My Road to Recon

Recon has always been the big, exclusive thing in Halo. In the beginning so few people had it, it was hard to get, and everyone wanted it. I was never terribly interested in it. I’m still not really, but the completionist in me really wants to get it. I got all of the Halo 3 vidmasters quickly and I was really looking forward to getting the ODST vidmasters. Endure was okay, and Deja vu was a whole bunch of fun, so I went to try out classic.

Not cool.

Not. cool. at. all.

It seems like classic relies heavily on being able to drive, which in halo, I’m rubbish at. I cannot drive in halo. So it looks like I won’t be sporting recon – probably ever. It’s not a huge deal, I don’t really care so much about recon myself, but I wish I were a better driver, so that I at least had a chance.

oh well.

 

Halo 3: ODST Review – Sort of

A little while ago, I got ODST thanks to  my awesome gaming BFF and it is pretty cool. I like playing as an ODST, and I certainly like seeing a different side of the UNSC. The game is darker, scarier, more intense, and even a little harder. The Campaign is a bit too short for my liking. Total Campaign playtime on normal was about 3 1/2 hours for one full run through. I’ve had quite a bit of fun though going back to get all the audio logs, the ‘naughty, naughty’ achievement and it’s counterpart, ‘Good Samaritan’ for deciding whether killing things that are new and different is good, or bad.

Firefight is also an amazing experience, and was definitely something different to add to the general halo experience.  Firefight seems like it can just go on for as long as you can last without losing all your lives, and therefore, the game. My first match of firefight, on lost platoon with 3 players lasted 3 hours! We actually ended up just screwing around in the end and losing all our lives, because we just didn’t want to keep going for fear that it would go on FOOOOREEEVVVEERRR!!!

I think one thing I noticed about ODST, isn’t actually about ODST itself. When I am playing ODST and switch back to playing Halo 3, It’s terribly hard to get used to being a Spartan again. I jump off buildings expecting to lose my shields, wonder where I’m gonna get a health pack, and forget how awesome my Battle Rifle is.

Overall, I really enjoy playing ODST and see myself going back to play it again and again in the future, because while it is halo, it’s completely different, with the same enjoyability. Awesome Game!

Crazy things happen to me on xbox live.

m-$oft doing it dirty one more time.

It looks like Microsoft has screwed another dedicated gamer over. This one though is heartbreaking.

“A passionate gamer by the name of Nathaniel purchased an Xbox 360 at launch. After working reliably for over two years, his faithful console companion finally kicked the bucket. It was then that he faced a major quandary. Should he send it in for repairs or attempt to fix it himself? The obvious answer would be send it in for repairs but Nathaniel’s 360 was not like yours and mine. Oh no, it was special. “Was” being the key word.” Read More…

Update 3/7/08: Bungie Unscrews previously screwed gamer:

“Despite the fact that Bungie had absolutely nothing to do with what happened, they wanted to help make things right with Nathaniel. A large box packed full of Halo swag arrived on Nathaniel’s doorstep yesterday afternoon. It took Bungie six days total to gather numerous goodies, pack them up, ship it off, and have it arrive at his house. The quickness in which they responded is absolutely astounding. Bungie goes above and beyond with their fans each and every day, but this time they truly outdid themselves.” Read More…

Update 3/21/08: Microsoft makes things right:

Microsoft contacted Nathaniel the day the article was originally published to offer a brief apology and to let him know they were working on rectifying the situation. Unfortunately they have been oddly silent since then. They have not given him any updates on the investigation, nor have they said if they figured out exactly what happened to his case. They did send him a gigantic cardboard box though. Read More…

Links all go to Hawty McBloggy, possibly the coolest named gaming blog ever.

Catch Up Post!

So I have a LOT LOT LOT to catch up on in Posting.

Okay, to make it easier I’m just going to do a bit of a bullet list.

• Our 360 died.
  - The dvd drive started making loud noises and then it stopped reading disks, right in the middle of a matchmaking sesh on Halo 3!
  -It’s now sitting in TX hopefully soon to be fixed or something like that…
• ACAD ’08 is starting off pretty well, despite the fact that I haven’t felt very well.
• We took the death of the 360 as an opportunity to send our Halo 3 game disk in because of the obscene scratching defectiveness and crap and received a new disk back in like a week, along with a one month card, YAY!
• Christmas was pretty cool. I got to spend a lot of time with my family and got many cool gifts, including a HUGE gift card to Gamestop which we used to purchase a PS2 and a bunch of awesome games, including Kingdom Hearts, Wild Arms 3, and In The Groove.

Now, some pictures.

I got these awesome wrist warmers that look homemade but are surprisingly mass produced.
I’ve officially decided to learn to knit so that I can someday make these for myself. I started learning the other night and am doing at least semi-decent. If anyone has any tips go ahead and leave a comment.

Or: Even Better, If you know how to knit, and would like to knit some loverly arm or wrist warmerage in a trade, I’d love to do that. Get in contact with me via a comment and leave your email or a messenger name and I will talk to you and see it there is anything we could work out.

Now soaps!

I started making soap and have found I’m actually pretty good at it!

First I made these, which I promptly turned into a set of these:

which actually look much better in real life. They are a light Pepperment scent and they are wonderful.

Then there came these, which were actually a present for Andrew’s (The Boy Creature) Brother Josiah. They are a Crisp Cucumber-Melon scent, and the color is actually really melony (Think Honeydew) and not the pinkish that it looks.

Now after successfully handling that, I decided to jump in full force and created:

They are varying scents and are all very wonderful. They were all gifted to the wonderful people in my life!

I think that’s a decent update for now. I’ll write more later!

Happy Halloween Zombies! (Or should I say Haloween?)

For Halloween Bungie has created a special infection playlist. Changed Maps, different gametypes, more fun. Ghosts and Ghouls abound. It’s kinda like when Zombie’s attack, but on your 360. It is all halloween, started at 12:01am PST this morning and it goes until 3am tomorrow, so 27 hours of zombieriffic fun! Anyway, We got in right away, our first game started at 12:02am PST and I recorded a video of it so I thought I would share!

Halo 3 Collectors Edition disks scratched.

Well, we waited 2 hours for halo 3 last night. Got the collectors edition, not legendary, and upon peaking at it, we find we have the same problem that many other people are having.

What to do, what to do?