this game is absolutely amazing, I see here people are still giving it bad ratings and saying it’s meant to be bad and meant to look like old RE, wrong, yes, it’s got old ps2 style graphics, yes the controls are bad, the storyline is amazing though, and if you want to know why it’s so weird and off the wall watch the old tv show by David Lynch "Twin Peaks" THATS what this game is basically based on, NOT RE or Silent Hill, and here is my case and point pictures:

Twin Peaks hotel and Waterfall

 
Twin Peaks Police Station

The Town Hall/Bell Tower and the "Pot Lady"

odd isn’t it, have you realized it yet or should i show the final piece to this puzzle and prove to the non believers, ok i am here it is:

red drapes hanging at a crime scene

there ya go, others have said this game is "a love letter to David Lynch and Twin Peaks" even the main character acts just like the FBI agent in the show, and there’s all the proof you need, hell even the towns people are similar, now, if you haven’t played this game because it’s a “budget title” send me an e-mail and i’ll give you my address or you can give me mine, if your a gamer that is, because i’m going to come to your house or you to mine and punch you in the face

 
Sleeper Hit of 2010!!!

ok, so Red Dead Redemption (PS3)

honestly i am speechless about this game, it was FUCKING AMAZING!!!, this is what a game should be, all around PERFECTION!!!, NO this isn’t just a GTA western, and if you are not a true gamer DON’T FUCKING TOUCH THIS GAME, YOU’LL TAINT IT!!!, by true gamer i mean a person who get’s into game’s, like REALLY get’s into there games and has empathy for the characters, like when the character is wronged you want to get that revenge, if the character is emotionally hurt you know what he’s feeling, games like that are like good books that just draw you in, yeah you can just go around and be the asshole and kill everyone and yes sometimes i did to get a couple trophies that were either humorous ones or challenging ones but i also put my bandana on so as not to damage my characters reputation as the good guy which i mad so stayed maxed, we all do have to have a little fun sometimes, it is a sandbox game after all, but this isn’t like your typical Rockstar game where your playing a badguy mobster drugdealer where the goal is to do bad stuff, your playing a guy who had a bad life, did very bad things, tried to make a better life for himself and is now in a really shitty situation and who can’t relate to being in a shitty situation and wanting out or to just make it better, anyways this game is just mindblowingly good in my own opinion and a big thank you to rockstar and all those involved in making this masterpiece

One of the Best Games EVER!

The symbol is hard to make and looks more like a black sprayed circle on the wall, to me it did anyways, could just be my screen. Clicking X on this brings you into the ‘hub’, after a short download of course.  As you enter the ‘hub’ you are informed it was the early alpha tester zone and you are not supposed to be there by the narrator and shortly thereafter you learn that strange things are going on. From what I have read at Kotaku, and Playstation Blog, the game will be ever changing, gaining new content and areas on a weekly to monthly basis which sounds pretty cool to me. At least it makes me want to go back into home and possibly even spend a little loot to change my avatar’s looks since people will be seeing him. Just a few minutes I go I finished playing the “game” myself and have to admit it is amusing and has the potential to be pretty damn good. Your first task is to simply search the area for some pieces of paper for the narrator, once found you need to access a website from one of the consoles in the area and solve a puzzle which grants you a code to enter, the code then gives you a piece of a puzzle or map, not sure yet. You can also get another puzzle to do from a robot known as the “Stapler” who is near the first piece of paper you found, his puzzle are a bit harder to solve. To start his you need to do the clap action at a certain area to get the actual question and hint, then scour the web again. These sites you are using for the puzzles are actual websites and not just in game (this is the actual site you use to solve the Stapler’s puzzle “http://cafeconmiguel.wordpress.com/”). All in all this seems like it could be a great idea on Sony’s part, an interactive alternate reality “mystery” game to keep people drawn to Playstation Home. If you have a PS3 I’d recommend you at least check it out.