Max Payne!!!!! -- EDITED

[Note: I just realized that the plot summary below is inaccurate and makes Max sound stupid. I've changed it to better reflect what actually happened]

A few of you may know that I’m a huge Max Payne fan. No, not the movie (haven’t seen it yet), but the game was awesome.

Max who?

According to the wikipedia:

Max Payne is a third-person shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published in 2001. It is set in modern New York and follows the titular DEA undercover agent who investigates the source of the designer drug Valkyr that caused deaths of his wife and daughter three years ago. At the beginning of the game, Max's cover is blown; and he goes on a killing spree, targeting the distributors and masterminds behind Valkyr, He is then marked as a double-crosser: the police believes he abandoned the force and became a drug lord (he was wrongly accused of the murder of his partner by a mole in the police), and the bad guys felt betrayed once they discovered that he was an undercover cop. The bad guys placed a bounty on his head, and the police had a warrant on him due to the murder charges. With both sides of the law chasing him, Max has no choice but to fight and try to prove his innocence, discover why he was framed, and the real reasons why his wife was killed.

A interesting aspect of Max Payne is how the plot is presented. Most games will try to have intricate, very detailed computer-generated animation, but Max Payne’s story is presented through comic-book style cartoons, complemented with actors reading their respective lines. It’s very interesting to watch. Here’s one of my favorites: (click on the picture to see it in full size)

From My Pictures

Another great part of Max Payne is his quotes. No macho man is complete without a great set of macho quotes! Here’s some of my favorites:

• Collecting evidence had gotten old a few hundred bullets back. I was already so far past the point-of-no-return I couldn't remember what it had looked like when I had passed it.
• I would have laughed, if I could have remembered how.
• Nothing is a cliché when it's happening to you.
• He was trying to buy more sand for his hour glass. I wasn't selling any.
• So much for being subtle.

Anyways, why am I so excited? They’re releasing a new Max Payne, that’s why! Max Payne 3, baby! December can’t get here any faster.