Trick or Treat!

Have a safe and wonderful Halloween tonight peoples! Beware of wandering werewolves, stragling Zombies and Dancing demons!

But most importantly….Have a fiendishly good time!

KOTOR: Online?

Well, fans of the Knights of the Old Republic gaming franchise should be dancing a little jig..possibly. Apparently there’s a rumor traveling around the rumor mill that the next KOTOR game will actually be an MMORPG. Not sure if this will replace the talked about KOTOR III title, or will be produced alongside(Possibly using KOTOR III to set the stage for the events of KOTOR Online? One can only speculate.)

I am a huge KOTOR fan, and am hoping the rumors are true. I would love nothing more than to play KOTOR online. As for what the premise would be? Could be anything really, but most of the internet populace is hoping for a game set during the Mandalorian wars, and since that’s what the peoples are wanting..i’m thinking there is a fairly large chance the people will get it.

I’ll wrap this up with my speculation on what to expect. I believe KOTOR Online will be KOTOR 3 and will be the final one in the franchise(All good star wars sagas have three chapters, and what better finale than an online version? That’s been something people have been wanting since the first one was released). It will most likely be set during the Mandalorian wars. You will begin the game by waking up in a space ship without any memory of who you are.

No matter what, I am sure it will be good since it’s being released by BioWare.

Call of Jaurez review – xbox 360

This is a story driven first person shooter based out of the wild west. The graphics are outstanding, but that has come to be expected when a game rests on the sheer brute power of the xbox 360 game console.

The two main playable characters are interesting and each has their own play style and abilities. Over time you will end up having a favorite of the two characters. Some might prefer that characters back story, personality or skills and abilities.

The levels do tend to get boring and repetitive however. Though the graphics help bring the levels to life, they do still get very boring. With the game being set in the wild west, they all tend to look exactly alike. Dust covered trails, old wooden buildings and lots and lots of brush..and the occasional mine thrown in to add a splash of difference.

The weapons are boring as well, but to be fair it’s the 1800’s, and you aren’t going to get anything that screams “Wow”. Sorry, no alien lasers. Just hand guns, rifles and TNT…although the bible does prove to be an interesting “Weapon” when using the rev.

As far as vehicles go, there’s horses you can ride, though they are a bit difficult to control, and using a weapon while riding high in the saddle? Next to impossible.

The difficulty of the game isn’t really that hard either, even when on the higher difficulty settings, which means most gamers will just zoom through this title, so if you are looking for a drawn out epic title, you might be disappointed with this.

Over all, I would say this title is slightly below average, and could have been improved on so many levels. It has it’s upsides as well as it’s downsides, so it depends on what you look for in a game. To me? This just didn’t make the grade.

overall, i would give this game a 4 out of 10 stars. Not that great, but could have been a lot worse.

CSI: NY – Second Life?

some of you may have read a recent entry of mine where I went on about the Second Life based game for the movie I am legend? Well, it has happened again, this time however instead of it being for a movie, it is for a television show. The TV show is CSI: Ny, and they apparently have created an MMO based INSIDE the world of Second Life.

The game is interesting, and actually quite fun. The premise is that you travel through the virtual “Mean streets” of new york and investigate odd murders. New ones are supposedly going to be added regularly. To help you investigate and solve these often times strange cases of foul play, you can use the nifty handy dandy forensic lab!

The virtual new york however doesnt look very dirty, in fact it has more shine than an Imperial battle cruiser from Star Wars…Or even Darth Vaders armor! In fact unless you search and scour, you won’t even find any graffiti..I have only spotted one, and that was nicely tucked away.

The CSI:NY – Secondlife project also sports a new client for playing in Second Life..I can’t say if that’s any good, since I didn’t feel the need to grab it. You don’t NEED it, if you already have a SL client, and I didn’t want to bother with the Download, and then have to figure out where everything is.

Apparently though I am Legend wasn’t the first one to do a SL tie-in…and CSI:NY wasnt the first to do a TV show Tie-in. I recently discovered that Gossip Girl has their own little thing. I have no clue what the Gossip Girl areas of Second Life are like, or even what the show is about, however I just felt I would mention that in case somebody was interested.

Boredom sinks in…

Well, as I mentioned earlier I have been playing a lot of Guild Wars lately..As a matter of fact I finished up the campaign in prophecies, and unlocked “Hardmode”. Im not much of a “Hard Mode” player though, so probably wont be trying that out. Which means I havent a clue what I am going to be doing. I could play the expansion packs, but in all honesty those are a LITTLE bit of a letdown…I think. Though my opinion could be based on the fact that I havent really given it a chance…so..I think I will do that.

Im baaaaaaack!

first, I want to state that I am very sorry for the lack of updates these last few days. I could tell you how a large glowing portal opened up in my living room, and how a cyborg stepped out with a laser pointer for an eye and approached me and told me that the future was in danger. That temporal rifts were appearing across the world, and that these rift threatened to not only destroy the future, but rip apart the space-time continum and destroy the fabric of time as well, therefor causing time to cease existing or ever to have existed to begin with. All life that is, ever will be or ever has been would be wiped from existance.

Then I could finish up by saying how this cyborg needed me to travel back with him, because my spectral aura is the only frequency that can saftly travel through the rifts without imploding, and they need me to travel those rifts and stop them from spreading and save all of existance…and then I went, fought a giant alien bug who claimed to be the creator of all, times and all universes and all dimensions…and that he was bored of his creation and was tearing it down..kinda like kids do with sand castles…But i defeated him and saved life as we know it, and got awarded the title of “Rift walker”.

I could tell you all that…but that would be a lie. Fact of the matter is, I have been playing Guild Wars.

I am Legend – Game

I am very much into Zombie movies. I feel Zombie flicks are the greatest thing since sliced bread! Most Zombie fans would agree! So, imagine my delight when I head about the movie “I am Legend” Starring Will Smith? It’s a Zombie movie, but with a twist..The basic outbreak scenario is the same…But’s it’s different! So, I am eagerly anticipating this movie!

Also, Zombie fans should be equally delighted to learn that Warner Bros has released a game based on the movie! Sort of, It’s built within the virtual world of Second Life, so it’s not a stand alone game, however it’s quite fun and intense..I suggest checking out the website for more details as well as some video of gameplay!

Missed it by….THAT much!

So, I went down to the nearest department store today, and had decided I was going to go ahead and buy that Xbox 360 game console. I haven’t gotten to spend money on myself for something fun in……several years. I always use any extra money I get by putting it back, paying bills helping family with stuff if they need it and so fourth..you know? Mature responsible adult stuff. Well I am tired of always being responsible, so figured ‘What they hay! I shall splurge on myself this one time.’.

So, I take myself right down to the department store and head to electronics…I ask for an Xbox 360 game console, only to be informed that the last one sold about 30 mins before I arrived. The friendly clerk then went on to explain to me, that their head office only sends them 6 at a time, and those 6 they only send every 2 weeks or so…and that’s a rough estimate. He then went on to tell me what a hot seller the consoles were, and how they are always sold out on the same day they come in.

Maybe this is a sign from fate telling me not to waste my money like that eh? Save it in case something important comes up…I mean, I really want this game console, mainly because I don’t have any more game systems…They have all ended up breaking down much to my dismay…and the graphics on the 360 are insane! They beat the graphics my computer is capable of handling a million to one! Hands down!

However, all my wants aside..It might be best to just forget it..keep the money for when something important pops up, and just act like an adult. That’s what I am, so I should keep acting like that. Games aren’t all that important anyway. My bubby and my family are the most important things to me..and I got both, so don’t really need anything else..heh

On the old Comp

Well, I got my main computer back tonight. My friend who looked at it fixed one of the problems, but said the noises it was making was from the video card fan going dead, and said that it couldn’t really be fixed and I might as well just use it til it actually gives up the ghost and just burns it’s self out on me.

My friend said that it could live for as long as six months, or as little as a day, depending on how hard its used and what not…I don’t know diddly about computers, so will take what he says as gospel I guess and just keep using it, and going easy on it and try to make it last as long as possible. If I manage to get it to survive til December, I will be fine..I will have more than enough to cover a graphic card…prolly even upgrade it which would be cool.

Peeps are searching for…

Every once in awhile I like to post search result hits that I get from various search engines. These are things people have searched for, and have been sent to my blog…Some, I think they got what they were searching for, others…Im not exactly sure what it was they were even searching for! The end result from the searches, a lot of people think Cavemen sucks, Several people are interested in the cancelation of Journeyman, a few like MMORPGs, Some folks were wanting Ziggy comics, a couple wanted to know whats new in the world of spiders and one lonely internet surfer wanted to see some funny cows. To read the search results, click the following link.