tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90834377283469813452011-11-28T00:04:15.782ZIt's all about games.Silencer2404http://www.blogger.com/profile/10917501208388484709noreply@blogger.comBlogger561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083437728346981345.post-40586551238248432652010-05-18T13:25:00.000+01:002010-05-18T13:26:20.517+01:00

Video Games Red Dead Redemption ReviewXBox 360 Playstation 3 Nintendo Wii

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I enjoyed the first Dirt game for the most part. The one issue I had with it was the handling of the cars. All the fun of rallying lies in the fact that your car is pointing sideways more often than straight ahead. In this regard Dirt got it all wrong. It was almost impossible to get the car sliding through corners as it always just seemed to stick to the road way more than it should. So with

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I was really looking forward to this demo since I heard it was coming out a couple of days ago. I played the first Lost Planet but never finished it because it just became too frustrating. The fact that Lost Planet 2 has coop made me think that it would maybe be a bit easier this time around … I would have some help after all. With this in mind a friend and I fired up the demo and got stuck into

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Just a quick post to say that I’ve finally reached 30,000 gamerscore. What makes it even more special is that I didnt get to 30,010 or even 30,005 … no, I reached it right on the button.. 30,000 exactly! (No… it wasnt planned either.)

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So having just finished Dead Space last night (finally) it got me thinking. For the record I really loved Dead Space. It is one of the few games that when I think back about things I dislike about it I come up blank. This game does what it does extremely well.. it looks amazing… it plays well..and it sounds fantastic. People classify this as a horror game in the same vein as Resident Evil 5 (RE5

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The more I hear about this game in the press and on podcasts the more I ask myself that question.  Everyone seems to like the game except me. Or is it just the fact that most people are long time fans of the franchise and are willing to look past all the bad points? I have played some of the previous ones but just briefly. I was really excited about this game right up to the moment I played the

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I have recently been having the urge to play an MMO. Have always been curious about them but I think my interest was piqued when I started watching The Guild recently. For anyone not familiar with this web series I strongly urge you to check it out. Its a fictional web series about a group of MMO players and their (mis)adventures. I started checking out some of the more popular ones. I am

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Well its been like 9 months since I last posted here…scary. Ironically the last post was just after GTAIV was released and now the first DLC (The Lost and Damned) is out already! A lot has changed and happened since I last posted but instead of trying to catch up I’m just going to carry on as if I didn't take a very long break. I am hoping to make the updates a bit more frequent from now on but

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This list is still a work in progress and will be updated soon. Ninety Nine Nights Amped PGR 3 Fifa 07 Perfect Dark Zero Kameo Saints Row Dead or Alive 4 Test Drive Unlimited

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To give things a bit more structure I decided to add 2 types of posts to the blog… Impressions and Opinions. Impressions: These posts will mainly be based on video footage, trailers and demos and be about games that are usually not released yet. Opinions: These are basically my reviews of games. I am not a journalist by any stretch of the imagination so I don’t think I am qualified to do proper

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Well at least not everyone has a negative take on GTAIV. Here is a funny clip from Comedy Central.                                                            

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I was quite looking forward to playing this game on the DS and after playing it now for a while I am not disappointed. The touch screen only controls was either going to make or break this game and I was rather skeptical about it but after a couple of minutes of play you get used to it and its quite intuitive actually. To attack enemies you simply slash across them with the stylus. To jump you

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Is it just me or is GT5 Prologue one of the best looking games seen so far? I look at the screenshots of this game and can't help to be impressed. If this is a hint of what the PS3 is capable of then we are going to see some fine looking games in the future. Now I just need to get myself a PS3. Check out some more images on Gamespot here.

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Check out this clip where Comedian Will Arnett talks to Conan O'Brien about his COD4 gaming. Very funny... and oh so familiar!!

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Well the war is (finally) over. No, not the one in Iraq but the HD format war. Earlier today (well yesterday actually since its 3am now) Toshiba announced its discontinuation of its HD-DVD business. Things went downhill pretty quickly for Toshiba recently and I think its a good thing they pulled the plug sooner rather than later. See below for an image of their HD-DVD site. As far as the console

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Lots of good Wii news today.This image doesn't really need any explaining.... all I can say is that someone out there is a little bit too optimistic about how in demand the Wii really is.

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British magazine Nuts has recently posted a couple of videos of girls playing the Wii. It sure looks like a lot of fun! Watch the videos here.Warning: Don't watch this when the boss is around. Not really child safe either.

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"Easiest 1000 gamerpoint gamerscore ever xbox 360!" .. thats what the title of the video clip on YouTube read. The game is Avatar and according to the clip all you have to do is run to the left as the game starts and then keep hitting the B button as the baddies attack you. Seems too easy to be true so I decided to try it for myself. I rented the game and it was waiting for me this evening when I

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The fall dashboard update rolled out today and since I updated my 360 it's just sooooo slooooowww. Seems I am not the only one with the problem though as various forums are buzzing with reports of 360's freezing up for various lengths of time and some crashing alltogether. I have not seen any reports of the dreaded RROD yet but I'm sure the claims will come. Seems like Microsoft just can't get

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I have been totally hooked on Assassin's Creed the last day and a bit (but haven't been able to play as much as I'd like though.) When I first started playing it on Saturday I wasn't that into it I have to admit but as the game progressed I got more and more hooked. It has to be good since it's caused me not top play COD4 for the last 2 days!The visuals are really good and look spectacular in

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I have been playing quite a bit of Call of Duty 4 this week and am really enjoying this game. Apart from Gears of War co-op this is the game that I have spent the most time online with. The multiplayer is really good and I love the levelling system as well as all that goes with it including the challenges and perks.I have only just reached the officer ranks (Level 25) mainly because I simply

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Seems like there have been some serious problems in Xbox Live land the last couple of days. Is it coincidence that it started just after the launch of COD4? I'm not saying it's COD4 fault but is the service maybe just not able to cope with everyone playing COD4? Friday and Saturday was ok for me but since Sunday I have been struggling to connect to multiplayer matches.The last 2 days have been

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I reached 10000 gamerscore earlier this week thanks to completing a few more games. The biggest thanks has to go to King Kong where you actually get 1000 gamerscore just for completing the game..... awesome! I also completed GRAW2 which is now officially my favourite Xbox360 game. I really love this game and sure hope they are going to make some more. I enjoyed this game more than Halo3 and Gears

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I finally got my Halo 3 Legendary Edition on Friday. Don't know why it took Amazon till then to deliver it but at least I got it. And for everyone that is wondering.... yes it's totally worth the money in my opinion.I started playing Halo 3 on Friday evening and finished it on Saturday.. well in the early hours of Sunday to be precise. I was very shocked by the ending untill I found out that

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As I'm writing this we are less than 2 hours away from the European launch of Halo 3. The main launch in the UK will be at the Bfi IMAX in Waterloo, London.I just happen to travel to Waterloo every morning but catch a connecting train from there again and never go outside the station.. but my wife does. The IMAX is right outside Waterloo station and my wife told me about big Halo 3 posters that

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Could it be that we are going to see the end of the Master Chief in Halo 3? Judging by the last 2 commercials that were released it certainly seems a possibility.In "Museum" Major Pawel Czernek refers to "when Master Chief armed his grenade.." which doesn't make much sense at the time until you watch "Believe in a Hero" where we see the apparent lifeless body of the Master Chief being held in the

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I got my Call of Duty 4 BETA code about 2 nights ago and ofcourse I downloaded it immediately. The first night I played it quite a bit and managed to get to the rank of Sargeant I (Level 10 I think.) Played it again a bit last night but I have to admit that I didn't have the same enthusiasm for it last night as the previous night... when it was "new". For me it got a bit boring very quickly but I

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I got a new headset today for use with the 360. It's the Turtle Beach Earforce X1. The reason I got these ones specifically is because it's one of the few headsets that allows you to hear game audio and Xbox Live voice communications through the same headset simultaniously. I do a lot of my gaming at night when the wife is sleeping already and I could only use headphones when I wasn't chatting

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I finally managed to reach the 5000 gamerscore mark earlier this evening! I did it on Call of Juarez with the 'Long Distance' achievement. I know it's not a lot but considering how little I play I am quite happy with this milestone.As you might have guessed by now .. yes, I have gotten my 360 back from repairs and everything seems to be ok for now. It appears to have the new heatsinks installed

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Now I'm sure a lot of you will think I'm nuts but I am convinced that the game The Darkness broke my 360. Here's my reasoning: My 360 has never given me any problems...ever. That was untill I started playing The Darkness. While playing this game my 360 would start crashing and I'd have to turn it off and back on again. I could play any other game without any problems.. but as soon as I'd play The

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It came as a bit of a shock when Peter Moore (generally seen as the main man of the Xbox devision) announced his resignation from Microsoft yesterday. As recent as last week's E3 he was still on stage presenting Microsoft's press briefing. He is leaving Microsoft and joining EA to head up EA Sports... the reason being that he wanted to move his family back to the Bay area. You can read the

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Well I haven't been posting much lately but have certainly been spending a bit of time on the 360, mostly with one game ... Forza 2. I have really been enjoying the game and it takes some serious time to get the achievements! Unlike a certain other racing game (Dirt) in which you can get some crazy amount of gamerscore in just a couple of hours. I have not played Dirt but will be getting a copy

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I finally got to play the Halo 3 Beta this evening. Why only now? Well they only installed the broadband at our new place (we recently moved) today. So I downloaded it this evening and a round or 2. This hasnt been a game I have been looking forward to at all and after 2 rounds this evening that was enough Halo 3 for me. I just wanted to be able to say that I played it. I will probably end up

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For those of you frustrated with trying to find all the hidden orbs in Crackdown, cry no more.... for I have great news. Just follow this link to all the info you could possibly want including a map and screenshot of the location of every single orb. Thanks to Herman Gatevold for creating the page. Happy hunting!

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The new 360 dashboard update was released today and I'm glad to say my 360 updated without any problems. There's not much in there that I personally was looking forward to since I doubt if i'll use the Windows Live Messenger integration much. I mean who really wants to be interupted with messages all the time while gaming? I think the achievement unlocked message tweak is useful... where when you

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Today is my birthday and I got some Xbox goodies from Michelle! She got me a Play and Charge Kit as well as a 2100 MS points voucher. Awesome! Now I can finally buy Assualt Heroes!I got myself a stripper for my birthday but she wasn't quite what I expected (see pic)..... no wonder she was charging half price! Michelle will love the pic... don't ask...

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I had my first taste of Xbox Live this evening. Riaan (my brother-in-law) also got a 360 yesterday but last night we didnt manage to get any gaming going due to the router on my side blocking the Xbox Live traffic. All we could do was send some text messages. They came over here (we are housesitting for friends at the moment) this afternoon and brought my headset and my copy of Gears of War along

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I am really excited about the upcoming 360 dashboard update which should be released in the first or second week of May. There are some really cool new features thats been added of which the Live Messenger integration is probably the biggest. I am also really keen to try out the text input device thats coming out (see previous post) although the model shown in the pics that are going around is

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Well by now everyone knows about the new Xbox360 that was anounced called the Xbox360 Elite. It's basically the same as the existing ones but it comes with a 120GB harddrive, a HDMI port... and it's black! Of all the new features it's the colour that excites me most. Since there is no Video Marketplace in the UK (and even if there was I wouldn't use it due to the poor internet speeds here) there

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There has recently been a resurgence in Xbox360 gaming for me for a couple of reasons. First off it's because I joined a service called Swapgame which allows you to rent games for as long as you want them or to have as many games in a month as you can manage to receive and mail back. The first game I tried was Dead Rising. I really liked the demo of this game but the full game disappointed me. I

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Well my last post was about the PS3 and now this one is about the PSP. It almost seems as if I have gone over to the dark side (since they're both black.) I am borrowing a PSP at the moment just to try it out and see if I might be interested in getting one. My first impressions weren't very good to be honest.. I really thought the graphics were better on the PSP. I was kinda surprised by how

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Well I finally got some hands-on time on a PS3 the other day. I played some Motorstorm and a bit of the demo of Resistance. Motorstorm is quite cool. It has good graphics and is a fun game to just pick up and play. I didnt enjoy Resistance however but thats mainly because of my dislike of playing FPS's with a console controller. The PS3 itself has some cool features but not enough to make me want

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Well I finally got Crackdown! Been looking forward to this game for a long time now and finally got it. I know I am gonna love this game cause I have played through the demo numerous times. It will give me a welcome break from Saints Row which I have been spending all my gaming time on recently. Strange how both games involve 3 others gangs who's territory you have to take over! Seems like it's

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Well not much new on the games front for me but at least I managed to get my hands on some new gaming hardware... the Xbox360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows. What this little device does is it allows you to use any of your Xbox360 wireless devices (controllers, headsets, racing wheels, etc) on your PC. Very cool! This is a great little gadget to have if you have wireless 360 controllers

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This is not really games related but I think it's important enough to mention.Microsoft has launched a new campaign in which YOU can help donate money to charities just by chatting to your friends using Windows Live Messenger! It doesn't cost you a cent and every time you chat they pay money to your choice of one of nine charities. It's really easy to set up too... all you do is add some text

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I recently created a profile for myself at 360voice.com. For those that don't know 360voice, it is a site that gives your Xbox360 it's own blog. It's really quite cool since your 360 will add a blog entry just about every day, whether you played or not. Right from the word go mine was complaining about me not playing! (I think my 360 is a woman...) It's like a diary that you can return to at a

Silencer2404http://www.blogger.com/profile/10917501208388484709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083437728346981345.post-43848197902587042252007-02-19T23:29:00.000Z2007-02-19T23:39:03.163Z

Well it's been a mixed bag of gaming for me recently. I have made a couple of half hearted attempts at playing games recently but no game could keep my attention for very long. Among the games played were Dawn of War (PC), Saints Row (360), Tiger Woods 07 (PC), Lost Planet (360) and even GTA San Andreas (PC)! I guess I have not been in the right frame of mind recently for playing games as I am

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It's been a while but I'm back.. and as you can see I have changed the look of the page a bit as well... it's looking all Xboxy. I will still be blogging about games in general but since I am a happy Xbox360 owner I feel I have to fly the colours. Another reason is because I had a 360 only site that I have decided to close and incorporate everything into one site.... this one. Let's see how it

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Well we finally finished Gears of War a while ago. The reason I say "we" is because I was playing with my brother-in-law in coop split screen mode. Now I know thats not the best way to experience Gears for the first time but boy it sure was fun. I know I have missed out on all the graphical goodness of the game since playing it split screen is like playing a game looking through a letterbox

Silencer2404http://www.blogger.com/profile/10917501208388484709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083437728346981345.post-83921088064247695982006-11-29T22:56:00.000Z2006-11-29T23:28:40.807Z

This is really funny ... well maybe not for the people involved. Check out the website wiihaveaproblem.com to see what people have managed to smash with flying Wiimotes. The list includes TV's, walls, a laptop, a PDA, a ceiling fan and a window so far! Don't these people hang onto to wiimote when they play? Sure the wrist straps should not break but if you were holding onto the wiimote in the

Silencer2404http://www.blogger.com/profile/10917501208388484709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083437728346981345.post-90907507718093088172006-11-29T01:07:00.000Z2006-11-29T01:34:01.327Z

Well sometimes prayers do get answered.. or so it seems after reading this article over at teamxbox.com. A company called XCM is manufacturing a nifty little USB device that allows you to connect a USB keyboard and mouse to the Xbox360. Its called the XFPS360 and should be available late December or early January. It even lets you connect a PS2 controller to the 360 as well... which is nice if

Silencer2404http://www.blogger.com/profile/10917501208388484709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083437728346981345.post-66822435975325281712006-11-27T01:45:00.000Z2006-11-27T02:58:14.793Z

The weekend has come and gone and I didnt play any Gears of War...sadly. I was hoping to finish it in coop mode this weekend and then start all over again in single player.. but we just never got to it. I did do some other gaming this weekend though. In fact I started playing Halo again on the PC. With all the hype going on about Halo 3 these days I thought I could use a refresher course in what

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As of yesterday I have a PC up and running again that can run some proper games. Since I moved to the UK in October I have only had a laptop to work on untill now but my wife managed to bring the insides of my PC with her from South Africa so I just needed a casing, drives, etc. As I am writing this my KVM switch just arrived so I can now easily share my monitor between my PC and Xbox360 without

Silencer2404http://www.blogger.com/profile/10917501208388484709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083437728346981345.post-89142458263347439772006-11-21T01:01:00.000Z2006-12-01T01:24:34.566Z

Yesterday was finally Emergence Day for me. My Limited Collector's Edition copy of Gears of War arrived in the morning but I only started playing it yesterday evening...... untill now. Just stopped playing now.. at the scene where you need to get the Beserker outside to use the Hammer of Dawn on it. What an annoying, irritating stage... I don't know why they felt they had to put such a stage in

Silencer2404http://www.blogger.com/profile/10917501208388484709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9083437728346981345.post-62154704506276560252006-11-19T12:08:00.001Z2006-12-01T01:27:14.160Z

Well last night (early hours this morning in the UK actually) was the launch of the Nintendo Wii in North America. Europe has to wait till 8 December though. At least the wait is not as long as for the PS3. From what I have read the launch went very well and people had plenty of fun.. unlike the PS3 launch which got out of hand in some places and plenty of people got hurt. Here's wishing Nintendo

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Today is Emergence Day ..... for this site/blog at least. Yesterday was actually the real Emergence Day here in the UK (the day Gears of War is released for those who dont know.) This blog is all about my rants and raves about the gaming industry in general and it's not going to be platform specific. Personally I am a PC gamer and own a Xbox 360 but there is also a PS2 and a PSP in the house (

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