So at 8:00 AM on March 1, the new ICandee, You Game will launch. 

And there is a prize in it for you for visiting, you lucky gamer you. 

Here's my forwarding address:

ICandee, You Game

See you there!

OK well it's not my birthday but today is officially...*drumroll*

Not being able to play much Fable 2 lately, I've been focusing on Animal Crossing: City Folk on the Wii.  I've played all 3 versions on this game and although a lot of things have changed for the better (easier letter writing and instant fossil identification for starters), I still see so much more potential for this franchise. 

Don't get me wrong, I have still put hours and hours into Animal Crossing: City Folk and will continue to do so.  And if they never change anything, I'll probably still spend hours catching the same old bugs and fish and running from the same old bees in future installments.  However, there's one thing I really miss from the GameCube AC and that's the music.  Don't ask me why because I don't have a clue.  I remember first starting AC: Wild World and being disappointed that the music wasn't there.  With City Folk, I was hoping they would combine the GameCube music with the DS music but instead we just got the DS music again.  They have expanded how much interaction you can have with your villagers (including being able to complain about them at Town Hall) and luckily the holidays are back, but how much change should a franchise get with each new addition?  Does Animal Crossing need an entire overhaul or (like the Katamari series) if it ain't broke, don't fix it?

Playing Fable 2 the other day, I noticed that I was inching closer and closer to the 10,000 gamerscore mark.  This being a major landmark in my gaming career, my mind began racing with thoughts of how I could earn those final few points to finally break 10k.  Fable 2 has a multitude of easily attainable achievements so obviously this was my first choice to get those final points. 

I just got married so I could have a child...but I'm not ready to be tied down with children in Albion yet so I could finish up the part of the main quest I'm currently on but I'm having too much fun buying up every available bit of property so nuts to that idea...I could shoot the weapons out of a Hollowman's hands then shoot...blah blah blah...nah nah nah...hmmmm...

Long story short, I finally broke 10,000 gamerscore by getting married again and attaining the "Bigamy" achievement...Woo hoo!  In your face monogamy!

My favorite game developers are those that "get it".  They not only make great games but there's something about them that tells you they would be cool to hang out with after the gaming is over.  One prime example is Tim Schafer and the staff of Double Fine (creators of Psychonauts, which if you haven't played...shame on you!), whose humor and "get it-ness" is almost the best part of the game.  It's when you find glimpses of inside jokes, culture spoofs and references (done with a light hand of course) that really make you think, "These guys are cool, they get me!"

I guess my point is this:  As if I needed another reason to love Fable II, I found a beer called "Hoptimus Prime" and a perfume made from the musk of balverines which include these fine words in the description: "60% of the time, it works everytime"...Thanks for getting it Lionhead...



P.S.-If you don't get the musk joke, slap yourself full across the face and then go watch Anchorman...