DATE: 03/24/2008 01:43:12 / MOOD: Points Poor (downtrodden)
http://www.gamespot.com/tournaments/cod4-mar08/index.php?tag=current;button
Team 52: Giant Bombers. Name is for the name of the site that some of the editors started after leaving Gamespot.
Six matches to win so far we have played two and should have a game tomorrow. Every match is the first to 500 on domination. Maps are Crash, Ambush, Overgrowth, Backlot, Strike, and Strike.
I think the game ended 500 to 116.
Second game, two of their guys didn't show
I wasted half the match waiting for an enemy to attack C, then when I finally leave three guys rush the way I had been watching. Oh well, 22 kill streak. Stopped by a grenade launcher.
500 to 102
If we get second we each get a $200 gift card to Best Buy. First place is $500.
Before the tournement started I had about 18 hours in Call of Duty 4, now I should have over two days by Tuesday.
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DATE: 12/22/2007 04:36:09 / MOOD: Points Poor (downtrodden)
I was writing a blog with more detail, but my computer froze as I was moving the mouse towards submit.....so now I'm not in much of a mood for a long blog.
My Favorite Games of 2007
Persona 3
Mass Effect
Call of Duty 4
GRAW 2
The Orange Box
Crackdown
Command and Conquer (Xbox 360)
Games I Regret Not Playing
World in Conflict
Paper Mario
Fire Emblem 10
Warhawk
Eternal Sonata
My Game of the Year
Call of Duty 4
Best Downloadable Game
Puzzle Quest (XBLA)
Best Game Ending
Mass Effect and Persona 3.
Both had great endings and the moments leading up to the end were exciting. Persona 3 gets a bonus point for being one of the few games I really enjoyed lately that did not have a cliff hanger ending (Assassins Creed, Mass Effect, Rainbow Six Vegas, Command and Conquer, Crackdown, The Orange Box, etc). For people that didn't like Persona 3's ending and thought it was sad, it was a lot happier than the other Persona games. Though Mass Effect's ending was somewhat of a cliffhanger you still saved the day and took care of the villains, you finished the fight, blew up your Death Star, and dealt with your Agent Smith. For now, at least. (Let's just hope the second Mass Effect doesn't end up like the second Matrix movie)
Worst Ending
Bioshock. I'm not a fan of the gameplay, but damn, the ending of the game is what I really didn't like. Running around looking for parts to a costume that is annoying to wear, fighting one of the stupidest and easiest final boss battles of the year (at least you could die), then a short and boring cutscene. Unlike Mass Effect and Persona, where the story got better and better and then had an exciting conclusion, Bioshock lost almost all of the fun near the end and then had a boring ending.
Most Idiotic Slow Motion Death
Griggs (Call of Duty 4)
Seriously, what the hell was he thinking. "Don't worry buddy, I'll pull you out into the middle of a firefight to burden myself and let them know that you are still alive. Dammit, this isn't working."
At least it wasn't as bad as Kim's in Gears of War.
Best Voice Actor
Mike Patton, The Darkness (The Darkness)
Best Overall Voice Acting
Mass Effect
Most Disappointing Delay
MY CO-OP GAMES. I have the most fun while playing co-op or working with a friend in multiplayer. The only game I really got to do that with this year is with GRAW 2. Left 4 Dead, Army of Two, Splinter Cell 5, and Mercenaries 2 were all delayed.
Biggest Disappointments
Kane and Lynch having no online co-op. I no longer really cared once I actually played the game.
Shadowrun not getting any new content or updates
Most Exciting Moments
Meeting Andrew Ryan (Bioshock) (WINNER)
The end of the mission Shock and Awe (Call of Duty 4)
Summoning Your First Persona (Persona 3)
Seeing the Darkness in action for the first time (The Darkness)
Scene After the Final Boss Battle (Mass Effect)
Giving you that Badass Feeling
Call of Duty 4. Turning on the slow motion to score some quick headshots, saving the hostage on veteran in under a minute, knifing people, getting four kills with a pistol while in last stand mode,letting everyone know who has the 10 kill streak in multiplayer, etc. If you are good at it, or just luckly, Call of Duty 4 has the potential to make you feel like a badass.
Best Characters of 2007
Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
Wrex (Mass Effect)
Captain Price (Call of Duty 4)
Gaz (Call of Duty 4)
Shinjiro Aragaki (Persona 3)
Akihiko Sanada (Persona 3)
The Darkness (The Darkness)
Gig (Soul Nomad and the World Eaters)
Favorite Game Conversations
Persona 3
Akihiko: "I was wandering what Shinjiro will say to me when I see him in heaven."
You: "What do you think he will say?"
Akihiko: "He probably won't say anything. He'll just punch me in the face. He has a good right hook, it's going to hurt."
Mass Effect
Turian C-Sec (Police), after watching you shoot a guy who was trying to blackmail you in a public place: "Good work. Maybe the first human Spectre won't be such a disappointment.
Call of Duty 4
Gaz, while opening a door for you, Price, and Griggs, while in another part of the base: "Got it. Doors coming online now."
Griggs: "Oh, you gotta be ***ting me."
Price: "Gaz, can't you make it open faster?"
Gaz: "Negative, sir. But you can try pulling it if it makes you feel better."
Price: "...Cheeky bastard."
Biggest Suprise of 2007
The British kicking ass in a Call of Duty game.
Most Annoying Phrase
Anything with, "dance with the angels", in it. (Ace Combat 6)
Still Annoying
Almost all female and child voice actors on any game not going for realism in its look.
Funniest News of 2007
Now that you aren't killing White or Spanish people, Resident Evil 5 is racist.
Worst Birthday Party of the Year
Jackie Estacado (The Darkness)
Lost the Most Weight This Year
My Wallet
Favorite 2006 Game that I Waited a Year to Play
Final Fantasy 12
Played Way to Many
First Person Shooters
Looking Forward to the Most in 2008
Left 4 Dead
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Endwar
World in Conflict (360)
Culdcept Saga
Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway
Needed a Sequel...since 1999, and Still Doesn't Have One
Ogre Battles 64
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DATE: 11/26/2007 16:26:21 / MOOD: Points Poor (downtrodden)
So this month I have picked up
Call of Duty 4
Assassins Creed
Mass Effect
Devil May Cry
Call of Cthulhu
I thought that I had been playing a lot of games before I bought Mass Effect, but after buying that game on Tuesday I have done almost nothing else. I have played through it two times and played a little of a third game to level a character up. Since Tuesday I have probably played for around 40+ hours. I didn't even eat on Thanksgiving or most of the next day, only stopping playing on Thanksgiving when my aunt and uncle came over, I decided not to go to San Fransisco the next day in order to play (I hate it there anyway), and going to work the last two days gave me some time away. Time really flies for me when I play Mass Effect, most of my first three days playing it I spent talking with a friend (who also has close to the same amount of time as me) and we would always be thinking that it was at least two hours earlier then it really was. I love Mass Effect and can't wait for the sequel, although I do hope they fix some of the problems with the first game such as framerate, driving sucks, recycled environments on sidemissions, and more dialogue options would be nice(some of the choices lead to your character saying the same thing).
Assassins Creed was pretty good and I want to find out what happens next in the story. Gameplay was way to easy though (almost impossible to die), chases were just HORRIBLE,and finding out about your targets really starts to get boring once you do it a few times.
Call of Duty 4, great single player game, I'd love to see some downloadable missions that have nothing to do with the story like the first and last mission. I need some friends to play multiplayer with but I am at level 43. DESERT EAGLE!
Devil May Cry and Call of Cthulhu have yet to be touched (bought the same day as Mass Effect).
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