Aside from Wordfeud for Android with RPadholics Big Blak and SlickyFats, I’m still not playing much of anything in Asia. I will be playing some games on United’s business class IFE on the trip back, but that’s about it. Surprisingly, I don’t miss my consoles too too much. I love traveling, seeing different countries, and experiencing different cultures. My mind has been so busy with Asia, the shoot, and my cold that I haven’t regretted not brining my PSP or DS. Yeah, that sounds blasphemous, but I’m being honest. Ha!
Soooooo, what are you guys and dolls playing this weekend?
I am going to try to raid ICC 10 on Saturday. Maybe fit in some inFAMOUS.
My gf's father passed away, so I'm not sure how much time that will allow me. I might only be able to do the first few rounds of our draft on sunday and then set it to autopick. We'll see though.
Don't know for sure. I've been playing a lot of NCAA football lately (I find it superior to Madden this year), but Alan Wake came from Gamefly and I'd like to give that a try as well.
I am playing Alan Wake right now, and I have to say the story is captivating so far. I am definitely enjoying this game while I have it. Whenever I finish this game I will probably go back to playing Afro Samurai, which is awesome to play because I am a big fan of the series and love the story. Then Plants vs. Zombies is set to be released on Wednesday for XBLA so I am ready to get that game asap. Then it should be a coast until Halo: Reach.
Uncharted 2 for the double cash and continue my second playthrough of assassin's creed 2
My wife us picking me up the new Madden right now, so probably some of that. I might play Dead Rising 2: Case 0 sone more. I made a paddle-saw last night and it ROCKS.
Then of course, the rpad.tv football draft.
@ Smartguy
My sincere condolences to yourself and your girlfriend.
@SG
That always tough, sorry to hear that.
get further along on ff13 hopefully up to chapter 9 or something like that. besides that if i take a break maybe some Mw2 or some other game. i'll see what kind of lime sorbet i'll want. oh and the draft as well.
@smartguy
my condolences to you and your gf as well.
@n8
Did you see Leftwich could be out for 6 weeks??? your Dixon predicition came through!
I rented MAFIA II the other day. I didn't play it for the first day but the second day I played in well into the morning. I finally went to bed at 4am and I slept through my alarms long enough that my phone died.
Mafia 2 is surprisingly fun. It feels like GTA but got rid of all of the crap I hated. I am only on Chapter 4 but I hope to get a ton of time in with it today and through the long weekend.
Also need to beat Limbo (360) and play Castle Crashers that I just bought on PS3.
@ tokz
Well… That makes 2 QB's we have that are out for 6 weeks.
If anything happens to Dixon, we're gonna have to have Hines Ward start taking snaps.
@n8
or you can have randle-el pass again.
@ Tokz
That's true too. Both him and Ward were actually QB's in college.
has anyone seen the new PS Move commercial w/KB it makes me want one.
I'll be diving back into Batman: AA and MW2.
@Tokz
That was my first time to see that. Some of the launch games with the move are getting crappy reviews. But then again a lot are getting good reviews also.
The Move comes out just 3 days before my birthday so I'm getting it regardless of reviews at this point. The fighting game, shooting game and sword play look fun.
@slicky
those are the games that got me interested too. i saw them do a demo of the gladiator one on aots yesterday but it looked lame but the fight night one or whatever it's called looks pretty awesome.
@n8
big ben's suspension cut down to 4
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=55275…
@ SG
Sorry to hear that man, Im sending digi love to you and yours.
@ Weekend
Rpad.tv.football draft, and some Split/Second and Borderlands.
Thankyou all of you. I'm surprising her with a new laptop to help distract her. Also a good way for me not to catch flack about a pending ETF and or iPad purchase lol.
Wow… Am I the only person not surprised that all of my predictions around the Steelers QB struggles have came true?
No charges against Ben.
Still got suspended.
Dixon is starting during said suspension.
And Ben will only be out for 4.
Not to gloat or anything.
@SG: Must have missed your post when I was here earlier. My condolences as well.
ty Nightshade.
@Smartguy;
I am sorry to hear about your girlfriend's loss. You have my condolences.
-M
@topic;
For those who can't tell by the picture; It's Dead Rising Case 0. I am determined to make a weapon that N8 hasn't thought about yet which I should totally get an achievement for if I do, because he's not making it easy. I guess I should go and watch some old McGyver episodes on Hulu or something. I also have to get around to Halo Wars before Reach comes out. And if my wife passes the CPA, I'll reward her by playing the two RE5 DLC episodes with her.
… also, attention.
@N8;
Thanks for all of the ideas you gave me yesterday. I have yet to make the "electric rake", but I'll see if I can do that one tonight. Oh, and great news about Roethis-raper because I drafted him as a back-up QB in one of my other fantasy leagues as a back-up QB. I drafted him based on your predictions. I'm glad they came true.
-M
@ Iceman
I think per game, he's gonna have a good year. However… Overall, I don't think he's gonna have the year the guy I'm thinking of is gonna have whose name I won't reveal until after Sunday.
@Iceman
I'm curious, with Alan Wake what play through did you get the collectibles on? Other than the manuscript pages that are in Nightmare difficulty only, which I felt was pretty self-explanatory. lol. I am really enjoying this game so far. For some reason I now want to go back and finish Bioshock as well, I think it is the collectibles and slowly unfolding story that's doing it.
@smartguy
Passing on my condolences as well
@Smartguy
Sorry to hear about the loss.
@Iceman
What section is she taking?
@N8R
Yeah, Matt Ryan will have a bad year.
@N8;
Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you think Chad Henne is going to have a better year than Big Ben.
@Bsukenyan;
I was an idiot and didn't try to collect everything the first time around, which means that I had to beat it on Normal, then Nightmare (and collect all the nightmare pages), then go back to Normal and get everything that I missed the first time around (which answers your question). It's not as bad as it sounds, however, since after you beat the game, you can start playing from any episode (and chapter) and just get everything you missed before without having to play through the entire game again.
A tip for nightmare difficulty; Run away like a pussy as much as you can. Save your ammo for fights you cannot avoid since ammo is scarce and bad guys can take many bullets to kill. Also; don't miss when you're shooting someone! Flares and cinematic dodges are your best friends. Run towards the next checkpoint/safe haven as fast as you can while turning around every few seconds and "stunning" the people that are chasing you to buy some time to keep running. If you're being chased and you find a generator to turn on the safe haven light, always pop a flare before cranking up the generator, especially if you hear the "bad-guys-are-coming-to-kill-you" music.
Hope this helps.
-M
"don’t miss when you’re shooting someone!" – Iceman #29 9/3/2010
Best advice I've ever seen about a game.
@Smartguy;
She's taken the Regulation and the Auditing parts already. I think her next one is going to be Business and then Financial. It's her busy season at work now until the end of the month, so I don't think she'll do much studying in September. But she tells me that she'll be done with the whole thing before the end of the year is over.
-M
Unfortunately, I won't be playing anything this weekend. I haven't been able to play anything for the past two and a half weeks. My 60gb PS3 got the 'flashing red light' and I just recently learned that it's basically unrepairable. (insert sadface here) Hopefully I'll be picking up a Slim in a few days though. My advice to everyone here- if you don't already, BACK UP YOUR DATA on a regular basis. I'm gonna start doing it monthly. (wait, that came out wrong)
R.I.P.
Redd75's First PS3
7/17/07-8/18/10
Have a good weekend people! Anyone watching the Purdue/ND game? Watch for me, I'll be the one in the stadium cheering on Purdue.
@Redd75
GO PURDUE!! my sister goes there now, my mom graduated from there, my dad went there for a little while before transferring to a different school in Chicago, and my grandma (dad's mom) worked in the offices there for a number of years. My family has taught me well to hate the fighting irish and cheer on the Boilermakers. lol.
@Bsukenyan and Redd;
I'm glad we have the mutual hate of the Irish (Notre Dame, not actual people from Ireland) that bonds us together.
-M
Speaking of Purdue, I use about 5 sheets of toilet paper Purdue.
(I'm just messing with you guys, I have no bias for or against Purdue)
Well the draft didn't go too bad. I think Tokz and I might want a redo on a couple parts, lol. But overall I think it will be an interesting league.
i actually like smartguy's autodraft team, its really not bad
also, iceman did a good job, so did bert
i still need a tight end
2pm EASTERN time. Dammit. Why did I think it was Pacific time? lol.
All things considered, my autodraft team isn't putrid. I usually have horrendous luck in fantasy football though. I tend to clean up in fantasy baseball, and am usually mired in the middle of the pack (or worse) in fantasy football.
@bsu
I think i faltered after the 4th round. The chatting distracted me.
@nightshade
Thats how i am too. My friends playing stopped fantasy baseball because i won 3 years in a row.
@thunder: I've got Kellen Winslow on my bench if you're interested in a TE. Make me an offer.
@tokz: I actually stopped playing baseball with the group I was in because they'd all offer you crap like Felipe Lopez straight up for Chase Utley. I tried playing nice for a while, but after a couple seasons of that junk I couldn't help but respond by saying things like "I've finished in the top two 3 of the last 4 years now, so I'm obviously not THAT stupid. Come back with a real offer when you feel like being serious."
@nightshade
Damn! You treated that guy.
@Thunder
I got John Carlson and Jermaine Gresham in my bench right now if you are looking for a trade.
@Tokz
I faltered by not being around for my first two picks. I really wanted Peyton Manning as my first pick but the autopick got me a WR. Thus Big Blak (I believe) got him. That threw off my game plan a bit from what I wanted.
@bsu
I was going to tweet you but idk how often you check it.
I actually get them sent to my phone right now since I don't have a smartphone with an app to check that stuff. So I get a txt and respond by txt usually with twitter. I set it up to get txts from ppl that I follow that I figure would actually tweet me back (like everyone here at the site).
I thought my auto draft wasn't to shabby.
its really hard to propose a trade in espn, simply because they dont include player rankings when you want to propose one. Its just a lot easier to make trades when you can compare stats and projections.
I may actually be ok with zach miller, but if i were gonna trade arian foster or jahvad best, id need a top 5 tight end. I almost think we should have another flex position. If Matt stafford can hold down the fort, i actually really like my team
Whatever… Shake Weights are a Super Bowl team.
I agree, N8, Shake Weights will be in our fantasy league’s Super Bowl. It's a shame, however, that they will lose to a Cold Day In Hell.
-M
I will have to hope my team produces like the greatest show on turf because I'm quite sure the Browns D will be a liability more often than not….hell, I might have to just not start a D :)
Bernard Berrian is up for trade. Will trade him for a QB or better D.
I'm the best… Around.
Nothin's ever gonna keep me down.
(thanks for the trophy guys)
@N8R Funny that you mention that song. It's going to be a small part of tomorrow's column.
@ Ray
It's also my ringtone for when my wife calls me.
lol
Preordered Reach through you Amazon ads :D
@n8r
ha! that song reminds me more of South Park now than the Karate kid.
Thanks for getting that supid song stuck in my head now.
Allow me to return the "favor"…
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlights People Oh oooooooOOOOhhhhh….
Your welcome, Ha, Ha!
-M
ESPN has Mike Tyson's 30 for 30 on tonight!
it's quiet in here today.
Hello, anyone here???
testes 1, 2…
@Tokz
I was thinking the same thing. I was playing Army of Two earlier but now I'm just finishing up a writing piece before class tonight.
We are getting slammed at work today, 946 calls and counting and a busy day consists of about 700 calls.
What company are you doing customer service for, Big Blak?
-M
I work at a low income health clinic for poor folks and college kids.
@Big Blak
Wow that sounds like a lot of fun. Sounds like work the other day for me too, unloaded a truck a few mornings ago that was a little over 3000 pieces. A big truck is around 2300.
@Iceman Journey is awesome. Bow down before their new Filipino singer!!! (Though I admit that Journey isn't really Journey without Steve Perry.)
@Sandrock323 Thanks for the purchase!
@tokz_21 Sorry! Jet lag defeated me last night.
and pregnant chicks, chicks that dont want to be pregnant, rape victims, crazy people, and "educated" people.
@rpad
Dont worry about it.
@bsu
I was just making sure the site was working.