With no official live date set, Blizzard has released some insight into Diablo 3.  Diablo has long been a favorite amongst gamers, including myself.  The graphics look stellar and the in-game footage seen here (http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3) appears enticing.  It’s predecessor Diablo 2, release back in 2000, was a highly addictive Action RPG.  D2 was both a single and multi-player based game that was attractive to many of the genres fans.  Unlike World of Warcraft, Diablo 2 did not yield a monthly subscription fee which was nice.  However, Diablo 2 was one of the most highly hacked games and cheater infested games I ever recall playing.  I was a huge fan for about 6 months until countless hours of game play were thrown away in a single second, compliments of a fabulous game exploit (in which a 9 year old robbed me blind).

I’m hoping that Diablo 3 will overcome its flaws from the past and become the game it appears to have the potential of being.

One last thing, D2 was released for PC and MAC OS, it would be nice if they release for both platforms again as well as reach into the console market.

I know that this is random but I got to thinking about old video games that were a lot of fun. This was one of my all-time favorite video games. Duck Tales for the original Nintendo was created by Capcom back in 1989. It brings back memories when computers were simpler and video game consoles couldn’t rely on graphics so they were judged on the overall value of the game (the funness). Games now a days don’t seem to be as fun. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy playing XBOX 360 games, but the enjoyability of the games just aren’t where they use to be…

Perhaps sometime later this month or next month I’ll compile a list of my favorite video games growing up until right now.

It’s late and I’m going to bed!

Shane let me borrow the first Halo last Tuesday so I could begin my Halo quest. I’m happy to say that the original Halo has been knocked out (I know… I know… just shy of 6 years later). To be honest other than a single 5 minute multiplayer match of Halo 2 in college I’ve never actually played Halo. I never really got why people enjoyed the game so much. Almost immediately after putting the game in I felt as though I understood. It’s been a long time since I’ve actually enjoyed a games storyline. Throughout the entirety of the game it kept me wanting more.

Tomorrow Shane is bringing his copy of Halo 2 into work and I will begin the second part of this trilogy. Hopefully I will be able to get into Halo 3 and try and unlock some of the achievements. Until then multiplayer is keeping me very much occupied.