No, no one died. No companies went under. Nothing Earth-shattering happened.

To you, maybe!

To me, this week was a nasty one. In an ill-conceived effort to get some damn work done around here, I let my friend borrow my 360. It really seemed like a win/win situation. He gets to sooth his disgusting addiction to my copy of Oblivion, and I get to sit down in front of the computer and clackity-clack away.

Right?

It’s too bad that, about halfway through the week, I realized that my procrastination and general bummery wasn’t my poor young Xbox’s fault at all. On the contrary, I was to blame. I know, it’s crazy! As it turns out, I’m just lazy as hell. It’s a shame that I didn’t come to this revelation until after letting him take my sexy little white box of love away. What were all of those dumb saps in the Willamette Mall going to do without me? Who was going to get infuriated at the marbles in Zuma, or at the countless clones of people on XBLA that only play as Ryu and Ken on SFII?

I’ll tell you one thing: Tomorrow I’m rushing in his house with a TV over my head, ready to jack that hot piece of machinery back like a looter in a riot (or, more appropriately, a badass photographer in a zombie-infested mall). If I haven’t returned successfully in 72 hours, call the big boys and nuke this doomed town from space.

Could you imagine a day where you were to wake up and not one to spend another second playing games? I often would hear people express how they’ve come to a realization that video games were no longer appealing to them. Such a thought used to be amusing to me. “Perish the thought…”, I used to say.

But now it doesn’t seem as amusing anymore. Several weeks ago when I expressed a lack of interest to write reviews and felt really guilty about it… as if I was giving up. And when I lost my job a few weeks ago, had all this “spare time”, most would drown their worries with digital entertainment.

But I couldn’t do that.

Sure I spent time playing Hyper Street Fighter (what a disappointment) and weeks before that, I immersed myself with Brain Age. I had even redeveloped an interest to play Call of Duty. But in the end, it was all short-lived. That’s when I was wondering if something was wrong with me… perhaps I was going through some sort of change… or maybe… just maybe it was a phase.

Suffice it to say, the feeling bugged the hell out of me. As of late, I’d spent LOTS of time on the PC, finding new ways to hack GotSpace with something meaningful and could offer a significant purpose. All the while, I’d remain focus on keeping the content end updated with new content. But was I gaming? Not really. When Dead Rising, one of the newest sensations to hit the 360 community was released, I wasn’t playing it (I was broke anyways, but that’s beside the point). Texas Hold ‘Em just came out, and much to my surprise… a LOT of people seemed to be digging the game. I wasn’t playing that either. And then there was my DS Lite which I picked up on launch day and as of late, it’s getting more love and attention from my fiance.

Clearly, SOMETHING must be wrong with me.

One member on GN said that perhaps I could just be looking to find more interesting things to do with my time. Hm, now there was a thought that hadn’t come across my mind. The thing is, I can’t imagine me just giving up on what I’ve started here…. to give up gaming altogether. But I figure that these recent waves of inactivity could all be a culmination from frustrations of things that I’d like to see developed with the site; the recent dismissal from my previous employer; and just finding other interests to keep me entertained. Oh… and it’s also summer — that’s especially depressing with the unfortunate drought of OMGtastic game releases.

I realize that your life can’t be exciting every waking moment of your life… but I’d hate to see my life dissolve with any purpose.

Anyways, sorry if this rant doesn’t make too much sense — usually I like things to be structured a bit better, but I just wanted to get it off my chest.

Thanks to the wonderous concept of the “2 A.M. Impulse Buy” available to the world through the Internet, Final Fantasy III for the DS is on the way from Japan (this being my first Japanese import ever)!

I’ll also be buying Enchanted Arms, Okami, and Yakuza within the next few weeks… the [huge] backlog will have to wait.

Direct from the 2007 Games Convention, Konami showed off an all-new cinematic trailer at its exclusive press conference.

YAY!

But damn it — why couldn’t we see some actual gameplay? I love me some CG footage, but in the end, it’s all artificial. I wanna get an idea of what to expect in the actual game. Oh, who am I kidding. I’ll be raving about this new footage just like the rest of ya. Now scoot over and let me hop on the MGS4 hype wagon. [Video courtesy of Gamevideos.com]

Edit: Boo. This trailer was disappointing compared to the OMGtastic version pimped at E3 2006.

Very minor GotSpace announcement actually. Just wanted to inform all of you that the avatar specifications have been modified from 50×50 pixels to 100×60. This should offer a lot more flexibility and perhaps give you the incentive to display something else if you’ve been looking for a change.

We’ve also added a new Community sub-category for those of you who’ve recently submitted reviews of your favorite games. Simply select “Metareviews” under the category tab to tag your blog post and you’re all set! I’ll be tinkering with the categories tonight to get them better represented on GotSpace. Should any of you happen to be Wordpress wizards and want to lend a hand, drop me a line.