My new job has been ultra demanding and I am finding less and less time to blog so I’ll try to keep it short (and probably fail at it). The thing I found out about myself is I absolutely despise Project Management, am I good at it? I will not answer that, I do not enjoy it and that is all that matters. I think I will be better at managing projects I care about, but when you don’t care, it is difficult to keep up with the time-consuming aspect of it. The new covers have evolved much, thanks to Yan the artist. I am still torn about which one to use eventually, but they have come a long way from what was. The spirit of the story is now fully captured, and I have to say, that brings tears to my eyes (yes, and I will not cry even if I see kids massacred in front of me, as long as they are not my kids)

And I still have yet the time or heart to do a final revision of my book, I will have to do that soon. On other aspects of life, game development project is moving along, slowly, but the pace is picking up, and I know that’s where my passion is anchored, that and writing good stories, I really don’t care about anything else, not my career and my salaried job, as long as it feeds me and those I take care of (me), I really don’t give a damn about it. I think the important thing is making dreams come true, and gaming and writing does just that.

On the gaming front, I was totally disappointed with MGS4. It felt like a half-assed written story. Yes, War has changed, and Snake has gotten old, and Kojima managed to answer all the questions and tied up all the loose ends of the MG saga, but it felt forced. Who were the Patriots before everyone from MGS3 took on that role, it did not seem to end the convoluted narration MGS2 has begun. The ending was not satisfying. It didn’t jolt my interest like MGS2 did and it was not the masterpiece that MGS3 had set out to be, it was simply disappointing. The graphics were great but the gameplay is lacking, getting from point A to B and watching cutscenes was all MGS4 was about, it did not have the old metal gear gameplay. And this is the game I bought the PS3 for?

I was quite suprised with the game Folklore, hugely underrated but it was a gem, and I was quite satisfied with the beautiful Uncharted, and with so of my 3 finished games my PS3 is collecting dust, and I am going back to XBLA on the 360. E3 announced that FF 13 is not going to be a PS3 exclusive. Am I angry about it? Nope. I hardly care. I will probably get the PS3 version because of a way better controller, and the fact that I don’t want my PS3 to rot. Microsoft is doing something right on the gaming front, and I am glad for it. I tried out the much hyped Too Human demo, and I am more than disappointed. The gameplay stank I am looking forward to the 3G Iphone and I will never understand why people line up fort the whole day for it. All I know is, I hate when people waste my time. I am having headaches from the lack of sleep, until next time.