Uncharted 2 "The Best"....(Around)

So anyone that pays attention to g4 already knows this but Adam Sessler has been quoted as saying the Uncharted 2 is the BEST single player experience he has ever played. Now, I was already hyped for this game, and it was my opinion it was the game of the show at E3 this year, but best single player experience....ever, I don't quite know how to take that. I mean, if you expect something to be the absolute best thing ever then there is only room for disappointment right? Well either way, I will be at my local gaming store at midnight to pick this up so I suppose we will just have to wait until then to see if this lives up to the hype it has been given, I surely hope it does, maybe I will play Joe Esposito's "You're the Best" while waiting in line.....probably not.

Halo ODST sales....expected?

Okay, so sales numbers on the first 24 hours of Halo ODST we released today....and it sold 2 million in the first 24 hours! That is rather ridiculous, yet somewhat expected, I mean, it is a Halo game right?

5 hours after Halo ODST's release.

Okay, this shouldn't be considered a review of the game, just a quick overview after spending a few hours with it. Having only played the game for about 4 hours after its midnight release, I have dabbled in the new campaign the new firefight mode, and played the new multiplayer maps. From what I can tell the campaign seems somewhat familiar yet with sense of something new thrown in the mix, if you were a fan of the Halo 3 campaign or even Halo 2 then you will find yourself at home in Halo ODST. The new multiplayer maps are exactly how they sound, new multiplayer maps, and of course the Heretic map from Halo 2, anyone that played Halo 2 online will instantly feel at home playing this map, I didn't know it by name, but the minute I was dropped into the map I instantly knew where I was and what I was doing, very nostalgic. Of course I have saved the firefight mode to speak about last, because this folks is where my biggest and most note worthy complaint comes in to play. Now firefight, is a ton of fun and getting a few of my friends to party up with me and play it was tons of fun, this is actually how I spent a lot of my time tonight simply playing through firefight. This is all well and good, until one of my friends decided that it was time for some sleep, at which time, no one in my friends list was online.... Which leads me to realize that there is no matchmaking for firefight mode, really? It seems almost unreal that Bungie would neglect to add matchmaking to a game mode that absolutely begs for it. Your friends aren't always on at the same time, and if they are it isn't always possible that they are all playing the same thing, or ever want to. I just done understand how Bungie whose popularity in the gaming world is mostly due to its online play, has left the online play out of the new mode which has been so widely talked about... Anyway, from what I can tell I will be spending more time with Halo ODST and will report back after finishing the campaign. Now, time for me to go find friends....that are online at 5am.....and want to play firefight....(look of confusion develops over my face)

Best Buy charging $130 to set up gaming consoles!

Okay, just ran across this at kotaku.com and just as they say, this should be illegal, check out the pic.