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• 27Aug 08

  XBLM Splurge

  I got myself 3200pts today to spend at the XBLM, so here's what I got:

  -Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack (NOW WILL YOU GUYS PLAY HALO WITH ME?)
  -Castle Crashers Full Game (hoping some of you are willing to play co-op)
  -Discs of Tron Full Game (I have very fond memories of the arcade game and I enjoyed the XBLA version, so I'm buying it)
  -Rock Band songs: ...And Justice For All, Ride the Lightning, Blackened, Sleepwalker, The Hellion/Electric Eye, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Margaritaville

  Just a heads-up: in a month I'm getting another card for Duke Nukem 3D, which will support 8-player online co-op, and I EXPECT some of you to be getting it!!

  On the gaming front, I've started playing Oblivion less, seeing as I've done most of the quests. I'll be finishing the main quest soon, and hopefully I'll get another points card to get Knights of the Nine, perhaps Shivering Isles.
  I've also gotten back into Halo 3, what with my favorite playlist being terminated (Ranked Big Team), not to mention I finally got the Legendary Map Pack...
  Also also, since I've got Castle Crashers now, I think I'll be playing that a lot. And I'll play Discs of Tron until I get bored of it.

  I guess that's all for now!

  • Posted Aug 27, 2008 2:00 pm GMT
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• 21Aug 08

  The Force Unleashed Demo Impressions

  Short Version:
  OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD
  JOYGASM

  Long Version:
  Exactly how I anticipated. Definitely getting this game when it comes out. I'm really grateful for a demo to help the wait. To be honest I must have played the demo...eh, at least fifteen times today.
  I see lots of people complaining about the apparent transformation of the lightsaber into a wiffle ball bat. They're also complaining about the apparent lack of dismemberment. Well, quite frankly, bollocks to them. If I wanted dismemberment and insta-kill lightsabers, I'll go play Jedi Outcast. Enemies all die as easily anyway, plus it can get interesting to see how far I can hit some enemies. Oh, and of course, combos.
  Graphics are stunning. Love 'em.
  Physics are extremely entertaining, not to mention in my opinion very well done. Some call this game a glorified tech demo. Well, it's glorified enough for me to spend sixty bucks on the game. Based on the (however brief) demo, it's gonna be well worth it.

  Of course, who cares about my opinion anyway. I overrate everything anyway.

  • Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:52 pm GMT
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• 17Aug 08

  I don't usually think this very often, but life's been good to me recently

  Hard to believe around here.

  Still playing lots of Oblivion, although recently I've been playing a little bit of Brawl (more on that later). I'm getting close to finishing; some of my character's stats are starting to max out, I'm getting a lot of the best equipment in the game (I was pretty surprised to find a Ring of Perfection as random loot), and I've done nearly every quest, save for a few minor quests and a couple remaining Main Quest, er, quests. I'm still enjoying the heck out of it. After I finish the main quest, and start to get bored overpowering everything, I want to make an Incredible Hulk-like character. Should be interesting. I usually make Hulk characters in Tony Hawk games...time to try something new.

  Last Friday I helped host a Brawl tournament at my church. It went fairly well, a healthy number of people showed up, everyone was courteous and competitive. I managed to get fourth place. Oh, I was playing as Sonic by the way. Hard to believe a Sonic player managed to do so well in a competitive Brawl tournament. Maybe because the rest of you just don't know how to play as him?
  I must say, Lucas is one devilish son-of-a-gun. A few contenders (including myself) spent some time in Training just smashing him around to loose some anger. Grah...

  FORCE UNLEASHED DEMO. THURSDAY.
  I'm really excited about The Force Unleashed. I'm definitely getting the game on day one (if LucasArts pulls a collector's edition out of its butt soon I'll pay anything...reasonable, that is). I'm also probably going to get a few other Force Unleashed items, such as the books.
  Been waiting a very long time for this game to come out. One month...just one month...and a freaking DEMO is coming soon!

  I find it a little strange that I found enjoyment in the demos of Iron Man and WALL-E. No, that wasn't a typo - I'd actually buy the games if I could get them for cheap. $20 at most I suppose. Same goes for the Incredible Hulk - if I could get it for cheap I would probably get it.
  I must remind you that it is after midnight at the time of this posting, therefore some things may be a little more than strange here.

  Driver's license exam is set up for September 22. Can't wait.

  Seven weeks post-surgery and I've finally stopped losing weight. Now I've gotta gain it all back, hopefully with a little more - I was too skinny to begin with.

  FORCE UNLEASHED DEMO. THURSDAY.

  Life with my girlfriend couldn't be better. Yesterday was the six-month milestone.

  Two days ago I saw Tropic Thunder and Iron Man at the drive-in with a friend.
  Tropic Thunder is irreverent...but much better than I thought. I couldn't stop laughing. Go see it. Ben Stiller and Jack Black among their finest. However, Robert Downey Jr's finest is in the other film. Something about a man in iron...hmm...anyway, the DVD of Iron Man comes out at the end of next month, and I'm definitely getting it ASAP. Personally I loved the Iron Man movie, and I can't wait for the sequel and the eventual Avengers movie.
  I think I'll see Dark Knight again later this week.

  So there you have it. Life's been good to me recently. Of course a number of bad things happened too, but...why spoil such a happy blog post? That's all for n--

  FORCE UNLEASHED DEMO. THURSDAY.

  • Posted Aug 17, 2008 10:42 pm GMT
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