Well, it took me a few months and careful planning, but I now have 1337 Gamerscore on my Live account. I don't know if I should make another account or just accept that I won't be able to keep the 1337 score forever. Ah well.

God damn these morons. I'm so tired of all the spam comments on my videos. All you find are kids trying to get you to watch their crappy videos and click on the 'Cool' button.

I hate to be so harsh, but I really don't care how many places you are away from winning. If your video really is that 'cool,' then it should get votes by people watching it out of their own will, and NOT because you spammed the hell out of other people.

Xfire staff, if you're reading this, Video owners REALLY need more moderation tools at their disposal. Say, I don't know, the ability to delete comments other than their own.

The Video Capture Awards have so far just been an excuse to have people post spam. No prize is worth this.

I've been playing since the Beta back in June of '08, but my tour of duty is now over.

I'm done with Combat Arms because I've found something better. Tomorrow the next phase of the Alliance of Valiant Arms beta opens and I am really looking forward to it since I was VERY pleasantly surprised with the Closed Beta.

Physics, realism, the Unreal Engine 3, and durability rather than time-limited bullshit. I know that ijji will fuck it up somehow [what's new, eh?], but until they do, I will enjoy the hell out of it.

We ship out tomorrow, troopers. Update your clients. We're going in.

So ijji's got a new modern military FPS that uses the Unreal 3 Engine. It's called Alliance of Valiant Arms, or AVA for short. The Closed Beta just ended, and the Open Beta should start in 2 weeks.

Oddly enough, this ijji game doesn't suck.

If you're thoughtless/tasteless enough to play Warrock, Operation 7, or Soldier Front, uninstall that shit and download AVA [or at least Combat Arms]. When the Open Beta launches, you'll be glad you did.

Solid gameplay, good audio, rather realistic weapons, good maps, fun game modes, variety of weapons, character customization, physics, RPG elements, and inventory features which are definitely NOT the norm: permanent items for in-game money and durability items!

Other games fuck you with shit like time-based weapon rentals. Let's say you play your game on Friday night, on Saturday, and on Sunday for 2 hours each day. That's 6 hours total. If you wanted a new gun in the game, you'd have to rent one for 7 days. That's 24 hours times 7, and you only would get 6 hours out of that. Bullshit. Forget that with AVA's durability. When you buy gear and use it, durability points drop. But you can use your gear for as long as you like as long as there's durability. Some items need to be repaired with in-game money to prevent breakage, so use your money wisely.

The Open Beta starts on October 14, so get ready to move out, soldier.

My good buddy RDems gave me a pants-moistening Xmas gift recently: GTA IV for PC.

I'd heard of the instability, the missing textures, the Rockstar Social Club/BSN Live bullshit, the high system requirements, etc. but I was willing to overlook that.

After clearing up about 20 gigs of harddrive space and installing and patching the motherfucker, I can't play it. Error DD3D50:

I need a new fucking videocard.

My ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 is showing its age, but to upgrade graphics cards, I'll need a new motherboard, since my current one only has AGP slots and not PCI.

With the new motherboard, I'd need new RAM and a new processor.

Basically, a new rig alto-fucking-gether.

Geez, there's a mouthful for ya.

So I was chosen to get into the Closed Beta for this game and decided to try it out, despite it sounding and looking stupid and generic.

Turns out it's stupid and generic.

K, story tiems. Try not to laugh:

In 199X (what is this, an NES game?), there was some kind of experiment in Tokyo that opened a portal to another world, or something. You know, something blatantly ripped from Half-Life.

So, monsters came into our world, but the crazy Tokyo-people called them 'demons.' I don't know, I would have just called them 'monsters.'

Anyway, the monsters attacked people all over the world. This lead to, and I quote, "a series of nuclear wars" which brought upon the "end of civilization."

To survive the FALLOUT, people built and lived in underground vaults. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Eventually, Tokyo was saved by a young man. WTF? Then, they built a giant fucking tower in Tokyo, one that dwarfs the Citadel from Half-Life 2. Where the fuck did they get all the material for that in a post-apocalyptic monster-infested 20XX Toyko??

Not to be outdone, the 'demons' built 3 towers around the building, and attacked once more. O RLY?

There are people called 'Demon Busters' (or 'BDs' for short), who, apparently, ain't afraid of no demons. They also drive around in a '50s Cadillac herse, live in an old firestation, and are the ones who you're gonna call.

You start the game as a rookie Demon Buster, who, for some reason, looks like a kid from the 1990s in jeans and sneakers.

Crappy controls, shit camera, uninteresting monsters, and a lazy translating job really make this game dull. The environments are kinda interesting, but by the time you clear Act 00 and reach the grind-for-fuck's-sake area that looks like the inside of the Matrix, you'll regret having deleted the 'Uninstall' shortcut from your Start menu.

Months ago, I applied for admission into the beta of Battlefield Heroes. Last week, I was surprised to find out that they actually let me in.

The game is incredibly fun. I don't know what else to say. It's hard to progress/earn money, etc, but there are many ways to get experience, level up, get $$$, and have fun on the battlefield.

World War II has never been this much fun.

Yeah, yeah, I know. I hate ijji, their BS, and their awful games. Yet, I just keep coming back to them. I blame subliminal messages in Korean.

That is all.

You can find out more at YouTube.com/PseudoQuestTutorials and PseudoQuest.com

It was a hell of a ride and I took my time, but I'm done with GTA San Andreas. It's been a blast!