Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of the Orange Box.  In what can only be called the single best value in gaming history, you get 5 full games for the price of one (7 if you count Counterstrike Source and HL2 Deathmatch).  Sure there have been compilations before, but 3 of these games are completely new.  At any rate, none of this is news, I'm just echoing what nearly every reviewer out there has already stated.  I'm here to talk about one of those games in particular.

 Portal.

Click the link for the rest of the review.

So here's the ugly truth about our Soul Calibur 2 Tournament.  Nobody showed.  Ew.  So I get it, the masses have spoken with the sound of silence.  Gamecube fighting games aren't popular enough for tournaments unless they have Samus and Pikachu in them.

 Alright, so here's the question that I want all 4 of you to answer, what next?  I'm thinking either Guitar Hero 2 or Halo 3.  Now neither of these are mutually exclusive, I'm just trying to figure out which one you guys would rather play first.  I'm thinking not this weekend but the one following.  I also want to know which time is better.  Saturday nights or Sunday afternoons?  I always thought Sundays were a nice day since it's a common day off, but as it turns out people still go to church.  Weird huh?

Now here's where you come in.  I want emails, your emails.  Filled with your tournament ideas, and maybe some lol catz pictures.  I love those cats.  Anyway, yeah, ideas, if you want it, we'll do it.  Make it happen!

And now,  a funny cat picture:

So uh, what happened?

 Well, I'd say the launch party worked out rather well.  Were you here?  Why weren't you?  Seriously, you missed out.  I'm sure that line you sat in was real fancy and all, but we had Game Fuel for free.  Also, I'd say that everybody here got home a good half hour faster, at least.  Sounds nice huh?

 Ok, so maybe I'm bragging a bit, but really, make sure you're here for our next big event, it's worth it.  We didn't even ask a single person if they wanted a warranty with that, or if they wanted to pre-order something else, or well you get the idea, that's gotta be worth something right?  I think our next big midnight release will be for Smash Bros Brawl.  Of course, this all depends on if the game is street dated or not.  One way or another we'll be sure to have at least one more big release night between now and Christmas. 

You'll know where to be next time right?  If you don't, I've got at least one more thing to convince you.  We've got a 24 hour Wawa in our shopping center. 

I rest my case. 

I don't think I need to say much more than that, but I will anyway.

 Tonight is our Halo 3 launch party.  It's going to be a hell of a lot more fun than standing in line for 3 hours.  Why is that you ask?  Well, because you're going to be playing a certain game's multiplayer, hours before everyone else (well, most everybody else).  There's going to be food, prizes, and plenty of Mountain Dew.

 Looks like we're going to have 4 tvs with 4 360's running.  I'm going to cap it at 2 people per 360 due to crowd control issues, but that's still 4 on 4.  And while 8 people are playing the game, everybody else will have a chance to pay off their copy of the game, so that at midnight we'll just hand them out and you can get home as fast as possible.  Obvious restrictions apply, nobody under 17 will be allowed past 10, or to purchase the game without a parent.  If you can talk your parents into hanging out with you all night, then come on by, if not, there's always tomorrow.  Other than that, if you're just hanging out, that's cool, but gameplay will be reserved for anybody picking up a copy of Halo.  That means that if you're coming by to snag some free food and play Halo for free, you're out of luck.  The store is only so big, we're going to be packed as it is.

 Now, what if you didn't pre-order?  Well, there are some slots left, not a whole lot, but enough, so you've still got a shot, just don't expect them to last long.

Here's the announcement.  More details to follow.

Soul Calibur 2 Tournament, this Sunday!   September 23rd! 

We're hosting our second tourney, this time it will be Soul Calibur 2 for the Gamecube.  I know, I know, the cube's controller stinks.  However, if you have an arcade stick, you are welcomed to bring and use that.  I chose the Cube version due to actually having it, as well as it being the best selling version of 2 and thus the one you've most likely played.

It'll be a $5 registration fee, prizes will be gift certificates and other goodies, the amounts will depend on the total registered players.  The rules will be following shortly, as I think we're going to have to ban a few characters (warning Link players, brace yourselves).

Registration will be from now until 12 p.m. on Sunday, at that time we will collect the registration fee.  The tournament will begin at 1 p.m..  There will be a loser's bracket, the winner of which will also receive a prize along with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

Last time was fun, if a little hectic, this time I promise will go a lot smoother and will be a blast.  So even if you're not a SC2 expert, come down and have some fun, it's a great pick up and play fighter, and at the very least you can eat our food and drink our soda.  Oh, and don't forget, that Monday is our Halo 3 release party, if you can't make it for SC2, be sure not to miss Halo 3 night, that's going to kick some serious ass.