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I haven't tried this one yet myself, but I'm sure that I'll give it a shot sometime soon. Anyway, happy hunting for good used games.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 XP Boost

Out of the goodness of her heart my wife gave me my birthday present early yesterday. As I unwrapped the package I found a bright, shiny copy of Rainbow Six Vegas 2. When I threw in my copy it gave me something completely unexpected, I was ranked as an elite and given a 2,500 XP Boost as well as some really cool armor, clothes, etc.

What was strange was that my friend who was playing with me didn't get the same boost, although he was a higher rank than me in the original RSV. After researching a little bit, I finally got the scoop. If you were an Elite in multiplayer in RSV or if you completed the story mode on Realistic you got the Elite Boost in RSV2. Otherwise your boost was significantly smaller. Anyway, that's the deal. Happy hunting.

Back to Oblivion

Well, I'm back to Oblivion now. One of my JH Staff members mentioned that he just got the Game of the Year Edition and it inspired me to get back to my regular old edition. Anyway, I'm working through Miscarcand, which is definitely getting toward the end of the main quest. Here's a video of the quest. I haven't gotten too serious about it yet, so I'm probably just about half way through or so.

I Got Halo 2!!!

Just a quick update that I did end up purchasing Halo 2 for Windows Vista the other day. I installed it on my new laptop and it's such a hefty program that my laptop can barely run it. This is another reason why I don't do much PC Gaming, the sheer cost of keeping your computer up to snuff to run the latest games is just way to prohibitive. Anyway, I am able run it so I'm going to make my way through the storyline, although I probably won't do much with the online stuff.

One really cool thing about Games for Windows is that you log in with your live account and you have all of the regular features of Xbox Live. I was even able to bring up the guide and use it to listen to a voice message on my computer!!! Another really cool feature allowed me to plug in a 360 controller and use it on my computer in the exact same way that I'd use it on the Xbox. This worked even to the point of giving me the face button prompts (A, B, X, Y) for all of the various aspects of the game. How cool is that!!!

Anyway, I'll be working my way through Halo 2 for a bit as I chase down some more achievement points. I'm especially looking forward to the achievement for getting the Scarab gun (awesome!!!).

COD4 Walls (Part 4)

This is definitely the final wall for me in COD4, the only problem is that I really don't know if I'm going to be able to get through this one. It's the epilogue of the game on veteran and I've been playing it for quite some time and just can't seem to finish the deal. I've got to the hostage 3 or 4 times and each time I've shot him...bummer. Anyway, here's a video to give you an idea about how hard this thing is.

Extra Rainbow Six Vegas Content

Major props to Xbox 360 Fanboy for pulling this information together in one place. It seems that there are a couple of free pieces of content in RSV2 if you have the proper codes. Here's the original article from Xbox 360 Fanboy:

With the recent release of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, many gamers are discovering the wonders of the game's multiplayer. Far fewer gamers were able to score the Best Buy Gun Code that was on the sticker of the game's box at Best Buy stores. The sticker has a code on it (a button code, not a marketplace one) that unlocks a free gun in the game. The instructions for that code are as follows: Enter the follow button commands at the Main Menu of Rainbow Six Vegas 2: (Hold RB) Down, Down, Up, Up, X, B, X, B, Y, Up, Up, Y.

The second RSV2 freebie we got wind of was a map brought to us by Comcast. This is again unlockable from within the game and visiting the marketplace is not required. To access the Comcast Bonus Maps, select Extras from the game's main menu. then select "Comcast Gift" and enter the code "Comcast Faster" when prompted to do so, and you should have access a map called "Comcast Event"

Vegas 2 Video

Amy bought me a copy of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 yesterday, although I can't actually open it 'til next weekend, which is my birthday. Anyway, I just found this video from the gamerscore blog and thought you'd enjoy it.

New COD4 Map

I just found this videon of one of COD4's new maps. It looks pretty awesome!!!

COD4 Walls (Part 3)

This post is a bit of a misnomer, seeing as I've already beat COD4. At this point I have one outstanding achievement in COD4 and that's to beat the Epilogue on Veteran. I've gotten pretty far in my pursuit of this crown jewel but I have to admit that I'm probably going to give up here pretty soon. To be honest, I just don't know if it's worth the time investment b/c this is a REALLY HARD thing to do. I've watched videos and everything and I have no idea how these guys are pulling this off. Well, I guess we'll see what happens.

I forgot to post about the final wall that I hit when I was going through the campaign of COD4. On the last level there's a section where you have to make your way through a number of hallways before you reach the control center for the nuclear launch facility. This took me FOREVER!!! There's one section that has a single hall that has two passage ways splitting off from it, which I just could not make it past. I finally figured out that I needed to clear everything from the main hall way, through a flash bang in one passage way, clear the guy from the other passage, sprint into the room, kill the guy who comes down the other corridor and than slowly make my way down that passage to clear out the last guys. It REALLY HELPS if you can have a sniper rifle with you, which you can get on the level before. It's in a box right after you go through the chain link fence. Anyway, that's about it for COD4. I'll keep playing the multiplayer for sure, at least until Vegas 2 comes out!!!

Halo 2

I just got this awesome Laptop the other day, so I'm thinking about trying out some of the Games for Windows games on it. The ones that I'm looking at right now are Halo 2 and possibly Universe at War. I'll admit it, the primary motivation behind these is that they have Achievement points and they look like pretty good games. Anyway, I still need to check out the Universe at War review before I think about it any more. I think that Halo 2 is pretty much a given, I'll just wait 'til it goes on sale.

Weekend Rental

Well, the weekend has really just begun and I'm already sick of Turok. I played through at least 5 levels of Turok and have now officially decided that I don't like it at all. Maybe it's just me, but Turok just feels like more of the same when it comes to FPS Titles but w/o achievement points to spur me on, it completely lost my interest. Oh well, I'll just chalk that one up to experience.

Weekend Rental (Turok)

I'm home for a couple of days now, so I decided to try renting Turok and working my way through it. To be honest, so far I'm a little bored with it which doesn't say much b/c I just started it. I'm not sure if it's b/c there aren't many achievements to get in the single player campaign or b/c it just doesn't seem to be a good game or possibly a combination of the two, but so far I'm less than impressed. Even a bad game can keep me playing if I know that there are some achievements in store for me, but from what I can see I probably won't get much for this game and that's not giving me any motivation to keep going. Well, I'll at least go through a couple more levels but so far, I'm pretty disappointed.

COD4 - Beat It

It's been quite a while since I posted on this blog, so let's see if I can catch up to speed. Before I left for Shepherd's Conference and the Mexico Recon Trip I did manage to beat COD4 on Veteran. The only achievement that I haven't gotten out of it is the Epilogue on Veteran, which seems right next to impossible right now. I'll probably come back to it later but I'm going to simply bask in the glory of having beat the storyline on Veteran for now.