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Friday, December 14, 2007
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Monday, December 3, 2007
Changes happen
Hey everyone I just want to let everyone know about a change thats going on with this blog. I have started working on www.mygamer.com and www.techbugtv.com, so I really don't have time to write posts for them and posts for here. So what this blog is going to become is just a place where I can post whenever I make a post on of the other sites and link to it, so my "fans" can keep track of what I've been writing.
So to start is off I did a preview for "Super Smash Brothers Brawl" on mygamer.com which you can check out here
Techbugtv.com re-opens on the 6th of December, with their new and improved site, so I will start posting on there then.
So to start is off I did a preview for "Super Smash Brothers Brawl" on mygamer.com which you can check out here
Techbugtv.com re-opens on the 6th of December, with their new and improved site, so I will start posting on there then.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Rock Band
Just like a real rock band, with Rock Band the game you don't actually play songs. You instead can look forward to:
- Your female lead vocalist spending more time in the hair salon / makeup station than actually on-stage
- Fights about which song you're going to play because one of you just isn't "feeling it" right now
- Heated debates over doing charity events or corporate events because of money problems (refer to hair salon / makeup station above)
- Standing around "preparing to rock" while other members of your band do other things. This is self perpetuating because you leave and go do something else and then they are waiting for you to come back.
- Drooling over $16,000 instruments that you'll never afford because you aren't actually making any money rocking (see all of the above)
- Doing solo gigs because that's the only way you can "make ends meet"
- Putting up with everybody else in the band beating on your drum kit because it's fun to bang on stuff between sets
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Other things you can buy for $14,000
After reading about the God Box, I began to wonder, what else could you buy for $14,000? Well, here you go:
Marble Pillar Female Body Sculpture
- 1993 Mazda RX7 twin turbo
- 2005 Victory Hammer
- Classic TerZetto Electric Guitar
- Dynacord Cobra Set of Speakers
- LG 71PY1M 71" 1080p plasma monitor
Marble Pillar Female Body Sculpture
Ars Technica's "God Box" aka: The only thing that will run Crysis
As my RSS feeds scroll by, I saw a DIY guide from Ars that looked cool. The "God Box" is their supreme configuration, described by them as "for those that just won the lottery".
Quick overview:
And they say Mac's are expensive....
Quick overview:
Tyan S5392AR - $391.40
Two Intel Xeon X5365 - $1,265.86 each [$2,465.86 total]
Four Crucial 4GB ECC Fully Bufferred DDR2-667 FB-DIMMs - $499 each [$1,996 total]
Two NVIDIA QuadroFX 4600 - $1,380.14 each [$2,760.28 total]
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer - $79.99
Adaptec 31205 SAS Controller - $638.23
Fujitsu MAX3147RC 15K 147GB SAS - $287.99
Four Hitachi Deskstar A7K1000 SATA - $349.99 each [$1,399.96 total]
DVD±/CD-RW: two Samsung SH-S203B - $31.99 each [$63.98 total]
Silverstone TJ09 Case - $269
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad - $169.99
APC Smart-UPS 1500VA - $289.99
Two Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" LCDs - $1,399 each [$2,798 total]
Logitech Z-5500 Digital - $239
Logitech MX Revolution - $69.99
Logitech Cordless MX 5000 - $98.99
Total price: $14,018.65, not including shipping and handling
And they say Mac's are expensive....
Monday, November 19, 2007
Halo 3 gets First DLC
Over at Joystiq they have announced that the first batch of Halo DLC is coming in the form of the "Heroic Map Pack." Here is what Joystiq had to say about the 3 maps:
1. "'Standoff,' a symmetrical valley filled with 'entrenched bases and fields of boulders' and, after about 10 minutes, enormous piles of heavily armored corpses.
2. "'Rat's Nest,' which is described as 'an indoor vehicle paradise,'
3. "'Foundry,' a Forge-friendly sandbox that's ideal for shifting stairways, bridges and tunnels to your twisted heart's delight.
The map packs will sell for 800 Microsoft points (10 dollars) and will be free in the Spring. I can't wait to get some new maps to mess around with, not that the maps in the game are getting old, but I'm always happy to get some new stuff.
1. "'Standoff,' a symmetrical valley filled with 'entrenched bases and fields of boulders' and, after about 10 minutes, enormous piles of heavily armored corpses.
2. "'Rat's Nest,' which is described as 'an indoor vehicle paradise,'
3. "'Foundry,' a Forge-friendly sandbox that's ideal for shifting stairways, bridges and tunnels to your twisted heart's delight.
The map packs will sell for 800 Microsoft points (10 dollars) and will be free in the Spring. I can't wait to get some new maps to mess around with, not that the maps in the game are getting old, but I'm always happy to get some new stuff.
Random-ness
My good friend Cheapy D and the crew over at Cheap Ass Gamer have posted your ultimate guide to shopping on black Friday. So I recommend everyone go check out all the shopping goodness over there at Cag. If you're like me, and you work in retail, you’ll probably be too busy to go shopping. If you aren’t, lucky you. You should be out at the stores getting in on some of these deals. Personally, I don't think you can beat Mario Galaxy for 35 dollars, or Guitar Hero 2 for 60 with a guitar, but that's just me. You need a Cag user name and password to access all the deals on the forums, but it’s worth if. There are great deals posted on Cag all the time, and many of them are things you wouldn’t find on your own.
Also, I just want to say how pumped I am for Tuesday when Mass Effect and Rock Band come out. These are two of my most anticipated games this year, and to get them both on the same day is going to be gaming bliss. If anybody out there in blog land wants to get in on some Rock Band fun with Matt and I, my gamer tag is websterRJH.
Last, I just want to say thanks to all the people who visit the blog. It gives me a reason to keep writing stuff. I know this post right here is just kind of me rambling about various topics, but it’s a blog, and technically isn’t that what a blog is for?
Also, I just want to say how pumped I am for Tuesday when Mass Effect and Rock Band come out. These are two of my most anticipated games this year, and to get them both on the same day is going to be gaming bliss. If anybody out there in blog land wants to get in on some Rock Band fun with Matt and I, my gamer tag is websterRJH.
Last, I just want to say thanks to all the people who visit the blog. It gives me a reason to keep writing stuff. I know this post right here is just kind of me rambling about various topics, but it’s a blog, and technically isn’t that what a blog is for?
Friday, November 16, 2007
Mass Effect: Revelation Review
Alright, let me preface this by saying I have never written a book review before so please forgive me if this is not up to par with other book reviews, but I am going to my best. I'm writing this from the perspective of a gamer that is looking forward to the mass effect game a lot, and wanted to get some more back story on the game before I play it.
The book follows the story of Lieutenant Anderson, who is a member of the Alliance, which is a newly formed member of galactic community. The over all premise of the book is that humanity is looked down upon by the other races in the galactic network and they are trying to gain acceptance in the community. It follows an attack on a major alliance base, and Lieutenant Anderson’s struggle to find out that happened there, and who is responsible for the attack. Along the way he meets Kahlee Sanders, and he makes it his personal business to keep her safe, no matter the cost. He comes in contact with many “people” who want both of them dead, and will stop at nothing to achieve this.
It is written by Drew Karpyshyn, who is lead writer on the mass effect games as well as New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Death Bane: Path of Destruction and many other Sci-Fi novels. His experience in this writing these types of novels shows, because this book kept me sucked in from beginning to end. I never wanted to put it down.
It is nice going to the game with a little more back story about the world. In an immersive game like Mass Effect, where connection to the characters is a major part of the experience, it’s nice to go into it knowing who all of the people are and why I should care about them.
Overall, rather or not you have any intention of playing the Mass Effect game, I highly recommend this book. Even if you are a casual fan of science fiction novels it is worth checking out. It’s an exciting book from start to finish. If you are planning on buying Mass Effect then I don’t just recommend the book, I demand that you go to Amazon.com and buy it now, because it is an amazing book and it will really help immerse you in the world of Mass Effect.
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The book follows the story of Lieutenant Anderson, who is a member of the Alliance, which is a newly formed member of galactic community. The over all premise of the book is that humanity is looked down upon by the other races in the galactic network and they are trying to gain acceptance in the community. It follows an attack on a major alliance base, and Lieutenant Anderson’s struggle to find out that happened there, and who is responsible for the attack. Along the way he meets Kahlee Sanders, and he makes it his personal business to keep her safe, no matter the cost. He comes in contact with many “people” who want both of them dead, and will stop at nothing to achieve this.
It is written by Drew Karpyshyn, who is lead writer on the mass effect games as well as New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Death Bane: Path of Destruction and many other Sci-Fi novels. His experience in this writing these types of novels shows, because this book kept me sucked in from beginning to end. I never wanted to put it down.
It is nice going to the game with a little more back story about the world. In an immersive game like Mass Effect, where connection to the characters is a major part of the experience, it’s nice to go into it knowing who all of the people are and why I should care about them.
Overall, rather or not you have any intention of playing the Mass Effect game, I highly recommend this book. Even if you are a casual fan of science fiction novels it is worth checking out. It’s an exciting book from start to finish. If you are planning on buying Mass Effect then I don’t just recommend the book, I demand that you go to Amazon.com and buy it now, because it is an amazing book and it will really help immerse you in the world of Mass Effect.
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Xbox Games Coming to Xbox Live, Not Such Good News
I know this is old news now, but I've been away from the Internet for a little while, and I felt I needed to add my two cents on this topic because it's an interesting one. Microsoft has announced that with the fall dashboard update (coming December 4th) that you will now be able to download full retail verisions of origial Xbox games directly to your hard drive for 1200 points ($15.00). Sounds sweet, right? Well the list of games announced for day one are Fable, Indigo Prophecy, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex, Burnout 3, and, of course, Halo: Combat Evolved. Definitely a good list of games. Well I decided to do a little research to see how much you can buy these games at retail for, to see how sweet of a deal this really is. Turns out, it's not. Here is the breakdown, with a label of rather or not downloading it is a good deal or bad deal:
All prices from Amazon
Fable (original not Lost Chapters): used starting at $8.75 and includes bonus DVD (Bad Deal)
Indigo Prophecy: used starting at $5.64 (Bad Deal)
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge: new for $9.99 used starting at $0.98 (Bad Deal)
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex: used starting at $4.99 (Bad Deal)
Burnout 3: new for $19.99, used starting at $2.86 (Good Deal if you buy new, bad if you get used)
Halo: Combat Evolved: new $9.99, used starting at $5.04 (Bad Deal)
As you can see, with these games having no new features, such as achievements or added online play, it is really not a good deal at all. Especially when buying a hard disk copy has re-sale or trade in value. So speak with your wallet and don't purchase these games.
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All prices from Amazon
Fable (original not Lost Chapters): used starting at $8.75 and includes bonus DVD (Bad Deal)
Indigo Prophecy: used starting at $5.64 (Bad Deal)
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge: new for $9.99 used starting at $0.98 (Bad Deal)
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex: used starting at $4.99 (Bad Deal)
Burnout 3: new for $19.99, used starting at $2.86 (Good Deal if you buy new, bad if you get used)
Halo: Combat Evolved: new $9.99, used starting at $5.04 (Bad Deal)
As you can see, with these games having no new features, such as achievements or added online play, it is really not a good deal at all. Especially when buying a hard disk copy has re-sale or trade in value. So speak with your wallet and don't purchase these games.
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