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.

Morrowind The Elder Scrolls

Purchased Used @ Gamestop: $10.95

I was sort of milling around at the Gamestop in Bell Gardens not really knowing which game to buy. There were quite a few games I needed... Scratch that. Wanted. I settled on Morrowind because I've yet to come across an RPG style game that I would actually enjoy on Xbox. I tried to play this game several times though and I never could get into it too much. The load times were too damn slow and the character started off with such low health a gnat could have bitten him and he'd end up dead on the floor. He also walked so slow it would make you feel as though the character was treading through mud neck deep.

Well, I eventually did pick it up and play it more. I had to create a new character though so I was a little miffed. I accidentally stole a very shiny plate that caught my eye. Before I knew it I was lying dead on the floor at the feet of a guard in very shiny gold armor and a very long sword. I then overwrote the game with the new game when the game restarted. Yeah, that's confusing and I'm not going to elaborate any further. I fucked that game up over and over again until I got the hang of it. Eventually I was on my way and stealing things left and right wherever I went. I didn't quite get the jail thing so I paid my fines If I had any... I tried a few of the little side quests, but I simply wasn't strong enough. That and I was naked. I didn't realize the guy just had some pampers on. Crazy game developers. So I clothed the poor guy and eventually built up his strength, bought him some armor and made sure I had some money on me at all times. I decided It was time to go fight something. Everything else before simply killed me on the spot. You know... 'cause I was neekid.

Now that I had me some shiny new armor I knew It would be time to get out there and kill me some monsters. A charecter in the city called Balmora directed me to a womans house. Apparently she had some rat problems. "Rat's?", I said? Phff... Let me at 'em. I made it over there through the cobble stoned alleyways and entered her home. That bitch was rude let me tell you. They're all rude in fact. Still I needed to kill those rats! So I went at the first one. I thought I was doing something wrong because this rat nearly killed me. I felt brave though because I had defeated it so I saved and moved on to the next rats upstairs. I don't think I'm in anyway exaggerating when I say that I had to restart about 17 times. 17!!!!! Each load time is about 4-5 min long! Multiply that times the amount of time I actually spent trying to tweek my charecter!!!! I probably tried for two hours before I finally gave up to steel more stuff that I might be able to sell to increase my armor points.

I was so pissed off that by the time Rigid came home I was ready to throw the controller out of the window. Well, Rigid sat down with me and started giving me some pointers. Rigid... the guy that swears that movie clips in games suck and only detract from a game. The guy that thinks reading in anything in a game is boring. The guy that things story lines in games are usless. The guy that swore he HATES rpg's with a passion!!! He actually sat down with me and started to enjoy the game with me. In fact he started to get on my nerves tell me what to do. Little did I realize that the tips he was giving me would actually work. Well, I could go on about this all day, but I eventually got stuck. I got so badly stuck that I literally gave up.

He came to my rescue and pretty much took over my game. Now I can't get him off of it. In fact... my character is not my own anymore. Rigid has turned my lovley charecter into an assasin. A cold blooded murderer... But he kicks so much ass!!!

The Elder Scrolls

Used Games OTM

Used Games Of The Month has been created to keep track of any games I've used during one specific month. Don't really know why yet all I know is that I can't stop thinking that I really needed this page. It will include video games played, used titles, borrowed games & purchased games.

Just my experiences as I have them, have had them or will possibly have them. Again, contributors are welcome to join!

Enjoy!