Games – Page 3 – Mostly Harmless

November 29, 2009

My next video game will be…

A few of my friends are suggesting I get MW2 since I am wrapping up my second play through of Borderlands.

Borderlands is a wacky video game that I like even more that Far Cry 2 (the fact that Far Cry 2 crashes ALL THE TIME may have something to do with it). I liked the C0D: MW video game but like all CoD games, it was very episodic and you can’t get very creative with the mission approaches. Also while I have not seen MW2 yet, from what I’ve read the airport scene is a little too intense.

I like to play the good guy in my fantasy FPS so I would probably skip that scene. I’m looking for a more friendly game that I can play around the kids.

Lucky for me L4D2 is out.

November 27, 2009

I hit level 50 in Borderlands

I hit level 50 on my Hunter character in Borderlands so after the 2nd playthrough is completed I might buy MW2.

November 17, 2009

Borderland 2nd Pass through

I completed the game Borderlands and I’ve started the second pass through the game. It’s the same as the first time but all of your opponents are juiced up to your level or above. It’s hard for a game publisher to keep the game going. It’s still great fun but I can see this getting too repetitive soon.

Beating the bosses is fun. You meet the boss monster, you die, you run and get leveled up completing other missions. Then you go back and wipe out that boss. I have not gotten to a big boss in the second pass through yet but I expect it to be much the same as the first time.

October 24, 2009

Atari Video game catalog

Wow. While doing my early morning browsing I came across retroCrush. I think me and my brothers took that catalog to the electronics store in the RKO Keith’s theater in Flushing. The store was part of the building and next to the ticket booth up front.

I remember because the Atari games were very cool and we had to save our allowance to buy the console and games. I also remember because that electronics store was crooked and pulled a bait and switch. The ad they had in the newspaper said one thing but when you got their (with a crowd of other kids) they said it was a mistake and they would not honor their own ad.

That was not a bad lesson for a kid to learn and me and my friends went shopping elsewhere. Now a days all my serious purchases are made online but I do like going to stores if only to see the games and other toys in person.

That store is long gone and RKO Keith’s has languished in limbo for 30 years. But visiting retroCRUSH brought back some fun old memories.

September 15, 2009

Completed F.E.A.R.2:Reborn (DLC)

That WAS quick. The name of this downloadable (hint: the Reborn part?) content should tell anyone who played the original F.E.A.R. what this was about.

The game play was okay and I hope that Monolith either releases more content. If there is a F.E.A.R.3 then this mini-episode will set things up nicely for the return of the original protagonist.

Now to turn off the lights, crank up the volume and replay F.E.A.R.2.

September 13, 2009

F.E.A.R.2: Reborn (DLC)

fear-2-reborn I wanted to get a new FPS so I installed F.E.A.R.2 via Steam and bought F.E.A.R.2: Reborn (DLC) (also via Steam).

So far it’s plain fun mayhem. This expansion is supposed to be short (plays in less than 2 hours) but maybe I’ll re-play F.E.A.R.2 once I’m done.

July 26, 2009

Far Cry 2 is just as buggy on Windows 7

Nice to see somethings don’t change. Last night Far Cry 2 created a BSOD on Windows 7. Still a fun game but it crashing all the time ruins it.

March 22, 2009

Must be the late nights last week

I’m wasting time with these videos today, more so than usual. This is the video that convinced me to buy Team Fortress 2.

March 3, 2009

Quake Live Beta works now

They’ve solved the queue problem and I’ve just logged onto Quake Live beta. I had zero wait time. The game play was good.

February 28, 2009

New life for old games

Quake Live beta is a nice idea. It’s the old Quake III Arena family of games but via a web browser. This version rates you and attempts to pair you up with people with similar skill levels.

quake-live

It’s also popular: wait times to login are around 30 minutes! I like the idea but I re-purchased all my Quake games on Steam a long time ago. And lately I have been playing FEAR 2 so I don’t really want to wait around for the Quake Live to let me on.

Maybe after I’ve completed FEAR 2 I’ll give this some play time.

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