F.E.A.R. 2...

"Do you know what time of the week it is? Time to talk about what happened these last seven days: 4 days of gaming made me pretty happy for some reason. A big holler to NotStyro for honoring me with what little time I know is available. Our gamerscore jumped 235 points which was nice. Getting 15 achievements has that effect."

"For the record, we only played one new game this last week. It was F.E.A.R. 2. I was hoping for a few more, but I guess not everyone is made out of money! Also, I think we can all agree that NotStyro's favorite game last week was F.E.A.R. 2. He played it on 4 of the days."

"So that's it. Thanks for reading."

Left 4 Dead...

"Go ahead... call me a wussy... but I almost started crying when NotStyro turned me on yesterday. 10,315 points of raw gamer score are making you jealous! That is a profit of 255 points over last time! He made some progress on Left 4 Dead winning an amazing 15 achievements, as well as stared off into space... thinking about the one that got away."

I'm making my way through Left 4 Dead. Kind of a cool game, but I'd have more fun doing co-op with someone (and even more fun drunk or stoned). oh, well, back to chores then maybe some playing.

The 10K club...

from da blog...

"I thought NotStyro just wanted to listen to music or watch a DVD. Turns out he was there to game. With a gamer score of 10,010, I should have known that was the case. That is a gain of 60 points over last time! Did you ever think this day would come? The 10k club! That is a one followed by four zeros! 10,000!! Count them! He made some progress on The Incredible Hulk™ finishing 3 achievements, and... hmmm... maybe that was all... it felt like we played more games."

You know what was really amazing this morning? The temp in Denver, Co, was higher than that of South Florida. Seriously, Denver was baking in the 70s whilst South Florida was in the mid-30s (with wind-chill). Fraking cold here! Now the weather reports are that we will get ANOTHER cold front tonight! Argh! I'll have to try to get up early tomorrow to see if it'll snow again.

Oh, and for those interested, you can follow my so-called life on twitter - http://twitter.com/NotStyro

Flying controllers...

"NotStyro rocked out with 9,855 points. That is an improvement of 105 points over last time! He rocked out to Transformers: The Game finishing 1 achievement, G.R.A.W. picking up 3 achievements, and then it felt like he threw my controller and I was like, TAKE IT EASY SHEESH and we stopped."

Yeah, who hasn't thrown the controller after repeating the same area a couple dozen times. I've got a small pile to send to MS if my 360 RRODs again. The bastards had better replace them for free if they are going to make them out of soft tissue and a few stray bits of plastic (at least the wired gamestop controllers are only $25, damn MS wireless ones are over $45!).

Looks like MS lost another notch in their battle with Apple for PMP supremacy - 30GB Zunes are bricking all over. The MS response? Yeah, we know <click>.

Coolio...

"NotStyro showed up yesterday, which is good cause we make a great gaming team. I do millions of calculations a second and he pushes buttons! Our gamerscore is 9,750. That is an improvement of 175 points over last time! He rallied Transformers: The Game finishing 1 achievement, G.R.A.W. acquiring an amazing 6 achievements, and then... yeah... that was awesome..."

Wow, GRAW is a serious pain in the ass. No auto-healing, if the helmet-HUD malfunctions you can't just remove it, and aiming is guesswork. Makes the COD series games look better all the time. Oh, well, I'll muddle through it somehow...

I've reached a stopping point on Transformers. I'm at a point where you have to race down some tunnels, destory a fan at the far end, then race back up while the tunnel collapses around and on top of you. Repeat about 6 times. And on top of that the game doesn't checkpoint after each tunnel, so, of course, if you fail one tunnel you have to go back to the first and start all over again. Frustrating punishment for over-/under-steerage and/or lack of speed and/or random chance.

There is a good article over on Slashdot regarding auto-saves, checkpoints and wasting time - link.

How about some non-gaming action...check out the trailer for "9" - looks unique, fun and excellent.

...and for your music moment - the title comes from Coolio (Infected Mushroom Mix) by Astrix - a bit of trance - youtube link.