it's the most wonderful time of the year

August is a memory and the fall season has begun to set in. this is my favorite time of the year. The weather cools, football starts, meals begin to get heartier, fall TV starts up, tight sweaters get pulled from the closet and video game manufacturers inundate us with a large helping of games we’ve been waiting for all year. Yes, I’ve had Andy Williams rolling through my head as I read the articles about what games will be hitting the market in the next 4 months. Just about every large gaming site has recently released an article about game releases and it’s the same discussion they all have every year about this time.

Most of the sites I frequent do a little dealio on Mondays showing what games will be released that week and the articles have been extended to show how this will be one of the largest gaming years in about a decade. The summer was dismal until the release of Doom 3 (which I still haven’t finished yet) and now the market will be flooded with games for all platforms and I, like others, wonder how any of these game companies plan to make any money this holiday season. The gaming community is growing in leaps and bounds and has surpassed the film industry by billions of dollars, but for some reason, release schedules have never been perfected and come this holiday season, my amazon list will consist almost solely of games.

i picked up a game last friday called Spellforce that's a combo RTS/RPG that i'm really loving. it's a lot like Warcraft III, but not so cartoony. that should keep me busy for at least 2 more weeks until some others come out that i'm looking forward to. The Call of Duty expansion hits shelves next tuesday and i'll probably pick that up. it should keep me busy for maybe a week, depending on the length of the game. Star Wars: Battlefront is being released on 9/20. this is Battlefield 1942 in the SW universe. i'm giddy about this one. being able to fly a tie fighter has me really excited.

anyway, the list goes on and i'm sure i'll have more comments coming soon regarding other games that i'll be spending my rent payment on.