Define the status of “Up and Running” after taking a look at that. This is the current state of Xbox Live. I was going to play a few casual games of Halo 3 with a friend when we came to find out he couldn’t get on to Live and I couldn’t even start a Matchmaking Match. With all the crap listed as having problems up there… what is going right? I love you Xbox, why you gotta be like that?
It’s been a short week for work, only 3 days. Each of those 3 days though brought to me a realization that I guess I’ve known for some time, but really only kinda said out loud because of this.
So here’s the stereotype… New Yorkers are rude. Tell anyone you are planning a trip to NYC or are planning to move here, it’s all you hear. They are rude, mean, jerks, etc. So once I moved here, I thought… “Hey, people here are pretty freakin’ cool.”
I’m coming up on my 3rd anniversary of being in NYC and I can pretty much understand why people get the idea that New Yorkers are rude… we fucking hate tourists. Every motherfucking last one of you.
Pulled this from www.kotaku.com. There’s just something very pleasing to me about seeing 4 girls so freaking excited to be holding an Xbox 360. Too bad they look like they are in high school. But there are 18 year olds in high school right? Right?
Strap in, we’re going for a wild ride. Kotaku reports that 3D Realms is going to be unveiling a teaser trailer tomorrow for the eternally in production Duke Nuke Em Forever (I’ll spare you the pun in the title.) 10 years in the making, several restarts in production, and who knows how many times screen shots have been leaked onto the internet.
Here’s what I’m trying to figure out, has 3D Realms put out anything in the last 10 years since Duke Nuke Em 3D? If they have, it’s not been noticeable. So where the hell are they getting the money to keep this game in production for 10 years?! I know DN3D sold like hot cakes* but come on!
So for those interested, the apocalypse begins tomorrow at Noon CST (that’d be 1pm here in NYC.) Will the fabric of the space time continuum unraveled? Will we even see anything tomorrow? Will I get killed in a freak train accident on my way to work, thus preventing me from ever catching a glimpse of this game? Tomorrow we shall see.
* Where the hell does this saying come from? When in the history of time were hot cakes selling like crazy? I just don’t get it.
It takes a certain kinda guy to stand in the face of adversity while a conspiracy unfolds around him. It takes another kinda guy to not even realize that he has walked into a conspiracy even though he’s become a mortal enemy… if that makes any sense.
You see that guy up there? The one right up at the top of this post? That’s Steve Wiebe (Wee-Bee). I just watched King of Kong for the first time the other day and I gotta say… wow. I suddenly feel like cap’n cool next to most of the guys in that movie/documentary.
The gist, a guy is totally full of himself because he set the worlds record for highest score in Donkey Kong back in 1982 and up until 2005 it hadn’t been beaten. Enter Steve Wiebe, guy was layed off from work and found himself with alot of time on his hands. What does he do to pass the time? He plays Donkey Kong.
I don’t want to ruin it for you but lets just say the guy is a contender for the title. The journey he goes through, simply to just prove to himself that he can do something he set out to do, it’s nothing short of amazing. To see the care free stride he takes in it all compared to the guys who live and breathe their high scores, it’s just amazing. I highly recommend this movie. Must see.
I’ve been saying it all along, Heath Ledger is gonna be a bad ass Joker, this only further proves it. I just upped this to YouTube so it may not appear for a little bit.
Oddly enough, it’s showing the SFIV teaser trailer I upped awhile back, I guess that will change once the video is ready
So last night we had our company holiday party (which ruled BTW!!!) Before said party we did an award ceremony for the year with several different categories such as MVP, Best Save, Best Dressed, etc. But there was 2 awards that I was really really hoping for, and you know what? I won them both!
I got awarded “Biggest Geek” and “Best OMGer”
For the uninitiated, OMG is an email thread we have that is used for sending random funny stuff, news articles, pretty much anything that you want to get to alot of people that isn’t really work related. =)
Along with these awards came a couple prizes to choose from a really nice assortment. I went for a nice set of headphones to use with my Zune and a sweet external HDD because hey, lets face it, porn takes up alot of space.
I’d like to thank the academy, everyone who voted for me, and everyone that believed in my geekiness and time wasting abilities all along.
Should be #1 but I was playing Assassin’s Creed when I decided to start this up. So… Guitar Hero III, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways you rock! \m/ <– Horns Those who know me know that I am addicted to the Guitar Hero franchise and cannot be fooled by cheap yet fanciful imitations. There is just something about the original that strikes a chord with me. I got into the GH games with Guitar Hero 2. The track lists for both 2 and 3 are just fookin’ amazing. What’s the point of playing a game if the songs don’t rock or at least aren’t fun to play?
I recently purchased Rock Band with the intention of making a quick buck on it since the day after it was released they were selling on ebay for $300 – $500. I quickly found that this isn’t the case and the other night I found out why. Rock Band sux0rz! Sure you have the whole band aspect and I can appreciate that, but the tracks are horrible! The only songs worth playing have already been done in the GH games, with the exception of 3. $200 for 3 songs? I think not. I’m still selling it but I’m just trying to break even at this point.
Anyway, back to Guitar Hero. For the uninitiated, Guitar Hero is played with the provided “Guitar Controller.” You push up and down on the strum bar as if you are picking on a real guitar, and there are 5 colored buttons on the neck that you push in correspondence with their matching icons on the screen as they scroll downwards. At first it feels really clumsy and if you are with friends, especially ones that know how to play, you get a little embarrassed. Not so much the case with learning any other game right? It’s because you have this sense that you really are playing the songs. If you have yet to try this game out, you really need to do yourself a favor, drop the Benjamin on it and do it! Do it now!
Figured I’d start up a constantly updated theme called, you guessed it, “How I’m Gamin’”. Basically just do a quick piece on my latest game.
So as a homecoming present for my 360, I picked up Assassin’s Creed. All in all, a good game. Sure it’s a little flawed, but the graphics are gorgeous and it’s just so much fun walking around like a bad ass. Even on my old ass 4:3 standard def tv it looks amazing. It can be a little bit confusing since there seems to be a lack of a subtitle option and the volume of the voices changes drastically.
The core of the game is pretty much this, get intel from unsuspecting people, don’t get noticed, kill someone, run the fuck away. So far that process has repeated several times, but it’s fun every time.
So if you have an Xbox 360, or a PS3 for the largely flawed version, though I’m told a recent patch fixed “many” of the problems, I highly suggest you check this one out.
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