Red Dead Redemption

There is much for me to write, as it's been far to long since my last post. However, since work (that thing that keeps me away from my gaming time) beckons, I'll have to keep this short and about one topic.
Red Dead Redemption, for those who don't know it or haven't played it, is a first person shooter set in the waning years of the wild west. In the single player game you play as a character named John Marston. It's fantastic! It's an open world concept. If you are following the storyline and doing the mission as they come that's fine, but if you get bored of that you can ride off and do some hunting where you can kill, then skin a variety of animals which you can then sell for money at local general stores. There are dozens of little side missions like retrieving someones stolen horse, or doing tasks for strangers. There is so much to do and see. The landscape is absolutely breathtaking and the gameplay itself is pretty darn good. One of my favorite things about the game is that Rockstar has an online site where you can easily scan through your stats. I'm one game of liars dice away from 100% completion of the game! Don't get me wrong, I'm 100% done with the regular game. Since the game came out, Rockstar has added the Liars and Cheats pack, mostly gambling, and the Legends and Killers pack, mostly shooting. This added another 750 achievement points (Drool!). Now, most of what I've written about is in the single player game. The multiplayer end of the game, though, is where you really get your money's worth. But that should probably wait for my next post. I can here the siren song of hungry people shuffling around outside my place of employment.