After a few years of ho-hum service from Dreamhost, I’ve decided to move my domains to HostGator. Hopefully this will improve some of the speed issues I was noticing previously.
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July 19th, 2010BioShock 2: Meh
March 4th, 2010The video below pretty much sums up my feelings about BioShock 2.
The one thing that he does fail to cover is BioShock 2′s multiplayer. I had some high hopes for the multiplayer as the idea of wielding plasmids and rocket launchers sounded appealing to me. Unfortunately, for the most part the multiplayer fails to deliver.
Just walking around on a multiplayer level has a bit of clunky feel to it. I’m not sure if this is a netcode issue or is due to the number on inanimate objects littered around the map. The leveling and matchmaking systems seem nice, but the lack of host migration is bad as I think it’s something players have become used to *cough* MW2 *cough*.
Even though BioShock 2 has multiplayer, the game still seems like more of the same. Aside from the drill, nearly all the weapons were the same as the original. Changing a crossbow to a spear gun doesn’t add anything to the game. The only bonus weapon-wise is the addition of the remote hack device. I wouldv’e really liked to have seen them add something as simple as wielding 2 plasmids at once (fire and ice anyone?).
The worst part is they seemed to leave things open for a BioShock 3. If you’re not going to add anything new, please just make it DLC rather than have people drop $60.
Oooooooooweeeee! What up with that!
December 21st, 2009This is my favorite SNL sketch in a long time. Kenan you rock!
Shadow Complex Rocks!
August 20th, 2009I finally found a game that was able to pry me away from Battlefield 1943: Shadow Complex
The gameplay is similar to the old Metroid games, but with updated graphics powered by the Unreal engine. The controls are pretty good, but the aiming takes a little getting used to. Check out the video below to get a better idea on the gameplay:
Overall the game is great, and well worth the $15 it cost me on Xbox Live. Go get it today, you won’t be disappointed!
My Poor Neglected Website
May 7th, 2009I’ve got something new in the works (that includes actually posting on the blog). Stay tuned.
New Frontlines: Fuel of War video
March 30th, 2008Check out this Frontlines video I made using Adobe Premiere CS3 and Fraps:
The CPL is dead
February 12th, 2008Things aren’t looking very good for the CPL based on this email I got this morning:
Top 5 Best and Worst Superbowl 42 Ads
February 4th, 2008Another Superbowl is over and the NY Giants have come out victorious over the Patriots 17-14. Here are some of the best and worst ads from the night that was Superbowl 42.
Best
Audi R8
This was one of the first commercials and just seeing the grill of the R8 was enough to wow me.
Bridgestone Screaming Squirel
Pretty funny, especially the grasshopper or whatever it was.
Doritos Mouse
Totally unexpected.
FexEx Pidgeons
The huge pidgeons wreaking havoc was pretty cool.
Iron Man TV Spot
Maybe I’m just a sucker for superhero movies but this one just helped create more hype for me.
Worst
Sales Genie
Amature and unfunny.
Sobe
The dancing lizards were ok but the commercial as a whole was uninspiring.
Underarmor
What were they advertising? I saw some graphics of some shoes but all I remember is some jacked guy yelling.
Semi-Pro
Is Will Ferrel trying to catch up to Adam Sandler or something? This movie looks horrible.
Taco Bell
Mariachi bands don’t make a commercial and the meal they were trying to sell looked like a TV dinner.
All the commercials can be viewed at http://www.myspace.com/superbowlads
The Iron Man TV spot can be viewed here.
The Fourth Season of ABC's Lost Starts Tonight
January 31st, 2008
So maybe all of our questions won’t be revealed, but we should be able to get a little bit closer to some of the questions that left us hanging at the end of season 3.
Who’s coming to the island, and what do they want to do with it?
Will the Survivors and Others’ team up?
Who is Jacob?
There are plenty of other questions left to be answered, but it looks like we can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. At the very least, we know that this is the beginning of the end.
Lost airs tonight at 8PM on ABC
iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware First Impressions
January 16th, 2008The new iPhone features added in the 1.1.3 Firmware update from Apple are pretty nice. The best of these features is probably the ability to GPS your location, drop a pin, and then find directions to a destination. The addition of different map views is also a nice touch.
Being able to now move the icons on the home screen doesn’t make much different right now, but should make it a lot easier when the new apps come out. The home bookmark icons save the view of the page when you bookmark them and then use it for the icon.
I can’t wait until the SDK comes out so I can load my phone up with some new apps.