivo crap and will work in some video games, but I’m feeling a bit restless and need to get out. The thing stopping me is that it’s still freaking cold outside and I still haven’t come close to adjusting to it after living in SF for the past 9 years. I’m become a bit of a pussy!

There is some promising news to report, however. I’ve just noticed that the girls directly across from me and the naked girl the floor below them have been opened up their shades this afternoon. If they stay open for tonight, I may get a peep show for free! If not, then I’ll have to count on Bad Company & Too Human to entertain myself until it’s time to get drunk and party with the hot girls of Boston.

I’m having trouble getting to sleep so I went ahead and re-uploaded my old Sega-Saturn.com website for archival purposes. It obviously won’t be updated at all, but I’ve gotten enough emails over the years from people begging me to get it back up for historical and sentimental reasons. If you happen to be one of those people, you got your wish!

I’d like to take this opporutnity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and hope that everyone is having a joyous holiday. I’m stuck home alone with no gifts to speak of, but things are definitely very merry thanks to my Xbox 360 and lots of free time that will allow me to play some Mercenaries 2, Star Wars The Force Unleashed and Fallout 3. I may even put a little Left For Dead in the box, as well. And as a special gift to all of you, I will be posting a new Babe of the Week at some point before this day is through. Once again, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

My achievement whoring has gotten me to play some pretty awful games, with Lost Via Domus being the latest such title. The only difference between this and something like, let’s say, Meet the Robinsons, is that I had a tad bit of interest in playing Lost because I’m a huge fan of the show. The fandom didn’t do much to make it an enjoyable experience, though. The controls were just too clunky and there just wasn’t that much to the game. I thought some of the characters actually looked quite good, but the gameplay was just lacking. I would say it needed more content, but that wouldn’t have helped because for most of the game I was hoping it would just end. Thankfully it did indeed end and it ended with me getting a full 1000/1000 achievement points. Sadly, I’ll probably never be able to say the same for the three games I’m playing right now for “fun” — Devil May Cry 4, GTA IV and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.

My boy Abe showed me this at work last week and it just floored me. I suggest you watch it and then check out the rest of the series. This shit is pro.

I’m not even exaggerating one bit,  but the feeling of euphoria I felt when I dropped off the Gamefly envelope with X-Men: The Official Game in it was not on the same level as when the Patriots fell to 18-1 but it was damn close. Trying to get the 1000/1000 has been excruciatingly painful and has taken me two months to do despite playing maybe 6-8 actual hours of playing the game. I hate it more than any other game I’ve played in my life and it was awfully difficult to stop myself from ritualistically burning the CD after I finally completed it. If it wasn’t a Gamefly rental and something I actually owned, you’d surely be watching a Youtube video of my lighting that pile on fire. I’m beyond thrilled that I’m finally finished with it!

Not quite as active as last week, partly due to the fact that Super Bowl Sunday was as big of a downer on my traffic as it was to Bill Belichick’s ego, but there were still enough of your emails for me to update. Enjoy!

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I, surprisingly, got enough emails to warrant yet another “Dear Dave” update. We’ll see how long this lasts, but if it does, you can expect weekly updates to this section approximately every Thursday.

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Avatar: TLA: TBE is without a doubt the best achievement whore game that’s ever been created. I just got 5 out of 5 achievements and 1000 gamer points in just a couple of minutes. I adore this game like no other. My happiness has been short-lived, however, as after getting the 1000 in Avatar, I plopped in X-Men, beat one Wolverine level, then died a few times deep in some Ice dude level that kept making me start from the very beginning and gave up after seven minutes. I hate that damn X-Men game more than I hate Bin Laden.