Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Well Not Yet..

I have mentioned before that I would like to do a sort of review in progress for Final Fantasy XIV but right now I have run into a roadblock with that.  After learning that my best friend picked up a copy of Final Fantasy for the PS3, it really sparked my interest in the game.  I knew I wanted to play it but I wasn’t in a rush to get my hands on a copy, so needless to say I didn’t pre-order a copy.  Well as you can imagine that has come back to bite me in the behind.  Of the two Wal-Marts, two EB Games and the Future Shop in my city there is absolutely zero copies for the PC available, and no one seemingly has any idea when they are getting any back in stock.  Whether or not Square Enix has put a kind of hold on shipping out new copies (similar to the halt they have imposed on the digital downloads) or whether just that they are back logged, is anyone’s guess

To say that I am slightly disappointed is an understatement.  After watching my friend play it and hearing about the cool things he is doing just makes me want to jump right in there and be a part of it.  For now I will have to get by with watching videos on YouTube and reading the many reviews until they are restocked.  Is anyone else experiencing this in their communities or is this something that seems to be localized to me?     

Xbox One Release Date and What it Means For You

It is official the Xbox One has a release date.  Microsoft has announced that the system will hit shelves November 22^nd just in time for the holiday season, but what does this mean for the console war? Let’s take a look.  

Battlefield 4: A Day One Launch Title

I just want to mention that I am very excited about this game.  At first glance I assumed that this was just going to be Battlefield 3 with better graphics, but the further I got into researching this game I realized that I couldn’t have been further from the truth. 

Just a note before I begin, the majority of this post will focus on the multiplayer side of the game, I will take a more in depth look at the single player campaign in the future.

Day One Launch: Call of Duty: Ghosts

For the next week or so I plan to write a daily post about a few of the confirmed game titles that will be launching alongside the Xbox One.  As of right now there is 23 launch titles confirmed with 4 of those being Xbox Live downloads and the remaining being retail sales.  Today I will be focusing on the newest installment in the Call of Duty series, Ghosts.

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Trading my 360 for an Xbox One and a Little Nostalgia

Walking into EB Games with my Xbox and all my games jammed into two plastic grocery bags felt a little strange.  Not being able to place the feeling I suppressed it with thoughts of how financially responsible I was being and how this one is destined to collect dust in some dark corner once it’s upgraded predecessor hits the shelves.  

Arriving at the counter I hand over my bags to the manager and explain to him that I want to put this towards the new one and he begins to connect my system to the small TV to make sure everything is in working order.  Then it hits me again and this time I realize what it is, nostalgia, and a little nervousness.  That is when I remembered that the last time I would have traded in a gaming system I was roughly 14 years old and it was at a Digital World, not overly far from where I was at that moment.  I still remember walking into the back of the store to literally a hole in the wall with a half door where I waited nervously to see how much money my PS2 and the original Xbox would fetch me (and being a tad bit disappointed…).