Micah Ernst

I bought my own cable modem so I could stop paying Comcast’s ridiculous $7 monthly modem rental fee. I ended up getting this modem which should pay for itself in less than a year.  Not only will I stop paying the monthly fee, but the new modem is DOCSIS 3.0 which has given me better speeds. Here’s the before and after:

Before:

After:

I decided to check out the Arkham City DLC pack Harley’s Revenge for $10 on Xbox 360 to get my Batman fix before The Dark Knight Rises comes out in July.

I’ve finished the campaign the DLC adds, and here are some of my thoughts:

Warning: Spoilers Ahead

The campaign starts out letting you plan as Robin who is checking up on Batman’s whereabouts. Robin gets to beat up some thugs in the Saw Mill until you come across Batman’s utility belt. Then the campaign shifts to allow you to play as Batman who is trying to save some GCPD officers from Harley in the Saw Mill. Once you learn how Batman lost his utility belt you switch back to Robin who has to save Batman. The campaign ends with two big fights – Robin fighting a large group of thugs and Batman fighting Harley’s robots.

While it was fun to get a chance to play as Robin, the overall campaign is pretty short and lacks much difficulty. I think if the campaign was about twice as long it would’ve felt right for the price of $10.

Final Verdict: Campaign too short for the price, C-

I believe this video is from the latest patch for PS3. It seems like they might have gone a bit overboard in nerfing this attachment. You’d think that night vision would at least work a little bit on a dark map like Metro.

I’ve seen a lot of responses online about this issue and I thought I would post a fix that has worked for me. I’ve tried various fixes posted online but this is the only one that has worked for me with regularity. Here are the details:

Problem: When trying to connect to a server through Battlelog, the small box at the bottom gets stuck on “Logging In…” and eventually the connection is severed.

Solution: Open another tab within your browser. Navigate to youtube.com and play start playing any video. It will only take a second or two of playback, but if you switch back to the Battlelog tab, you should see the message “Connecting”. I realize this fix sounds really bizarre, but it does actual seem to work.

I’m going to try to post a video demonstration of this fix because I know how strange it sounds. If this does end up working for you, please post a comment.

For reference, here are the specs of the system I’m running:

i7 Intel Quad-Core
6GB Ram
Nvidia GTX 470
Windows 7 64bit
Chrome Browser

Please let me know if this ends up helping you. Thanks!

Using window.status can be helpful when trying to debug javascript code, but it’s not available by default when using Firefox. Here’s how to turn it on.

Go to Firefox > Preferences > Content Tab. Click Advanced next to where it says Enable JavaScript. Check Change Status Bar Text and you’re all set.