"He was a natural born killer, and he admitted it, and he lived by it. I have shot nine squirrels, four rabbits and one of my own feet. I ain't no natural born killer, I am a natural born fool. And a proud one."

• 4Nov 09

  Some more mini-reviews.

  Might as well, amirite?

  • Ballad of Gay Tony: GTAIV's 20 dollar add-on with stuff that should've been in the original game. Yeah, that's basically what ALL DLC is good for, but this one in specific left me wondering whether they took the DLC deal with Microsoft as a excuse to catch up on old times. I recall Rockstar Games' PR dudes going "We're dead serious now" story-wise and this comes along. Sure, I'm complaining... But it's here, and minus the 20$ pricetag - It's finally here, and it's damn good fun.
  • Dragon Age: Origins: BioWare's new poke at old times. Quite frankly, I didn't play DA:O's "predecessor" so I can't really say anything in relation to it. So I'll just stick with saying BioWare nailed it again. I bought it for the X360 causeI can't be assed installing it and all that considering the graphics aren't worth debating about anyway. The game plays a bit like Mass Effect on a Oblivion kind of structure. Though there's this really neat, and a wee bit clunky party system that covers most of the combat - All in all, it's definitely designed for the PC I can tell you that, it works like a pain in the ass on the X360, and I think it's fair to assume the PS3 suffers from the same issue. All in all, it's a great game... And loooonnnnnngggg.
  • Halo 3: ODST: I bought the game for 35$ at a mom and pop's store, and I still feel cheated out of my money. Part of me was stupid for buying a game I'm not all that interested in, part being that the game is rather... minimalized if you catch my drift. The character flashbacks put aside, which are by a mile the best things about the game, the "lone ranger" pulling through an abandoned city with maybe 5-or-6 enemies every 4 intersections really left me bored. Halo 3 was a thrill ride, from one epic firefight to the next. As much as I like a occasional 'break', a 4 hour trek through a empty city... I didn't like that so much. All in all, flashbacks are awesome. Lone city treks are boring. Firefight is a nice addition though it won't justify a purchase, atleast not for me. Though the 2nd disc with ALL Halo 3 DLC on disc was a nice addition.
  • Left 4 Dead 2 Demo: Boycott bull**** set aside... I've got just one thing to say: Kill all sons of *****es, that's my official instruction. That uhhh... that means it's good.
  • Posted Nov 4, 2009 3:18 pm PT
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• 3Nov 09

  Damn it's been a long time, hasn't it?

  I mean... Holy crap. It's been over what, five months? Meh, it's been a while and lots has changed. I've been gone from the blogging scene as spilling my guts on stuff got me rather bored after some while. Either way, I'll make a brief comeback.

  So yeah, lots of ****'s been released in the past months.

  • Borderlands: Diablo-meets-Fallout. While it's not that Fallout, it's still got this barren post apocalyptic Mad Max ****-gone-bad feel to it. Sure, no nukes have been dropped - But it still has that feel. Nonetheless, I love the game. Something tells me it's gonna be the sleeper hit of '09 but who knows, with Modern Warfare 2 lying around the corner, Borderlands might be leaving as quickly as it showed up.
  • Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. I'm all for realism, and I did enjoy the game to a certain extend to it. But two critical flaws just piss all over the game for me, big time. One is that the AI is god forsaken horrible. I wouldn't complain quickly about AI, but this game relies so damn much on it - It just becomes a obstacle. Two, horribly placed checkpoints. No I didn't play on Hardcore cause I like to enjoy my first playthrough. Sometimes the game is overly generous with checkpoints, but sometimes it's just flatout brutal - Two ambushes, a hillclimb AND a tank face-off, all on foot and not ONE checkpoint in between, on normal?

  I also scored a PS3 some time back, my PSN is LtMcBadass, feel free to add me.

  • Killzone 2: I enjoyed the game quite alot, generic FPS single player but the online... Holy mother of God am I glad that I have a Dolby Surround System cause daaaamnnn the sound is AMAZING in that chaos.
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Yeah, as much as I liked it... The game lost it's touch between Sunny's annoying ass appearance and Naomi's cleavage. Also, that woman in eastern-Europe... BUY HER A DAMN BRA FOR ****S SAKE.
  • inFamous: Still, overall left me wondering whether -Prototype- was better afterall... Which in my opinion, sucked horribly.

  And uhhh, thats it for today dudes... Guess I'll make another return in the following week should people still read my crap. So long.

  • Posted Nov 3, 2009 10:34 pm PT
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• 11Dec 08

  Salute.

  To all the employees of CNet, and GameSpot, specifically to those who got laid off - I'm pretty much speechless. Still, you all simply rocked. Flatout rocked. I'm sorry that you lost your jobs, and it's a damn shame that this website lost so many great editors at once.

  Salute, and goodluck.

  (I'm not specifically pointing out who got laid off, cause... Well, it's more or less a mystery. But of those people named in comment sections and the like; Don, Aaron, Brian, Bethany, etc... Seriously, this website lost alot of great people.)

  • Posted Dec 11, 2008 6:03 pm PT
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