As Opposed to PASSIVELY Gathering More Lard on my Arse?

I mentioned in passing to a nice lady at work how I had to save my wife on my 360 game "Alan Wake" and some other, interjecting dimwit said something about "Men and their toys".

I let it pass, but I shouldn't have.

I mean, I guess I see how someone enraptured by soap operas might think they have room to look down on us gamers. After all, it takes so much brain power to process which whore is cuckolding her man this week, doesn't it?

Too Troo

Posted on Bungie.Net's Halo:Reach Forum (I was venting a bit.)


Posted by: JediEkim

If I can get a single intelligent response from the AI in today's campaign challenge, I'd love to know how.

I just love being blown up and run over by the skank Kat. It's better than a barrel full of retarded monkeys.

Posted by: Shadow 13th

Kat ran you over? That's your fault buddy. If you let a woman drive and she failed I would say that Bungie's AI programming is spot on!

BRILLIANT!

Hat tip to JACIII.

Guitar Hero... Needs To Be Improved

I have zero interest in those games, except maybe the drumset. And my nephew had broken his when I was visiting so no dice.

I keep hoping someone will make a MIDI input for a Guitar Hero type game. Then you can actually play a REAL instrument and better yourself as a player while rocking out the game at the same time.

Extra points for inversions!

I can dream, right?

EVE of Destruction?

"See? Aren't MMOs fun? You can escape from the global economic collapse to roleplay manage - a galactic economic collapse!"

From HERE.

Too funny: "I think those bank owners deserve a hefty bonus this year."

And even the gamers drink the virtual Kool-Aid.

"Heck, even in the real world we've established stuff like the FDIC so we don't encounter these very problems in the real economy."

Or is it the real Kool-Aid? I'm so confused.

Looking at my tags for this, I'm shaking my head. I'd've'nt thunk those two would go together. But they do.

It's a very strange world.

As Shane Goes Into Geek-asms...

Careful, Shane. I don't want an aneurysm resulting from your reading THIS.

EDIT:
OOPS. And watching THIS.

EDIT: I get nothing from Shane OR Jason? WTF?

A Halo 3 Multi - Player Idea

I think a Halo 3 Drinking Game Tournament would be cool.

$20 entry fee. As many 360s hooked up via Ethernet as possible.

Random teams to start, flip a coin. Heads, red team. Tails, blue team.

All slayer matches with the members of the losing team all doing a shot or chugging a beer after each round.

You total up your killing score from each round and write it down to keep a running total.

Then the teams are shuffled with the top half of scorers on one team and the lower half on the other.

You play until someone reaches 1000 kills or all but one pass out. Losing team gets the odd man out caused by passers out.

This would be awesome for a weekend guys-only party.

Helo Tango Foxtrot?

(That's "HOW", I don't know if I made that up or not.)

Brilliant Video Game Reviews!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/123-LEGO-Indy

That site doesn't seem to like Firefox 2. So you may have to open up the dreaded IE! like I did. So sorry about that. But it's worth it, so shut up and do it.

(NOT kid friendly, Dave!)

EDIT: Even better!!!!
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/17-Guitar-Hero-III

And this:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/8-Halo-3

Video Game Stuffis

This explains a lot.

7 commandments all videogames should obey.

Computer-related goofery:
5 things Hollywood thinks computers can do.
(The end of number 3 is particularly funny.)

I Can Relate

From Lew Rockwell.com:

Writes Ryan Hainlen: "As a young adult, I still enjoy playing video games, but recently, I can't bring myself to play war-related video games. It seems that the articles and blogs on your website have slowly but surely steered me away from them.

"I used to play 10-15 hours per week of Battlefield 2 and now I haven't played in 2 months. I watched a trailer for an upcoming game in the Battlefield series and couldn't help but be shocked by how much war is glorified. If this is what my age group is playing, I kind of understand the mind set of enjoying the 'shock and awe' videos and the consideration to join the military. Yet, at the same time, I am now thoroughly disgusted by those things. And it just isn't my age group, I know plenty of 40-50 year olds that still enjoy the utter destruction of human life, either pixelalated or real."

There's a friend at work and we talk about Oblivion quite often. He told me he put in part 4 of some army game (can't recall which) and how awesome it is. I told him I can't play those games much any more since all I do is think about how the justification of whatever war we're fighting is probably all bullshit and we're just dying for some politician's pet project. I think the same thing during Ghost Recon too. And I love those games.

Oh well. I am having trouble playing a thief character in Oblivion too. It just feels wrong to make my elf steal.

The weirdest feeling was playing Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and trying to max out my Dark Side points. You have to kill innocent people. It's really messed up.

I guess that's why I love Halo (1) so much. You're fighting a defensive war of survival for the human race with your back against the wall. There's not much grey area there.

TEA BAGGIN'!!!!!!!!

Fascinating website, shows ways to patch together multiple Halo 3 screenshots and make composite. With and without Photoshop effects. Some amazing pictures on here for you Halo 3 fans out there (all four of you).

http://haloramics.tiedtheleader.com/index.html

http://halo3screenshots.com/category/completely-bad-ass/

Just bad:
http://ahcs.bungie.org/comics/46/

The Master Chief Falls To (Lego) Pieces!

http://www.saber-scorpion.com/lego/halo.php

(Thanks for commenting about this, Dave. I found that link cuz of you.)

Wow. I am impressed. I wish Bungie would run with this! I'd buy them... for my nephew... (ahem).

Crap... reading that site, I just found out that if you earn all 1000 gamer points on Halo 3, you get the Security Armor. Now I have to really step up my playing! This is going to be a serious pain in the ass to achieve.

See also: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2007/09/18/lego-halo/

Duna-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana...

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/5046.html

This looks like so much silly fun! I cannot wait. I love the Star Wars Lego: The Complete Saga. (Thanks again to Shane for my birthday gift.)

I Usually Eschew The BS "Guy" Argument

but THIS is not a sport. And it's really pathetic that it's on ESPN. It's a sure sign that the network is desperate to raise its ratings.

Although it is just this side of awesome. Some VERY sick Halo 3 gaming there.

Two Players, One Screen... Unsplit

http://kotaku.com/359988/texas-instruments-duel-view-look-ma-no-split-screen

Very interesting.

More video game goodness on the 2nd video on this link:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/853/853510p1.html

It shows some amazing possibilities with the engine that runs the Gears of War game.

Secured My COMMANDER Rank!

I just wanted to brag that I've wasted hours of my life playing Halo 3. I broke a level 35 tonight, so I have guaranteed that if I keep playing til I get 300 wins, I will have my Commander rank waiting.

Now getting up to 40 is ... possible, 45 is very unlikely and 50 virtually impossible. But what's life without a challenge, right?

EDIT: Earned my Major this weekend too. I'm on my way. And I got up to level 38 on slayer before getting knocked down to 36. But we've got time. And if we don't, we have bigger things to worry about, right?

"What Do I Do When I Get A Boner?"

Pretty funny Halo parody.

Secured My "Major" Ranking Tonight

or more accurately, this morning. I got up to "30" on Halo 3 Team Slayer.

So now I need almost 100 more EXP and I get my rank of Major.

Pretty cool time-wasting device, that XBox 360...

New Maps For HALO 3 MP!

News
HERE.