• 9Jul 08

  Burnout, Online issues, and randomness

  I've been playing burnout again, I can't wait for the new update, online in all my games has been pretty laggy for some reason, I'm not sure why, like yesterday in burnout, it said the room had 8 people in it, including me, but no one was on the map, and my mic wasn't working, weird.
  Have you heard the rumour about Criterion would be adding planes to the game too? I dunno how that would fit, but if it turns out good then I'm all for it.

  I got the 2.41 update, it works fine, although I still have no trophies, I guess it's back to "Just Wait" again... I want a new game, but what? I tried playing Resistance online, but I keep getting a connection error, have the servers been taken down? Battlefield is the only game that plays somewhat decently online, and there's no one talking, in all the games I've played, no one has ever talked.

  Also, I've been playing more of GTAIV, it's a great game and all, but a few things do stick out like a sore thumb. Mainly the controls are what annoy me so much, they just feel clumsy, and sluggish at times. The framerate is bearable, nothing game-breaking, but I don't think it deserves a 10, high 9 yes, but not a 10.

  I saw the new mercenaries 2 video, looks cool, I might get it. That's about it on the gaming front, now back to real life. "Work" turned out to be this training course in a bank, and I dislike working in banks, but I was forced into this, it just felt like being in some lame subject in school all over again. I skipped "work" yesterday, and now everyone is pissed at me. It'll blow over I guess.

  Other than that, I'm traveling soon, just a few more days... I'm just sad that I'll probably miss the E3 coverage, oh well. This happened last year, I guess it'll happen again. That's pretty much it for this post, I can't think of anything else to say. Later!

  • Posted Jul 9, 2008 5:17 am PT
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• 4Jul 08

  Old games, allergies, Battlefield!!

  So a lot has been happening in the last few days, I haven't updated my PS3's firmware yet, I forgot, and when I did go to update, it had already been taken down, no biggie, I've been playing without in-game XMB for half a year, I can wait a bit more.

  Now, onto the "old games" bit, I don't know if this game ever came out in the states or not, but it was for the PS1, it was called "Pepsi Man" it looked and played like an arcade game. All you had to do was get "Pepsi Man" from point A to point B while dodging people, cars, and furniture, while collecting cans of Pepsi along the streets. I was only 6 or 7 when I first played that game, and I LOVED it, but then the CD broke, and I haven't played it in years. Last night, my cousin came over with his PSP, and he had Pepsi Man on it. I had so much fun playing that crappy game again. Nice dose of nostalgia if you ask me.

  We had a bad sandstorm the day before, and yesterday, I had a runny nose because of it, I went swimming last night, and it seems as if there was a bit too much chlorine in the pool, my nose was stinging like hell and I had to get out. My nose was red and sore, and it still hurts when I touch it. Kind of annoying, but I'll deal with it.

  Battlefield: read at your own risk!
  

  ***SPOILER***

  I think I'm pretty close to the end of the singleplayer campaign in Battlefield: Bad Company. I got to ride the gold chopper, that bit was awesome, but the controls felt weird at first, but they're easy to get used to, the game is hectic, and fast paced. Pretty fun.The story is cool too, I was shocked when I found out that his teammates were missing after the chopper got hit at the end.

  That's about it for now, later!
  Thanks in advance for any comments!

  • Posted Jul 4, 2008 7:25 am PT
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• 1Jul 08

  Amazing.

  So on satuarday, I went and bought Resistance: Fall Of Man, and Battlefield Bad Company. I was only going to buy one of them then, but resistance was cheap(er) and the dude at the store said he'd give me both games for a lower pirce. So I caved and bought both. I got home, played each for about an hour, then but battlefeild back in its box, and kept playing Resistance. And now, just 3 days later, I beat it, just a few minutes ago. All I can say is, wow. Awesome game, and I wasn't inclined to buy it at first, I assumed it was "just another lame shooter" because of the lame demo. I was so wrong, this is easily one of the best PS3 games I've played yet, and it's a launch title! Considering today's standards for games, I think it'd score around or over 8.5, but for its time and being a launch title, it should have gotten 9. And I still haven't even touched the multiplayer part of the game. Now, I'll probably move on to Battlefield, since I haven't really played much of it. I still haven't finished the first few missions, but I did notice that some things are buggy, like for example, I shot this dude, and he fell, you'd expect them to turn into ragdolls, but no, they freeze. Nothing would make them move, some were frozen in mid-air. I wonder how that got past testing? I mean, it's pretty obvious there's something wrong there, why not fix it?

  In other news, it was pretty hot outside yesterday (50 degrees C, 120 degrees F) so I went swimming, and since I was walking around barefoot, on tiles that were REALLY REALLY hot, I kinda burned the base of my foot, and it hurts when I walk, it's gotten better now, but it is kinda annoying. I'm lucky I didnt get sunburn, last year I got sunburnt, and my shoulders were red and sore, my face was red too, and wiping my nose was painful. Well, other than that,there really isnt much left to say.
  Thats probably it for now, later!

  • Posted Jul 1, 2008 5:47 am PT
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