Video Game/DVD Tuesdays

Wow. I'm slipping here, thank Science there could be a cure for Alzheimer's in the future.  So what (if any DVD/Video Games are tickling your "eye pussy" (Thank You, Mr. Smith for that one!) today!

DVD

Who didn't love this show?  Weird and awesome all at the same time.  I loved it growing up and if you haven't got to see it, well, now you can!  Go out and grab your copy today!

Classic horror film.  Birds!  Who knew that birds would be terrifying?  Well, apparently Hitchcock did.  Man, I have to watch this again now and relive all it's spine-tingling suspense.  No, they don't pay me for this, though they should.  Who are they?  Never you mind, I've said to much!  Where were we?  Right!  The Birds, classic Hitchcock terror!  Now in Blu-Ray!  Nice.






Okay that look like (for me) what's what in the land of DVD's and Blu-Ray's.  Next up, das Video Games!

Grid 2 (Xbox 360, PS3) - Codemasters brings racing games back to the street in this sequel to Grid.  If you did racing games, then you probably already know this is hitting store shelves today.  Not my cup of tea personally but I am sure there's some "gearheads" that will love it.

Fuse (Xbox 360, PS3) - 4 Player Co-Op!  Sign me up!  When humans get alien tech they were never meant to have.  I don't even care about the storyline (which I am sure is great) but I love games with up to 4 player co-op. 









There's a few other Xbox 360 and PS3 games coming out but these seems to be the top AAA games coming out this week.  There are no Wii U games releasing this week.  I don't see a ton of content out for the XBLA or the PSN.

Well anything out this week tickling your fancy?  Sound off below in the comment section!

Re: Xbox 360 Rant

Waiting for Beyond Good and Evil HD to redownload on my Xbox 360.  It's totally taking forever, what is up with that Microsoft?  I've already purchased it and there is space on my HDD, I feel it should automatically redownload lightning fast.  Shouldn't it?  Other items do, so why not this one?  It's is a bit of space but still. 

As I am sure a ton of you have noticed (or maybe you haven't) that I'd post about the Xbox Update to the Dashboard.  Well, I'm still giving it time to play around with everything before I give my final verdict.  Wow, download is still not half done and we are into minute five at least.  I know my internet is super fast so that is not the problem. 

I was excited about cloud saves, but from what I gather it's just for saved games and not DLC.  That would have been nice but I suppose they have to push those 250 or 320 GB "super deluxe" consoles for five C notes (even with a stop for a minute the download speed is only 63%, oh, 64, my bad.  And what is with when you put a flash drive into the box and "program" it, that it eats up something like 2G of space.  I call that BS.  For the love of God, if you could Microsoft, how about lower the price on the old HDD for the non-slim console model, please?    You know, if it's not too much to ask. 

Well damn, I'm just going of on the poor ol' Microsoft.   But here is how I feel.  I've donated lots of time and a lot of money (DLC, controllers, batteries, headset(s), microphones, ether net cables, replacement consoles, games), truly a staggering amount of money, to the little black box that could.  Once in a while I would not like to be run over so hard and repeatly by the gaming company and console that I've stood by since the origianal Xbox days for something like 10 years now...

Well it looks as if my rant is over. 

Life: Travelling, Part 2

So a few years ago I took another trip with my dad across the country.  Hitting most of the same places except our end destination was West Virginia instead of Pennsylvania.  I spent the next three months with my dad and my brother in various hotel rooms in the Southern US.  I did a lot of eating BBQ and playing my new Xbox 360.  Probably where I put in over 120+ hours on the game, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion,  a ton of content to be sure and that was before the DLC expansions.  Good times.

The plane ride was hell and when I got back to California after the three months my girlfriend, Mary, of a few years broke it off with me.  If she had told me over the phone while I was there I think I would have started working with my dad and brother, but she didn't, and I didn't, so there is that.

I didn't get to see a ton of the country this time since my dad and brother were working all the time, but that is the life of a miner.

Spent a mini-vacation with you relatives and not done too much?  Please, comment below!

I'll post another blog rant later today, I just have to figure out what that with be!  Stay tuned!

Video Games: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Review)

This was one of the first games I bought and it was one of the first that I traded back into GameStop.  Didn't care for it.  The visuals though now dated were pretty good for the time being.  The controls as I recall were pretty awful.  Online was a joke and I don't recall many people online playing even when the game first came out.  All in all it was not a great game.  I'd give it a 4 out of 10.  Dreadful.

Next review will be Xbox Live Arcade's Hardwood Backgammon.  See ya tomorrow!

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat