Nobody Likes a Cheater

When it comes to free time, school has a good way of giving you none.  The semester is coming to a close so all teachers are making one last push for assignments and tests.  Which is fine, I like points.  They make my grades better.  However this leaves little to no time for games.

Every time I play Modern Warfare 2 I can feel myself getting sucked in.  I can see myself losing a great deal of time in the Multiplayer once the semester is over.  So when I hear about the glitches that people have been exploiting I can’t help but feel better I have so much work.  I hate cheaters and I mean HATE!  It sucks enough getting beat by that one guy who’s really good, but to get beat by a guy who cheats his way to a win is even worse.

Games have glitches and exploiting them IS CHEATING.  You can’t convince me otherwise.  The Javelin glitch is one of those that you can’t argue is a legit on any level.  That’s why when ever I see someone “glitch” in a game I report them as should you.  Come on people, you know better.

-Mike

The Frogurt is cursed

Welcome Back

I have been neglectful of this page and for that I am sorry.

In an effort to help make the internet a better place I have pledged to make more effort to provide somewhat inteligent content.  I say “somewhat” due to my nature of immaturity and sense of humor.  That is not a promise that I will be funny.  Oh no.  I just can’t say that I won’t digress into complete idiocy from time to time.

Need to Know:

• School continues.  Lots of homework is what keeps me from you.  Being that I was never a “smart kid”, classes like Calculus kick my butt.
• I write for Sidequesting.com now and that is where more and more of my game related news will go.  Please take the time to check it out.   The guys who write there have a real passion for games and do what they do for nothing but a love a gaming.
• I’m going to try a few new things in the name of Learning, so if the site looks weird (or goes down) in the future…it’s all my fault.

Thanks again.

-Mike

where’s the “any” key?

The Impressions That I get

The big 3 press conferences are over and what a treat they were.  Full disclosure here, I didn’t see Nintendo’s so I’m going to refrain for speaking too much about them, but from what I read we can expect more Mario.  Shocking, I know.

Microsoft definitely asked uncle Bill for a raise in their E3 allowance.  The remaining Beatles and Steven Spielberg!  Wow, star power goes to Microsoft.  Games aside, the Facebook and Twitter integration looks cool.  Netflix upgrade is a long time coming.  And the 1080p streaming sounds awesome…IF the ISP’s play ball with bandwidth caps.

Sony’s focus on the PSP and PSP Go was a little much for me.  I don’t play portable games on my PSP or DS.  My hands are two big and cramp up.  Would have really liked to see a realease date for Gran Tourism 5.  The trailer was cool, but come on!  Anytime this decade Sony?

Now, motion controls.  Look, I like the idea, I really do.  But this could turn bad quick.  Both Sony and MS showed working demos that were close but not fully bake…yet.  MS’s is completely free of any wand or mote of any kind but lacked precicion.  Sony’s had a wand that reminded me of something out of Total Recall but looked more accurate.  Honestly, it’s too close to call right now.  Both companies have really good products it would appear.  What it is going to boil down to is how well it works and (most important) price!

These are going to have to be bundled with systems if they hope to really get a good saturation of users.  By it’s self if the price is too high, forget it.  $99 with a game like Wii Sports is more then likely what is going to happen.  Sony did go as far as to say that theirs will be ready by spring 2010.  MS didn’t even hint at a release date.  Time will tell on this one.

-Mike

winner winner chicken dinner

E to the 3

Starting tomorrow the game industry kicks it’s self into high gear and we reap the fruits of their labor. Leaks are already starting to tip many companies hands.  I for one can’t wait to see what these guys are going to bring to the table.  I wish I could say I’m excited about specific things, but I’m not.  I do have hopes though.

I hope Sony gives us a price cut on the PS3.  Between that and the games I know are coming I’m fairly certain that I would buy one.  But that price needs to come down.

I hope ODST gets dated for this holiday season.

I hope Splinter Cell: Conviction gets dated for some time this decade.

I hope Nintendo gives us a new Zelda game soon.  After playing Fable 2 for the last couple of weeks, I have a big need to quest and I’m out of DLC to play there.

I hope Assassins Creed 2 has fixed the combat that was so horrible (and in my personal case, game breaking).  I want to like that game, but unless some one says “The combat is nothing like that of the first” I won’t go near it.

I hope that motion control isn’t the primary focus…for anyone.

That’s it for now.  All we can do is sit back and enjoy the show.

-Mike

high hopes

No Time

It would appear that no TV and Games makes Mike a dull boy.  I’m struggling to create content to put up because frankly, life is getting in the way.  That said I have been keeping up on stuff, just not able to write about.  So in an effort to get up to speed, I’m just going to Bottle Line it:

iPhone: I’ve had it for a week and some change now and it works great.  It has allowed me to do so much more.  Facebook and Twitter apps are the ones I use most.  Mafia Wars is a great distraction for a few minutes.  The JPAG has pushed my Maifa up into the 4o’s…sorry, 52 now.  Viva la Steve!

Games: I haven’t played any games on my 360 in weeks.  School work precludes me from spending any amount of time with it.  I did manage to download, play, and get frustrated with the Red Faction demo.  Look, I was a big fan back on the PS2.  I spent hours just goofing around with the engine.  I hope that the problems I had were just in the demo.  First off, there was a 10min time limit.  Fine, after restarting the mission for the 7th time, I had forgotten about it.  So when I got in the Walker I had 30 seconds to reach the objective across the map.  Needless to say, I didn’t make it.  After that, I was done with the game.

Movies: Finally saw I Love You, Man the other day.  I enjoyed myself.  Jason Segel stayed clothed during it so that was a plus.  The more I see of the new Star Trek movie, the more I want to see it.  I know that I’ve said that J.J. Abrams was on my Shit List after Cloverfield (and he still is), but this looks good.

School: This is the biggest time suck EVER!  In fact, I’m off to there now.

-Mike

don’t mind if I do!