NG 2 (PS3) (1HR)
Well this version is easier than the 360 one but I am finally facing a boss that I can't beat. I guess I haven't figured out the pattern yet but after 5 tries I gave up and will try later.
Risen (Steam) (1 HR)
I'm almost out of the first area and I dialed down the difficulty to easy I wasn't having fun on normal. It is fair but I want to experience the story and not be bogged down by the combat. Easy it is still tough but more forgiving.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
PS3 HD
I didn't get to play any games last night, I was really tired, but I did
upgrade my PS3 Hard drive to 250GB. For some reason though it was much harder than it should have been. I am not mechanically inclined, stuff just seems to happen when I try to do any manual labor.
I go to take out the current 60G HD from the PS3. There is one screw that holds the HD case to the system. It's supposed to be a phillip's head, the other screws on the case are phillps but my screwdriver didn't fit very well but after some pressure I finally got the screw out. I removed the HD case from the PS3 and now I had to remove 4 screws that hold the HD in the case. These screws were really in there and I finally got 3 out but one I stripped out. So now I have to go to the garage and get my Dremel and hopefully not ruin my old HD. Well for some reason that worked without any problems so I put in the new HD and wait hour and half to restore. If something can go wrong and it usually does, the same thing happens to my Dad so I guess I inherited it.
upgrade my PS3 Hard drive to 250GB. For some reason though it was much harder than it should have been. I am not mechanically inclined, stuff just seems to happen when I try to do any manual labor.
I go to take out the current 60G HD from the PS3. There is one screw that holds the HD case to the system. It's supposed to be a phillip's head, the other screws on the case are phillps but my screwdriver didn't fit very well but after some pressure I finally got the screw out. I removed the HD case from the PS3 and now I had to remove 4 screws that hold the HD in the case. These screws were really in there and I finally got 3 out but one I stripped out. So now I have to go to the garage and get my Dremel and hopefully not ruin my old HD. Well for some reason that worked without any problems so I put in the new HD and wait hour and half to restore. If something can go wrong and it usually does, the same thing happens to my Dad so I guess I inherited it.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma, Wii Crossfire,
Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma (PS3) (2HR)
I saw good reviews for this game and even though I own it for the 360 and never finished it I rented it because there is supposed to be a lot more content and they were right. The first mission has a boss fight that is mission from the original and the big thing is the difficulty has been toned down so I can actually not die every 5 minutes. If you want a great action game with a lot of cool content, you can control the females character's breasts in cutscenes, then pick this game up.
Wii Crossfire (Wii)
Well I bought this Wii gun earlier in the month and it has problems so I will be returning it. Here is my amazon review:
I was excited to get this product because I really wanted more than just a shell for my Wiimote when I played light gun games. I put the batteries in and it took awhile for me to sync the gun to my Wii. For some reason when I hit the sync buttons it wouldn't connect but after about 4 attempts it worked. I put in and tested a couple of games and it worked great but I had problems where the Wii Gun would lose connection to the Wii and I would have to power on the Wii gun again, I did have full batteries so that wasn't the problem. Every game I tried I would eventually lose my connection. I really like the gun butmay have gotten a bad one so I am returning this one and waiting for
a revision to be made.
I saw good reviews for this game and even though I own it for the 360 and never finished it I rented it because there is supposed to be a lot more content and they were right. The first mission has a boss fight that is mission from the original and the big thing is the difficulty has been toned down so I can actually not die every 5 minutes. If you want a great action game with a lot of cool content, you can control the females character's breasts in cutscenes, then pick this game up.
Wii Crossfire (Wii)
Well I bought this Wii gun earlier in the month and it has problems so I will be returning it. Here is my amazon review:
I was excited to get this product because I really wanted more than just a shell for my Wiimote when I played light gun games. I put the batteries in and it took awhile for me to sync the gun to my Wii. For some reason when I hit the sync buttons it wouldn't connect but after about 4 attempts it worked. I put in and tested a couple of games and it worked great but I had problems where the Wii Gun would lose connection to the Wii and I would have to power on the Wii gun again, I did have full batteries so that wasn't the problem. Every game I tried I would eventually lose my connection. I really like the gun butmay have gotten a bad one so I am returning this one and waiting for
a revision to be made.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Risen, Splosion Man, Canabalt, RB
Risen (PC) (3HR)
I got to play quite a bit of this game yesterday and I like it, I think it's a bit too hard but other than that I recommend this game. The graphics are really nice and with the real-time weather/days I had some "Wow" moments. The combat is tough in this game as a couple of hits will kill you, now I don't have any armor on and that may be the problem but I haven't found any yet. You are able to block and parry but you do have to level up your fighting skill to use it even though the tutorial task said I could do it when I first started. The enemies have various attack patterns that you need to adjust to when you try to block. Overall it feels good but I had to turn the difficulty down to easy on some fights but all that did was increase the amount of hits I could take.
What I really like about his game is the story. It is well done with good voice acting and it can be pretty funny at times especially when you are talking to a drunk person. It was developed by 2K Czeck games so I was surprised to find that there it all works well and nothing like other foreign games where the voice work is suspect.
Splosion Man (360) (30min)
I finished the first set of levels and defeated my first boss. If you haven't tried this yet go ahead and get the demo it is funny and a solid arcade game.
Canabalt (IPhone) (20min)
This is a neat little game where you run to the right and tap the screen to jump to see how far you can escape a city that is being invaded. My top score is 4300 feet.
It is a simple game but has nice graphics and sounds good. So for 1.99 pick it up.
RB (360) (1HR)
As you can see with the 360 games I picked up an 360 Arcade machine till I get my other back and it is loud. It was build Jun of this year and does have a smaller power supply but the disk drive can be loud. I also will have to re-rip the games to the hard drive if I want to play them from there as you will get a message that you can only play games that are installed to the hard drive if you have the original HD and xbox where it was installed. You still have to have the disk so I really don't understand this.
I got to play quite a bit of this game yesterday and I like it, I think it's a bit too hard but other than that I recommend this game. The graphics are really nice and with the real-time weather/days I had some "Wow" moments. The combat is tough in this game as a couple of hits will kill you, now I don't have any armor on and that may be the problem but I haven't found any yet. You are able to block and parry but you do have to level up your fighting skill to use it even though the tutorial task said I could do it when I first started. The enemies have various attack patterns that you need to adjust to when you try to block. Overall it feels good but I had to turn the difficulty down to easy on some fights but all that did was increase the amount of hits I could take.
What I really like about his game is the story. It is well done with good voice acting and it can be pretty funny at times especially when you are talking to a drunk person. It was developed by 2K Czeck games so I was surprised to find that there it all works well and nothing like other foreign games where the voice work is suspect.
Splosion Man (360) (30min)
I finished the first set of levels and defeated my first boss. If you haven't tried this yet go ahead and get the demo it is funny and a solid arcade game.
Canabalt (IPhone) (20min)
This is a neat little game where you run to the right and tap the screen to jump to see how far you can escape a city that is being invaded. My top score is 4300 feet.
It is a simple game but has nice graphics and sounds good. So for 1.99 pick it up.
RB (360) (1HR)
As you can see with the 360 games I picked up an 360 Arcade machine till I get my other back and it is loud. It was build Jun of this year and does have a smaller power supply but the disk drive can be loud. I also will have to re-rip the games to the hard drive if I want to play them from there as you will get a message that you can only play games that are installed to the hard drive if you have the original HD and xbox where it was installed. You still have to have the disk so I really don't understand this.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Risen, Diablo 2
Risen (Pc) (30min)
Played the demo for Risen then when and pre-purchased from Steam. It's an action RPG from the makers of Gothic. I liked Gothic but the controls were not customizable and were not mapped very well and Risen let's you customize. The graphics are nice and it runs on a mid-level system.
Diablo 2 (PC) (3Hr)
Played with Mark and had a great time and we finished the first level.
360 RR
Still not able to print out my label but I will pick up an Arcade unit this weekend.
Played the demo for Risen then when and pre-purchased from Steam. It's an action RPG from the makers of Gothic. I liked Gothic but the controls were not customizable and were not mapped very well and Risen let's you customize. The graphics are nice and it runs on a mid-level system.
Diablo 2 (PC) (3Hr)
Played with Mark and had a great time and we finished the first level.
360 RR
Still not able to print out my label but I will pick up an Arcade unit this weekend.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
TRUS Sale
Well the Toys R' Us sale Buy 2 Get one Free is:
10/11 - 10/17
Just before Borderlands comes out but I will use it for Uncharted 2 and
Brutal Legend and something else.
10/11 - 10/17
Just before Borderlands comes out but I will use it for Uncharted 2 and
Brutal Legend and something else.
360 RR, Bourne Identity, Tomb Raider Underworld, Shatter
360 RR (360) (0mn)
Went to play Rock band and turned on my 360 and I had one red light shining at me and then the screen displayed E74. So I go and register online and go to print my shipping label and the shipping label is just a box with a red x in it so no label. Ahrrggggg.... So I am out of the 360 gaming biz for a couple of weeks, maybe, I may just go and get an arcade version. I do want to buy the new bundle with the 250G HD so just bad timing on the error.
Bourne Identity (PS3) (1hr)
I had bought this awhile back and never really played it so I thru it in and had a good time until I hit a guy and then the sound cut out and it wouldn't come back and I didn't feel like reloading it so I switched games.
Tomb Raider Underworld (PS3) (1.5 Hr)
Sometimes I just like to climb and shoot stuff so I rented this and played the first level till I got stuck and got frustrated, seems to happen to me a lot lately. The game is pretty good it does have it's quirks but overall it's a fun game.
Shatter (PSN) (45mn)
I have about 2 levels to go before I finish this game. The soundtrack for the game is very good. I recommend this game to anyone who likes breakout.
Went to play Rock band and turned on my 360 and I had one red light shining at me and then the screen displayed E74. So I go and register online and go to print my shipping label and the shipping label is just a box with a red x in it so no label. Ahrrggggg.... So I am out of the 360 gaming biz for a couple of weeks, maybe, I may just go and get an arcade version. I do want to buy the new bundle with the 250G HD so just bad timing on the error.
Bourne Identity (PS3) (1hr)
I had bought this awhile back and never really played it so I thru it in and had a good time until I hit a guy and then the sound cut out and it wouldn't come back and I didn't feel like reloading it so I switched games.
Tomb Raider Underworld (PS3) (1.5 Hr)
Sometimes I just like to climb and shoot stuff so I rented this and played the first level till I got stuck and got frustrated, seems to happen to me a lot lately. The game is pretty good it does have it's quirks but overall it's a fun game.
Shatter (PSN) (45mn)
I have about 2 levels to go before I finish this game. The soundtrack for the game is very good. I recommend this game to anyone who likes breakout.
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