8:58 AM
More little updates on a Sunday morning.
* Yesterday I finally finished stacking the gosh darn wood. I usually have it done by early fall but this year thinks kept coming up. For example, Wednesday, I got out to the stack and was getting into getting it done when ... yell from behind, it was my mom, my dad had fallen. I was in my work clothes (looking like a cross between a inner city hoodster and a lumberjack), to answer the door for the EMTs.
* Of the x-box titles I got after launch here's some initial thoughts.
Cell Damage: Kid Friendly. A couple of risque jokes, but otherwise tame. It's like a cartoon twisted metal. It's not as deep as twisted metal, but hey, it's good fun and if you need a kid friendly game for the system -- this is it.
NFL Fever: The graphics (other than the occasional J-Lo butt on the linemen), are spectacular. Game play is okay. Kicking is hard because you have no control over the direction. The indicator quickly goes from left to right and you sort of have to wait until it gets to the right spot to hit the button. That's easier said than done. I keep missing easy extra points because they're a hair off. Also, one big PITA. When you look to see your receivers for some reason the B and A receivers are on the left side of the lineup while they're on the RIGHT side of the controller and the Y and X receivers are left side of the controller and RIGHT side of the lineup. So you're thinking of pressing left when you need to press right and vice versa. The game's not deep and is good if it comes with the system, but I'm replacing it with NFL2k2 for Xbox as soon as it comes out.
Halo: You're probably tired of hearing how great this game is. All the praise is deserved. If you get the Xbox and are into first person shooters. GET THIS GAME.
Project Gotham Racing: Graphics are spectacular. I've never been into driving games so this one would have probably not been a buy if it hadn't come with the package I got when I bought the system. I guess it plays like GT3 and from what I've seen of GT3 it has waaaaaaaaaay better graphics.
Dead or Alive 3: It's the soul caliber of the system. Not deep at all but BEAUTIFUL. The play is fast so button mashing is required.
Overall: The controller does take some getting used to after prolonged exposure to it. I still one for the old style Sega controllers. They were small and easy to use. A modified Sega Saturn controller would be perfect. Add twin analog sticks like on a PS2 controller and I'd be in heaven (though all PS controllers suck IMODO).
* Heard from Robyn Huggiebear this week. She was on screen savers and I missed her in chat when she was going to pop in Wednesday night. Hopefully they'll put up a list of scheduled chats for regulars to figure out what the heck is going on.
On that note,
k9
More little updates on a Sunday morning.
* Yesterday I finally finished stacking the gosh darn wood. I usually have it done by early fall but this year thinks kept coming up. For example, Wednesday, I got out to the stack and was getting into getting it done when ... yell from behind, it was my mom, my dad had fallen. I was in my work clothes (looking like a cross between a inner city hoodster and a lumberjack), to answer the door for the EMTs.
* Of the x-box titles I got after launch here's some initial thoughts.
Cell Damage: Kid Friendly. A couple of risque jokes, but otherwise tame. It's like a cartoon twisted metal. It's not as deep as twisted metal, but hey, it's good fun and if you need a kid friendly game for the system -- this is it.
NFL Fever: The graphics (other than the occasional J-Lo butt on the linemen), are spectacular. Game play is okay. Kicking is hard because you have no control over the direction. The indicator quickly goes from left to right and you sort of have to wait until it gets to the right spot to hit the button. That's easier said than done. I keep missing easy extra points because they're a hair off. Also, one big PITA. When you look to see your receivers for some reason the B and A receivers are on the left side of the lineup while they're on the RIGHT side of the controller and the Y and X receivers are left side of the controller and RIGHT side of the lineup. So you're thinking of pressing left when you need to press right and vice versa. The game's not deep and is good if it comes with the system, but I'm replacing it with NFL2k2 for Xbox as soon as it comes out.
Halo: You're probably tired of hearing how great this game is. All the praise is deserved. If you get the Xbox and are into first person shooters. GET THIS GAME.
Project Gotham Racing: Graphics are spectacular. I've never been into driving games so this one would have probably not been a buy if it hadn't come with the package I got when I bought the system. I guess it plays like GT3 and from what I've seen of GT3 it has waaaaaaaaaay better graphics.
Dead or Alive 3: It's the soul caliber of the system. Not deep at all but BEAUTIFUL. The play is fast so button mashing is required.
Overall: The controller does take some getting used to after prolonged exposure to it. I still one for the old style Sega controllers. They were small and easy to use. A modified Sega Saturn controller would be perfect. Add twin analog sticks like on a PS2 controller and I'd be in heaven (though all PS controllers suck IMODO).
* Heard from Robyn Huggiebear this week. She was on screen savers and I missed her in chat when she was going to pop in Wednesday night. Hopefully they'll put up a list of scheduled chats for regulars to figure out what the heck is going on.
On that note,
k9
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