I've been thinking lately...maybe I'm too positive.

I'm probably a little too positive in life overall, but right now I'm thinking more on the review front. Like, take for instance, GUN. I loved GUN. I mean, I really loved GUN. But then I hear about other playing it, and they say it's shit. And, let's say for instance, my Suikoden Tactics review. Didn't exactly love it, but didn't think it was crap, either, and I'm in the minority with that. And, most recently, my Kingdom Hearts II review. I wrote that knowing that, somewhere along the line, someone would call the game and my review of it gay. And, lo and behold, a discussion about Brokeback Mountain breaks out in which Guts', jackass that he is, says the game sounds like 'ultimate gay', which is pretty easy to link to the way I described it.

Now, I think Guts is a total fucking prick, and I don't base that of his review skills or anything. But he's a total fucking prick with an opinion, and it's an opinion that I seem to get a lot of. A lot of people seem to like my reviews, just totally disagree with them.

I guess that's good, it's straight that I'm at least getting my format right and no one's accusing me of 'cookie cutter' reviews and whatnot, because that's something I'm really looking to avoid. But, at the same time, I don't want to just sound good, I want people to be able to rely on my opinion. Because, you know, I think that's what reviewing should be about: Half of it should be giving fellow gamers advice on game selection, half of it should focus on doing that is as original a way as possible. Having the second half is nice, but I don't want to gain a rep over time that labels me as a reviewer who just gives out high grades to everything that passes his way. Because, eventually, that'll mark me as a sellout, and I would straight up hate that.

So, I don't know. Maybe I should go on a hard streak, review games that are...just...harder. Like something that's a bit on the fringe, not a huge game. Something heavy on violence. Another FPS, maybe. I'd just hate to get to the point where people see a review for a 'pussy' game (games that are just automatically marked as lame shit by a lot of people, like Pokemon XD and Kingdom Hearts) on the front page and just start guessing it's me who did it...and they're right. I should switch things up more, I think. I don't know. Paranoid.

Also, on an unrelated note, my music teacher rocks. He's turning me on to some cool music.