Reliving The Journeys Of The Ghost Of Sparta...

After a whole day of busy and travelling, I managed to purchase this classic piece of gaming that's been bundled and remastered for the new PS3 generation:


That's right... KRATOS IS BACK, AND HIS RETRO ADVENTURES ARE STILL AWESOME!!!

Anyone who hasn't played the God Of War series will finally have a chance to live out these classic titles again and see the games that defined Kratos as the ultimate Greek badass and boosted sales for Sony's Playstation 2 back in the day. Remastered, enhanced, and packaged in a single Blu-Ray disc, the God Of War Collection reintroduces us to The Ghost Of Sparta, as he traverses through the world of Ancient Greece to do battle with legends, monsters, and even Gods themselves. Even with Assassin's Creed II still keeping me busy, I just had to relive the excitement of this again, especially since there's only a few months to go until Kratos returns and unleashes his fury once more in God Of War III (which has a demo included in the package)! If you own a PS3, you all owe it to yourselves to pick this up one up. It's epic at its finest.

On The Spot: Collecticon 2009 -Story Ver.-

Another big event happened today, and it was another crazy moment for hobbyists everywhere. Once again, the annual Collecticon (short for Collector's Convention) was held at the Midtown section of Robinson's Place Manila, and from the moment I arrived, it was packed with all kinds of stuff, from the latest toys to the vintage items that collectors were dying to buy and own.

The view at the Collecticon as soon as the mall opened. What a crowd!
I entered the arena early in the morning to get an early bird's start, but the house was already packed by the time I arrived. Most of the stuff I looked for were comic related goodies, but I was able to scrounge up some Batman related items, which were pretty good deals in themselves.

This was but one of the many stalls with lots of toys and collectibles on display... woah...
While making my way around, I saw many friends, all of whom were eager to find and scoop something nice to add to their collections. Every convention I go to has a familiar face somewhere along the way, and the Collecticon proved no different. Towards the afternoon, the atrium started to pile up some more, particularly due to the auction and cosplay events that were scheduled for the day as well.

The crowd gathers as the auction and cosplay event begins...
There were lots of people dressed in all kinds of attire, and the auction was pretty successful in gathering bidders, as well as donations for the benefit of the victims of typhoon Ondoy. After taking a well deserved lunch break, I made one more pass before calling it a day in the early afternoon.

Overall, I had fun, and while it wasn't as crazy as the Toycon, the Collecticon had just the right amount of fun and activities to make it another spectacular event.