God of War...

Ship life can, sometimes, get boring. A Sailor always looks for something to fill his time, whether it's work, hanging out with shipmates, or losing himself in a hobby. Hobbies can be practically anything; hitting the gym, reading a book, playing video games, etc...

Me, I like video games. Always have. It's probably due to being a member of the video game generation. I was 12 when PacMan first hit the scene and I've been hooked ever since. Atari was cool, at first, but the stand up games were the ones I loved.

Remember Joust? Asteroids? Centipede? Donkey Kong? Ms. PacMan? There were so many others I'm sure I couldn't name them all.

I started in computer games with a Commodore 64. I didn't own one but all my friends did. I couldn't get enough Ultima. But I was always looking for something better.

I didn't own my first computer until 1996, a hand me down 486 a buddy gave me when he upgraded to a PII 450. Upgraded that into a P75. later into a P133, later into a P233, and then my buddy gave me his PII 450 when he upgraded to his new PIV.

But as that went on I started getting into gaming consoles as well. My first was a Sega Genesis. Me and my brother-in-law spent too many hours playing Street Fighter II with that system.

One thing about success in life is that you can afford toys that you weren't able to have when you were younger. And I'm a toy type of guy. Now my house is full of computers and gaming systems and I always upgrade when the new toys hit the street. And having kids makes it real easy to keep spending all that money.

I can't even tell you how many hand-held gaming systems we have in the house but I can say we have every version made.

My current passion with my computer based video games is World of Warcraft. I just don't want to play anything else on the computer. Since it's an on-line game I am unable to play while deployed. No big deal though, I always find another game to play on the side. Except this time. I tried a few but they don't hold my attention. Being a video game junkie I don't know why I can't find a decent game to play. I'm sure it has everything to do with my POS laptop though. It's 3 years old and I don't have the inclination to upgrade at the moment.

So I thought about getting a hand held system. I had a PSP but my daughter commandeered it and I haven't seen it since. I talked to my very loving wife in passing about getting one and she told me to just buy a new one while I was in Hawaii. Bless her heart, I don't know what I did to deserve this woman.

I didn't know they made a God of War version of PSP. I haven't played the game before but I've seen it and thought about trying it out. Wow, am I glad I found this! Best game I've played in a long time!

Now all I have to figure out is which version to buy for my game system at home, the PS3 or XBOX 360!