Category Archives: Xbox 360

I achieve perfection!

…well, in at least one way. I finished Phantasy Star Universe’s offline, single-player Story Mode tonight, and that gave me 1000 gamerscore of a possible 1000.  So, I got a perfect achievement.  See? Moving on… While I still wish that … Continue reading

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I think I’ve had about enough Tangos.

Whole mess of “firsts” recently: I finished Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six : Vegas on the 360… This is the first “Tom Clancy’s subtitle subtitle : subtitle” game I’ve ever played through. I do own “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell”and “Tom Clancy’s … Continue reading

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Rental, adj; See: Call of Duty 4.

Well, that’s a bit harsh.  I bought Call of Duty 4 expressly for the purpose of playing online multi-player matches with friends, so the single player mode taking roughly 5 hours to play through doesn’t really count against the game.  … Continue reading

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It’s going to be an odd day at work.

It’s the day after Christmas, so everyone will be swapping stories about their swag, and the crazy things Aunt Marge says when she gets a couple cups of nog in her, and if anyone asks me what I did, I’m … Continue reading

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OK, I get the cake thing now

After about a zillion sightings of “the cake is a lie hah hah hah I’m so funny and referential”, I broke down and rented Portal yesterday. Well, I rented “The Orange Box”, strictly speaking, but really… Portal. And it was … Continue reading

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Backlog: The Listmaking

This isn’t really a “to-do” list that is going to happen any time in the near future. Honestly, keeping on top of my three classes is pushing me hard enough, much less getting ready for the JLPT in December. The … Continue reading

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A Halo 3 Public Service Announcement

Spoiler-free Halo 3 ending information follows – and this will be my last Halo-related post for a while because I’m starting to feel quite the fanboy. When you finish the campaign mode and watch the ending cinematic and are staring … Continue reading

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Yay I can read the web again.

…or, to put it another way, I don’t have to worry about the gits that make it their mission to post Halo 3 ending spoilers. Fortunately, it’s not as easy to spoil as “Snape kills…”, so every time I’ve run … Continue reading

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No Preorder…

…no midnight launch madness, no trading of my first born, my soul, or my cats… …just a matter of walking in to Fred Meyer this morning and asking “Hey, do you guys have the new Halo?” And getting a response … Continue reading

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Speaking of Zombies…

I tried to run through Dead Rising a couple of times, and didn’t do very well. Attempt 1 (several months ago): Die to first boss fight after not having saved for over an hour. Put the game aside in disgust, … Continue reading

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