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Hooray for Patches!

Finally somebody decided to come out with a patch for Ninja Gaiden II to fix the previous patch. I had quit playing because of the freezes the last patch caused.

So I started on Mentor and promptly got stomped. I've heard after you get past the first four chapters it gets easier, but I don't know if I have the patience to find out. I'm hoping once I level up my weapons it will get "easier."

While I was taking a break from NG2 I fired up COD4 and did pretty well in multiplayer. I was expecting to go negative, but I actually turned in a couple of good rounds in team deathmatch. Of course next time I play I'll go 3-20 or something like that. Such is life.

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Ninja Gaiden II

Picked up Ninja Gaiden II for father's day, and it was as fun as I hoped it would be. Got through Acolyte and Warrior without too much trouble, but I'm waiting to tackle Mentor until this patch thing gets sorted out.

Until then I'll be playing a little Forza 2 and Marvel UA, since I didn't play them at all until recently. I forgot how fun Forza was, and I really like both of the X-Men Legends games. Definitely a change of pace from the limb hacking fun of NG2.

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COD4 and Prestige

Finally got the new maps the day after they came out. I'd like to see the statistics for the servers that the maps were on and Xbox Live in general. I couldn't even add MS points to my account, and even if I could have I wouldn't have been able to get to the maps.

I've seen several people complaining that the new maps are a waste of money, and I respectfully disagree. I would say they're probably not the most fun for straight up team deathmatch, but I really enjoyed playing objective games on them. I had a hilarious kill on S&D on Broadcast. Planted the bomb at B, put a C4 on it, then went prone in the room across from the AV room. The last guy ran in right past me, and I thought about shooting him but blew him up with the C4 instead. Hopefully gave my teammates a laugh.

In other COD4 news, I was at level 54 when the new maps came out, and decided to take advantage of the double XP and go ahead and prestige. I'm currently at level 20 having only played for a couple of hours. The first game I played after prestiging I went up 5 or 6 levels. Thanks double XP!

After prestiging, I'll have to admit that the M16 is pretty ridiculous. 1 on target burst with stopping power = you're dead. I try to make it a little bit more difficult by just using the iron sights, but it's pretty much a beast.

Downloaded Ikaruga last night, wow that game is hard. Hopefully I'll have a little bit more success than I do with Geometry Wars.

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1000/1000 COD4

I finally got the last achievement to give me 100% on COD4. I had to play through Charlie Don't Surf 4 or 5 times to shoot all the TVs. I don't know what I did to be more magical the last time, but it worked.

Now I can get back to playing multiplayer and getting up to 55. Not sure if I want to prestige or not, but I probably will since I like completing challenges. I might even like completing challenges more than actually playing. I've gotten most of the weapon challenges except for snipers and headshots, don't really have a lot of interest in getting the headshot ones just yet. Some of the more obscure challenges I don't think I'll even try for.

Got a indoor soccer game tonight, luckily sore muscles won't affect gaming.

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Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

Picked up my reserved copy of Ninja Gaiden: DS Wednesday evening. I've only played through the first couple of chapters, but so far it's been quite enjoyable.

Holding the DS like a book is not bad at all considering you really only use the stylus, with an occasional hold of the D-pad to block. The action is just as fast as you'd expect, and the only negative so far is not being able to see all the action when you're getting busy with the stylus.

A must buy if you like Ninja Gaiden or action DS games. I'm looking forward to giving it a full review once I (hopefully) get through it.

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Yessssss!!!!

Finally completed COD4 on veteran, including mile high club. Thank goodness for YouTube. Now I've got to go back through on normal and get a couple of achievements and it will be my first 1000/1000 gamerscore game.

Next goals: beat Ninja Gaiden Black before 2 comes out and beat Phantom Hourglass before NG: Dragon Sword comes out. And figure out a way to raise some cash so the wife doesn't kill me for buying two new games.

Wish me luck!

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Frustration

Just a little bit on the flustered side this week in my gaming life. I've got 9 songs left on GH3 Hard, and they're really kicking my tail. We're talking under 25% at best. But my real block is COD4. I'm playing on veteran and getting so close to the end. I'm currently in no fighting in the war room, stuck between two hallways full of death. I have made quite a bit of progress though, as I was stuck running from the building in the sniper mission. Finally figured out you could just lob a couple of grenades and run to the checkpoint.

Hopefully I can finish of one of these tasks before I head out of town on Friday, but it's not looking good since the wife's car decided to die.

Wish me luck.

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Guitar Hero III

Just borrowed Guitar Hero III from a buddy. He didn't have GH2 so I let him borrow my copy. Reminds me of the old days when I would trade NES games with neighbors. I played a relative's GH3 on the Wii over Christmas, and was able to 5-star pretty much everything on Medium the first time through. I'll probably start a career on hard and drop down if it gets too crazy. Looking forward to Co-op career with the wife. We'll be the most rockin' family on the block!

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Google Apps

After reading an article on lifehacker, I decided to try out Google Apps For Your Domain. It's basically a really easy way to get a simple website up and running, but with gmail and other apps built in. So instead of yourname@gmail.com, you can have your own domain name. Definitely worth a yearly domain name registration if only for email.

I've used Google page creator, which I know has limitations, and this is what I've got so far:

www.bill-adkins.com

Not bad for just a few minutes work. It gives me yet another diversion while I'm sitting at my work computer.

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Resolutions

Finally got a 360 of my own, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Call of Duty 4 campaign is a blast, although Veteran kicks my butt in some sections. Halo 3 is fun, but I haven't had a chance to play much multiplayer yet.

Hopefully I'll be able to schedule a little Xbox time every day, that's my half-hearted resolution. Probably won't happen, but I can try and use it as motivation to keep everything else in order.

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Halo 3 Beta Second Impressions

I got a chance to play several more games last night, and Halo 3 is growing on me. Two things contributed to this increase of favor.

1. I played with a couple of guys from work, which is always more fun than just going it alone, especially in Team Slayer. Add to that these guys are pretty good Halo 2 players, which means more winning. Not that winning is everything, but it's usually more fun.

2. In Halo 2, I'm more of a Rumble Pit armed with plasma rifle w/ SMG + melee kind of guy. In Halo 3, there are times for that, but since the three maps in the beta are medium/large, a carbine or BR with an assault rifle as backup are much more effective. Once I figured this out I had much more success, which also equals more fun.

Now I have a much greater appreciation of Halo 3. I think Bungie has done a great job of balancing the weapons and grenades, making accuracy and teamwork much more important. Hopefully the rest of the maps will be as high quality as the three in the beta, and the multiplayer will be even more addicting this time around.

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Halo 3 Beta First Impressions

Borrowed my brother's 360 to try out the Halo 3 beta. I've only played 10 or so games so far, and to be honest, it's not doing much for me yet. I understand that it's only a beta, but I don't know if I like the changes from Halo 2.

I think the biggest reason I'm not really impressed is that I'm so accustomed to Halo 2, playing something that is so similar but yet different is just plain weird. When I think about how much Halo 2 I've played over the last (gasp!) going on 3 years, that adds up to a lot of play time. I'm sure once I get a 360 and Halo 3 and play it a ton I'll enjoy it just as much as I do Halo 2 now.

After all, I'm sure the guys at Bungie have played a few thousand more games of Halo 2 than I have, and I'll trust their judgment.

More impressions to follow.

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Pic of the Day 10/31/06

Well yesterday got off to a great start, until I got a call from the transmission shop about my wife's car. If any 2old2players would like a great deal on a car with some "small" (really big) transmission problems, drop me a PM. Today's pic is Halloween themed I guess. Although a toad would be more Halloween I think.

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Pic of the Day 10/30/06

An absoultely beautiful day today. I raked some leaves and it wasn't even that bad since it was such a nice day. The baby was digging the nice day from her chair too. She kept a pretty close eye on me until she fell asleep. Today is also my dad's birthday, he's 50-something. Almost time to go into work, yes!

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Pic of the Day 10/26/06

Another dreary day, bummer. The baby is a little sick, not fun for either of us. Supposed to warm up this weekend, that would be very nice. This pic is of the tree of life in Animal Kingdom.

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