Archive for March 2010
Bioware Bazaar!
Posted on: March 29, 2010
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Like games? Like contests? Well do we have news for you!
Bioware announced a bazaar to celebrate their 15ht anniversary of making gaming products. Contestants go through a series of challenges (mostly via twitter) and win coins that can be used to auction out prizes. What are the prizes you ask?
Posters, games, even USB sticks. Some of the more exciting prizes include:
Mass Effect 2 Artwork Branded Computer and Dragon Age 2 artwork branded computer. Both worth $2,000 dollars, an alien ware Laptop and a Mass Effect branded Xbox 360.
And with multiple chances to win those computers, you bet your ass i’ll be participating.
For a complete list of prizes and contest rules, click here
All Points Bulliten
Posted on: March 28, 2010
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What is APB? Well, this is what they have to say on their site
Imagine a living, breathing, city but for the first time ever it’s online, its streets full of vehicles and thousands of civilians going about their daily life. Introduce 100 players to this online city. Their mission is to gain fame and fortune, and gain them fast. Many will take to a life of crime, feeding on the city, its people and its businesses. Other players, the Enforcers, will feed on the Criminal players. What will the outcome be? The great thing is, we don’t know! It’s an online sandbox. Many players will achieve celebrity or notoriety for their skills or style. Alliances will be formed, rivalries will be bitter. One thing we do know: every player will be unique. Thanks to cutting-edge technology, players can personalize their looks, clothing, vehicles and music. Earn money, clothing, guns, and cars as you play. Experience fast-paced third-person action. Master different gameplay for each Faction. Participate in intelligent matchmaking: you play against real people and the better you get, the better your opponents will be. Work for Contacts, doing directed Missions, or complete open world sandbox activities. Gain real-life celebrity through in-game displays of your characters, vehicles, music and symbols. Become a top-ranking player or Clan in leagues that track Kills, Arrests, Mission Success rates, and many other competitive stats.
After looking at their site and all the goodies they have on there I am officially interested in this game. Not only am i interested, im slightly OBSESSED, to the point where i’ve signed up for their beta. Dun know if i’ll get in but either way, beta or retail im playing this fucking game. Just Saying.
Customization is probably one of the better features since most games only have limited customization but the game play also looks INSANE. Not to mention there is talk of no subscription like with WoW or other MMO’s. Would definitely be easier for me, financially, to keep the game going. I already have to pay for my WoW account again -,-‘
The customization isn’t the seller though. I’ve been waiting for a game to come out that’s a combination of my favorite kind of game, First person and third person shooters, with something more than the ordinaty tag and bag gaming mechanics.
L4D is awesome, and i commend them on using the AI director to change things up a bit, but sometimes that tiny minute change isn’t enough.
MMO’s are cool because the worlds change with your character, but after the first character it becomes the same kind of find and grind.
My interest in this game comes out of a combination of these two genres. I can shoot shit but also develop my character and the game community. It’s like borderlands, except I haven’t played borderlands and from the reviews my friends are giving it, I probably won’t be playing it anytime soon. Though I would be lying if i said the combination of RPG and FPS isn’t down right intriuging.
Check out what G4 has to say about this game. Also check out this youtube video.
Gamestop’s “How to Talk to women.” Employee training video.
Real or not. It’s a lot going on at once. TOO much in fact.
That was quick.
Posted on: March 26, 2010
The iPad hasn’t been announced for too long, yet alone released and already there are talks about it being jailbroken, even as soon as the same day it is launched.
Hacker George Hotz claims he has developed a new untethered software jailbreak method for the iPhone and iPod Touch that may also work on the iPad. Hotz, also known online as Geohot, says that his new unnamed jailbreak method is as simple to use as his previous iPhone software jailbreak, blackra1n.
You know, if apple is gonna keep that whole “no outside applications” thing in their T.O.U they should probably try, I don’t know, different ways of coding their shit. I’m all for jailbroken stuff, Apple shouldn’t tell you what you can and can’t use on YOUR device, but at the same time I understand they are just saying “We can only fix the issues we created, not ones you created by being stupid and installing a random app made by your neighbor.”
Either way, Jailbroken i Pad? What say you?
Rihanna’s newest Single “Rude Boy” has managed to retain its No. 1 standing on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week. It comes as no surprise. Have you heard the song? Better yet, have you seen the video?
It has the longest streak since Black Eyed Peas had an equal run with “I Gotta Feeling” in July/August 2009.
I’m very proud of my future wife. I mean there are a few things we need to address before we tie the knot, but I’m glad she’s taking some creative risks and that those risks are paying off. Nothing sexier than ambition… well, except for the drums. MMm.
Modern Warefare 2 DLC Trailer
Posted on: March 25, 2010
I’ve played MW2 though I don’t own it (my brother does), so I cant really give my thoughts on this other than they could have done the trailer a bit better but it looks like a good add on to an already popular game.
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Getting to know you
Posted on: March 24, 2010
So I’ve been sick for the past few days and as such, I’ve been able to get reacquainted with a long lost friend of mine.
My Xbox.
I played a little bit of Gears of War, got really into it then got up to the first introduction of the Berserker and said, “You know what, i’mma save this for later.’ Which in my speak means, I’m too lazy and or scatterbrained right now to figure out how to get this ugly bitch outside, so imma go do something else.
I spent the next twenty minutes redoing my profile, my avatar my shipping information and now I’m excited. It’s been a while since I’ve said hello to my friend the Xbox 360.
That being said I’ve put together a small list of things I should get to make our friendship more productive and meaningful:
1) A hard drive
First and foremost is a hard drive, without which all of the aforementioned and really any activity would be futile if not impossible.
If you are one of the many lucky bastards that had enough money to buy the full Xbox Bundle and not an Arcade like I purchased, you already have the Hard drive and thus know the many marvelous things you can do with it.
With the recent addition of the 250GB Harddrive to the Xbox accessory list, with a $130 price tag, I’ve decided that I should definitely hop onto the Hard drive band wagon and get my Xbox up to par.
With a hard drive i’ll be able to Download game demos, have game add-ons and other downloadable content, not to mention play Original Xbox games! Yeah, I have some of those. I’ll also be able to download movies and game trailers and download avatar customizations. Why? because all those things require space, space which the Xbox without a Hard drive just doesn’t have.
250 GB Harddrive on Xbox official site
2)Acquire Xbox Live
Xbox live is a HUGE community of gamers a like, sure there are some twelve year old’s who scream and whine and can be overheard complaining with their moms about going to bed, but there are a few decent players out there. A few.
Xbox live is more than an online gaming community though. If you have Netflix, like I do (or rather my parents) you can use that to download on demand movies from Netflix. You can also tweet and log on to Msn Messenger and talk to your friends from there.
You can log onto your Facebook and last.fm. Xbox live has so many other uses than just playing with hormone filled teenagers who do nothing but insult your mother. My mother is a good woman dammit.
There’s so much more you can do when you have Xbox live, and for only 50 dollars a year it’s not a bad deal either.
In fact, once this post is up I think I might go ahead and purchase it. Maybe.
Xbox live has other perks as well, like joining groups or events . JS.
3) Xbox360 Wireless Adapter
For the price of $100 bucks, I could get a wireless adapter so I could play games in my room (however small it is) OR I could go out an purchase a longer internet cable. Either way, the wireless adapter is pretty fuckin’ cool looking, and more portable.
It does exactly what it says it does. Gives you access to the internet without the cords. Of course you’ll need a wireless router and the internet (duh) but after that it’s pretty self explanatory.
Wireless Adapter at Official Xbox site
At some point I’d like to invest in a second wireless controller and perhaps a wireless headset just to be fancy, but that’s in the way way future since those aren’t really necessary to have fun on my own at this point.
I already have the other accessories like the Headset and the chat pad, the only reason I don’t have these three things are pretty simple: Money. They all have a pretty price tag, especially for someone like me who is in a transitional phase (one that’s been extended due to the economy) from school to …well life.
Either way, I can’t wait to be able to use my Xbox to the fullest of it’s potential, even if it might not be until the next generation of Xbox consoles come out. I’d like to think it would be called, The Xbox 720.
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