It’s been two weeks since I unwrapped SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation and rushed home excited to frag.  14 days of lag, disconnections, and other online server-related annoyances. Over 330 hours of patiently waiting for the patch that will justify my day one purchase. I believe that’s almost 20,000 minutes too many.

I’m now looking to sell my copy of SOCOM but sadly there are too many people out there trying to do the same. I would trade it in but that would most likely turn my purchase into a ridiculously expensive rental. No, I think I’ll keep waiting for the inevitable patch.

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As most of you have undoubtedly already known for a week now, my most anticipated game of this year has been delayed 1 week due to a couple of Qur’anic verses found within one of its songs. Being a Muslim who has been absorbing every little bit of information about Little Big Planet since its announcement, the delay was almost surreal to me.

The one game I was truly excited about this year is unintentionally going to hurt Islam’s image. No, Islam’s image isn’t going to be hurt because of the inclusion of the verses, it’s hurt by the removal of said lyrics by Sony.

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Back in February, I wrote about how I’ve been dying to make a Little Big Planet remake of Super Mario Bros. world 1-1.  Well it seems that someone has already made one!

Yeah it’s pretty ugly and plays as slow as molasses, but it still looks pretty faithful level-design wise. What really irks me is that this was done in the Beta and, since I wasn’t part of the beta, I didn’t even have the chance to be the first to make a Mario homage Oh well, I can still be the best!

Here’s to hoping the only game I’ve pre-ordered this year doesn’t get delayed once more …

If you haven’t heard, Little Big Planet is the upcoming phenomenal PS3 system seller scheduled for a September release! I can say that LBP and Spore are my two most anticipated games of 2008! I’m so excited about LBP being released that I’m already trying to think of what levels I plan on making!

I’ve decided that my first venture will have me recreating world 1-1 of the original Super Mario Bros game. I’m not sure if the tools in LBP will allow a close enough translation of the classic map, but I’m definitely going to do my best!

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