Starting Again

Well it has certainly been a long time since my last post, but now that I have some time I'm going to start blogging again. It seems like I've been playing a lot of bad games lately. First game I played was Clive Barker's Jericho. It actually wasn't that bad. I expected it to be horrible, but it really surprised me in being a decent game. The next game I played was Sonic's Ultimate Game Collection. I enjoyed some of the nostalgia of some of the games, but most of them were horrible. The games really showed their age. I also played Rock Revolution. If you haven't played this game consider yourself one of the lucky ones. This is the worst music game I have ever played. I feel bad for the kid that wanted Rock Band for Christmas and got this steaming pile of crap. He is probably still crying. Then I played Scene It? LCA yesterday. I spent five hours trying to get stupid Scholar achievement for answering 3 documentary questions correctly. It would not have taken so long, but I seemed to never get any documentary questions. After playing that long I don't want to play Scene It? for a long time. Right now I've been playing the Bourne Conspiracy game, which also surprised me in being a solid title. I'm not very far into it, but it is very refreshing compared to the other games I have been playing. I've also started Battlefield: Bad Company, which is just not my cup of tea(That is all I will say because a certain someone likes the game). I've almost finished the full 1000 gamer score of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, which is a really solid shooter. That's pretty much it. I still have other games in my library that I haven't even played yet.

I've been watching the playoffs for the NBA and NHL lately. It looks like the Lakers and Magic are going to be in the in the finals. For the NHL I hope the Penguins win the Stanly Cup. It will be a really good series to watch, because I think the two best teams are in the finals.

That's pretty much everything I wanted say. Please stay tuned for more updates of the blog. Also follow Corey and I on Twitter, to get updates as they happen. See you later.

School Almost Over!!!

School is ending and so is my freshman year in college and as I look back at all the things I was too busy to keep up with this blog comes to mind :P.

The main point of this post is that I am starting to thing about blogging again possibly every single day if everything goes well. School and posting not being in my routine caused problems with me initially keeping up to date with posting. That should change this summer however, as I will have more time to do a lot of things. I am very sad at how the blog has suffered so far due to me not being able to contribute. I promise that will be changing. :)

Anyways just wanted to update on status of the blog. I am going to be looking into ways to improve the whole setup of the blog in the hopes of making it better and better.

Make sure to follow me and Myles on twitter and we promise we will do a better job operating this blog starting very shortly.

As always Arrivederci and see you in the promise land.

Prince of Persia

I just wanted to put down some of my thoughts on a game I have been playing a lot of lately, Prince of Persia. I first want to say the story of this game is amazing. I loved every minute of the game and thought there was some great writing. In all the action and saving the world there was some humor written in to keep the experience enjoyable. I don't want to give anything in the story away, because a certain person hasn't played it yet(Corey), but I can only say that the ending of the actual game is epic.

After I finished my first play through I downloaded the Epilogue to get all my questions answered. That's where I was wrong, but in a good way. Some of my questions were answered, but there were many more I had after its completion. The good news is that they made it so there could be a Prince of Persia 2. The Epilogue was definitely worth the download and is recommended to anyone who has completed the game already.

The game's mechanics were really solid. I really liked the running from place to place on walls, and the game really had a sense of speed. The movements of the prince were very fluid. I thought that the addition of Elika(your female companion) was a great feature for the game. I also liked how sometimes if you were good you could skip certain jumps or run from one place to another not how it was originally intended. The running was probably the most fun in the game. As for the battle system, its easy to pick up, but gets annoying in the later part of the game, because the enemies block all of your attacks.


Overall, I'm glad I bought this game. It was probably the most fun I had with a game that came out last year. I really recommend it to anyone who is a fan of good stories, like exploring vast lands, or just love an adventure. I never liked any of the other Prince of Persia's before this, and I believe this time around they made a great game that anyone can enjoy. This game was just fun.

Now I'm going to finish up the achievements, See you next time.

School Blows!

Ok tidbit from that title, school does blow (its important but it sucks) and that is one reason why i am blogging right now. I should be doing something else... but i am not so here we are.

Glad to see we are now off to the start I wanted, with multiple people posting. With a little more work this blog will soon be up to somewhat operational status.

Anywho the quest for gamerscore is grinding along but when i am in this grind, I realize just how important achievement help sites really are so I wanted to post the 4 or so I use so that others can benefit as well.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/index.php

This site is a personal favorite of mine, it has a mix of 360 news along with the best source of achievement lists and it also has a great community. My first go-to for sure.

http://www.achieve360points.com/

The used to be best site, its no longer as updated or on the ball as it used to be but there is still great information to be found here. Especially with older games from 06 and 07, sometimes these guides are forums are greater helps then xbox360achievements.

http://www.trueachievements.com/

This one i have known about for a while but just recently joined. I really love on this website the integration of forum and boosting, that makes it a great help to find people to boost certain games with. I like how the site is setup and it is very useful in achievement needs probably a number 2 or 3 stop.

Finally

http://ah.roosterteeth.com/home.php

A very cool site called achievement hunter. This is made by the same people who did the red vs blue video series and whom are now all achievement whores. Great videos, solutions, and community up there as a number 2 or 3 stop for your achievement needs.

That is all for now as always arrivederci and see you in the promise land.

Starting out

Let me start out with an introduction. My name is Myles aka Vendetta on Xbox Live. I'm a long time friend of Corey aka The Rock. I'm currently a student at the University of Massachusetts of Amherst. As of right now I'm studying Computer Science, but that might soon change.

Since this is a gaming blog I'm going to get right to the point and talk about some games. The games I usually enjoy are First Person Shooters, Action Adventure, and my current favorite genre Music games. I'm currently the bassist in my Rock Band 2 band Ghost and The Busters (Corey is the singer and our friend Marine is the main guitarist. We are currently looking for a good drummer if there is anyone out there, preferably with a good selection of DLC. Just putting that out there.) Recently I've been going back and cleaning up my XBLA games. I just finished Castle Crashers(which in my opinion is the arcade game of the year).

I'm just going to thow down a few thoughts about some games I've been playing lately. First I'll start with (the infamous) Street Fighter 4. I had a few problems with since game. This game made me very angry at first that I almost sold it. I felt that they didn't make the game accessible enough for new players and it was almost unplayable with the Xbox 360 controller. To top it all off, one day when I was about to play it, I find out that my save data got corrupted and I had to start over. But after a day or two I cooled off and decided to give the game one last chance. The game is a very solid fighter and really focuses on the timing of moves. I've played a lot of challenge mode to get better with by favorite character Chun Li. I started enjoying the game again almost as much as I enjoyed Street Fighter 2. One more thing, the people who play that game need to get more original, you won't believe how many Ken, Ryu, and Akumas I saw online.

Other games I've been playing are Left 4 Dead, which is a really fun game that doesn't take itself too seriously. This game has campaigns short enough to play just for fun. I just started Prince of Persia, which is a solid game, but I haven't gotten really into it because I've had to focus on my school work. I just got Unreal Tournament 3 at Target for $10, but I haven't even opened it yet. I always come back to Rock Band 2, just to feel like a rock star every now and again.

Well I think it is time to wrap this up, as I have a Physics class I have to go to. I finally felt I should start to blog after Corey's last post. I'll probably start making this a routine. See you later.

Plan For The Blog

Ok! I wanted to post something on here, because it has kind of been a long time. So here was my plan, I have two good friends who both wanted to be part of this blog. We were all going to post, gaming experiences and whatnot but it has come to my attention that one of my friends, does not have the motivation to post if i don't post so here it is.

My plan for this blog is for it to become big and a chronicle of my and a few of my friends experiences but that was put on halt due to a few things. I am sort of around but not really, and who knows how many blog posts I will make. Though in a few months, I should be posting again everyday due to school ending.

This summer, I am planning for the blog to become part of my daily routine and also I hope that routine carries into the next school year. I want this blog to succeed and once me and my friends get going on the right track, I know it will.

So far now, this is the plan for the blog. Post when I can, hopefully my friend will start posting and stuff will get done, now time to go play some Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

Long Time but I'm back!

Hello, I know its been such a long time since my last post however there have been a lot of things going on with me, one of which was me being ill for the past 4 days or so. Anywho just wanted to get the ball rolling again with another post and what I am thinking and doing right now.

I am back at college, which for me is Bryant University and I restart classes as of tomorrow. I am very happy to be back especially with new classes on the horizon however, I do have one problem with my college right now.

That is my xbox 360 won't work on the school network, because over break i had to get a new 360 thanks to the red ring and now I have to register the new console with the campus. This sucks in quite a few ways but for me just wanting to play a little halo tonight it makes me frustrated. I assume I will be back online tomorrow however, I think the school should be more focused on returning students wishes then me getting pushed aside even though I sent an email to those who could help me while they were still working today.

So that is my trouble as of now and I can't wait to get back to gaming especially since i haven't played anything really since friday thanks to my illness. Here is to more posts down the road... As always arrivederci and see you in the promise land.