• 6Sep 08

  Busy busy busy!

  Boy, have I been busy! Working overnight and living a day life can surely take away hours from doing other things, like sleeping and gaming. I manage to get some kind of progress in from time to time but I must admit, it's been much slower. To add to the mess, I did go and buy some more games to add to that backlog *ahem* collection. Recently, I bought Mercenaries 2, Castle Crashers and Bionic Commando Rearmed and have been playing them all with some kind of gusto.

  I'm really enjoying Mercenaries and if anyone's got it and wants to play between 4PM and 8PM (randomly) during the week, send me a message on XBL! That also applies to Castle Crashers, which I did play with jimb0 and two of his friends. That game is LOADS of fun! Bionic Commando is simply classic gameplay and a wonder to play solo. I haven't tried multi yet.

  On to the backlog: I believe I'm about 3-5 hours away from finishing Baten Kaitos and I'd love to finish that this week. I'm still chugging away at job points to make my one Dark Knight character is Final Fantasy Tactics PSP before I finish the game and I haven't touched Contra 4 in a while. Also haven't played WoW in weeks, but I'll probably jump back in once the new content patch releases.

  So... upcoming releases: Rock Band 2 next Sunday (9/14) and the new Metallica album the Friday before (9/12). SW: Force Unleashed and Dragon Quest IV the following Tuesday (9/16). My wallet and my backlog will hate me. They see me, "Hi haters!"

  Also, if you like dudes with long hair who play guitar, visit my blog at http://xlm2k.blogspot.com and leave a comment to show your love. I'm gonna start putting up some more videos and will be going to many rock concerts this fall and winter. That means pictures galore!

  • Posted Sep 6, 2008 5:52 am PT
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• 12Aug 08

  No one is safe...

  When I close my eyes
  I come to take your life..."

  Finally, a Megadeth song on Rock Band, and it's a great one!

  • Posted Aug 12, 2008 7:20 am PT
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• 3Aug 08

  Really, what's the point

  ...of playing some strategy games against the CPU? They already know everything about what you're doing and put themselves in the best position to foil your pre-determined plans. There's a word for this kind of activity, and it's cheating. Honestly, for what other reason would a player deliberately place its own unit into what initially looks like harms way, but would benefit in the chance scenario that the debuff (disable, in this case) would deactivate on it? Once moved into said position, the debuff is erased "miraculously" and the tide of battle turns in none other than a planned fashion. That's predetermination based on information that would normally be hidden, and it's cheating! Shame on you, Square Enix, for programming your Final Fantasy Tactics AI in such a way!

  Although I have known this for at least 10 years, it's just not something I like to see from my opponents. Of course, this isn't the only kind of game that has omniscient and abusive AI, but I just had to vent about this, recently finishing Chapter 2 of War of the Lions and being upset at the CPU's clairvoyance.

  • Posted Aug 3, 2008 7:38 pm PT
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