Co-Op Terrorst Hunt

GRRRR... Okay, I had this great review written up, but Blogger (well, IE7... well, actually my sloppy mouse-clicking hand) ate it.

 

 

Recommendation: when editing your blogger post, when in spell-check mode, do NOT accidentally right click on the image you inserted (because the view scrolls to the top when miss right-clicking on a misspelled word) and pick "Open Link" from the context menu that pops up (thinking that the first option is actually the correction for said misspelled word). Doing so causes the rich text control you're editing within to load the image and nothing but the image. And there's no way to go "back" to get your text. And (of course), if you're working on your first draft, there's no previous version, which means "Recover post" does nothing.

 

So here's your new review of R6V:

It's awesome. Co-op Terrorist Hunt is fun. I play it way too much. You should buy it. But watch out, the language in the game is foul... and i'm not just talking about the other players on Live... i mean the actual enemies in the game. Some of the things they say would make a sailor or an iron worker blush. Seriously.

 

Happy hunting!

Oh, and... watch out for the trekkies. ;)

Do Consoles Blog of Electric Sheep?

Will wonders never cease? Apparently even my Xbox 360 has a blog now. At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if my little workhorse of a console announced a cure for cancer within a fortnight.

In other news, I've been playing a lot of Dead Rising, whilst my cohort Aaron has been slaving away at GRAW.

I've also been playing some Battle for Middle Earth II with Rich and his cadre of capable junior combatants. We even found a bug:



It only happened once, but lasted so long I was able to fraps it. What happened was one of the members of the ringbearer "party" was unable to enter the town center for reasons unknown... and so it tried over and over again. The solution was sacking the town center, which ultimately released the ring. A second attempt to store it in a new town center worked fine. Still, this is a bug that needs to be fixed, assuming it can be reproduced in a development environment.

Here's the second attempt, just as evidence of what should happen, as well as to prove that the game wasn't totally bugged out. :)

It's MY island.

I just got back from visiting the Chappy, the Heather, and the Tom out in Lexington, Kentucky. I strive to make an annual pilgrimage to see Chappy and hear him go boom. This year's festivities:

• Introduced Frankentubby to the Lazarus Pit and witnessed the rise of Tubby al Ghul.
• Introduced Lord Mordak (a.k.a. Noah Bear, a.k.a. The Bear) to Superman in big-boy underwear form. Let's just say that ol' Sups can now shoot something new from his eyes if little Lord Mordak forgets about his throne.
• Acquired (1) copy of the Magna Carta Deluxe Box Set for Playstation 2 at the spiffy used price of $40 (originally it was $55 and was produced in such limited quantities that you could hardly find it new, let alone used). Score.
• Introduced Chappy and Heather to the joys of Ask A Ninja and Ze Frank.
• Played more Rise of Legends than advisable. At first I wasn't sure I liked the game (probably because Kruzen pwnd me in every match right out of the box. At that point I decided to quit while I was ahead to avoid universe implosion), but now i'm quite hooked on it. Gameplay tip: enable the "auto-place new districts" in the Options menu... it makes your life a lot easier when things heat up.
• Read devoured House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker. Yes, it's good. No, I couldn't put it down. First time I've ever gotten a hangover from a book.
• Acquired and read the Batman: Hush Returns trade paperback. Rather miffed that they omitted half a dozen parts of the series to keep it down to a single volume. Also rather miffed that Jim Lee wasn't involved... he ruled the roost int the first Hush.
• Still can't find a decent statue of Harley Quinn anywhere... rather a bummer. She's my favorite DC character.
• Started reading The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything by Brian McLaren. So far (about 1/3 through), it's challenging and compelling. I have a feeling this one is just might get a whole lot deeper.
• We took a day to see the grandparents and eat lunch at O'Charley's. Pepperjack Cheese bites: A+. Caramel Pie: A-. Chicken Fingers: C+. Three-Cheese Burger: B.
• We played Risk. I started in Asia, and I won. (They fell victim to one of the classic blunders!)
• We played Munchkin. Halfling-Cleric-Bard ftw! Oh, and for the record, an Orc with a Doppleganger is still "fighting alone."

My thanks go out to the gracious hospitality of Castle Chapula for another fun-filled adventure week. I brought home many pieces of P.J. the wonder-tongue. And I'd like to give a shout out to my main man Steven Rodriguez (scroll down), without whom I would have had a long midnight walk home from SeaTac. ;-)

Ain't no party like a Clockwork party 'cause a Clockwork party don't stop!