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• 19Aug 08

  A late summer update

  As we all approach the end of Summer 2008 I am going to take some time to refelect upon the summer...

  *ponders*

  Better yet, lets skip that. My summer was about as fun as watching the paint on the blades of grass of a football field slowly fade away. I hope everybody else had a great summer.

  This has been the first summer of my life where I just wanted it to end. I have worked tirelessly in a factory for 40 hours a week for the past 3 months as my summer job. Sure the pay was good, but now I am finally nearing the end. I have 4 days left then I finally get some freedom once again.

  Next year I will be returning to the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire to continue to study computer science. I will however be living in a hotel instead of a dorm for the first semester. Its going to be intresting to say the least. At least I got a pool all year round I can relax at.

  Anyways a lot has happened since my last blog post. I'm to lazy to do a video blog this time so instead I will just type. Since then I quit Age of Conan and Gamespot gained a few pounds. Both were good things as I am enjoying the new layout of Gamespot and look forward to them updating the fourms.

  This winter I will be persuing something I like to call Wasdie TV. I will have more details in the future.

  As for what I have been playing this summer, it has been a good mix of PC and 360 games. Since Age of Conan lacked content, I have been playing much more World War 2 online, Call of Duty 4, Counter-Strike Source, and various others on my PC. As for the 360, I have been playing lots of Halo 3 and GTA4 online with friends and AC6 by myself.

  Overall its been a decent summer of gaming, but gaming cannot make up for the lack of social contact I have now. Luckly in two weeks that will change as I head back to school.

  A few upcoming things people should be aware about. WWII Online is getting a graphic update in the near future, keep your eyes out for that one. Mount and Blade is finally coming out of beta and going into full release in September, I will have more on that when that comes out. I will be reviewing many games over the next couple of weeks, including video reviews and written reviews.

  So those who keep in check with my blog will have more to read in the next few weeks. Until then, game it up!

  • Posted Aug 19, 2008 1:26 pm GMT
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• 29Jun 08

  My summer gaming setup!

  Alrighty guys heres my first ever video blog showing my summer gaming setup before I move back to school.

  • Posted Jun 29, 2008 2:53 pm GMT
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• 22May 08

  So this is what the Dark Side is like? I like it.

  Alright I don't know how many of you guys remember my glory days of System Wars. The days where me, Fuzzysquash, and Diggyzoom absoultly owned SW by ourselves. BlackBond may say he was a major player, but even he cant deny those days of the cow trio.

  Back in those days I was a hardcore console gamer and played mostly Sony. Yes I did own an Xbox but I was a cow through and through. Well until E3 2006. Yeah well lets just say that Sony let me down just a little bit.

  Since then I have converted to pretty much a hermit. I built a computer and have been blasting n00bs in Crysis (with my mighty 25fps with high settings!).

  Though lately something wierd has been happening to me. As much as I love my computer and all of the FPS and RTS goodness that comes with it, I have been having these strange urges to play a console. So I decided to buy a Playstation 3 (see a few blog posts down).

  Well about a month ago a game called GTA4 came out and all of my friends started playing it. Though they all started playing it on their Xbox 360s. This put me in a very difficult position. I have a ton of history defending Sony and using their products, I really really want a Blu-Ray player, and I really think MGS4 looks amazing.

  Though when it came down to it, I looked at not what I could have in the future, but what I could have right now. So I bought an Xbox 360.

  

  *looks at the stunned look on people's faces*

  You can pick your jaws up off the floor now. If for some reason you didn't catch it the first time or believe I just made a typo I will repeat myself. I bought an Xbox 360. I have the pics to prove it!

  

  Heres my setup now. My uber rig (about one year old and still kicking baby ) and my 360. I use my monitor for HD.

  

  Heres it in the dark :p

  

  

  Lets just say that I love it. I play a lot of Halo 3 and GTA4 on XBL. My gamertag is Wasdie639 (R.I.P. Wasdie ). Please add me, make sure you say your from Gamespot or I probably wont accept .

  • Posted May 22, 2008 10:39 pm GMT
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