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The eBay fire sale continues, although I’m getting pretty close to having sold every thing that I’m willing to part with at the moment. Today’s auction items include a bunch of PS2 games plus a few items that I have no clue how I ended up in my possession. :p

• Stretch Panic (PS2)
• Frequency (PS2)
• Shadow of Destiny (PS2)
• R-Type Final (PS2)
• Z.O.E. (PS2 – Import)
• Gran Turismo 3 A-spce (PS2 – Import)
• Gran Turismo 4 Prologue (PS2 – Import)
• Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (PS2 – Import)
• NHL ‘08 (Xbox 360)
• Leon Integral Version (DVD – Japan)
• Hynix 512 MB DDR2 Laptop RAM
• Yasmin Bratz Kidz Doll
• Mandy Moore The Real Story (DVD)

If I get even more desperate, I may have to start parting ways with my Saturn/DC collection, Turbo Duo, Dracula X, Panzer Dragoon Saga, and the DVDs that I have left that I actually really love. The Hannah Montana box set will never be sold! It will be there long after the blanket that’s supposed to keep me warm on freezing Winter nights on the streets of Boston!

I’m in a rough spot right now so I’ve been forced to start selling off some of my shit I’ve collected over the years, starting off with some of my massive DVD and video games collections. Here are the links to my eBay auctions if you’re interested:

• Lot of 148 DVD movies
• Lot of 20 James Bond 007 DVDs
• Lot of 10 Walt Disney DVDs
• Lot of 5 Nintendo 64 games
• Lot of 7 Nintendo GameCube games
• Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)
• Battlestar Galactica – The Complete Epic Series (DVD)
• Sega Superstars Tennis (Xb0x 360)
• The Bigs (Xbox 360)

I still haven’t gotten drunk yet in 2009, but that hasn’t stopped me from drinking in moderation. For instance, I’ve been sipping Patrón all day since 11:11AM while doing nothing special. I read a few chapters in a book I’ve been reading, played some Too Human, watched some movies, and pretty much just lounged around the house in my underwear. Yep, I’m living the rockstar life.

I was just about to rant about my big pet peeve regarding really bad movies that are all about gratuitous nudity but the hot main character never shows her tits. Then about halfway through typing it up, the main character Daisy in Poison Ivy 4 finally showed her God-given precious goods. The rant was no longer needed and will have to wait until the next time this travesty happens.

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.

I’ve been busy both at work and at home, so the updates have been thin of late. Here’s a quick re-cap of what’s been going on. I’m honestly shocked that Atlanta was able to even up the series at 2-2 with my Boston Celtics. I knew coming in that they had some phenomenal young players, but I figured my boys would be able to turn it on in the playoffs after being in 2nd gear for the past two months and just roll them in four. While I’m still confident we can win this series, it looks like it’ll be a fight to get out of it and a mighty struggle to get out of the supposedly weak East.

The Philadelphia Flyers have been a welcome surprise, though I don’t want to get too confident because a 2-1 series lead doesn’t mean it’s a lock, particularly after they almost blew the 3-1 lead against the Caps. Still, it’s been awesome cheering them on and I’m hoping they can continue to play great and make it to the Eastern Conference Finals against Malkin, Crosby & the Pens (assuming they continue to dominate their series).

On a more personal note, I’ve been experienced what I’ve self-diagnosed as kidney pains. It might just my back muscles, but the signs and symptoms point more to the kidneys. I have a doctor’s appointment today, so I’ll find out more later this afternoon. Shit hurts, though, and really makes it hard to concentrate.

Luckily, amid the kidney pains that started Saturday afternoon after downing 12 diet Pepsi’s in 10 minutes and the struggles of the C’s and the stress of watching the Flyers get big leads, blow the leads, then either win or lose at the end, it was really nice to be able to release some stress killing random people in GTA IV. God, I love this game and this series.

I’ve only played a couple of hours of the single player (going through some really boring parts) and had a lot of fun playing with other 2K guys online multiplayer, but I can see why it’s gotten all the 10s. There’s just so much good too it. So much that you can forgive all the flaws such as the horrid animations, sloppy camera angles, god-awful AI, fucked up targeting issues, etc, etc. It is easily the most-flawed “best. game. ever” that I’ve yet played. I could probably write an IGN-esque 25,000 word review just bitching about the game. Then again, I could write as many praising the hell out of it. In the end, I’m sure the good will mightily outweigh the bad and I’ll love this as much as the previous games in the series and quite possibly more.

It’s just about 4AM and I just got done with a marathon gaming session with Rainbow Six Vegas 2 that started after work at around 7PM last night. After finishing up the single player story — albeit just on casual so far — I did some terrorist hunt missions before joining up with my boys Abe & Tim to do the shit co-op. I had so much fun, despite the fact that the re-spawn points are laughably atrocious and the cheating AI that often will be able to take several up close shotgun blasts to the head makes you wanna find and castrate the developers. Now, I must get a few hours of sleep in before it’s time to work.

I haven’t even played it online yet, where it’s supposed to be even better, but I’m already kindergarten in love with Rainbow Six Vegas 2. I know I’m a little late since it was in the first RSV, but I can’t get over just how bomb the cover system is in the game. I’m god awful at this point and that’s what has scared me from getting online with it since I’ve been dying a plenty on the casual difficulty level. I’ll eventually get online at some point this week and will undoubtedly take a beating. At least it’ll be fun doing so and I will continue to level up my character in the process. It just sucks that I only could get an hour in before I had to head in to work…maybe I can just do my hour lunch at some so I can try and finish the Nevada Desert level. Anyway, it’s a great game that you all should pick up. And if you already have it, send me friend request on Live and kill me some online (or help me kill some terrorists).

Lost Odyssey’s Treasure Trove achievement will now live in infamy much like Call of Duty 4’s Mile High Club. Even my OCD that’s the root of my achievement whoreness won’t keep me going back to try and find every single treasure in Lost Odyssey, at least for now. I’ve gone through every single nook and cranny in every single town, dungeon and underwater areas twice over the past two days and nothing to show for it. I may try again at some point, just as a might give Mile High Club another shot on CoD4, but for now the discs are going back to GameFly. It’s an awesome game, though.

If you feel any anger towards me for waiting till the last hour of the week before posting a new Babe of the Week, please direct it towards the Mistwalker crew for making Lost Odyssey for the Xbox 360. It’s been taking up all of my time the past four days and if not for a roommate-forced break so we can watch Enchanted, I wouldn’t have had time to put up Miley Cyrus as this week’s featured hottie.