Beat Modern Warfare 2 on Veteran

Pretty excited to finish Modern Warfare 2 on Veteran.  I was thinking about getting the collectibles, but I don’t think I will.

I do like the multi-player, I could see myself getting more into that ‘cause it’s actually a lot of fun.

Next Game

Just picked up Battlefield: Bad Company 2.  Looking forward to going through it on normal and then Veteran.  Might get the collectibles also.  We’ll see.

Call of Duty: World at War

Well, I just started up Call of Duty: World at War.  I’m going to see if I can blaze through this one as quickly as possible so I can get it back to my brother (along with Batman), who I borrowed these from back in November.

I made a strategic call to go through the game on the easiest difficulty level.  First of all, the only extra achievement points are for veteran and a few for hardened, which I’m not going to take the time to go through.  Second of all, it’s pretty nice just to have a chill game that you can run right through without having to get too worked up about the difficulty on. 

Anyway, hopefully I’ll wrap that up pretty fast and get back to Modern Warfare 2 on Veteran or maybe I’ll finally start using that racing wheel I bought for some racing games.

Finished Spec Ops

I forgot to post this the other day but Ben and I finally finished Spec Ops together in Modern Warfare 2.  We started out with a lot of gusto doing each of the levels on veteran, but by the end of our endeavor we dropped everything down to regular and only 1 starred the rest of the levels.  Maybe another time…but I doubt it, ‘cause those levels were HARD!

Just Beat Batman

Well, I finally beat Batman tonight.  It was actually a really good game, although a little dark.  I’ve been working on it slowly since the beginning of December, I think that’s just the price of getting older and having more responsibilities :-)

Well, I think I’ll work on COD: World at War next.

Big thanks to my brother Ryan for lending these both to me!

Waiting on Ben

Well, here I am again waiting on Ben to set up some kind of a team or artistic something or other. The best part of this is that gaming isn't really about playing the games it's about the time spent together...or that's what he keeps telling me. In any case, I'll be back to Worms 2 shortly.

Does this thing still work?

Just checking to see if this thing is still working.  I’m pondering starting to write again, although my gaming has hit an all time low so I’m not totally sure how much I’ll have to say.

20% Coupon

All right, well it looks like I'm finally back on my xbox blog so I thought that I would start out with a bang and post a 20% coupon that I just got!!!

Finding the Scarab Gun

A few days ago I finally got the Halo 2 Achievement for finding the Scarab gun, it was an incredibly complicated task that took several days of trying. I've embedded a video below that shows what you have to do.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - Beat It

A few days ago I finished Vegas 2 on Realistic. It felt great to be done with the campaign, now I can focus more on the multiplayer and working my toward the coveted Elite Status.

DS Lite Deal

I try to keep things more on the Xbox side of life here, but I just a coupon for a used DS Lite game for 25% off from gamestop. With an edge card that can give you a 35% savings. So here it is.

Crackdown - Beat It!

I just finished Crackdown last night. I'd forgotten how much fun it was to jump from one building to the next. I'm not sure what I'm moving on to next, but I know that I want to finish RSV2 on Realistic pretty soon.

Christian Thoughts on Grand Theft Auto IV

Here are a couple of great reviews and comments that I found from believers on Grand Theft Auto IV.

1) Al Mohler has some timely comments here.

2) Plugged In has a great review here.

Gamestop Deal

I just got the weekly Gamestop e-mail and saw that this weekend they are having a buy 2 get 1 free deal on all used games!!! They also have Gears of War for $30. Happy shopping.

Back to Crackdown

Last year when the Halo 3 Beta was going on I rented a copy of Crackdown for a month so that I could get in on the beta, which was awesome!!! In the process I accidentally started playing Crackdown and ended up really liking it. I only played through the first third or so of the game, but I always wanted to get back to it. About a month ago I borrowed a friend's copy of Crackdown and last night I finally cracked it open and started in again. In short, it's a a lot more fun than I remembered and I remembered it as being a lot of fun.

Halo 2 - Beat It

I finished Halo 2 on my PC a couple of nights ago. I still remember waiting in line the night that Halo 2 came out for Xbox. My brother Ryan and I waited at Gamecrazy in Bakersfield, CA. We picked up our copies and rushed home to play. There was a lot of criticism of Halo 2's storyline and there are certainly thing to criticize it for, but none the less it was and still is a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to diving a little more deeply into the multiplayer now.

Frontlines Fuel of War - Beat It

This one is a little bit late, but I rented "Frontlines Fuel of War" last weekend and played through it. I was looking forward to this one, but have to say that I was a little disappointed. The graphics were pretty good and it was a pretty good shooter, but the weapons felt underpowered and in the end the game just seemed to be more of the same. I checked the online action, but each game I got into only had 4 or 5 players in it. I was able to get a few points out of it, but not as many as I would have liked. I did find one glitch that was kind of fun in the achievements, you can read about it here.

What to Do???

The gamerscore blog has a great article on what to do if you have a new console and had already purchased a bunch of stuff on your other console that now won't work. You can find the article here. The steps are outlined below:

1) Attach your hard drive or memory unit.
2)Turn on the console.
3) Sign in to Xbox LIVE with the gamer profile that originally downloaded the content.
4) Go to Xbox LIVE Marketplace and select Account Management, Download History.
5) Select an item and then select Download Again.
6) Repeat step 5 for each item in your download history.

A Bunch of Random Stuff

Like I said in my last post, it's been a while since I've been able to put anything significant up. Here are a few random things that I've been thinking about doing, etc.

1) I bought the Legendery Map Pack for Halo 3 and I'm really enjoying it. They have a remade version of Lockout called Blackout, which I love. There's a new map called "Ghost Town" which is great and a reimagined version of Sidewinder called Avalanche, which is probably my favorite of the whole bunch.

2) My trek through Halo 2 on PC continues on. I'm on High Charity with the Master Chief right now and loving every minute of it. I did try out the multiplayer and actually had a really good time with it. I got a bunch of achievements and it was genuinely fun.

3) I'll be renting a game next weekend (any suggestions).

4) My brother got his 360 back after only a few weeks in the repair shop (AMAZING!!!).

35% Off Used 360 Games

I know that it's been a long time since I last posted, but I hope that this post makes up for it. Today, I checked my new Gmail account (Gmail is awesome by the way) and low and behold I found a 25% off coupon for any used 360 game at Gamestop!!! What makes this an even better deal is that you should be able to stack this 25% coupon with your regular Edge Card and walk away with a cool 35% off!!! I should also mention that the coupon is only good for a couple of days. So, without further ado here is the coupon, use it in good health and happy gaming!!!