Yesterday I posted my top 5 games of 2008, today I will be posting my top 5 disappointments of the year. Let me know if you agree, disagree, or your picks in the comments section.

5. Tom Clancy's End War (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

Happy new year everyone. With this new year beginning I would like to take a moment and look back at what I consider to be the 5 best games of 2008 that I have played. These are what I consider to be the best of the best that had released during the last year. If you have a system that one of these titles are on and have not given the title a try, do yourself a favor and try it out. Without further ado:

5. Prince Of Persia (PC, PlayStation 3, and XBOX 360)

The article Apple's iPhone Takes Aim at Nintendo, Sony is a prime example of main stream media misinterpreting new technologies.  For those who have not read the article, it revolves around the idea that Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch will become major competitors in the handheld video game market.  Reasons given for this is the cartridge cost for Nintendo DS and Sony PSP games, and how this is a large stepping stone for smaller companies to overcome.  This is very true, although

Gary Vaynerchuk is a very popular Web 2.0, I hate that term, evangelist who became popular with a daily wine show, and has since become of the biggest names in personal online branding.  He now travels around giving lectures on this topic while still having a daily video blog on his web site.  Sorry for just a link.

Link to video

I am not quite sure on the formatting for reviews so as of right now I am just going to wing it. At the same time I will attempt to only review games after I have completed them, although exceptions can be made for MMO’s and certain games.  Enjoy.

Gameplay

I don’t understand why they didn’t leave the combat system from the first game alone, I do understand the need for improvements and evolution, but the combat in Fable 2 feels nothing like the first.  The term that comes to mind for Fable 2 combat is mindless repetition. 

Adobe Fireworks is a very versatile graphics program when working with text and vector art.  In this tutorial we will be working with both text and vector graphics in order to give regular text a glassy look.  This is a beginner’s level tutorial that will allow anyone to create professional looking text.

What you will need

• A Windows computer or Macintosh computer (this guide has been written with both in mind)
• A copy of Fireworks 8 or higher

Instructions

I decided to create this blog as a way to share and discuss items that I am interested in, this revolves around anything from school work to extracurricular activities.  I am not 100% sure how often I will be updating this; I do know that I want to do more than weekly updates, so we will see how it goes.

This blog, like many others, is a constant work in progress.  This means that I will be constantly evolving the layout and content of the blog.  If any of you have any ideas for me on how to improve any part of this blog please feel free to let me know.