LittleBigPlanet fever is in the air. Lots of people are yammering on about it including me. This Checkpoint will be quite short. I’m distracted by this week’s 1UP Yours podcast.

One of the reasons why this wasn’t posted on Friday was thanks to Iron Man on Blu-ray. It’s the best Marvel super hero movie I’ve ever seen. All that technology had me giddy with joy. Don’t tell me that you all didn’t want to have JARVIS in your home. So awesome.

After I finish up with this episode of 1UP Yours, I think I’ll be spending more time with LBP. There will be some WipEout HD love and Persona 3: FES. Yes, still playing The Answer half of P3. 120 hours so far. Talk about $30 well spent.

That’s it for now.

So many betas are happening on the PlayStation 3. All of them are first party exclusives, but that’s not the point. The point is that I’m not part of any of this early access fun. Here’s a list of PS3 betas which are happening right now:

• SOCOM: Confrontation
• LittleBigPlanet (EU so far..)
• Home
• Killzone 2 (EU invite-only beta)
• Resistance 2 (closed beta)

Five PS3 betas are more-or-less happening right now and I’m not participating in any of them. Sucks? Yes, but it’s not worth being bitter over. After all, I do have WipEout HD to play and that is just digital excellence.

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So with the death of GFW Radio podcast due to Jeff Green’s and Shawn Elliott’s exit of 1UP, my Wednesdays/Thursdays are now at a loss. There’s a podcast void which will be very difficult to fill. Not just because GFW Radio was such a quality podcast, but because I had a pretty strict podcast schedule.

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I’ve been preoccupied with a few things. Mainly these two articles:

• Exclusives Watch 2008 Rev. 0.5
• U.S. NPD Hardware Sales Watch 2008 Rev. 0.2

Were they difficult to do? No. They were time consuming more than anything else. However, the process of making them has evolved thanks to new additions, ideas and tricks that I’ve learned. Just take a look at the differences between the original articles and the newest editions.

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I’ve been patiently awaiting a competitor to the ASUS Eee netbook. Why? So I can be writing stuff like this without actually sitting at my desk. It’s not meant to replace my desktop — merely accompany it. I’ve looked at the MSI Wind, the Acer Aspire One and the ASUS Eee line, but I just couldn’t commit to any of them. Then Dell shows up with their Inspiron Mini 9.

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So I’ve been on quite the movie blitz lately. Correction. I’ve been on quite the Blu-ray movie blitz lately. Since last Saturday I’ve been watching one Blu-ray per day. Here’s the breakdown with ratings. Keep in mind I’ve watched these movies before:

• Saturday-  Terminator 2: Judgement Day (A -)
• Sunday- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (C +)
• Monday - Spider-man (A )
• Tuesday - Spider-man 2 (B -)
• Wednesday - Spider-man 3 (C+)
• Thursday - Casino Royale (A+)

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Took the day off and went to see the Doctor and was prescribed some “Apo-Omerprazole” which will hopefully ease my stomach woes. Anyways, it’s been happening for six days, and I thought it was about time to address it. Am I feeling better right now? A little bit.
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Lots of Olympics watching. Canada has yet to deliver. China is doing great and I’m impressed by Michael Phelps. That’s enough Olympics.

I’ve been falling behind on the game completing and acquiring front. Things to complete:

• PixelJunk Eden
• Bionic Commando: Rearmed
• Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
• Persona 3 FES

Games I want to get started on:

• Siren: Blood Curse
• Braid

I may delay Braid and await the inevitable PSN version.

And the above is my big to-do list. I’m also working a new feature for the site. Busy, busy. There will also be Olympics watching and some SoulCalibur IV playing.

Last weekend, I was busy playing SoulCalibur IV as a fighter. Starting Monday, however, my brother and I were busy with unlocking hats, boots and other accessories for the character creation system.

Since I am still playing through Persona 3 FES, I created my rendition of Mitsuru Kirijo:

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SoulCalibur IV almost didn’t make it for the long weekend, but it made it! Soul Calibur IV is here and so far we’ve unlocked all the significant characters. I’m enjoying the game, but I need to some more time to adjust to the reduced speed and other details.

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