I’m in a rough spot right now so I’ve been forced to start selling off some of my shit I’ve collected over the years, starting off with some of my massive DVD and video games collections. Here are the links to my eBay auctions if you’re interested:
Tag: xbox
Chillin’ and Sippin’ Patrón
I still haven’t gotten drunk yet in 2009, but that hasn’t stopped me from drinking in moderation. For instance, I’ve been sipping Patrón all day since 11:11AM while doing nothing special. I read a few chapters in a book I’ve been reading, played some Too Human, watched some movies, and pretty much just lounged around the house in my underwear. Yep, I’m living the rockstar life.
I was just about to rant about my big pet peeve regarding really bad movies that are all about gratuitous nudity but the hot main character never shows her tits. Then about halfway through typing it up, the main character Daisy in Poison Ivy 4 finally showed her God-given precious goods. The rant was no longer needed and will have to wait until the next time this travesty happens.
1000/1000 in Lost Via Domus
My achievement whoring has gotten me to play some pretty awful games, with Lost Via Domus being the latest such title. The only difference between this and something like, let’s say, Meet the Robinsons, is that I had a tad bit of interest in playing Lost because I’m a huge fan of the show. The fandom didn’t do much to make it an enjoyable experience, though. The controls were just too clunky and there just wasn’t that much to the game. I thought some of the characters actually looked quite good, but the gameplay was just lacking. I would say it needed more content, but that wouldn’t have helped because for most of the game I was hoping it would just end. Thankfully it did indeed end and it ended with me getting a full 1000/1000 achievement points. Sadly, I’ll probably never be able to say the same for the three games I’m playing right now for “fun” — Devil May Cry 4, GTA IV and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.
R6V2 is so Dope Co-op
It’s just about 4AM and I just got done with a marathon gaming session with Rainbow Six Vegas 2 that started after work at around 7PM last night. After finishing up the single player story — albeit just on casual so far — I did some terrorist hunt missions before joining up with my boys Abe & Tim to do the shit co-op. I had so much fun, despite the fact that the re-spawn points are laughably atrocious and the cheating AI that often will be able to take several up close shotgun blasts to the head makes you wanna find and castrate the developers. Now, I must get a few hours of sleep in before it’s time to work.
980/1000 on Lost Odyssey
Lost Odyssey’s Treasure Trove achievement will now live in infamy much like Call of Duty 4′s Mile High Club. Even my OCD that’s the root of my achievement whoreness won’t keep me going back to try and find every single treasure in Lost Odyssey, at least for now. I’ve gone through every single nook and cranny in every single town, dungeon and underwater areas twice over the past two days and nothing to show for it. I may try again at some point, just as a might give Mile High Club another shot on CoD4, but for now the discs are going back to GameFly. It’s an awesome game, though.
Knocked off Jericho & Bioshock
Take away my college and pro football and my weekends tend to turn into gaming marathons. Not only did I finish getting the 1000/1000 for Mass Effect yesterday, but I also finished off both Clive Barker’s Jericho and Bioshock today. For Bioshock it was only the last three that I wasn’t able to get during my first play through — the weapons, Cohen’s room and all the diaries. I had written about it previously, but I came very close to getting all my first play through without using a guide.
I just missed 1 diary, 1 weapon upgrade and the achievement for getting into Cohen’s room (I killed him too early and the jack ass didn’t have his key on him even though he somehow got into the locked room later….not to mention I had enough weaponry on me to knock down his wooden door) . What sucked was that the diary was in Ryan’s office that I couldn’t go back to and the weapon upgrade was in Cohen’s room, so I pretty much had to play the entire game over again and find every single diary and weapon upgrade for a second time. Pain the the ass, it was, but I finally finished it off. Sorry for the Yoda speak, I’m not sure why I phrased it like that. 
The Clive Barker game was obviously much simpler than both. I was able to get the majority of it in my first play through on the hard difficulty level and then finished off the weapon achievements with the level select. The game itself wasn’t all that bad, either. I thought the story was interesting and I also liked the character & weapon variety. The big problem with it is that it’s just way too linear and over too quickly. It is a PERFECT rental and I enjoyed my two days with it, but if I would’ve forked over full price, I would’ve been sorely disappointed.
Doing the Q & A Thing
I got up at 5AM so I could put in at least seven hours of play time into Mass Effect before the roommies and their kid wake up, but the RRoD fiasco has left me with nothing to do but update “Dear Dave”. I guess it’s a win for you! 
The Towel Trick Failed
I gave the infamous “towel trick” a try to see if I could get the 360 to last me the weekend, but it failed miserably. It did technically work, but it only made it a very insignificant three minutes before the Xbox 360 crapped out on me again and gave me the RRoD. I’m trying it one more time, but methinks the system be fucked like a child molester in prison.
Fucking RRoD
I knew it was just a matter of time, but why did it have to happen very early Saturday morning when I was ready to get the final 145 GS from Mass Effect on Xbox 360? What happened, you ask? Well, the dreaded Red Ring of Death. Now I’m facing a full weekend without college football, NFL football and Xbox 360. It appears that my only option is to finish off my bottle of Jameson and maybe play some Wii. Damn you Microsoft!
Lesbian Love Triangle
The fact that you can get a lesbian love triangle going in Mass Effect is without a doubt one of the coolest Easter Eggs you can find in any video game. It’s as if the developers had me in mind when they figured they’d allow this to happen in their game. I’m kind of shocked that there hasn’t been some retarded backlash against this. Anyway, I’m at 780/1000 with this game and will have to beat it at least two more times to get the full 1000. I feel the need to complete this just to make up for all the cupcake 1000s I’ve gotten over the past six months.
Speaking of retarded, I thought it was stupid that the old chick on Big Brother 9 last week that was flipping out over the crazy dude for his politically incorrectness in referring to kids with autism as retards. I completely agree that it was in poor taste, as I’d rather use the word to describe people that do stupid things rather than to describe someone with a mental handicap, but at least this guy spends his life helping these kids with special needs.
What’s more important, that he avoids the use of the word “retard” or the fact that he’s spending each and every day of his life helping these children out (at least when he’s not on BB9)? I think actions speak louder than words and unless this woman is also spending her life helping out these kids, which she doesn’t, then she should have no say in the matter. His helping these kids are doing way more good than her defending them against his ignorant speech.
