Video Games
Posts regarding my other hobby: Video Games. (Yes, I'm what you'd consider a "gaming freak")
I received the shipment of Guitar Hero 2 yesterday roughly at Noon. I didn't disconnect the controller until 9:00PM (give or take 30 minutes). I took maybe a 1-2 hour break if you combined the couple of minutes in between songs. In total I'd say I spent a good 6-7 hours playing and I'm greatly feeling the effects of it. Here's a basic injury rundown: Left forearm is tight. Muscles got a workout but the tendons received a beating. This was the most agonizing injury as it made sleep impossible until...
It's been over a year since I last posted and I return with a whiney post regarding work issues. The main reason I stopped blogging regularly was I typically talk to the majority of my readers on a regular basis, and I felt like just about every other post I was complaining about something. Complaints are fine but when you're reminded of nothing but crap you're dealing with, it doesn't exactly make the experience "fun". What exactly has happened in a year? Obviously I've been playing a lot of the...
Usually I'm not an early adopter of any platform. I have limited funds and choose to alocate them wisely. Once a year I go against this principle for Christmas/my birthday and splurge on myself. This year I had it all picked out, Xbox 360, but there was no way in hell I would wait in line. I reserved $500 and some change for the purchase, knowing tax would bite me. Finding the right package I used only one online tracker (http://xbox360tracker.com/ ) and waited for just the right offer to pass me...
These are the games I've played so far to date in order of freshness: Fight Night Round 3 Single Player Quite possibly the game that makes the purchase "worth it" The graphics are amazing as hell and while unrealistic (linear blood spurts) screams "potential" for upcoming titles Tekken 5 was the first game that made me say "Holy ... I'm playing a cutscene" in the arcade when I first saw it. I don't even have HD and the graphics are definately better than Tekken 5. "Holy ... I'm playing Final Fantasy:...