I am. Really. I know it’s hard to believe, but bear with me.

I’m a pretty self-important consumer.

Let’s look at gaming. I own a PS3. I want to purchase an Xbox 360 soon, I wouldn’t mind owning a Wii, but I like PC gaming best. I can play PC games anywhere I have a computer. I can use nearly any input I want–Xbox controller, PS3 controller, keyboard and mouse, classic gamepad, joystick, etc.

For a while it was enough for me to say that if a game wasn’t coming out for PC, I wouldn’t buy it. In truth, there are enough good games out on PC to keep me occupied for years. Eventually games like Uncharted 2 came along to make me finally buy a console (the PS3 being a Blu-Ray player I could stream files to from my PC helped make that decision, too).

I still have a bit of a chip on my shoulder. I was considering not buying Red Dead Redemption because it came out for 360 and PS3 but not PC. I probably will buy it soon, but why isn’t it out for PC? I’m sure it will be in a few months, just like GTA4 was, but it’s still a letdown.

So I just downloaded and played the Just Cause 2 demo on PC via Steam. I’ve got some thoughts. You can read them if you’d like.

I, as most regular readers of this site know, really enjoyed Uncharted 2. I’ve read a handful reviews by people who didn’t like the game, and most of their complaints I can understand, even if I don’t quite agree with them. These complaints range from: the game took to long to get going, it’s difficult sometimes to know what to do or where to jump, and then you have people that were rubbed wrong by the games action-movie style and story. I can understand all these complaints. One complaint, however, constantly rubs me the wrong way, and that is that Uncharted 2 isn’t innovative.

So what?

When I start writing twitter post after twitter post, and am about to write a few more, I realize perhaps the subject in question is better suited to my blog. Between Steam’s post-Thanksgiving sale and their Christmas Sale (going on until January 3rd), I have bought a ton of games, and only spent about $105.

Steam is a cool community/online gaming middleman/distribution platform for the PC. It allows you to download games to as many PCs as you want, but you have to be logged in to play them. It completely erases the need for installation discs. As someone with a couple boxes of computer discs, it’s a great boon.

Two things Steam should do though, to make their service that much better:

1) Backup game saves and sync them between all of a user’s computers.

2) Remove the damn age-verification screens in their app if I’m logged in.

Hey everyone! I’m working on some blog posts at the moment, but thought now would be a good time to throw out some random personal updates.

The other day, Attack of the Show’s segment “The Loop” asked the question, “Is PC gaming dead?” It’s a very troubling question for me, I am a PC gamer. There are a lot of different issues involved, but I’m going to try and tackle a lot of them in this article. (SPOILER!!!–PC Games RULE!!!)

I beat Uncharted 2 yesterday, here are a few notes (mostly comparing/contrasting with the first Uncharted game):

This game kicks ass. I was a little suspicious of some of the scenes I’d seen in trailers. Running on a train, for instance, while a helicopter is firing at you looked cool but I worried in the game it would be overwhelming and too difficult. For my money, they balanced it perfectly and it was great fun.

So the Playstation 3′s price has dropped $100 (to $299), and they’re releasing a 120GB new slim-design in September. You can get the current 80GB model for $299 on amazon.com and places like Gamestop, though I think Sony will soon stop producing those.