E3 is Back in Business

After a dissapearing act for the past couple of years E3 is once again open to the public. For those that aren't familar with E3 it's the biggest video game convention on the West Coast. A majority of video game publishers have booths and you can be sure that you'll get plenty of S.W.A.G. For those in the Entertainment Industry E3 is free. That includes vendors, publishers, and the media. If you are not in the biz you can still get in it'll just cost you 400 bucks. E3 will be held June 2-4 2009. While there you can play a huge selection of games that will be coming out over the next couple of years. E3 is also a time for us to learn of companies new innovative ideas including new consoles, and hardwares. For more information on attending E3 check out their website at e3expo.com.

Star Ocean

Star Ocean is an RPG of epic proportions. Specifically Star Ocean: The Second Story, originally released on the PS1 and recently re-released on the PSP with the title Star Ocean: Second Evolution. This is one of the best RPGs I have ever played. For starters there are hundreds of different endings. At the beggininng of the game you choose one of two main characters, though you get both on your team no matter what, each character has it's own story. Futhermore as you meet a huge cast of characters,you have to choose who to accept in your party. By choosing one party member you loose the ability to gain another. Beyond the story the gameplay is great. Each character has plenty of abilities, all used in a very unique way. Futhermore your abilities constantly level up and change for the better. The more you use a specific ability the more it grows and the more powerful it becomes. If you own a PSP then check out Star Ocean: Second Evolution. If you don't have a PSP but have an Xbox then look into Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Last Hope is a prequel so even if you're new to the series it might be for you.

How I Met Your Mother

"How I Met Your Mother" is one of the best shows on television and hardly anybody knows about it. The show follows the life of Ted Mosby(Josh Radnor) and his best friends Marshall(Jason Segal), Lily(Alyson Hannigan), Robin(Cobie Smulders) and Barney(Neil Patrick Harris). Every episode starts out years in the future with Ted telling his kids the story of how he met their mother. Then it flashes back to modern times in which Ted is a single architect looking for love in as the wrong places. Though we still don't have any clue as to who the mother really is, we follow Ted through his journey of girlfriends and one night stands. All of which supposedly leading up to how he met his wife. Enter Barney, Ted's true wing man and womanizer extraordinaire. N.P.H. does an excellent job of portraying this character with a bunch of one line catch phrases including "Suit Up" and "Legen, wait for it...dary, Legendary." Though Barney is Ted's wing man on the prowl, Marshall is his best friend. Marshall and Ted were roommates in college, and yes we see many great college experience flashbacks. At that point they also meet Lily, whom Marshall has been with since. This is very much an adult show. Personally I consider it a much edgier "Friends." Instead of hanging out at a cafe the group's central meeting spot is McClaren's Bar. There are also a lot of sexual innuendos as well as blunt force jokes. In any case it's a very clever show and original show. The writing is superb and the cast does a great job of bringing the script to life as well as giving the characters depth. Definitely check it out!

Are you "Lost" yet

Currently in it's fifth of six seasons Lost continues to up it's own scale. If you think a show about survivors of a plane crash living on a remote island would be your day to day survival tale, you couldn't be more wrong. Sure it starts with the plane crash but by the end of the first season you learn there is something fishy about the island. I really don't want to give away anything at all about the show, so I'm not gonna. But I will say if you watch the first episode, chances are you probably won't stop watching until you are caught up with the current episodes. that is definitly not an overstatement either. The show has a very unique and intriguing style that will have you hooked within the first couple of minutes. Let me just say S**t goes down in "Lost" so check it out.