Monday, February 25, 2008

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Thanks all. Have a plesant day.


~ Avalon

Purchased BLACK.

Well after finishing Indigo Prophecy I faced A problem I was running out of games to play, and I was looking into the Xbox Originals, and I caught sight of BLACK, that came out a couple of weeks ago. Of course since I didn't pick it up at the time, I had forgotten it even came out. Now playing the game today I am still very impressed. This game came out a couple of years ago on the original Xbox, but still this games visual style would do fine in current gen. The whole style of the game is all out impressive, the fact that when you shoot shit gets released into the air making it near impossible to shoot with any bit of accuracy, thankfully the enenmies guns spark mussel flares so you can pinpoint where to shoot. I'm way into this game once again. Anyway just thought I'd shed my thoughts on the game :)

take it easy guys.

xl KoRn lx

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Man up and take responsibility for yourself, commenting like this is what wimps do, and your not a wimp now are you?

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Just Finished Indigo Prophecy(Xbox Original)

Well, I've been chipping away at this game for what feels like ages, taking it in bit by bit and finally tonight I sat down and said I'm finishing this game, and so I did, and all I can say is wow. So I'm going to write my thoughts about it. First thing I'm going to say is its worth 15$.
Just a short bit for anyone who likes it short, but for you people that like it long... haha :P sorry. Uhh anyways, for the longer version,

basically in Indigo Prophecy you play as Lucas Cane that basically is a killer, the first scene you play sets you up as a murderer and the police begin to solve the case and find out who you are but you find out there is more to this then first glance.
I don't want to go into to much detail in the story aspect because its a very well written story and its easy to giveaway information. Anyways so the best aspect of Indigo Prophecy is, like I said its story shines bright. I got very entwined into the story and always came back wanting to know the ending, There are a lot of twists and turns and it makes for an amazing story.

The game play is something that could have been made better for sure, the camera controls can get very annoying at times but most of the time its no big deal. The game is played pretty much like a movie. It is an adventure game, so the camera is obviously third person. Another complaint I have is a few of the missions that I found unnecessary and pretty much straight up crap I didn't enjoy playing them at all. But on the flip side there are many amazing control and game play mechanics. Most of the game is played using the right thumb stick as your action, so when you want to get up you tilt the right thumb stick up, just take my word for it, it fits in well, it may not sound great but its better then it sounds. As well there are cut scenes that are contact sensitive, so you will see 2 circles with colours up down left and right ( and there are 2 circles) the one on the left represents your left thumb stick and the one on your right represents your right thumb stick and they will flash like up down up down and you'll have to tilt the thumb sticks accordingly, its a lot of fun.

The graphics are passable, I mean it is an Xbox Original so don't expect marvelous graphics, its probably a little under the bar for the time of release but its not the graphics that are what you should play this game for.

The sound is very well done, there are many close quarters, spooky area's where the music kicks in just at the right time, as well when the cops are coming it changes to a track that makes you more aware and nervous, the sounds is well presented.

All in all, this game is worth the 15$ to play through the amazing story and just get to play basically a movie, but I warn you there is one level in the game that you will probably get stuck on because it is not obvious. If you have any troubles and you don't feel like searching up for a guide comment, I'll comment back and if u see 2 or more comments in the box, chances are the answers in there. I would rate this game 8.5/10 , AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

FU, You Be On Notice!

Dont get it? Im not explaining my actions to you, just know you pissed me off!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Making Scotty Weep

Ok, so Scotty decided to spend way too much money on his computer, I wont go into details, lets just say he could find better things to spend THAT amount of money on.
So, in my infinite need to make people see the error of their ways, I went to ibuypower.com and shopped a comparable system and the result should make scotty want to cry.
NOTE-
This system does not have 2 things that scotty ADDED to his system, the BR drive and the physics card, also adding a monitor would be about $200 more.

all told this system costs $2954.00 USD


Intel Quad Core (4x2.4Ghz)
Liquid Cooling
4GB Corsair RAM
2x eVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX 768 w/DVI+TV Out Video
500GB Primary HDD
160 Secondary HDD
Lightscribe DVD Burner
Sound Blaster X-Fi Card
Vista Ultimate

Not to mention they have available next day shipping, which would mean I would have this computer by weeks end if I ordered today, add $85 for that and I have a computer thats WAY, way, way, way less than what I believe scotty to be paying.

Bring the tears, you sold your soul to dell for an awesome computer.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Not Gonna Drag This One On To Long...


Hey Whats Goin on guys?
Man its way to bad HD-DVD is dead i was rootin for it the whole time even though i have a PS3 (that plays blu ray) and my new PC having a blu ray drive, i would have MUCH rathered have to buy an HD DVD player its a shame, but good news.
MY NEW PC has been ordered and confirmed as is in the midst of being made.
Can't wait to play Crysis.


~xl KoRn lx~

HDDVD Dead

So, after a short battle, HD DVD has been pronounced dead by its creator, Toshiba.

For those who dont know my position, I supported HD, mainly because it was developed by the same company that originally invented the DVD, they should know what they are doing. Unfortunately, sony just has too much money to throw around and now our movie watching souls will belong to them in next gen.

Mind you, I dont own either of the 2 formats at this point, but I was starting to toy with the idea of getting a new HD tv which would have made me want some sweet looking dvds to watch on it, and now I will probably have to drop the equivalent of a whole paycheck to get a Blu Ray player... thanks sony, you money grubbing, piece of shit manufacturing douchemonkeys.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

So, the next installment in the GH series has been announced, and I have to say this one has me really excited.
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Thats right, Aerosmith is letting Activision go buck wild with their massive list of hit songs to bring us an Aerosmith themed Guitar Hero game, and it will rock. From the look of it, they are gonna have the venues be based off of the collection of stage setups the band has used over the years, of which I have personally seen 3.
It wont be a 1 band game, for those worried that it will get boring fast only playing Aerosmith songs then fear not! Bands that Aerosmith has worked with and that have been inspired by Aerosmith will also be in the game.

To celebrate this partnership Activision will be offering up a free track, THIS WEEKEND ONLY. "Dream On" by Aerosmith.

I will keep up with this story as more info is made readily available headed for a June release.

News!

Hey guys,
man its been a while! whats up everybody!? Not Much is goin on here, just thought i'd update you guys, this week i'm going to be ordering a new dell XPS H2C edition desktop, YAY, i'm pretty excited, I was so excited in fact, I decided to go and pick up Crysis this afternoon, search through the special features on the limited edition, while I wait for the beast to arrive.
The PC specs are:
-Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (3.67 GHz Factory overclocked)
-Windows Vista
-4 GB corsair Ram 800 MHz overclocked to 1066 MHz
-500 GB Primary HDD
-160 GB Secondary HDD
-Dual Nvidia Geforce 8800 Ultra 768MB
-Blu-Ray R/W (burner and reader dvd/cd/bd)
-Ageia PhysX physics accelerator.

I know BEAST haha i'll update you all when i get it.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Randommess

So, Ive already been horrible at posting a couple times a week on both blogs, but thats because I am now using Firefox 3 Beta, which does not support my nifty blogging plugin.... so I will try harder.

But, I did get a new Linksys router over the weekend, its sweet... only took me an hour to rewire my network and get the beauty installed.

Also, I got a second interview at CCS (call center, dispatching), I am about to head out for that and if they offer me the job today (crosses fingers) I will be making $10/hour, which means I will be going on a gaming spree very soon!

Thats all for now, keep up with my twitter for updates throughout the day!

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Update :)

Hey Everyone, today i'm commin at ya in like 45,000 different parts. SO lets get Started.

Yesterday I went to Cornwall to visit my grandparents, because they moved and I wanted to see their new house and since i'm out of a full time job and not partaking in a semester I had a good amount of time off :) So while I was bored on the train I took a few Pictures.
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hehe, guess what I was playing on the train...?
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So then I get to Cornwall and you know I looked at their house and while we were talking I get a phone call. It was from EB Games, my buddy Chris over there calls me and tells me they got 3 DS's in, and i'm like no WAY urgh had to be while I was gone, luckily he put it aside for me to pick up this morning, which there not supposed to do because its a system thats high in demand and very low quantity, but ya. So of course this morning, I went to pick it up yay NOW ONTO Advance Wars!
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Next I just wanna let you all know I have all sorts of new games, I picked up a bunch this week, earlier on I picked up Battlefield 2142 off EA story, Direct download, and then I picked up The Matrix Online off Direct Download, despite the bad reviews its a pretty good game, only it took like 4 hours to upday -_-, and then this morning I picked up Supreme Commander(PC), and C&C3(360).
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Last issue of buisness since this videos gonna be like 3/4's of the page I decided to add on a little footage of GH 3 We Three Kings on Hard, it was going towards another video so I decided to just upload the whole raw gameplay.


So thats all for this Wednesday January 30th,2008, Take it easy all!
xl KoRn lx
P.S. DAMN YOU BLOGGER for making me have to retype this stupid errors.

Turok Demo FINALLY Available on XBLM

So, the Turok demo is now on the marketplace in North America, and what a great game this is shaping up to be! The graphics are beautiful and aw-inspiring. The sound is really good also, with voice acting sounding nice, and all the other stuff is up to par too (guns, walking though puddles and such, dinosaurs).

The guns are what I enjoyed the most, you can pretty much dual wield anything your dark heart desires...

SMG+PISTOL? Yes!

SMG+SMG? Yes!

SMG+SHOTGUN? Yes!!

SHOTGUN+SHOTGUN? HELL YES!!!!

To make you drool some more, the shotguns are automatic, you hold the trigger and those puppies fire till empty.

Not to be forgotten, you have a knife and a bow/arrows in your arsenal as well. The knife allows for some brutal up close killing when your feeling a little nasty.
Gameplay is fun, you get to go around in these caves, then you run into some dinos, you get to kill them, then you make it outside for a couple bigger battles.

I limited decriptors for those who dont want their demos ruined for them, thats very basic... I could go into detail, but I wont.

So, try this one out, it doesnt dissapoint... unless you expect every demo to come with multiplayer function.

On a side note, I started using my personal blog again, after 2 years away. Its got some other functionality that I liked, and I will try and blog her and there at least twice a week a piece.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Chernobyl.

Ok... Im stuck, in Chernobyl, with an M21 and a silenced USP .45. I have exactly 20 minutes to evacuate, and there are 4 Mi-8 Hips bearing down on me, with several tangos dropping from the back. Oh yeah.... did I mention the infinite amount of enemies spawning in front of me.

If you couldn't tell, the game I'm talking about is Call of Duty 4. the game that was touted to be better than Halo 3. It lives up to every bit of that statement, and beyond.

Lemme just go quickly through a run down here. The games starts you off as a guy named 'Sopa' McaTavish, who is fresh out of the British SAS selection. Your first mission, and subsequent mission deal with finding several surplus Russian nuclear warheads, bound for the Middle East.

Act I of the game also throws you into the shoes of Sgt. Paul Jackson, who happens to be part of the Marine 1st Force Recon. As Jackson you are sent into the Middle East to capture Kaled Al-Asad, who is attempting to do something really bad. During the assault on the capital city where Al-Asad was supposed to be, you and the rest of your squad are takes with rescuing a stranded M1A2 Abrams tank. Close to what appears to be the end of the conflict, a AH-1 SuperCobra is shot down, and you are tasked with rescuing the pilot, having just heard the alarming news that a nuclear device may be in the city. After rescuing the pilot, the nuclear warhead is detonated. and you and the rest of your squad, along with your CH-56 SeaKnight are downed.

A chilling scene follows, where you, as Jackson, are still able to crawl from the remains of your downed chopper. Looking around all you see is an eerie orange and the bodies of your comrades, strewn across the ground. To your right, a building crumbles. But as you turn toward the left, the immediately recognizable form of a mushroom cloud looms off in the distance. You stand, and walk towards it, only to fall victim to radiation poisoning. End of level, and of Paul Jackson.

Sgt. Paul Jackson
Status: K.I.A.

This game managed to surprise me in ways I didn't think were possible. Anyone thinking of purchasing it, do so. NOW!

Plus, who doesn't want the chance to operate an AC-130U gunship as it orbits high above the battlefield, raining down shells of doom.


Anyway, thats all.

~ Richard

Thursday, January 24, 2008

More Demo Winsauce!



So, the Devil May Cry 4 demo was released on the marketplace today, I have already tried it out, and I must say it is a beautiful game. The graphics are very nice, and the sound is awesome. It has a rock soundtrack with some otherworldly sounding music mixed in for ambiance. Very fun gameplay, with very intuitive controls, you can do an assortment of moves to banish demons back to hell.
There are 2 modes of demo play, a boss battle and part of a level.
I was just blown away by the overall experience found in this game, its very fun to play. Once you get used to the way you can work out combos its enjoyable to mix it up and see what kind of moves you can pull off.

Overall this is a buy for me, I enjoyed this demo alot and will probably play it alot more before the actual game comes out later this year.



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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Turning Point...Fall Of Liberty?

Hey guys,
I just wanted to share with you quickly my thoughts on this demo. The demo is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace as of this morning. This may possibly be the greatest demo to ever be released on the Marketplace. You start of at the top of a building under construction with planes flying around and shit blowing up everywhere. The sound in the game is absolutely astonishing, the sound is definately one of the games strong points. As you descend from the building with stuff blowing up everywhere you eventually climb through area's until you get to throw some dude off the room and steal his gun, and then the gun play begins.... The demo has a great way of introducing you to its gun play. The first guys you get to shoot at, are para shooting down so u get to see them die in mid air. The graphics in this game are nice, not prefect but definately passable. Character models are crisp, but the gun models are a little nasty, they could look better. One of the coolest things you get to do in the demo is.... you get to set off the fire alarm! Ya then the sprinklers go off and blaw blaw blaw. By the end of this demo I thought to myself wow! that's probably the best demo I've ever played, so do yourselves a favor and check this one out!
Thats it for me this Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 c ya

xl KoRn lx
P.S. I posted up a funny story up on youtube link is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oV6CFdpltg

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Suck it douchemonkeys!

You all wanna get down on me for my internet speed cause you dont know shit!
my top speeds are rated at the highest possible levels for my service and y'all can just suck it!




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I Can Has Recon?

For those living under a rock, there is armor in Halo 3 that we are not yet having. There are several theories related to the recon armor, the most prevalent one being that it can only be given to you by Bungie.
For those who wish to search more into the subject, there is a whole movement of Halo 3 gamers working on many other hints and clues within the game itself and given by those who have the armor in the game already.

My hunt for recon has been renewed with finding out that my color scheme (orange and sage) looks really sick on the recon armor.

MISSING: REWARD IF FOUND


So, if anyone with information regarding how to unlock this armor in campaign please come forward and help us here at Random Bloggings, we really would appreciate it. If I have to post a list of current recon owners (and no, not all are Bungie employees, or famous suiciders). Yes, we know who you are, we are just giving you a chance to share some wisdom, or cryptic clues with us.

Finally... can I has Zune, Scotty?


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Macbook Air...

Hey guys,
I was checking out Apple.com for announcements on the Mac World '08, and found a couple of cool things.

Obviously the biggest new announcement was the Apple Macbook Air. They're paper thin, almost UMPS kind of portable laptop. I like the idea and it looks really interesting, seeing as it uses Wifi in ways nothing has used it before. I don't like the fact that it does not ship with an optical drive, but I do think the idea of wirelessly using another optical drive on a Mac or PC, is a cool idea. But it is not ideal, seeing as you do not always have access to another computer with an optical drive. Although great for travelling with, I feel as though with no optical drive, it would be rather difficult to travel with, even though it is small enough to fit almost anywhere. I see this laptop being used by buisness men who need to work or students who need a laptop to take notes, but for general use, you will need to buy the attaching optical drive, which will take up the USB port on the laptop. I think apple kind of fell short with this idea, seeing as gaming and video editing are what I like to do, this laptop can do neither without the attachment, and if I purchase the attachment I will not have a USB port to use... So I will probably pass on it. Nice try though Apple.

The next thing that caught my interest was the additions of Maps and notes and many other cool applications for the Ipod Touch, and the addition of customizing your home screen on both the touch and the Iphone, thats pretty cool!
As for the movie rental service comming to Itunes, I guess thats cool, but I don't often purchase anything from Itunes but it would seem to be an interesting addition.

Bottom Line, there really wasn't anything really interesting that came out of Apple this year, but I can see it being exciting for some people.

Thats it for today Tuesday January 15th 2008 c yaa

xl KoRn lx

Back From Cruise

Hey guys,
Yup the CES 2008 sucked for Microsoft, there saving some of the bigger stuff for E3 (what a surprise). Anywho i'm back from my cruise actually flew in yesterday but I felt like shit. The flight back sucked, because I was sick and the captain made the decent to fast my ears almost started to bleed, I couldnt hear anything until this morning, it was painful. But other then the fact that I am sick, and I couldn't hear, I really enjoyed my vacation. I NEEDED a vacation, between beta testing, working and school, it was becoming to much for me to handle. Since I did not register for college this semester i'm looking out for a job to make $$$$, so I can go on vacation more often. And so i'm looking into working beta testing for Ubisoft montreal, full time I have to go in and talk with the teams and see if it sounds good or not.
Anyways I'm working on a video of my vacation i'll post up a link when i'm done.
Thats all for this Tuesday, January 15th 2008, c ya
xl KoRn lx

Monday, January 14, 2008

Working Again!

So I got this new job with a company that just started here in Hopkins called Primo Inc.
We do call center work in home vacuum sales. Yes, I am an evil telemarketer, boo... hiss.
Now that I have taken care of that for you, really good job, nice hours and bonues every week and all sorts of chances for a raise, so suck it!
We work mostly from referalls, but since we just opened we are relying on cold calling, which sucks cause you get alot of people hanging up on you.

Well, thats pretty much it, me working means less time for Xbox 360, but my schedule is very nice in that I get most of my nights off leaving me more time to play games!

Oh, and Scotty.... GIMME A ZUNE!!! (no i will not stop)


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Sunday, January 06, 2008

CES 2008 Keynote

Bombed.

Really... it was about an hour shorter than scheduled. No product announcements. Nothing, just a lame video about Bill Gates and some lame shit. Topped off with a Guitar Hero 3 battle vs. the actual Slash.

Gay.


That is all.

~ Richard

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Shame On You Xbox Live

Twice now in 2 weeks Xbox Live has had crippling outages. At this point I dont think an arcade game is gonna be very cool with anyone... especially if it ends up being Yaris 2:Revenge of the Gas Spiders.
This isnt working Microsoft, you should have known that the holiday season would be a time of huge growth for the service and yet you didnt prepare.

Current Status Message @ Xbox Live Support--

Status:

Users may experience issues performing transactions dependent on Windows Live ID availability including but not limited to: Xbox 360 account creation, renewal, recovery, and logging into or creating Windows Live ID accounts. We are working to resolve this issue and apologize for any inconvenience.




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Last Post Before Vacation

Heyguys,
Today is Saturday and i'm wicked excited today we fly out to Miami to start our crazy vacation but after a long day of packing its time for me to catch some sleep. So I will not be posting for the next week and a half about after I come home and settle in and work on the ton of video footage I will have, I will post up a link to my vacation photos / videos as soon as I can. I will have my laptop on me but will not have access to Wi-Fi, the boat wifi is too expensive and I hear it is very slow, so I wish everyone a good week, and keep kickin ass guys.
Thats all for Today January 5th, 2008 C yaa
xl KoRn lx

P.S. Don dont hate me :(

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Back At Home.

Hey All,
I can see that Don really loves me right now hehe, whats with the hate Don? I'm finally back at home but not for long i'm spending the time throwing together my montage and puttin some music i keep stored away on my desktop onto my Zune, and I finished the 58 song setlist in Rock band band world tour mode, i'm really happy about that it took me pretty much all day, i'm here until Saturday at around 2, then i'm outta here for a week and a half no blogging no twittering no nothing but when i come back i will throw together awesome videos of my trip,I wish all of you guys a happy new year!
And whoever added that Achievement Unlocked, your awesome! I love it!
Thats it for me on this Wednesday January 2nd, 2008.
xl KoRn lx

Monday, December 31, 2007

Scotty Sucks!

Scotty Sucks! He really, really sucks!
Thats is all, go about your business.


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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Back From Boston...


So it is today December 30th, 2007 and the year is twindling down in fact tomorrow night is New Years Eve... But Anyways it is now 12:10 in the afternoon and I am just finished packing up to leave from the Mariott In Burlington, Mass. And its about time for me to go back home and check my e-mail's and stuff like that. I do have big news from the weekend a deal is being put in place between me and a site by the name of techbugtv.com, they would like me to be the first of upcomming "video reviewers", and have agreed on sending me five free games every two weeks to review, and i will start after my cruise next week. Speaking of cruises O man am I excited for the cruise I am going on next week WOO next saturday I'm off to Miami, FL, to go on my seven day cruise i'm mad exited. There nothing much else to report other then tomorrow i'm going skiing at Mont-Blanc and then staying over at my friends cottage for the night ( Monday night ), Pretty much just to get wasted, and i will be back on Tuesday, till Saturday. So I think thats it on this Sunday December 30th 2007, c ya.


xl KoRn lx

Saturday, December 22, 2007

YAY!

Well, at about 1pm CST on friday my 360 was brought to my door by the friendly FedEX guy, and I am so happy to have it back. I believe the repair center replaced all my guts and kept my shell, so as to give me the same serial as before, they could have been lazier for all I care, as long as it works!! BTW, it does, and I have to go back to it now.


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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Issue!

So, I wake up and check my shipping status on my Xbox 360 this morning, and what should I see? Well, its out for delivery! Except, its out for delivery in Mississippi!
WTF?!?!
Why in the hell is my 360 being delivered in Mississippi when I live in Minnesota?
I have emailed support with hopes for a quick response to my question, and if they dont have the answers I seek then I will be forced to once again call 18004MYXBOX to find the answers I need.
They best be prepared to overnight a 360 to Minnesota when I call too, cause this is some bullshit, I was all happy that my 360 was coming back to me so quickly only to have my heart sink when I saw this tracking BS at the FedEX website.
Don not be happy right now.

**UPDATE**
After and hour on the phone with xbox support, it seems that the service center reported the wrong tracking number to me. So, they will be working on getting the proper tracking number reported to me ASAP, which by their definition means tommorrow, but if its on schedule to be delivered tommorrow then it wont matter.
Halo 3! Im coming!


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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Hey i'll Hop on board

Well it seems as though my fellow blog mates have decided to begin posting again and SO I will post as well even though there isnt really anything for me to say... Uhh everything is going well college is done, i'm thinking of moving out.... not sure where too I was thinking Miami but now i'm startin to think maybe i should go live in Vegas BUT ANYWAYS i'm rambling on about stuff you probably dont care about. Hope you all enjoy the new design. Thanks Richard keep rockin on... :)

Take it Easy,
xl KoRn lx

Blog fixens....

As you can see, our blog has changed, and the sidebar now resides on the left side of the text. Its wide, but it works for now.... until we move to a newer website.

Regarding our newer website:

It will be designed from the ground up and C# ASP.NET using VS2005.
It's UI will be designed from scrap aswell.
More info to come...


~ Richard

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Repair Update

So, on December 14th my 360 arrived at its destination. Also, according to FedEX a label was printed for it to be shipped back to me, and on the 17th it was dropped at the local FedEX office to begin its voyage back to me.
So, now its scheduled here on the 21st, which means from call to return will be 2 weeks repair turnaround, which is pretty sweet.

All in all its been an alright experience, but what has yet to be seen is if my 360 now works, and how long it will work for... only time will tell.


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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Death In The Family

(Dec. 3rd 2007)
So, as I posted earlier, my Xbox 360 decided that it didnt want to read any dvds anymore... this means games and movies went into the 360 and it thought I had put in nothing at all. Well, needless to say I was pissed, and promptly called 18004MYXBOX.

After dealing with Max (the A.I. answering system utilized by Xbox support to annoy people) I got sent through to a very nice woman in India (probably, idk, I just get annoyed when I have to ask someone to repeat themselves several times throughout a conversation). She helped me troubleshoot the problem, which I had already done to some extent. First I tried Halo 3, then I tried The Simpsons game, then I tried a couple movies, nothing worked. She asked me to remove my hard drive and try again, so I did, then she asked me if my time was set properly.... ok, I guess if my 360 thinks its 1 minute sooner than it actually is it might decide not to play games, but my time is set by microsoft everytime I log into Xbox Live it gets the time directly from them. After I tended to her utter stupidity she decided that a repair would be nessecary, so we confirmed all my info and a box would be shipped to me in 3-5 days.

(Dec. 10th 2007)
5 business days later my box arrived, I promptly unhooked everything and made it look all pretty and made sure I did everything I was told, you get to bag your 360 up then put some foam pieces on the ends and then put it into a box with a sheet of paper where you have to check off some boxes to tell them what the problem may be. For extra fun I taped a piece of paper to the 360 itself with the reference number, my name and address, and the general problem that was happening. This isnt nessecary, but I have read that it can speed up the process, or at least make it harder for them to lose your 360 (its happened, I have read about it!).

(Dec. 11th 2007)
So I went to the UPS store and dropped my 360 off, making sure to get a shipping receipt as instructed to (this gives you a copy of the tracking number too, so you can watch your 360 in its journey into the heart of darkness). I then went home and continued to stare at the walls, as theres nothing I can do at this point.

(Dec. 13 2007)
So for a couple days now I have been obsessively watching my 360 travel, and getting quite pissed off at the results. Apparently it takesabout 14 hours to fly from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Kansas City, Kansas.

Then from there it took another 9 hours to reach Mesquite, Texas (an 8 hour drive, and this an air ship package).

Now, instead of directly going to McAllen, Texas they decided to send it to Houston.... ok, WTF?!?

At his point it has been sitting in Houston for about 12 hours... now ind you, its about a 6 hour DRIVE to McAllen at this point and its still an air package, so a 1 hour flight, maybe an hour and a half?

So, to this point so far, Microsoft has been awesome, no complaints...

UPS at this point is kind of pissing me off, as they are so inefficient that a trained monkey would probably schedule their time better.

Also, dont start telling me "its the holidays" because thats bull at this point, they were efficient in the delivery of my box to me but now they are going belly up, how hard is it to fly a package to Texas? seriously???
They could have gotten it there yesterday, GREAT! They could have gotten it there today, YAY?!? But at this point it wont get there till tommorrow, thats dangerous ground UPS, if they dont decide they cant get to it and wait til monday to fix it and send it back (or replace it, that would be better) I run the risk of not getting my shit back til the 26th, or perhaps the 27th... now for some thats not long to wait, but I like to play everyday, especially lately.

Also, if Microsoft decides that 3-4 weeks means 3-4 WEEKS than I will be really pissed, as I wont have it back toil after the new year.

Please, Microsoft, find it in your heart to give me a Christmas present a few days early and ship it back to A.S.A.P!!!

Ill update when theres more news on this.


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Jump Start The Blog!!!

I am here to breath new life into this blog, and hopefully Richard and Scotty help. This blog could be something great, and now that we are in a clan with aspirations of going pro we definitely hve something to talk about.

In recent news, my 360 died :( the disc drive said "I dont want to play your games no more" so I had to send it in for repairs, with the hope that it will be returned to me before Christmas. I also lost my job at Holywood video cause this douchemonkey Matt Munroe decided he didnt like me and 3 of my fellow employees and targeted us for termination. I currently have 3 job prospects that could turn into 3 jobs (YIKES) depending on which one offers me the most money coupled with the most hours, that will be my deciding factor.

Thats enough for now, I will post another blog documenting my repair process for those who have yet to go through the horrendous ordeal of your 360 saying "FU".


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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Well This Hasn't Been Updated in a while...

hey guys!
OH MAN, Richards sure naggin me about the details about some of the microsoft press conference happening in about 3 hours, a little less. Its going to be awesome, straight up RAD, Anyways, my first time to L.A. , its quite nice :) my hotel is Loews, for anyone that might want to know, its a beatiful hotel, right on the water and near the Santa Monica Pier, which is a pretty important place right now. Its E3 Baby YEAHH, anyways i cant talk much longer i have a dinner to attend to with the rest of the ms crew,
take care guys , and enjoy the show, spot me if you can ;),
xl KoRn lx

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Halo 3 Release Date

Here we go, the home stretch. 4 months til we can finish the fight.

September 25th, 2007. Mark it down, and make ready with your pre-orders. (I'll be headed to my local Game Crazy to pre-order my Legendary Edition, and git rid of my Collectors Edition pre-order.)

BTW... Don... Scott... Halo 3... tommorow, or else!


See ya!

~ Richard

Monday, March 19, 2007

So... Whats Up?

So, its been a while since I have posted, and I think its about time. I have been rocking Crackdown, Im just hung up on a few of the harder achievements and I am really looking forward to the day when I will be able to download my Halo 3 beta, cause I am almost played out on Crackdown and need a reason to enjoy anything Halo related nowadays. I have also been renting some other games, trying them out then returning them quite promptly, I want to figure out games that I will really enjoy (and can get most of the achievements for) Once I get a list narrowed down, I will rent the games long term, or if I enjoy them enough I will probably buy them. So, Castlevania: SOTN is coming to the arcade this week, and I have been waiting for this release for a while now, and will be promptly buying this title as soon as I possibly can. Its the only Casatlevania game I ever really enjoyed in the past and look forward to going through it again on my 360. Other than that, not much going on, korns got to get his membership renewed to gold status and richard has his 360 in for repairs, but hopefully they will come play with me soon, cause I am lonely.... Peace Out, DT

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Hey Guys!

Hey!
Its been a while i've been really busy, with work and school and other things that i haven't really been able to post much on the blog, so whats new? i've been playing a lot of Crackdown. :) I've been playing around with Windows Vista which i got a while ago, but you know i havent posted in forever. Soooo other then that been working down some beta's and some games are really turning up good, Halo 3 Beta is almost fully polished so expect to see it some time soon -_-. Other then that i thought i would mention i will be spending a lot of time working for a little while, because i am accumulation 6 gran to go to florida with my brother at around christmas time this year so just so ya know i'll be working 30 hour weeks + school, so i wont be on to much. Anyways thats about all for me, take care guys!
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Friday, February 09, 2007

Blog has been updated.

Yep, just upgraded the blog to the newer blogger. Scott and Don if you are wondering why you cant post... its because I've done this... all you need to do is upgrade your accounts to the newer blogger and you'll be set.


That is all.

~ The Doctor

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Fantastic!

I've regenerated,... yep, it's Richard here. Don got me back here. (God job, Don!) Everybody thank him....

Anyway, long story short... I sorta forgot about y'all. Anyway, with the help of the TARDIS, and Don... (thanks) I'm back. Writing to you from Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.

That's really all for now, until I call to get my box repaired..... then you'll hear a lot more from me.


~The Doctor (aka Richard)

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Crackdown, and Media Sharing

So, lately I have been enjoying the Crackdown demo, at least 2 times a day in fact. This game is awesome, I suggest trying the demo then immediately going to your nearest retailer and preordering it.


This is just a small sampling of the carnage you can inflict, I personally enjoy getting alot of upgrades and jumping around the city like spiderman, but the demo has a time limit, which I find annoying.



I have also Setup my 360 to share media with my comp, which means I can listen to all my music from my computer while playing my games, which is really cool, you can share videos too (only in WMV format) but I find it quite cool. Its fairly easy to setup, and I suggest doing it if you have your 360 networked with your computer, that is all for now, mopre some other time.... Peace Out, DT

Monday, January 22, 2007

Now The Proud Owner Of An Xbox 360

Ok, so I finally got a job, which meant it was time for me to buy my 360, I got it home installed it in minutes and I was ready to go! I migrated my gamertag and the first person to hit me with a message was korn, which was awesome, cause he was the one always saying "When are you getting a 360?" to which I would always stae "When I get a job".



I have been enjoying alot of new games, my job is at a Hollywood video, So I get free game rentals all the time. I own Chromehounds, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Star Trek Legacy, Lord of the Rings: BFME2 and now I just picked up Hitman: Blood Money.



I have a few arcade titles, and I must say, I finally understand the draw of playing UNO on your xbox. I also got my comp fixed, and this lovely new blogging extension for FF will allow me to post more often, so look for that. I dont know why Richard and Scott dont work on this anymore, they must have better things to do, but I will update as often as possible.





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Monday, October 30, 2006

KK I got something done finally!

hey everyone!
A lot has happened over the past little while, lots of work with Microsoft. Now a beta tester i get to test a lot of kick ass games and now Richard hates my guts!:( But anyways, basically i've been flyin a lot these past few weeks so i'm sorry i haven't been doin anything, BUT I HAVE BROUGHT SOMETHING TO YOU! The Xbox Live Vision Camera Walkthrough. I've actually put something up on the site! for you guys to watch!!! i'm proud of myself. Theres been a lot of stress all over since the Halo 3 info was kinda leaked online -_-, so i've been rather busy BUT anyways. Good news too, finally can talk about how cool the Dashboard update tomorrow is going to be. YES I SAID 2MORROW! Well kept secret throughout Microsoft. Good job everyone!!!! and ya so there ya go there's a full list up for it and because i dont wanna type it of look up for the link on Major's blog i'll link off to his blog. http://www.majornelson.com. Anyways thats great stuff i'll have a video up for that. Anyways thats about all.
Links:

Gameplay Section: http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/gameplay.htm
XBL Vision Camera: http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/videos/VisionCam/index.htm

Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Tomorrow those Vids will be up.

hey everyone,
Sorry about the whole thing haha i've been really out of it loll but HEY i was thinking about adding a few video's up that i cant just now because i have no full screen backgrouds SOOOO.... tomorrow when i go to my mothers house i'll be able to capture certain full screen captures to put into the background of each seperate page so it will all go by smoothly. One of those videos happens to be the Xbox live Vision camera run-down so wait up till tomorrow its already uploaded so dont fret.
cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Monday, October 02, 2006

I LIVE!! kinda.

Hey everyone,
its like 6:56 in the morning and i gotta go get ready for school haha but i thought i'd let you know that I DO HAVE VIDEOS COMMING. They're actually uploaded and ready to go, when i get home from school i will add the code to the site and there we go! more vids(finally). I also have alot of cool vids commin up including a run-down of the Xbox Live Vision camera which, i'm sure you've all seen before! but anyways, as well some Godfather(360) footage, lego star wars 2 and maybe even some DOOM! as well to come is Quake 4 because i just rented it haha.... ya so lifes a bit busy i can't wait for a break so i can devote myself to the site and stuff but i gotta go man.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Thursday, September 14, 2006

hey everyone!

this blog isnt going very far very fast and i apologize i've got a bunch of videos i need to start working on, its been a little hard to do anything lately so hey, i'll update you on whats new, WELL, school started some weird stuff going on already, i feel like i've been saved by some guardian angel hehe. Let me explain why. Well yesterday i was planning on going out to a college after my high school day was over (or so i thought). I thought my day would be over at around 12:30, BUT i only got out at 1:55 SO, i decided well screw it i'll go and visit my bud some other time. WELL later on that day i saw that a shooting had taken place in that very college, someone barged in with an AK-47, and started to shoot everywhere. I thanked god i changed my mind, and i prayed for the best to all of my p.c. friends, and thankfully they've all pulled through. Tragedy, its almost scary to go to school nowadays, i love all you guys who pulled through it! and all those who are in the hospital you have my prayers! and the girl who died, i'm heartbroken and sorry and hope you have a great afterlife. Now that thats been said, lets move on, WELL school's goin alright, but as for news, i have a bunch of footage that will be going up soon! PGR3!Far Cry Instincts Predator, saints row!,Lego star wars 2!,and more! that i cant think of right now! As Well BE SURE TO CHECK OUT APPLE.COM FOR ITUNES 7.0 SWEET STUFF, thats about it for me today.
God Bless the students at Dawson!,
xl KoRn lx

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Hello Everyone

Hello everyone i'm testin out this Windows Live Writer or wtv so we'll see how this works anyways, very soon i will be gettin up some new vids and vids i said i'd get up a while ago.  I've been working on a Halo 2 Montage as well, hopin to get this one posted on h2 pro or h2 forum, so i'm tryin to make it look really good. Anyways i think thats about it for me i'll see how this work, i have some Dead Rising footage commin up very soon, just have to make a page for it.

Cheers,

xl KoRn lx

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

New Halo 2 Playlist

Well, today bungie released a new playlist for matchmaking in Halo 2, its called Team Carnage. Its a 6v6 gametype with wierd settings for all games, created by the HBO community.
I know I dont post here much, but it seems the focus of this site has turned to the 360 and the games on that, so until I get mine, I will be posting very infrequently.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

GRAW Chapter 2 Vid Is Up!

Hey everyone,
sorry for the lack of activity that you are probably used to, i've been very lazy, loll, well i got a bunch of vids on my comp but they need rendering and uploading, anyways, i cant start workin on it again till next week, when i go back to my mums house. Anyways, to the stuff that really matters, before i went to sleep last night(this morning(5:00)) i rendered a quick video of a co-op mission, Richard and I went through that we missed by a hair!, anyways exciting stuff, so check that out, OH! i got Dead Rising yesterday, very good game!, exept there's a little weird flaw in the saving system, but hey, check it out! i'll be gettin vids of that up soon i actually recorded a part of the game last night where i drove to this place with explosives in truck and its like a VERY big underground parking lot, and you take a motorcycle and you just topple over zombie after zombie after zombie. Fun, Fun, Fun! As well i took some footage of me playin online LOTR BFME2, good fun as well, alright well i'm gonna stop babling and leave you the links. Enjoy!
Gameplay Section:
http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/gameplay.htm
GRAW Chapter 2 Vid:
http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/videos/grawch2/index.htm
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Friday, August 04, 2006

Hey I'm Back.

hey everyone,
After a very long week and a half, i'm back hehe, and i knoticed how much i missed and how much i'm going to have to do, hehe, well, a few demo's went up, which mean VIDS TIME, i'm gonna get vids of all 3 demo's (Saint's Row, N3, and Dead Rising) and put them up sometime soon, i'll be putting up GRAW chapter 2 Co-op, which Richard and I did, as well, RVB out of mind part 2 and 3, as well some new arcade games, Galaga, and perhaps SF 2 if i decide to purchase it. Big week, lots of vids gotta get right to it, i'll post again later letting you know whats going on,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Off To Florida.

Hey everyone,
well as i've mentioned in the past i am going on vacation in about 4 hours or so, i'm headin out to Florida, all the way from Montreal, it will be about a 3 day drive, for us, but i have Wi-Fi capabilities on both my father laptop, and my PSP, i will probably be able to post up pictures and stuff of my vacation but it also means that there will be no game capturing for a little while, hang in there, when i get back though i will be getting Galaga, and also thinking about getting Dead Rising, so look out for some footage, anyways i'm out i'm gonna go and pack a few more things up play a bit more xbox then i'm off.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Thursday, July 20, 2006

News!

Hey everyone,
Well its close to vacation time for me i'm leaving for Florida, in a few days, julu 23rd to be exact, and well today, i finally posted up a bunch of vids that have actually just been sittin online somewhere for the past week or so, i fixed the Reviews Page to show up on all page. Speaking of fixes, i do know that the button's don't show on the page and the reviews page doesnt have a navigation bar, but i am working on those, as well i took a few more vids that i will probably not post up until the day i get back from vacation, so hold tight, as well i am proud to announce that i have actively been working on a Video Review for Prey and you will see it up quite soon after i get back from vacation, anyways, i'm tired so i'll post up the links and go to sleep.
Links:
-Prey Gameplay Page
-LOTR BFME 2 Gameplay Page (which i just noticed upon getting this link the background is gone i will fix that tomorrow)
-Frogger Gameplay Page (which that too I just noticed is a no-go, i will fix it tomorrow)

thanks for your patience,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Lots Of Time!

hey everyone,
Here's an update on whats goin on. Well today we played a bit of GRAW, Richard and I, while i tried to take a video of Chapter 2 content which we may retry tomorrow, and my Xbox 360 froze then we pretty much socialized in Private Chat while i played on my Xbox (Not 360). I am actually uploading new vids as i'm typing, so its like i'm multi-tasking only, i'm not really. Uhh more personal news, WELL, today I went out to go and try out some contacts finally, BUT i only got 4 and a half hours of sleep last night so i was pretty much dead, i couldnt get my eyes open, so i'm going to try again on monday. Also i have plenty of time on the box, and site, now that my girlfriend is now off to Wildwood, New Jersey, wish her a great try! Next item on the list.... Well i haven't really done much for the LOTR BFME2 review but rest assured i will right one. Uhh new content on Marketplace, well Thursday was a pretty big day, with the Oblivion DLC (The Vile Lair) and the LOTR BFME2 Demo. As well yesterday(Friday) there was an Uno auto-update which fixed some matchmaking issues. Hmmm..... i think thats about it, then again i'm to tired to think. Anyways look out for vids tomorrow and the whole video site structure fixed to recognize the Reviews section.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Nothing but good news!

hey everyone,
Well a bit of a late post but yesterday i actually posted up a full review of Prey for the P.C. and the Xbox 360, the link will be at the bottom, more good news is that i am going to my mum's tonight which means i will be capturing games, LOTR BFME2, Prey and even Frogger :), so look out for those, as well i'm going to write up a review for LOTR BFME2 soon, so look out for that too. As well TODAY July 13th, 2006 the Lord of the Rings Battle For Middle Earth 2 Demo will be on the marketplace so keep your eyes peeled.
Review Section:
http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/Reviews/index.htm
Prey Review:
http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/Reviews/Prey/index.htm
(Please note the Reviews link is not shown on any other pages yet)
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Vista pics...

or the lack of them.

Hey guys, sorry, but until I get a better vid card, I wont be showing much of Windows Vistas nero UI, codenamed Aero, mainly because my card sucks and I cant get the nice glass feature working. So. There ya go.

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

New Xbox Live Arcade Games Comming!

Hey everyone its me again,
New XBLA dates have been announce.
July 12: Frogger
July 19: Cloning Clyde
July 26: Galaga
August 2: Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting
August 9: Pac-Man
Some good stuff on the way, Frogger's out today, what are you waiting for!? hehe i'll update you with more dates when i know.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Hey Everyone, Thought i'd keep you posted.

hey,
well the interview with Ross is commin along slow havent talked to him in a little while but i expect to when he gets back from San Francisco. Not to sure, but anyways, NEW GAMES, i got my 2 titles for the summer, i will be taking videos of both Prey and Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth 2 on friday, and they should be up by about sunday. But for now i have images of the Games themselves, not screenshots of the game like in the xbox 360, but like the box n content. Enjoy.

PREY Collector's Edition:

Front Box: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/591/picture74rf.jpg
Side Box: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1646/picture86jq.jpg
Back Box: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3357/picture90ut.jpg
Box with content: http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2303/picture104ww.jpg
Content Box Front Open: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9090/picture116fk.jpg
PREY DISC: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5343/picture122po.jpg

Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth 2:

Front Box: http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5592/picture135le.jpg
Back Box: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/910/picture146co.jpg
Content: http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1700/picture150tz.jpg
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Windows Vista

Hah, Windows vista is now running on my Compaq Presario PC. I will have pictures, and they will be shown running a Genuine Vista Beta 2 OS.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Dead Or Alive 4 Footage Up.

More vids, i took this one because i will be selling it, i can't seem to get anywhere with it. So there's no point in me keeping it, there are lots of great games on the way. Enjoy The DOA 4 footage.
Links:
-Gameplay Video's Page
-Dead Or Alive 4 Video Page
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Prey Demo Vid is up.

Well finally after a little while uploading the demo vid is up and on the video site, i'm also stickin up another vid later, but i wont tell what it is. i'll post up when its up. The link is:
-Gameplay Section
-Prey Demo Video Page
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

I'M BACK!

hey everyone,
yay i'm back from my VERY hecktic week, just to find myself in a few days of hell, well i get back from a hell of a week camping, and since i'm cool, i'll explain a bit of it, well first night i got there by train to find my mum, bro and one of my mum's friend's daughter waiting for me, my train overshot the station(LOL) and ya well they had eatin stirfry and the beansprouts had a syringe inside, so they had to go to the hospital. OK next day had a thunder shower where a bolt landed very close to us and made a VERY LOUD CRACKING NOISE, and then if that wasnt enough the next night, we had a HELL of a thunderstorm, instead of 1 lightning bolt at a time, there were 3, it was pretty crazy, anyways thats enough about my weekend, now, to the hectic week, i have to get up early 2morrow to get contacts 9:00 to be exact, then 9:30 the next day to go somewhere then i'm having buddie's over hopefully for a halo 2 LAN party. So ya, it will be a crazy week. Remember i said about an interview with xbox's Major Nelson, i think i'll hook up an interview with Ross Erickson, he manages the Xbox Live Arcade, i think it will be easier to get one with him, anyways...
GOOD NEWS!!!!
right now as i'm typing in this quite lengthy post i am rendering the Prey Xbox 360 Demo level video, with an intro that will be placed in all of our forthcomming video's. The demo is absolutely incredible, it will be one of the must buy's for me this summer remember July 11th, thats very soon mark it on your calenders, i did notice some short-commings though, i tried the online multiplayer, and i found it quite bad with lag, it doesnt handle it as well as i'dve wished, and the framerate dips quite often, but those to me are minor issue, concidering the quality of gameplay in it. Next, i did talk to Ross, really quick this afternoon, and he told me that there will be an almost constant rate of 1 XBL arcade game a week for a little while, this week will be Frogger. So look out for it. ^_^, make sure to check the blog for info about the prey demo vid, i will post up when it is posted on the video site.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

CMT Singleplayer Halo Custom Edition Campaign

Pic of the new Halo CE SP campaign. These pictures have been taken on Attack of the Control Room, after skipping the first bridge. They are kinda dark, but I cant help that.

Text that is not linked will be updated with pics as I take them, levels in these pics will be Pillar of Autum, Halo and Truth and Reconciliation.


M6D HE Pistol

MA5B Assault Rifle Variant 2

M7/Caseless Sub Machine Gun Covert

BR55 Rifle
M45 Grenade Launcher

M41 SSR MAV/AW "SPNKR" Rocket Launcher:
1.**
2.

S2 AM Sniper Rifle Covert

M90 Shotgun

T85 Chain Gun

M12 Warthog LRV Chain Gun Variant

M12 Warthog LRV Guass Cannon Variant

M808B Scorpian MBT

D77-TC Pelican


Covenant Ghost:
1.
2.
3.

Covenant Banshee

Covenant Wraith:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Covenant Apparition:
1.
2.
3.

Covenant Shade Turret Needler Variant

Hunter Fuel Rod Cannon*

Destroyed Vehicles:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Misc:
Sargeant AJ Johnson on Attack on the Control Room

Three Spartans

Four Spartans

Redesigned Vehicle Display

Spartan Insertion Team on Truth and Reconciliation

Weapon Drop pods on Truth and Reconciliation

Hunters on Pillar of Autum

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Notes:
* Hunter Fuel Rod Cannon has no firstperson or ground model, titled as "the magnum"
** Shown is the Anti-Aircraft Rocket Launcher

Sunday, June 25, 2006

GOOD NEWS!

hey everyone,
i know how you all are WAITING for good news and AH i found some, i've finished (Kind of) the video site update? i guess? i added a bunch more vids, like A BUNCH, you gotta go check it out NOW!!!, some little bugs and colours are off but rest assured those will be fixed, BUT probably not for a little bit unfortunately until next tuesday my week's a bit packed... ok REALLY packed, i have prom on wednesday, then thursday i'm goin camping until tuesday. But once tuesday comes i'm open, and will be takin vids of G.R.A.W. Chapter 2, which i downloaded the other day, i will also have vids of some new XBL Arcade game ready. I also have a release date for the Xbox Live Vision camera, the Release date will be September 19th, 2006. Confirmed by my good buddy Ross who works for the Xbox Live Arcade team. Thats about it,
OO and the link to the video site is of course:
http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/ but for the gameplay vids go here:
http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/gameplay.htm
anyways thats it.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Thursday, June 22, 2006

NEWS!!

hey everyone,
i dont know why my news is in caps, i really dont think i've been doin a good job at keepin up hehe, BUT i finally got off my lazy butt and got some of the new pages ready, i'll probably finish them tomorrow sometime, and then they'll probably be up by tomorrow night, but for now, i'm off to get food, and play some more blood money, gettin close to finishin it ^^, and ya, i'm gettin close to 7500 gamerscore, yay me, kk thats about it,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Monday, June 19, 2006

Where were at...?

Hello everyone,
its me again, i've got some good news for you, well over the past week or so since i last posted the videos going up on the net are crazy, i've uploaded TONS of videos, but still havent posted up pages for any of them i'm waiting until i have every last one uploaded onto the net which should be sometime soon, so bear with me, i also rented Hitman Blood Money for the week, since school's done and man, is it every hard! anyways so i'll be also playin alot of there, i'll take some vids from it for you guys, anyways, thats it for me,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Thursday, June 15, 2006

My 360 blog (still uhh creating?) AND News!

anyways, i saw Richards and i totally stole his idea cuz i think its kool and hey my achivements are pretty good when i rent games i get alot of achivements out of the way and guess what? this weekend i'm gonna rent a game, hehe i'm thinkin hitman blood money 360, other good news, hmm RVB special on the 360 i'll get the whole thing up on the net in the comming week when i have nothing to do, schools out du 11:30 2morrow, and thats sick, uhh i'm also gonna put up the REALLY long new quest realesed on the marketplace for Oblivion, its really cool, despite the fact that its really long, anyways i think thats it, Screenshots page is commin along slow and i think i may include some PS2 vids next week including, jak 2, jak 3, god of war and more. Anyways i think i will leave on that note.
OO and heres the link:
My Soon to be 360 blog?
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

My Xbox 360s blog.

My Xbox 360 has a blog. Yes you heard that right, my Xbox 360 blogs. I dont blog about it, it blogs about me. Yeah. Its pretty cool. Anywho heres the linky.

My 360's blog.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Daxter Gameplay vid

Well look to the right i'm going to put it up there again, this time its a little bit of Daxter PSP gameplay footage, once again the quality's pretty bad but Richard seems not to mind the non clarity, its a great vid, i think it give you a good taste of how the game is, now the cam's not upside down its hangin off my shoulder hehe anyways sick sick check it out. Thats about it, oo but i can say i'm working on a screenshot gallery for the site. OO and another quick announcement, i am going to hopefully have an interview with Xbox Live's Major Nelson, sometime in the future, so loook out for that.Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

PSP Vid Up.

hey guys,
For now its over on the right side that'll change very soon, its also REALLY low quality, which as soon as i get something to put it on the TV, i'll be makin more PSP vids, i think i'll make more with my webcam even though it picks up alot of the sound around me, and its really low quality, i do apologize i did make a gameplay vid also, that looks as bad, but hey, its still showin the game, this is my favorite PSP game to date, being a big Jak and Daxter fan, soo ya, check it out, i think thats it as for the video blogs, i've been gettin lazy, what else is new, but ya thats about it.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Video Blogs?

Hey,
well last night i was watchin some gamespot user videos and i thought making video blogs daily was a great idea and a good way to put out my thoughts on certain things, soo ya here's the link:
http://randomblogging.awardspace.com/vidblog.htm
and ya, thats about all.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Friday, June 09, 2006

The Forum is Up and running.

Me again,
well if nobody noticed our forum did actually go up while noone was watching and now i fixed all the forums and stuff so its good to go, i invite everyone to head over there and check it out.
The link is,
http://z7.invisionfree.com/Random_Forumings/index.php?act=idx
just in case you cant see it over on the site there hehe,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

NEW SITE IS UP!

hey everyone,
Great news our new video site is up and coded it took me a whole day, and i had just finished it at about 1:30 in the morning and Blogger had some maintenance so i went to bed well here i am today and i will provide and edit the link to:
http://randomblogging.awardspace.com
No more s, i thought it would be easier if i started with a fresh account becuz of all the new files, some more great news, early yesterday Microsoft released a PUBLIC Windows Vista Beta, so everyone has to go and check that out. Not alot more is going on i finished downloading Americas Army game for PC and found out it works on 1 of my comps, so i'm pretty happy about that, anyways thats it for me leave comments if you like the site, and let me know what should be fixed or added.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Great News!

hey everyone,
Today i have started designing a whole new "site" you might like to say u will see it up probably later today, thats my hope, but right now i gotta finish watchin On The Spot, hehe so ya i'll post up when i'm done, here's a nice pic of a it:
Picture
Thats about it for now,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

New Vids Up Today.

Well here we are wednesday, done my exams have a little time off over the long weekend ahead and i have no DVD recorder till 2 weeks from now so no new vids'll be up for a little while, BUT i did get the 360 dashboard update FAQ voice version in today as well as another surprise vid, so here are the links for those:
http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/faq.html
http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/gameplay.html
I hope you guys enjoy them we are curently working on a forum which will be soon public for everyone.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Dashboard Update Video is Online

hello everyone i'm back already with some good news, i will probably be making another post later on this evening, but for now the Dashboard Update is out as we all know and i have a full video run-down on the internet, i will be adding voice in later, but for now it should give u a taste, the link is:
http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/videos/gameplay/DashUpdate/
enjoy,
xl KoRn lx

Today is 6.6.06 how sick is that,

Lets all take a moment of silence to remember Satan for everything hes done................................................................................................
alright good stuff everyone, ok anyways getting to better news HEYY i got another special up now on the video site but shh dont tell Richard what it is till he see's it, just check the vids page:
http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/gameplay.html
BUT this time its in my favorite colour..... PINK ^^, we also are constructing a new Forum for our site, and i'll have a video of the Dashboard Update that came out this morning out in another hour or so, also news for Oblivion fans like me, the new DLC quest will be released sometime this week and the new patch will be commin to the 360 2morrow so dup your stuff now before its to late. PC users the patch is out 2day. Anyways i think thats it for me for now,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Monday, June 05, 2006

Hey everyone...

Well alls i got to say here is my first surprise vid is up now and posted on the vids site, nobody knew about this hehe i got a few more so keep chewin that gum Richard. OO this was the 30 min vid that i was puttin on my PSP it took up 250 mb on my memory stick loll, anyways, YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT!:
http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/gameplay.html
I think you can find it from there,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Sunday, June 04, 2006

HALO COMBAT EVOLVED! well and more now hehe

Hello Everyone,
I think i left this post up for a little longer then i planned on lol ya, i didnt end up doin it last night cuz i was tired because i didnt get any sleep sat through sun soo ya anyway i have more then just that halo vid now believe it or not expect quite a few surprises this week that not even Richard or Don know about yet hehe and i dont intend on telling them(RICHARD) i'm keepin quiet hehe, BUT i will say there will be a video for the Dashboard update when its out. ^^
check out my halo footage and a quite battlefield 2 footage. ^^:
http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/videos/gameplay/Halo1/
http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/videos/gameplay/bf2/
I think thats it FOR NOW i might add another later today,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

WHAT? RICHARD AND I, IN UNO?!

omg, coolest post your ever gonna see recently Richard and I got together and BUSTED OUT some UNO OMG, must check it out, the URL is, http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/videos/gameplay/Uno/
And you do need to check it out everyone the strategic work involved in such an easy game, we got skillz, yo communication is vital and we pull it off, oo u get to hear Richard talk lol, his voice is through speaker so listen up closely, a few more vids'll be commin up prolly 2night but i wont tell you wat they are, and in spite that this is my last week of school and i'm not goin at all, so i'll be bringin alot of vids, but shhh i'll be vewy quite, so ya i think thats all for me,
Cheers.
xl KoRn lx

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Office 2007 Images!

Heylo everyone,
This is later, right? right? ok its the next day but thats totally because Richard and I busted out some crazy Battlefield 2 Modern Combat last night it was pretty damn sweet, funny as hell, C4 b!tc#e$ loll, but anyways back onto topic, heres the crazy sick images of some of Microsoft Office 2007 Beta, CHECK IT OUT!:
-Excel Interface
--Excel Load-Up
-Word File Menu
--Word Load-Up
-Cool New Preview Effect(MouseOver Preview)
--Office 2007 Icons
-Powerpoint Interface and cool Preview Effect
--Powerpoint Load up

If you want to see anymore write it in the comments, and i'll arrange some more pics ^^, Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Vista Transformation Pack 4.0

VTP4.0 is a new transformation pack that changes the look of your Windows XP system in to that of a Windows Vista system. I have pictures, and so does Scott, well those are of the Office 2007 Suite... he'll get those later. Onto the pics!!! Theme Shown not included.

Longon and Logoff Screen

Logon/Logoff Screen Again

Start Menu with Glass effect

Windows Live Messenger, showing taskbar glass effect

Explorer Glass


Display Properties

System Properties

Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 with glass


Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2

There you go people. Scott will have pics of Office 2007 later.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Check out thses Oblivion Vids.

One here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re6pWlmRzxw&search=Oblivion%20Domino%20Fun

and one here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHiIeBsc9E&search=Oblivion%20Domino%20Fun

These are really cool.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Alright Everyone!

Well... here we are hmm yesh yesh here we are, i've come out short and lazy once again and i apologize i do so far only have 2 impressions plus the halo 3 one up right now but there should be a bunch more up by the end of tomorrow and by monday night they should be all up there, but for now you'll have to deal with 2 and yes i'm lazy hehe. Now The site URL is http://randombloggings.awardspace.com/E3/
Hehe how ironic eh? I thought so... anyways thats about it for me gonna go play some more PDZ and BF2 MC hehe, i should hit 6000 gamerscore by the end of this weekend, hehe wish me luck,
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Finally...

heylo everyone,
finally after a long week of working with school, me with a game engine, and the site vids, we've pretty much got all the formats in place, vids goin up fast and impressions going up even faster by the end of the day you all should expect to be given at least a link to a partly finished section, if not finished, after i'm done all the E3 stuff i will be working on a template and some new banners for the site cuz its to plain, i think thats about all, but i will not be workin full time on the site cuz i have alot to do, like the game engine, and i rented Battlefield 2 Modern Combat 360 that i wanna play quie a bit of, but ya thats about it. Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Friday, May 19, 2006

Those who say...

Apple doesnt have a flair for design, are usually wrong. Especially with the opening of their newest store at 767 5th Ave. between 58th and 59th in beautiful NYC, near Central Park. BTW its open 24/7/365.

Go here, to see it, well, not the entire store, but the enterence (and the couple hundred people that gathered for the opening), which is the only part above ground. Aswell as timelapse of the stores first 24 hours.

Here, you can find a small gallery of the entrie store, the bulk of which resides under ground.

This store, in addition to being open 24/7/365 includes:

More than 100 Macs and 200 iPods to try before you buy
and the largest staff of any other, with over 300 Mac Specialists, Mac Geniuses and Creatives.

It is the 147th store in operation.

That is all from the MacNews Desk.

~Richard

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

E3 COVERAGE!

Sorry about the delay on the E3 coverage its almost all old news and we all here at Random Bloggings do apologize and apologize again for not releasing any impressions until tomorrow, but i will tell you this, we here at Random Bloggings have been bustin our asses off to get this to you this footage and impressions for today but no can do, we need another day. Anyways thats about all, we might have a few surprises in there for you guys hehe,thanks for your patience.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Im going to move away from our E3 coverage for a second or two.

Well, today, sometime before 7:30 AM PST, Apple Computer Inc. released the new Intel iBook, now named the MacBook. Starting at $1099.99, the MacBook is available in two colors, White and Black, and in 3 different configurations. It now comes standard with a built in iSight camera, iLife '06, and FrontRow, and sports a new Intel Core Duo processor. Just like the other MacIntels.

In switching the iBooks to Intel chips, Apple only leaves one PowerPC based Mac standing. The PowerMac G5. When that will change, is not known.

Thats all from the MacNews Desk. Now back to your week long E3 coverage.

~Richard

Monday, May 15, 2006

Well, Im being told...

that Scottie is getting us our trailers online. As they are we will start writing our reviews/impressions.

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

What am I?? Chopped Liver?

Hey, I still do things around here...
Saw the Halo 3 trailer, and it blew my mind! I cant wait to see more as the great people over at Bungie continue to develop this game.

I have also been watching the coverage over on G4TV of all the happenings so far at E3. Gears of war looks to be a really awesome game, with great graphics and a gritty look to its people and landscapes. I also saw the Call of Duty trailer, another beautiful game, very gritty (it is a WWII game).

The future looks good for anyone who owns (or plans to own) an Xbox 360. Many great games are being shown this week. Forza 2 is another game shown at the Microsoft press conference. Now, I am not much for the simulated driving type games, I like arcade-type racing myself, but this game looks really good. Realistic cars, tracks, everything... just really crisp all around.

Do we here at Random Bloggings love Microsoft?? Not nessecarily, we just like the games and content produced for their system.... Sony, can just wither away and die, cause at $499-$599, I aint going near that thing, especially after having two of their last system die on me... not cool Sony!

As for Nintendo.... Metroid looked nice, as did Zelda (which also looked nice in 2005... and 2004) but that controller is a bit too "out there" for me to even attempt to understand

Reviews Section.

A reviews section has been added to the Video site, making it a Video/Review site now.

My review/look back on the Halo trilogy is now up there, and were working on getting the video of the trailer up and running.

Bear with us.


~Richard

Halo 3

This review has been moved to the new reviews section.

Response To "Ladies and Gentlemen..."

Yes its here,
hello everyone and welcome to E3 '06 on Random Bloggings, a huge event for us here at Random Bloggings, as for the E3 coverage it will have to wait mostly for next week we will write up reviews and previews and impressions, but no video trailers at this time, we apologize. I have nothing to capture with until next week, very sorry. But you will see Richard review on the Halo 3 trailer very soon if not already, its our way of telling you its all gonna come. Thank you for putting it together Richard. Thats the only update i've got for now.
Cheers,
xl KoRn lx

Halo 3.

If you click the link in the title, you get the Halo 3 Announce Trailer.

Sony loses the war.


Congrats to Bungie AND Microsoft, who have gained much more respect from me.

I wont be posting a review until Scott sees it, he hasnt seen it, yet.

Well, until later.

~ Richard

Monday, May 08, 2006

Ladies and Gentlemen...

welcome to E3 Week 2006.

You can join Scott and I here on the blog for previews of all the new E3 content being released ove Xbox Live.

Stick here for demo reactions and the like.


~RS

Friday, May 05, 2006

And Weeeeeee 2!

and wee thats soo kool, it was so kool i needed to copy him, Richards to cool lol, ANYWAYS, updates, there are. I MADE A MONTAGE almost overnight w00t its pretty awsome i dunno i know richard's seen it but its not posted up yet my subdomain is down for a little bit i apologise, if Richard has any comments on my montage please click on the comments link lol, anyways i think thats almost it, video reviews still workin on and ya, probably another halo montage 2night, depends on how i play, gonna level up with Richard get him past his 17 and hopefully finish the PDZ campaign. Oh while we're talkin about PDZ i have some footage of Richard and myself playin co-op that i will put up probably sometime this weekend and E3 is next week FINALLY, and bungie says they will be releasing information about their BIG project, weeewwww cant wait, anyways thats all for me for tonight,
Cheers,
Xl KoRn lx

Weeeee!

Hey all.

Its me, Richard.


I have no updates, not yet. Though I believe Scott will have some stuff later today. Anyway....


Do you like Macs? Do you have an iPod, but you dont keep up on the times? Do you like people who are sarcastic? Is Apple the best computer company in the world?

I dont know the answers to ay of that, but, if you like to keep up on Mac news, tips and other fun stuff check out:

Mac OS Ken

Its the best Mac new podcast out there. Host by former Inside Mac Radio host Ken Ray, it brings to you Mac news, iPod+iTunes news, and a whole buch of witty sarcastic remarks.

So if you like Macs... etc. Click on the linky above.... or you dont rock.


~RS

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

hello! ^^

hello everyone it seems as tho i'm the only one who actually looks after this blog nowadays, can either Richard or Don post something? god loll, anyways i actually do have an update a good one too. You ready...? ok here it is, i'm working currently on making VIDEO REVIEWS, w00t w00t. I've actually attempted one but that ones not goin up i'll probably have one up by the weekend. Other then that today i found out there will be new Call Of Duty 2 maps available over XBL marketplace at 400 microsoft points soon. They are also in the middle of updating or something, there in maintenance right now and have been ALL day, and i'm hopin it'll get up and running again :(. Also those damn PDZ maps were supposed to come out at the end of April and they never did, i'm not to happy about that loll. OO and last but not least E3 is in 1 week everyone 1 god damn week, anyways, thats it for me, Cheers.
xl KoRn lx