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Mass Effect or Rock Band?

Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 21 November 2007

That is what I said to myself when I got home from the store yesterday.

Decisions, decisions...

I started with Rock Band -- we had a full band waiting to play (myself, husband, sister and brother-in-law). I needed to set everything up before they came over. (i.e. I wanted the drums all to myself)

Having 4 friends rocking out is really a blast! My sister thinks we should dress up and do a show on Thanksgiving for our family. I'm not sure, will they appreciate our musical talent?

Can someone tell me how to stop playing the same songs over and over again? If I have to sing In Bloom one more time...

My sister and her husband went home after a few hours of rocking and it was on to Mass Effect. It looks great! Only problem... How do I play? KOTOR is one of my favorite games of all time and so far this game feels more like Halo than role playing... Need to work on using powers better... I figured out the equipment screen though!

I couldn't agree with Penny Arcade more :P (read all 3)
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Skulls are fun!

Diposting oleh good reading on Sabtu, 29 September 2007

Who would have thought Halo could be improved with some skulls? It really makes the campaign rock :)

I can't play without the grunt birthday blast. How else can I be sure I'm getting head shots?

Did you know bungie keeps a detailed record of all your games? If achievements weren't enough to keep me going...
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Countdown to Halo 3...

Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 23 September 2007

Its almost here... the reviews are in and, well, outstanding.

Eternal Sonata is keeping me busy in the mean time (I highly recommend it for all you JRPG fans!)

So many games (Halo, Rock Band, Guitar Hero 3, Mass Effect, Beautiful Katamari...), so little time... I don't think I'll be blogging much this fall :P

And I still didn't beat Bioshock on hard...
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Xbox back online

Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 16 Mei 2007

Someone mentioned today that my xbox was broken and I realized I needed to post about my gaming activity.

An update:

As of two weeks ago it was fixed and until I left for DevTeach I was spending most of my time playing Guitar Hero. What a great game!!

I was so proud of myself for getting through medium with mostly 5 stars (still have a few to go), I decided to try hard... and well, it was freakin' hard!

Much to my surprise I was able to beat several songs. My energy was high and my pride was higher.

Then it happened... Woman on Hard... WTF.

I tried to practice, but those pull offs totally kill me... and even when I get past the initial crazy part, that solo??? Really, they did that to knock you down a bit, let you know hard is hard...

When I get home, I'll return to medium until I have all 5 stars, then I'll try hard again.
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Xbox broken

Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 16 April 2007

Again...

And I finally ordered Guitar Hero :(

Hopefully it will be back by the end of next week. Customer support was fast to respond and very helpful. Since this is our third repair, they assigned a supervisor to track its progress.

Its only been a day and I'm already experiencing withdrawal :(
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The value of user testing

Diposting oleh good reading on Rabu, 11 April 2007

There is great value when you let your users try out your application as it evolves and allow their feedback to inspire you further.

Here's a great demonstration:
Halo 3 Documentary (I recommend downloading the HD version onto your 360 from the marketplace)

Did anyone else notice the dual monitors with multiple keyboards? Are they pairing over there?

I'm drooling over here :P
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Xbox is Down!

Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 27 Maret 2007

And the oblivion expansion, Shivering Isles, comes out today.

What timing... not like I'd be playing anyway, being that I'm at work and have to paint my living room when I get home :(
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losing to a girl

Diposting oleh good reading on Senin, 19 Februari 2007

Tonight I played gears with some women; it was the second time I got to play with women since I signed up for gamerchix.

I'm not so good at multi-player gears (I must say I do rock the single player campaign though!), I don't completely suck, but I like to play, laugh and have fun.

Although most of the guys I play with are cool, a lot can't control themselves and eventually say "you sound cute" or ask "are you hot?" Its flattering, but a reminder that even in this faceless video game, I am different.

Being hot isn't so bad, right?

Tonight was different. I was playing with chicks who were kicking ass. The guys we were playing with got mean, and it was different than anything I'd encountered.

They were mad.

Their egos had been bruised.

They had the ultimate insult, they were beaten by a girl.

After a while, we mixed it up and I was on the team with the most outspoken guy.

When we started playing, he said that one of the other girls was an easy kill. I said "Considering its her first time playing, she's doing awesome."

He wasn't expecting that.

At the end of that round, he said "Hey this is your first time, you're doing really well, are you having fun?"

And she was really quiet and shy and said "ummm... yeah..."

When the game started he asked, "Why did she sound like this was the worst experience?"

My reply was simple, "because you're being so mean."

He was very surprised and asked how. I listed the insults he had been spitting for the past 30 minutes... and he said "I didn't say any of that."

But the conversation ended, the round was over.
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Getting all the achievements in Madden 06

Diposting oleh good reading on Minggu, 18 Februari 2007

Yes, I've done it... I've whored myself... stupid rewards... What I've learned is that I really do not enjoy playing a lot of video games and even with rewards, I still don't. But, I managed to pull myself through and figured I'd help some people out with Madden; its really easy.

Just to start -- you will not get game achievements until the game is completed, so don't get discouraged, they'll be there

Really freakin' easy:
Win the superbowl:
1. From main menu go to franchise mode, start a new franchise
2. Select every team
3. Simulate preseason
4. Simulate regular season
5. Simulate wildcard
6. Simulate superbowl
7. tada -- you won the superbowl!

Look at the history book
1. From the main menu, go to franchise mode
2. Select history book
3. Go to any page
4. tada -- you got an uber lame achievement!

In game achievements:
If you do the following, you will get all the game playing achievements, save win a franchise game Note, this will be the most cheesy video game experience of your life.

Notes:

a) At any time in the game, check your current status by pressing start, then clicking down on the right thumbstick, then pressing down on the right thumbstick -- this will give you passed and rushed yards. This gives you the activate RS card achievement.

b) Don't bother doing anything special or control players -- just select plays. The only exception is passing -- if you choose who to pass to, you'll complete passes better.

1. From the main menu, start a new regular game, make the quarters 9 minutes long to make sure you have enough time to get all the achievements. I had 5 minutes left in 4th quarter by the time they were done. Choose rookie difficulty.
2. Choose the Colts for your team -- they rock
3. Choose the Browns for your competitors -- they suck -- make sure the computer is driving or it doesn't count
4. Every time you are on defense, choose based on play type, man blitz -- any one, this will get you Four Sacks in One Game and it may take a while. Just keep at it.
5. In the beginning offense, choose based on play type, shotgun passes when you're far from the goal and then switch to quick pass. You will keep getting touch downs, very exciting. Do this until you reach 350 passing yards for the achievement.
6. After you get the 350 yards, now you need to focus on rushing. The colts aren't quite as good at rushing, but I found starting with Counter to get close to a down and getting the down with an inside hand off. worked most of the time. Since I was so far ahead in points, I never kicked on the forth down and just went for it, this worked most of the time. Do this until you reach 200 rushing yards in your stats and then you can spend the rest of the game loafing
7. Thats it, play until the clock runs out and you'll have 480 more achievements when its all done -- Enjoy.

More difficult:
30 Years of Franchise
This one is time consuming and basically you sit around and wait for simulation. You really only get this one if you have 3 hours to waste and an achievement whoring husband. I take full credit for the theory of getting this to work on simulation, but he gets credit for actually doing it...
1. Start a new franchise -- don't use the one from the superbowl -- it won't work for 30 years!!!
2. Select the worst team with the biggest cap -- he went with the Titans, but didn't look through the list that well. If you choose someone like the colts, after a few years, you'll have to start doing some manual labor cause salaries will get too high and it sucks.
3. put on some good music
4. get a laptop, ds, split screen tv, another xbox....
5. Simulate, repeat
6. Yay, you're done

Win a Franchise Game
1. Start a franchise, select the Colts
2. Simulate the franchise week by week until you play the Browns
3. Use coaches pick for defense and offense, but use passing plays for offense, unless you have less than 3 yards, then you can use a rush.
4. This will be a little more tricky cause franchise is Pro mode only

To completely cheese out, you can adjust the AI during the Pro game. Its under the game play settings when you press "start" during the game. Use the right trigger to select between offense and defense and between you and the computer. Bump your attributes up to 100 and the cpus down to 0. This will make you win the game easily -- doesn't matter what plays you use.

Good luck and don't get too bored!
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GamerChix

Diposting oleh good reading on Selasa, 23 Januari 2007

Its my first day, so I've got lots to say... I joined GamerChix this week -- its for xbox live girls and women. Its really exciting cause I'm always playing with guys; I actually have yet to play with any females, so hopefully I'm make some new friends and play GOW with some women!

BTW -- I totally suck at Gears of War when playing against actual people. The single player game is really fun and I do much better, but for some reason I have so much fun getting killed over and over again. Every once in a while I have a really good streak and do some nice killing, but mostly I die and laugh, its all good fun though.

If you didn't guess already, my tag is Wunda -- send me a friend request and we'll play!
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