To The Aviary Batman!!!

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fist on aviary.egg on Aviary.

I've been trying out several new extensions on my Chrome explorer. Too many extensions in fact. It was apparent that there were too many extensions when my chrome browser started to wig out. I could barely move the cursor some times.

That always sucks, but there are so many cool tools that I just love and so many more that I'll probably only use once in a while. So, I've decided to keep only the ones I consider must haves and vital to my everyday life and keep one or two slots on my extensions list open for testing out new extensions. This is how I got to Aviary. Now, I don't actually see myself putting this site to good use. Not as much as I know I could, but it's fun just to try it out.

It's easy to use and to set up and even easier to copy the html to paste into a blog. Too bad there's no direct link to flickr or picasa where it would be of much better use to me. Archived and never to be looked at again, but in my mind...safe.

Well, I'm off to sift through the internet for yet another useless tool that I most likely will turn away in the end. This laptop is pissing me off too. It keeps fucking zooming in and out when I'm not even touching the stupid fucking touch pad. I must have messed with the settings and not realized it, but this is starting to get ridiculous. Imagine trying to type while you fucking screen zooms in and out and somehow trying not to skip a beat. Inevitably you have to stop to fix the zoom and that's just a fucking pain in the ass I do not care to continue having.

Stupid fucking laptop. Who's fucking idea was this anyway? Certainly not mine...I'm much smarter than that.

My Eyeballs Are Burning Orbs Of Fire

Cetaphil
Originally uploaded by LookingThruTheLens
Nguyen Duong
Sent from my "1st generation but just as fast as the new 3G iPhone"

My Review of Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer on Drugstore.com:

My eyes are still on fire.

Last night I sat on my couch withe Dr. Miracle's Healing Oil in my hair. I put the lotion on my face first so as not to contaminate my hands with the Oil and accidentally get it in my eyes. It was the first time I ever used Cetaphyl with SPF.

It wasn't long before my eyes began to burn and I felt stinging all around my eyes. I thought It must have been the Oil so I immediately rinsed my eyes. It still stung, but it was better. Before I went to bed I applied some of the lotion generously, being careful not to get it in my eyes. Again, my eyes began to sting so I shut them tight and jumped into bed. I figured it has to be my hair.

Today, I opened my eyes and they stung just a little. I figured rather than suffer all day long I would wash the Oil out and be done with it. As soon as the bathroom got a little steamy my eyes burned again. I tried to keep my eyes under water as long as I could after the Oil was all rinsed out. Every time I moved away from the water my eyes began to sting again. It was starting to get annoying. I was sure I was being extremely careful.

Once I was out of the shower and my hair in a towel my eyes felt great. No stinging. Must definitely be the Oil... I began to moisturize my face again, this time only using a very light amount to prime for my makeup. My eyes stung like a very nasty chemical got in them, but I didn't get anything in my eyes. The skin all around my eyes puffed a bit and it stung all the way down to my cheekbones.

It actually burned so bad I couldn't open my eyes at all. I've poked my eyes with mascara. Like literally poked a giant glob of mascara on my EYEBALL with the wand. It hurts and it's no joy, but never have my eyes burned like this with a moisturizer. Not even the crap I'm actually allergic to. My husband had to lead me to the bathroom to wash my face.

STILL, to be quite sure, i tested it again on one cheek making sure i don't put it anywhere near my poor sore eyeballs. The eye on that cheek began to sting again and the skin began to get warm.

That is NOT cool at all. NOT COOL. What the hell did they test this stuff on? I use Cetaphyl because I'm allergic to nearly everything else on the market. It's the only cream I can use. I trusted it. It was the only product I actually trusted. I'm horribly upset because I'm sitting here wasting my time pounding away on a keyboard I can't see and squinting at a monitor that's now hurting my eyes so much I have to turn the lights down.

I don't understand how they could put a product like that on the market. I'd love to know how this was tested.

*****
I can't help thinking of the Johnny Cash song, Ring Of Fire...

I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.

Picasa, I Will Never Pay I Say!!!

i decided to try out picasa in beta mode. i've tried it before and i never really took to it. i love all the services google picks up, but not always. especially if they want to charge to upgrade.

i'm sorry, but everyone on the planet wants you to pay for their service and quite frankly...i don't. i'm not interested in paying anymore than i should, which is nothing. why pay for something you can get elsewhere for free?

i have unlimited storage use at flickr because they're affiliated with at&t who also happens to provide my internet. well...they're smart aren't they? that means that so long as i keep at&t i can have unlimited downloads/mo and multiple folders. there's never a cap to your yearly limit either.

i don't care that 400gb is more storage than i'll ever need. i don't care! i'm NEVER going to pay for storage of my pictures ever again! so if picasa thinks they're going to get any money out of me it's NEVER going to happen.

BUT there are a few features that will make my life a little easier and so, i think i'm keeping the sucker this time around. we'll see how future updates to the service go.

i say picasa needs a smudge button and other cool little tools. like the ones they have on flickr...only even better and FREE!!!!

Wanted

Wanted con Angelina Jolie
Originally uploaded by MyCine
Wanted con Angelina Jolie

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last week we saw wanted w/ Angelina Jolie and a bunch of other people who's names i don't give a crap about.

i never pay much attention to people's names and it's a miracle if i can actually remember anyone, let alone actually spell their names. i don't know why, it's just the way i am. i think this is what makes it very easy for me to simply enjoy a film for what it is, a film and nothing more.

the players can define a story line and give it the depth that it needs and that's great, but ultimately their personal lives are of no consequence to me.

when i saw the previews for this flick i knew i'd love it and i wasn't disappointed. there were only a couple of points that were a bit on the irritating side.

towards the end the main character fires off a weapon that he had previously used to block a knife which had subsequently lodged itself in the barrel of his gun. he then fired off a round and the knife, rather a pick of some kind, fired out of the barrel towards the assailant. this is more than impossible and in my opinion can't be explained away as being part of the powers which allowed these people to spin bullets. it's just silly.

we're not talking about a split second here...we're not even talking about half a split second. the less than millisecond that it would take to fire the weapon would have been enough to blow his hand off and quite possibly part of his face. there can't even be a little dirt down the barrell of a gun or it will most definitely backfire on you, let alone a metal object.

i can deal with messing with physics, breaking out with matrix type effects, but that for some strange reason was way too much of a stretch for me.

that and the rats. although there was no better way to carry out that little feat there wasn't enough time for the rats to get to every single part of that building to blow it up like that. yes, it's a movie, but by the time all those little critters got to every room those guys would have more than run out of bullets and the main character would have been sitting in that van for quite a while. of course, that's just my silly opinion.

other than that everything was cool. i liked the special effects and the action was lots of fun. i figured the twist out really early on so it wasn't a shocker when i fot to the end. you could pretty much tell what was happening from the start.

the "bad guy" had plenty of time to kill him before if that was what he wanted to do. but who cares, it was fun.

that and Angelina is hot....just fucking hot. :P

hancock

20070710-will-smith-john-hancock
Originally uploaded by futurosestrenos

i saw this movie and loved it. i'm actually surprised at just how much i loved it. it was entertaining, funny and really cute.

the special effects weren't exactly to die for, in fact some of it was a little comical, but not bad. and the story line was cute.

in fact, the whole thing was cute...just cute.

a fun movie to watch at the supersaver, our semi-local "buck 50" movie theater.

IJ: and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Originally uploaded by Brian Rechenmacher

Indiana Jones Posted by BATMAN GOTHAM

I finally did see Indiana Jones. I enjoyed it very much. Harrison Ford does look good, but it took me a few seconds to adjust to a 65 year old Indiana Jones. I am not sure why that was because I have seen the trailer from the movie. Maybe it is effect of seeing a 65 year old Indiana Jones on the big screen. Anyway I got over that pretty quick.

I am watching this movie aware of the negative criticism of certain parts, but I found most of it to be rather extreme. There is a complaint about Indiana Jones just letting things happen at the end of the movie without any active involvement. Indiana Jones does spend the entire movie getting to the end location so he should get some credit for that. All these movies are about a journey to a certain place and once you get there, it doesn't seem to require any more active involvement. Look at the end of Raiders of The Lost, doesn't the end just seem to happen without Indiana Jones' involvement.

Then there is the one sequence in the movie that many seem to despise, which is being called The Tarzan Sequence. Considering the amount of crap that was thrown at this scene, I was expecting something that was going to look absolutely terrible, but I thought it was a cute scene. The comparison to the CGI monkeys in that scene to the CGI monkeys in Jumani is way off base. I thought the monkeys looked pretty damn good. They actually looked like monkeys as opposed to the Jumani monkeys. Okay the CGI in the fight sequence especially with Mutt doing the sword fighting did look like CGI, but it didn't ruin the crazy fun of the movie. If you look at all the Indiana Jones' movies, they all have wildly kinetic chase sequences.

The thing to remember about the Indiana Jones' movies is that these are not actuate historical dramas. They take some truth and weave a story around it, a story that relies. The Nazis were looking for religious artifacts. That's the truth. The Russians did explore Psychic Phenomenon. I know the big reveal at the end, although really you get a hint earlier where the end is going, is hard to take for some, but it does fall in the realm of an Indiana Jones movie set in the 1950s. In comparison to the other movies, it is a lighter adventure on par with Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, although by lighter I don't mean light weight. Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom is probably as dark as you get without protests.

Now I want to know what everyone reading this felt about the movie especially from Buckshot and Maharet. Don't hold back because of anything I said.

The one sequence which I thought was totally out of place was the graphic sex scene with Indiana Jones.....ohh sorry that's not Indiana Jones. I confused that with a movie called Indiana Bones. That may be a fake title, but I am surprised an adult knock off hasn't been made yet. Edward Scissorhands did become Edward :cough cough: hands.

GTP member comments:

Maharet 06-04-2008 i agreed with pretty much everything you said there bats. BUT i do think the end was very out of place for this particular movie and that's because it's was far too grandiose. every ending in all those movies was big or brilliant in their own way but the only real problem i had with it was the fact that (and the space ship didn't fly off it disappeared into another dimension.) it just didn't blend well into the movie. it was too much. i loved it the whole way through. i really did. even the continuity problems didn't bother me so much. the ketchup bottles, hair in/out of place, the skull... oh my the skull. so when they get to area 51 and indy uses the gun powder the skulls super magnetic power sucks everything metal towards it. neato... i thought it was neat at least. but, gee that's one powerful towel they were using to cover the skull which amazingly dampened the skulls terrible magnetic pull. um... too silly. i thought the monkey scene was super cute. i did roll my eyes, but i don't care. i'm still buying the film and i don't give a crap that sex and the city beat it out this weekend. i could care less. I say anyone that hasn't seen it, go see it. I know part of the difficulty is in mixing science fiction with action adventure, but if you stop to think about it science fiction and anthropology do go hand in hand. If you've ever seen the history channel you will understand why and its something nearly every Egyptologist has researched or come across in some fashion. I say, people need to get over that and just enjoy the film right? even me! lol Delete Comment

BatGirlMcGee 05-31-2008 I liked it and I too had to take a few seconds to adjust to a old Indiana Jones. It was not as bad as the harsh criticism is got said it would be, but then again I've been an Indiana Jones fan for quiet awhile now. ;x

BuckshotGeorge 05-30-2008 I thought the movie was good. I just expected to be amazed. So I left feeling a little flat. I had no problems with the CGI. The only part I thought it faltered was when Marion drove off the cliff into a tree, the car looked like it shifted position and didn't hit it's actual trajectory. And there was one scene, where you see Indy and Marion, possibly in the back of a truck when captured, the background looked like it was like when Superman used to fly back in the late 70's. Not a bad thing, just made it look cheap. I suppose if anything, it just didn't feel like an Indian Jones movie. The adventure was lost, and too much time was spent putting together a sizeable plot which needed lots of explaining. I hate to say it, but the way it skipped from scene to scene in the first hour was too much like National Treasure 2. And Indy is better than that. I dont think it hit stride til the jungle chase, and then it flowed really well. I knew as soon as they were Area 51 that it would involve Aliens, and that a spaceship would fly off in the end. I just didn;t want that too happen. I still enjoyed it, it's just not the Temple of Doom.....I think too much time has passed for it to be brought back again

Y2Kevin 05-30-2008 Im very intrested in seeing the movie, im going sometime next week...

Battlefield: Bad Company

Battlefield: Bad Company
Originally uploaded by ps3 krazie

the other day on utterz a contact set up a giveaway for an early demo of this game. i was so excited that i was the very first to respond to his utter that he just gave me the demo even though he was originally going to pick the names out of a hat.

it took me a couple of days to play it. i really should have entered the code the second i got it because the download took forever. i could have just let it happen overnight, but it was the first thing i did friday afternoon when i got home from work. 1 hr later and 8% download completed i said fuck it all and jumped on my trusty cod4 with my trusty cod4 friends and played all god damned mother fucking day. it was a great day... in fact, i played that day until 4am.

the next day the download was complete, but i didn't get the chance to try it out until that evening. my first impression was good. i liked the graphics and the character movements. all those tiny little details made the game look great and if i had a better tv it would have been the shit. i like the concept of the story line and the game play wasn't bad.

it wasn't all that good either. it felt a little jerky, i don't like half the screen being taken up by a scope or sight. and i'm really starting to hate the run button all the fps'. the dreaded left analog stick run system. my thumb is starting to fail me so i end up taking twice as long to get everywhere.

doesn't really matter much though because i don't need to run long distances. from the beginning i jumped into a truck, then another and another. through out the game you can jump into any vehicle, tank, chopper and who knows what else.

i had fun on the game, but sometimes there was so much going on all around you that you just didn't know which direction to point your gun at. i mean shit was going off right next to my feet. explosives were hurling at me from everywhere. once i learned to ignore the explosives and not fear them (i'd made my peace with death) i was able to fully concentrate on the enemy and once i'm concentrating you're dead fucking meat.

after that the demo was a total piece of cake and i finished it much faster than i would have liked. so, then i jumped on the multiplayer bit. the words insanity do not even begin to cover it. i died as soon as i figured out how to get in on the game. i didn't understand the option of spawning with your friends or spawning in your camp so i never knew where i was when i spawned. the tutorial might have helped, but i'm too impatient.

i tried nearly every single weapon and realized that i sucked at absolutely everything. i tried something that looked like my rpg on cod4 and hated it.... at first.

in those first few games i was being demolished and not had no clue what was up from down. i was being bombarded by helicopters, giant guns that launch these huge explosives (i need to ask rigid what they are.), getting sniped, stomped, trucked over by a tank and trucks, riddle to death with bullets by gunners on vehicles or sitting in the passenger seat....fragged, shot, knifed and quite possibly ass raped.... oh! and drowned. i may have drowned, i can't remember. maybe i tried to drown myself when i tried to run away from an enemy in the river. "you'll never take me alive i say!"

as the evening wore on the gamers slowly began to disappear and then it was 1 vs 1 or 2 vs 2 games. by then i'd figure out a lot more stuff on my own and really started to thoroughly enjoy every single aspect of the game.

i even drove a boat down a river AND shot the shit out of someone. i fixed an enemy tank...it was an accident, but then i started doing it because it was hysterical. i tried to give enemies health packs... they looked a little sickly and you know, as a medic it's your responsibility to think of the lives of others too... it's only humane.

suffice it to say that the support kit was my favorite. too bad i won't be able to unlock it unless i buy the gold edition of the game:

Special “Gold Edition” Packaging
5 Exclusive Weapon Unlocks
Assault Kit Unlock
Recon Kit Unlock
Specialist Kit Unlock
Demolition Kit Unlock
Support Kit Unlock
DVD w/Behind the Scenes content and multiplayer strategy videos

man...this post was way longer than i thought it would be. and here i thought i really hadn't much to say. HAH!

Call Of Duty 4

COD4-SinCity
Originally uploaded by Pliskin10

not sure if i've written about this game before. right now i'm loving it. i've been playing cod4 since it pretty much came out. i had to buy another 360 just to get rigid off my console. i don't have as much time to play as i used to. in fact even if it did my wrist would probaby fall off.

it's been giving me a lot of trouble lately because i've been gaming more than usual, but i don't care. i'm studying like crazy and gaming and that's about it. i don't have much time for anything else and i don't want to. i'll ocassionally go out for a social thing or a family thing, but i just don't have the time i used to.

SO it's all about the call of duty right now. if it weren't for this game i don't know what i'd be playing. in fact i'd probably be on my 3rd go at mass effect. i still haven't even finished assasin's creed.

i got the new maps a while back and i finally went presteige. i was NOT interested in going preteige before, but for a while there i was actually starting to get bored with the game. going presteige wasn't as bad as it sounds. i mean, yeah you lose all your weapons but it's so much more fun than sitting there without a sense of accomplishment. that's the thing isn't it? that's why we play ranked games day in and day out.

i wish i had the time to play with every single one of my friends. i don't have the time to run my own rooms anymore so i'm always shuttling around between this room and that room; these friends and those friends. but at least no one expects all that much from me anymore. it's not as much pressure to switch rooms all of a sudden so i find it a lot easier to jump on for a few games with some old friends and then to the next with some new.

team deathmatch (tdm) (the giant one with domination and deathmatch) is a lot of fun to play with my gtp friends. it's a bit too nuts for me and very fast paced. the 16 player rooms fill up fast, the lag can be pretty bad and in those rooms everything goes. there's no martyrdom courtesy that's expected in hardcore (hc). and no one cares that they're constant fragging after every single spawn is RETARDED and killing the game.

this is why i prefer hardcore over team deathmatch games. rigid's friends are really nice people and i'd rather hang out with my husband. some of his friends are idiots, but i still like them. they're idiots much like me so it works out well. also these rooms are much more quiet than tdm making it much easier for me to hear what's going on in the game. problem is hc can be a lot more difficult to play.

there's no reticle, you're exptected not to use martyrdom as a courtesy to fellow gamers and fraggin or nube tubing is simply not the done thing. unless you're very proficient at it. team killing (tk) is simply unacceptable. not only will you get the third degree from your team mates, but the respawn penalties are horrible not to mention your score drops each tk. (i think lol)

still, hc rooms are my favorite rooms at the moment and it's pretty much all i'll play. because of this i usually dominate in regular tdm rooms, but lately because my wrists hurt so bad and i refuse to take any medication for it i've been sucking ass. big hairy wet ass... plus i HATE domination.

headquarters, domination and that other one where you have to do a bomb thing... whatever. can't stand those games. too much running. in the beginning it was so much fun. ELIMINATION! that's the bomb thingies name. it's a fun match, but it got boring after a while and so did all the others.

now we're just waiting for more maps! love china town, creek is annoying and i've never seen that little one. not once!

OH and this was the very first online game i've ever played with a co-worker! Fatmonster001 is my friend at my firm and it's been so much fun gaming with him. a little embarassing because my cod4 friends can be abrasive and rather dirty. i'm usually about as professional at work as i can muster and i find it a little difficult to share my filthy underground gaming life with the real world.

still, it's so much fun!

Armored Core 4

Armored Core
Originally uploaded by Bullet Dragon {X}

I was just reading a few posts down about the day I heard Armored Core 4 was coming out. I was so excited I could have eaten my own poop. I remember the day I brought the game home.

It was like...magical. Too bad the game sucked monkey balls. I was so fucking disapointed it's not even funny. I still haven't finished the game and I bought it ages ago. Man, I don't think I even got past the first 5 levels. Maybe I set it too hard. Maybe the truth is that I really do suck...Maybe I'm the one that sucks monkey balls!!! RIGID! Rigid has monkey balls....lol

One day I shall go back to that game and finish it on easy, like stupid easy. I'll set up a new AC and just be done with it.

Back in the day when I first started playing this on the playstation it was the shit. Better than sliced bread I tell you. I loved it and I coudln't get enough nor could my friends. The third Armored Core game I got wasn't all that great either, but I figured the graphics would be fantastic on the 4th game and I was right.

It's a beautiful game. The graphic's alone are enough to make you weep and bring you to your knees...grab you by the bollocks and pinch really hard.... wait...what?

Yeah, so even though I hated the game and never picked it up again I am still loyal to the series (if anything ever comes out again) and I'll always be a fan. The intense amount of fun I used to have playing the old games is enough for me to waste my money forever on something I'll probably only play once.

THAT'S how I feel about Armored Core....

I love you Kayhman...I still have you on a memory card somewhere. One day I'll take you back out and treat you to a really perfect generator...maybe some lube.... a new paint job and some really fucking kick ass monster guns..... one day.

Halo

Master Chief Head stand
Originally uploaded by davescunningplan

A friend introduced the Xbox to me and The Master Cheif. Good times. I think anyone that's never tried it should at least once, but you need plenty of friends to try it with.

Halo isn't something you can enjoy to the fullest all on your own. Great games and really great graphic's from the start.

The story is amone the very best out there, but I do have to say the last one wasn't all that great. Story wise and graphics wise it was as close to perfection as you could get, but the playability didn't live up to the hype.

I still have Halo 3 and I doubt I'd ever go so far as to get rid of it, but I don't have many friends who are still willing to go a few rounds and even when I do it's just not as much fun as it used to be. Well, they're pretty much the only thing that makes it fun.

Too bad too.

Harry Potter Books

Harry Potter in Movie World
Originally uploaded by Aziff

I loved every single Harry Potter book I've ever had the pleasure of getting my hands on. A co-worker suggested I read the book. She was a really irritating girl, but I liked her a lot.

She insisted I read all the books and back then there were about 3. When I got through the first I couldn't wait to get my hands on the rest and when I was done with those waiting for the next book was painful.

It's not often that happens to me anymore. I recommend the series to anyone young and old.

Hormone Hostage

"HORMONE HOSTAGE
The hormone hostage knows that there are days in the month when all a man has to do is open his mouth & he takes his life into his own hands! This is a handy guide that should be as common as a driver's license in the wallet of every husband, boyfriend, co-worker, or significant other!

DANGEROUS: SAFER: SAFEST: ULTRA SAFE:
WHAT'S FOR DINNER? CAN I HELP YOU WITH DINNER? WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FOR DINNER? HERE, HAVE
SOME WINE.
ARE YOU
WEARING THAT? WOW, YOU SURE LOOK GOOD IN BROWN! WOW!
LOOK AT YOU! HERE, HAVE
SOME WINE.
WHAT ARE YOU
SO WORKED UP ABOUT? COULD WE BE OVERREACTING? HERE'S MY PAYCHECK. HERE, HAVE
SOME WINE.

SHOULD YOU BE EATING THAT? YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF APPLES LEFT. CAN I GET YOU A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE WITH THAT?
HERE, HAVE
SOME WINE.
WHAT DID
YOU DO
ALL DAY? I HOPE YOU DIDN'T OVER-DO IT TODAY. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU IN THAT ROBE! HERE, HAVE
SOME MORE
WINE.

13 THINGS PMS STANDS FOR:
1. PASS MY SHOTGUN
2. PSYCHOTIC MOOD SWING
3. PERPETUAL MUNCHING SPREE
4. PUFFY MID-SECTION
5. PEOPLE MAKE me SICK
6. PROVIDE ME with SWEETS
7. PARDON MY SOBBING
8. PIMPLES MAY SURFACE
9. PASS MY SWEATS
10. PISSY MOOD SYNDROME
11. POOR MEN SUCK
12. PACK MY STUFF
&&& MY FAVORITE ONE
13. POTENTIAL MURDER SUSPECT

Pass this on to all of your hormonal friends & those who might need a good laugh!!

...or men who may need warning!!


remember: money talks..... But chocolate sings!!:" ~ from a dude i can't remember anymore. :(

Video Game Venture Capital Blog Launches

This is definately a site I'd like to keep track of.


Video Game Venture Capital Blog Launches
from game girl advance by jane

Kim Pallister and Vlad Cole (former Joystiq EIC) have launched their site, VGVC.net, which keeps tabs on all the money moving around in the game space. Definitely worth keeping an eye on.
I would, however, like to see some more analysis from the two. They are really smart guys - instead of just telling me what happened tell me why you think it's interesting or important! I want to hear those thoughts. Maybe that's tough, since they're both employees of Microsoft?

Bioshock Discussion

GamertagPics :: View topic - BIOSHOCK! PREY! THEY BOTH ARE ALIKE

I joined in a discussion regarding the new Bioshock demo:

EDDIE047Joined: 12 Aug 2007Posts: 18
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: BIOSHOCK! PREY!

THEY BOTH ARE ALIKE IF ANYONE NOTICED THAT THE NIOSHOCK DEMO HAS SAME GAMEPLAY AS PREY NOT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE AROUND U OR UNDERWATER BUT HAVE YOU NOTICED THE WRENCH? THE JUMPS? THE POWER? OH WELL GET ON WITH IT LETS GET ON WITH THE GAME HERE ON DISCUSSION WHO IN HERE FOUND ANY FAMILIAR THINGS RELATED FROM BIOSHOCK TO PREY???

MaharetJoined: 27 Apr 2006Posts: 471
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:03 am Post subject:

i'm not familiar with prey, but to tell you the truth i wasn't as impressed as my husband was. i think the problem is that i've never really liked games that play like a computer game....like quake. i know i'm probably going to get it from quake fans. it's a great game, but really...i don't like feeling like there should be a mouse in my hand.

the graphics were outstanding though, and the story felt really solid. also, the fact that there's no waiting between the game play and the cut scenes is great. what am i talking about, there weren't any cut scenes. i do love that. rigid, my husband, was so impressed with it from the start that he kept getting out of the ocean just to hear the water fall off when he got out.

i guess it's the attention to detail that's really struck him. taking the time to solve those little puzzles in order to hack the flying machines was a lot of fun as well. rigid played the game as i told him where to go or if he missed something. when it was time to do a puzzle we were off guard, but i helped him solve it the first time.

the point of that is that i felt completely immersed in the game even though i wasn't playing at all. this is one of those games (like parasite eve, resident evil, silent hill) that you can just kick back and enjoy as someone else plays and not feel one damn bit annoyed that you don't have the controller in your hands. there hasn't been a game out there that can hold my attention like that in a LONG.....LONG time.

all in all: two thumbs, two toes and two...well, i won't go there. LOL

Dark Sector

Dark Sector

Damn, this game if for the 360, but it looks like it's going to kick ass. ... No time to write. Must find out more.

Chicago Enforcer

This looks like it might be absolutely idiotic. Because it's a Mature game though it peaks my interest. It may actually be kind of fun. I mean plenty of blood and gore always make me a happy bunny so it's also something to think about.

This is the last game I have time for today. Back to work! I'm sure I'll find more though. If anyone else finds anything on the Xbox backwards compatability list let me know of post it up on the group site and well take it into consideration for the next game purchase.

Chicago Enforcer
Developer: Touchdown Entertainment
Publisher: KEMCO
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 12/1/2004
Console: Xbox
$19.99
Game Rating: M (Mature)Blood, Violence
Players 1-4
Multiplayer Versus
System Link 2-8
Dolby 5.1 Surround
Players 2-4
Friends
Voice
Screenshots

Features
Chicago Enforcer puts you in the role of a 1930s enforcer for Al Capone’s notorious crime network. The straightforward storyline is driven by heavy action sequences, but also includes technical side objectives where close attention to detail is required. Use the multiple weapons to force your way to the top of the crime syndicate, or try your luck against other Xbox Live® subscribers in the custom multiplayer levels. This classic first-person shooter is sure to be a hit with its smooth gameplay and limitless features. This title is playable on Xbox 360™ with a software emulator. Please see http://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/backwardscompatibility.htm for more details.

Close Combat: First to Fight

I could be interested in this game, but I can't easily find information regarding the Live service. Some of the things I'd like to know is if it supports Split Screen and how many players are allowed in a team online. I've noticed that in Co-Op mode on GRAW it only allows a two man team. I don't know if that's to do with my server or if that's all it'll allow. I don't like that at all. It's a much better and more rewarding experience when you can take a team of 4-6 on a mission and just have at it. It's probably why I loved the Rainbow 6 series so much. Too bad for lockdown though...I don't know what it was about the gameplay, but it sucked ass.


Close Combat®: First to Fight™
Developer: Destineer
Publisher: 2K Games
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 4/1/2005
Console: Xbox
$39.99
Game Rating: T (Teen)Blood; Violence
Players 1-4
System Link 2-8
Dolby 5.1 Surround
HDTV 480p
Storage Device
Xbox Live Scoreboard
Friends
Voice
Features
Lead a four-man fireteam of U.S. Marines through the perils of authentic combat in a Middle Eastern urban battleground. Close Combat®: First to Fight™ is an action-oriented, first-person 3-D shooter developed under the direction of the U.S. Marine Corps as a training simulation for the Marine Corps. This title is playable on Xbox 360™ with a software emulator. Please see http://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/backwardscompatibility.htm for more details.

Call of Duty: Finest Hour

Just bought GRAW, but not all of my friends can play that live with me so I'm trying to come up with a game that I can get that everyone can play. This looks like it might be a winner and one that I could easily buy used:

Xbox.com Call of Duty™: Finest Hour™ - Game Detail Page: "Game InformationCall of Duty™: Finest Hour™
Developer: SparkPublisher: Activision, Inc.Genre: ShooterRelease Date: 11/19/2004Console: XboxPlatinum Hit$19.99Game Rating: T (Teen)
Blood,Violence
Players 1
Dolby 5.1 Surround
HDTV 480p
Friends
Voice
Backward CompatibilityThis Xbox® title is playable on Xbox 360™ with a free software emulator.

Here's the only thing I'm interested in: Online multiplayer: Go on Xbox Live® for Axis-versus-Allies team-based multiplayer gameplay online. Choose your side and work together with players from around the world to eliminate enemies and complete mission objectives. Choose from a variety of team-based scenarios or be the last man standing in Team Deathmatch. Call out to allies or enemies with voice support.

Armored Core 4

YOUR SHITTING ME!!!! Armored Core 4???? If you could have seen my jaw hit my desk you would have peed your pants laughing. ARMORED CORE dudes! That's my game!!!! That's my game!!!! I still have all my original Armored Core characters from my Playstation. OMG... I'm going to pee my panties.

I have to find out when this game is coming out!.....

OH NO!!! THE HORROR, THE FAGGETRY!!!!! It's not due to be realeased until the spring of 2007. That means anything could happen, delays, set backs and even more delays! I'm mortified. I was hoping it would be out this christmas. Well, so be it. That just means I have until the spring of next year to get set up with my 360. Hopefully the new batches come out by then, otherwise I'll have to settle and take my chances like everyone else.

Xbox Official Magazine
"Armored Core 4
Crunching it's metallic hooves onto the Xbox 360 from the team that brought you Chromehounds! Featuring multiple opponents, all new environment battle and fully customisable floor squashers, Armoured Core 4 will be stepping out of the shadows on onto a house near you in Spring of 2007. And with extensive online features also promised this title is set to appease those who like nothing better than smashing their mates Mech up over Xbox Live!
publisher: Sega developer:FromSoftware genre:Shoot 'em up release date:Spring 2007 "

Let me tell you, if someone broke out with the news that Armored Core 4 would be released along with the new PS3 it wouldn't be a hard choice for me between the 360 and the PS3. THAT'S how much I love this game.

This link, if it works, might give you up to date news on this game as it appears on the web...I think: Armored Core 4 News on Google

Games On My Slivr

Originally posted: "Friday, July 14, 2006

Ever since Rigid and I got our Motorola Slivr's we've actually done more gaming on our phones than we've done on Xbox Live. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit, but still...Its really cool. We've both got about 3 games a piece. We never download the same game because...well that would be pointless wouldn't it?

Currently my Bejweled score is 53000. Something like that. I know it's pathetic, but I'm happy with it considering the fact that I don't play it to beat my own score all the time.

I also have the Sopranos Poker game. I've never actually watched the TV show, but the game has Texas Hold'em as well as regular 5 card poker. It's really fun to play. As you start to run out of money you can bet your possessions...actually what you do is turn your possessions in and exchange them for money. Then you can restart a game with however much money you've got. I've even won some jewlery from the other poker players. I've spent hours playing that one

This month I bought another one of my all time favorite games. Mahjong by Jamdat. I used to be so into it that I ran out to China town and bought myself some Mahjong tiles. The damn thing is so heavy I don't like to play with them. But it's fun if all your doing is solitaire because the actual 4 person game is so hard to learn that you can't easily take any friend and teach them how to play. It's a nightmare playing with 2 people so solitare is the way to go for me. You have to clear all the levels to get to the rank of Emperor, so far it's actually been a little boring because it's so damn easy. Maybe the difficulty level will increase, but I don't see any function for that.

Rigid has a few cool games on his too, Blackjack, Snooker and Jewel Quest. This is also an all time great.

These little games are a great way to pass the time and we play them at least once a day.