Fall is nigh, and with it comes the video game holiday rush. Already has Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 been thrust upon us, and Halo: ODST is hot on its heels. In our near future lies roadies turned to rock-god heroes and vixens wielding death and whiskey. Come, cold weather! Bring me your frosty breath! For though your winds shall fly with a chill force, my blood will run hot with the decadence of digitized violence!

And in this last, deep gasp of vicarious adrenaline, there sleeps another soul. One who prepares himself for a greater challenge, a greater world. He will rise from his own ashes to face once again his greatest trials.

This time, he will succeed.

And all those who mocked him, who damned him, who left him behind to rot...they will reap...

They will reap nothing. For his soul has no time for the liars and the damned. He will emerge from the fire and the fury greater than before, and those who journey far will weep, for they have lost greatness.

So it is written. So it shall be.