For the first time, I've decided that I'll release reviews for a series of games in a row. As I promised a No One Lives Forever review last week, that will (obviously) be the first thing pushed out the door. The review will be done very shortly, and the videos have already been uploaded in preparation for the written review being completed. I've already begun playing No One Lives Forever 2 and capturing video, so that comes next, followed by Contract Jack (which I'm sure will be the first game I review that I haven't beaten). I'm going to do some kind of weird split screen comparison video between all three games once the reviews for each are done in order to give a good idea of the major graphical differences between the games in the series (the biggest difference being between NOLF and NOLF2).

As I'm working on reviews somewhat simultaneously for NOLF and NOLF 2 (and the videos for NOLF being done already) I've been playing through NOLF 2. Its gameplay mechanics are obviously superior to the original, but story wise and pacing wise (thus far) it is very good but not as stellar as the original. The interesting thing that has changed (other than a couple of the voice actors) is that there is always more than one way to complete a mission (my only gripe with NOLF).

As always, I played a good amount of Left 4 Dead. The airport terminal level in Survivor is now my favorite level. Along with a couple of friends and a random internet person, my best time on that level is in excess of 13 minutes (Gold Medal baby!). Standing on top of/in front of the newstand was our strategy, and it works very well...although the AI director got really angry at us and punished us after this 13 minute stand. I'm still awful at the Last Stand survivor level, and if anyone has a good strategy for this (I can get bronze, gotten fairly close to silver, gold is way out of reach) to get the gold, let me know. As always, contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with any questions/comments/concerns.