This is Sparta! But only when Kratos says so.

I guess it's been a while since I posted anything, but I was busy already get off my case! Though I felt I have I really have to post, 5 days is far too long, and I'm going to talk about video games.

In a nutshell, I love them, like, a lot.

My recent rediscovery (accidental alliteration, oh I'm on fire!) is the God of War series. I played these back on the PS2 when I got my parents to rent them for me because I wasn't 18 at the time nor would I be for quite some time and thought they were the best thing ever. Now God of War III, the last in the trilogy, has been released (actually it's been out for a while but because of the aforementioned lack of money it seemed more like a dream) and it's been dispatched and should arrive any day now. I suppose I love the games so much because I've always like mythology and God of War (set in ancient Greece with you playing to role of Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta) gives you a chance to actually meet the Perseus I've read about and then swiftly take the shield he used to kill Medusa, behead him with it, then kick him onto a meat hook. Yeah these games get pretty violent, but laughably so, you'd never find someone getting arrested for trying to imitate Kratos. In GoWIII they even have a random gore generator so the entrails falling out of the centaur you just maimed will never look the same twice. Gross, but awesome!

God of War is probably quite a bad example for what I'm about to say, but I seriously think Video Games are an incredibly underrated artistic medium. A big pet peeve of mine is when people say 'I don't like video games.' I think that's a silly sentiment. No-one doesn't like them, not liking video games is the same as not liking films or books or music, it would be better to say 'I don't like some video games'. Sure lots of people don't own an Xbox, and won't consider themselves 'gamers' but they will still enjoy the occasional gaming session. I haven't had a girlfriend yet who didn't like LittleBigPlanet. Further proof is trying to find a kid who grew up in the 90's and hasn't played Tekken 3 is like trying to find a kid who grew up in the 90's who hasn't seen the Lion King, they're one in a million! Ok maybe that's an exaggeration but you see my point.

All I'm saying is it's a little prejudice to say you dislike the entirety of a medium. Not liking Call of Duty, but playing Wii Sports is the same difference as not liking Diehard but watching Love Actually or listening to Jamie T but not liking Charles Mingus. Video Games have become so massive that there is bound to be one you like, if you'll just be willing to give them a try. Even if you're one of this hipster types that only watch Independent or Art House cinema, you could try your hand at Limbo if you were looking for Independent gaming or Flower if you wanted an Art House video game (yeah, they exist). Nowadays there is literally something for everyone.

Just open your mind a little and, heaven forbid, you might have some fun.