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So here we are in December with precious little Mets off-season news and little to do. I find myself thinking back to November and December of 2005; how all those moves instilled confidence and built anticipation for opening day with those players on hand in our colors. Don’t get me wrong, I look forward to opening day; I just don’t feel jazzed about seeing what Brian Schneider, Ryan Church or Johnny Estrada look like in Mets duds as much as I did say, Carlos Delgado, Paul LoDuca and Billy Wagner just for example.

To make matters worse, the TV writers are on strike meaning the greatest show on TV, the Office has not aired any new episodes AND the movies coming to DVD are mild to weak to put it nicely. So what’s a boy to do? Well other than root against the Cowboys and their closet homosexual ever-smirking quarterback Tony Romo…

Thank god for hot girl on girl hardcore lesbian porn

Thank god for the Playstation 3. Unlike the Mets off-season the current state of television and new release DVD’s, the Playstation has tons of new things to get excited about.

The Dualshock 3 aka The Rumbleshock 3

Yes, one of the many gripes about the PS3 was the elimination of the Dualshock vibration controller beloved in the PSOne and PS2 in favor of the impressive, though yet to be utilize in any significant matter SIXAXIS controller. Well folks secretly and with little pub here in the states, Sony has revived the Dualshock. Well sort of…in Japan. A source with Sony who was unwilling to go on the record regarding a North American firm release date, was willing to speculate that the Dualshock 3 would not be available in North American stores until at least October. Sony has officially stated that the Dualshock will be available in 2008 with no month stated officially. Take my advice folks, don’t let Sony unload old inventory on you for the next 10 months, Ebay and 80.00 bucks gets you your very own Dualshock 3. Reviews will be forth coming.

Call of Duty 4

The best FPS ever made in the history of FPS games, EVER. The single player is unfortunately short, but the online play more than makes up for it. If for some reason you haven’t picked up this title yet, do so post haste.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

This is one of the most visually stunning games I’ve ever seen. The attention to detail and visual presentation of this game is incredible. When Nathan Drake gets out of water, for example, his clothes actually look wet. The game plays well and is a combination of Tomb Raider and The Godfather titles. I am one (of many, I assume) who would buy Tomb Raider and quit halfway through in frustration. Uncharted is just the right amount of puzzle challenge that is a mystery but not impossibly perplexing. The down side to this title is replay value is extremely low. Buy this title, play it through and trade it in while the value is still high.

NBA2K8

I haven’t owned a basketball title since NBA Jam on Sega Genesis, but after the positive experience I’ve had with NHL2K7 the lure of this one was too much to pass up. I was startled to find that many things have changed since NBA Jam. Apparently video game basketball is now played with five players on each side all with normal sized heads. I selected the Mavericks (the only Dallas team I call my favorite; I ditched the Knicks after too many infuriating playoff losses to the Bulls and wasn’t enticed back until the Mavs of 2000) against the Grizz. I found it troubling that the Mavs were rated a 76 overall and a 76 and 74 on offense and defensively respectively, but oh well. After spending an entire quarter shooting 3s and yelling “BOOM-SHACKA-LACKA” or “CAN’T BUY A BUCKET” I settled down and began actually trying a strategy. The game is geared for fans of the series and is not very conducive to the new gamer nor does the manual provide any direction. All that aside, as it should come with extended play (so far I am up to 5 consecutive losses to the Grizzlies), here are my gripes:

• The Mavs suck in this game. Dirk Nowitzki the reigning MVP can’t seem hit a 10 foot jumper in the open to save his life. The Mavs, a team that had the sixth best record of all time last year stink in NBA2K8. For all the Mark Cuban haters out there, 2K just validated half his argument.
• Patrick Ewing isn’t on any of the all time teams.
• The Mavs Dancers, who are hot in real life, look like crack-whores, WTF?
• For some reason, easy, automatic lay-ups are anything but. Players miss all the time. I don’t know how a team could have more than one blown lay-up on a breakaway by themselves in one game, but in the 2K world, not only is it possible, it’s more than likely.

All and all, this is a fun, if not sometimes maddening game.

What else am I going to do with my time besides holding cheap whores hostage for use in ritualistic torture in my basement dungeon Playstation 3.

By the way, 2K annouced that Jose Reyes will be the coverboy for the upcoming title MLB2K8 FINALLY replacing Derek Jeter after 3 consecutive years on the game cover. I haven’t seen who gets the cover of MLB the Show 08 yet. Maybe they will pull a 2K move and have David Wright on thier cover in consecutive years. It would be a great choice to have to make between a game with Reyes or a game with Wright on it’s cover. MLB The Show 07 was a far superior game to MLB2K7. Unless 2K has a major overhaul in the works, I don’t see them making a better game despite their excellent choice in shortstops. (Sorry for the pic, I couldn’t find a PS3 picture)

Come on Omar, go get us a number one starter.

(Coming soon: Assassin’s Creed, Orange Box and Time Crisis 4)