I thought this was pretty hilarious. The article is some nerd reinterpreting episode IV in light of what occurred in the prequel trilogy. His conclusion: R2 D2 and Chewbacca are high ranking leaders and espionage agents in the rebellion.
Super nerdy, pretty entertaining.
Remember in junior high arguing about which was better, FF VII or FF VIII? If I recall correctly Billy and I were the only ones on the FF VII side back then. Well, it still ranks lowest for me for the PlayStation FFs, but I will concede that it did some pretty cool and memorable stuff, especially for back then.
Regardless, I found some guys musings on the game at PopMatters (never heard of it) and it seems like it might be a fun little nostalgic read. I haven’t found the time to get past the first two paragraphs but I plan on reading it tomorrow when I’m stuck in a hotel somewhere in Kentucky. If you guys find the time tell me what you think. We can get our geek on.
Well I’m excited. You guys have heard me gripe about my two biggest complaints against the Halo series since 2: regenerative shields and no fall damage. Well, looks like I will cry no more forever with Halo 3:ODST. Both are gone and the pistols are back. This seriously sounds like Halo 1 again. Anyone else getting a bit excited?
“Damage Control: This is no Master Chief you’re controlling, which means you’re shield free and once more dependent on health packs. Nothing changes the flavor of Halo more than having to start scrounging for health.
Humanity: Everything from the perspective (remember you’re no seven-footer) to the fact that falls will hurt you are reminders that you’re just a grunt, not a super hero. It’s nice, after years of playing the guy on the horse, to finally be the one down in the dirt having to get by.
New Weapons: The silenced submachine gun is a fun, but mostly ineffective weapon. Not so with the pistol, which returns to the Halo universe in all of its glory. Firing off headshots with this bad boy has never been easier.”
Those are my three favorite points from Kotaku’s preview. I wasn’t so sure about this game at first but with their Horde-like mode (called Firefight) and it’s emphasis on coop action, and of course the three points above, I’m sold already.
You guys been following it at all? Some interesting stuff coming out of there.
* Peter Molyneux is at it again with Milo which will use Microsoft’s Natal, their answer to Wii motion controls (both announcements make me sad).
* Bungie’s got more Halo coming besides ODST with Reach and Mass Effect 2 looks awesome but I have no idea what they’re changing and what the story is about besides that there is something besides Geth out there in the universe and it seems waay more shooty.
* I’m getting excited about TOR which scares me. You guys promise if we play it you’ll keep me accountable, right? Looking forward to it, Smuggler got leaked earlier this week, expecting an official announcement soon I hear.
* L4D2: new survivors, set in the South, five campaigns, melee weapons, limb damageable infected — looks good.
There’s tons more, that’s just what I remembered off the top of my head. I’m not bothering linking any of this stuff since most of the time I do big link posts they get little to no action on here anyway. Anyone else watching any of the stuff they’re announcing?
Ooh, almost forgot, some new MGS game starring Raiden for 360. No idea what to think. It is the cool MGS4 Raiden though.
UPDATE: I take it back, here’s one link. Kotaku just posted a round up of Day 1. Link to Kotaku.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/obama_depressed_distant_since
Brandon recomended that I check this out once i finished the series (which i finally did). Its an article from the onion that I almost fell out of my chair laughing about.
Been wanting to get back into it lately. Was playing some big team battles on Avalanche and Valhalla that were just making me grin wide, reminded me of old times. Anyway I would love to get some big team games going with people of the dylan, brandon, ryan, kyle, jeff, joe variety.
Hey so I threw together a crappy little page with our high scores. It’s editable and I tried to make it as easy to see where you should type as possible, but I didn’t put much time into this (like absolutely no CSS or real formatting). Don’t judge. You can find a link on the right side bar near the bottom called Mercenaries (or click that link).
If you want to edit your scores just follow these instructions:
Click on Site Admin on the right of this page
Then on the left of the page that loads click Pages
Hover over Mercenaries and click EDIT
Scroll down till you see the text that says **[YOUR NAME] [LEVEL] SCORE HERE** and **[YOUR NAME] CHARACTER USED HERE**
Fill in the areas (they may have “xxxx” or a score or a name, just change it)
And be sure to Update Page before closing
Best we have for now. Also, if you beat a Hi-Score for a level be sure to change it at the top of the page where I’ve listed all the Hi-Scores per level.
…we had banners? That was good times. Good times all around. Then the big mean sysadmin came in and took them away. Now the bad times are here. Are the bad times never going to go away?
I’m posting this because a) it’s apt, and b) I’m a sucker for throwbacks of any type, and c) Dick in a Box was pretty good. Not so sure I really dig this one though– it may go into the “just too weird for me” category.
But, hey, since it’s Mother’s Day: SNL Digital Short: Motherlover.
I’d say I’m a relatively avid gamer, regardless of the dry spells from time to time: I can play any game with little or no idea what I’m picking up. With that said, I cannot, simply cannot, play Half Life 2 on the Orange Box for 360.
About 15 minutes into playing lite nausea sets in; 15 more minutes I start having to rub my temple and glance around to make sure the room actually isn’t bobbing up and down; 45 minutes in I’m struggling to keep my focus and lunch down; 1 hour in I hastily spam start, save my game, and shut the damn thing down. For the next two hours I’m drinking liquids and trying to regain my composure so I can get the homework I’d been putting off done.
Anyone else notice that certain games they just can’t play, because of motion sickness, gameplay, or something else? I’m worried Mirror’s Edge is gonna do the same thing that HL:2 is doing to me… maybe some Dramamine is in order (Dramamine for fraking gaming?! what kind of gamer am I..?).