Shuttdown

Name: Shuttdown
Joined On: Jun 29, 2005
Maintag: Shuttdown
Age: 28
Occupation: Production Support Analyst
Location: Allentown, PA
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Last seen: 10/3/08

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10/18/07

My Top Five

Since I like to make lists, I am going to list my Top 5 Games that are out right now......

#5......NBA 2K8 (Xbox 360)

Despite the fact that is it a glorified Sprite commercial, it is an amazing hoops game. The dunk contest is a nice addition to an already solid franchise and this might be the only way I can see the Sixers actually win a game....OK maybe not but I am getting better.

#4.....MLB Power Pros (Wii)

If you took the best baseball game (RBI Baseball) and the best all around player (A Rod) and they had sex, you would get......a cartridge that you would not want to blow into that is for sure. Anyway, you get the idea. A solid far east baseball game with MLB team. Now if you could just not start success mode on a team called the Tulips.....

#3.....The Legend of Zelda (DS)

Basically if you could take your DS, a copy of Zelda for the GC, and a big bottle of Awesome juice and put it in a blender, then poured it into a magical DS mold and got a level 32 black mage with a +2 Alchemy level and then while in a solar eclipse spoke the magical spell and did the rutal dance......UUHHHHHH......nevermind.

#2.....Halo 3 (Xbox 360)

This is only this high because of the online multi-player experience. The story was like my ex-girlfriend who kept promising, you know, sweet lovin and all you got was some kissing and a snuggle.....GOD DAMMIT.....sorry. The story made me made but laughing at the Timmys with the rest of PPC and calling them all broken condom surprises is fun.

#1....Portal (Xbox 360)

I know this is only one part of the Orange Box but this is one hell of a part. The only reason this blog wasn't typed sooner was because I just got done puked from the vertigo it induced because I played it waaaaaaaaaay to long. Now on to Team Fortress 2.....WOOHOO!!!!!

Posted by Shuttdown @ 3:17 am EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments

10/05/07

Thank you our friends from the East

Well, I finally got to play MLB Power Pros for the Nintendo Wii. I must say that our friends in the east were holding back. This is, by far, the single best baseball experience that I have ever well.....um......experienced. The level of detail (read they actually took the time to make every area of the game matter) is astounding. You even get to throw a few warm up tosses when you bring in the bull pen. The art style is on the catoony side. However, being raised on Mario, the bright color and simple graphics are something that I welcome. There is something to be said for the fact that the games plays better than it looks. I remember a time when game play was the selling point and the graphics were icing on the cake. Just look at the lineage Nintendo has put up here. RBI Baseball.....Baseball Stars.....and Now MLB Power Pros. I know this is on the PS2 as well but fuck that shit. There is a Sony ban in my house and there always will be.....end of fucking list. For as much as I need that High Def look for some games, the Wi keeps reminding me that games are supposed to be fun. Imagine that....a world where you can play a game with a smile and maybe even laugh......

By the way, I have such a man crush on this game that I might even type up a review for it.......but only if Code Monkey, himself, asks......

Posted by Shuttdown @ 3:03 am EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments

10/04/07

Out of the Loop.....

Due to the fact that I am working ungodly hours and will be for a while and the fact that I am not playing the same thing as everyone else in PPC just about all of the time, I am very much out of the loop in PPC. Therefore, I feel I need to get a second loop going in the form of a second clan. I am looking for a clan that plays sports games as well as maybe some PGR4. This is nothing against PPC but I need to get some more friends on my list and more sports gamers at that. I will still play shooters. I just need to get some sports in there too since I am playing a lot of NHL 08 and NBA 2K8 lately. I do have Halo 3 and will be getting COD4. Those of you who follow the old blog have a feel for me already. If you are in a clan that you think might fit what I am looking for, shoot me a PM or respond here. Thanks for the help and support.....

Posted by Shuttdown @ 1:19 am EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments

10/03/07

It is like the direct opposite of suck.....

Today started a nice little two day stretch that involves me getting a grand total of four games. Today I strolled to the ol' game store and picked up NBA 2K8 and Zelda for the DS. Tomorrow....well today since it is about 2:30am will afford me the chance to get PGR4 as well as MLB Power Pros for the Wii. With all of these fun games rolling out, his makes me want to list the top ten moments in my gaming history........

#10.....

The Time that I pitched my first Perfect Game. In the last year MVP baseball was alive. I took the less than stellar lefty Randy Wolf and the Fighting Phils against the St. Louis Cardinals and went 27 up and 27 down. That actually started a baseball trifecta where I also pitched no-nos on the two other MLB games that year as well. One with Bret Myers and the with Esteban Loaiza.

#9.....

The day that I beat my Uncle Jay in Ice Hockey. My uncle was talking a bunch of crap about how he could kick my ass in my, at the time, favorite hockey game. I took my fat guy, skinny guy, and two medium guys and proceeded to deliver a 53-1 ass rape. Even as a 9 year old I didn't take shit talking kindly. He still refuses to play video games to this day.

#8.....

The title game that was fixed by the gods. My father and I were playing a tournament in NES Play Action Football and were set to meet in the title game. I was a pass happy technician. He was a running machine. Well that all changed when the fake news paper showed the headline that changed the whole game. The headline that my father read with a dropped jaw was "Star running back injures hand in freak blender accident!" I proceeded to go on to take my destiny laced trophy to a tune of 35-3.

#7.....

The time Nintendo Power pissed me off. I saw a little section that detailed how cool the people were who beat The Legend of Zelda on the SNES in 3 lives. I got mad that they got all this acclaim and grabbed a whole bunch of soda and junk food with one mission in mind. All I have to say is mission accomplished. I beat the game in one sitting and with all three zeros in tact. Yes, I didn't die....

#6.....

The day the lines blurred. Pure and simple. The big gray original Gameboy. I amassed 211 lines. This could be the day that I broke my eyes and forced myself into a life of wearing glasses.

#5.....

The walkoff that really did crush someone's self esteem. I was playing my cousin in World Series Baseball for the old Sega Genesis for the simple reason that he said he would destroy me. I was down 3-1 in the bottom of the 9th. A walk and a bean later, Darren Daulton walked to the plate. with an 0-2 count a shot was blasted toward the left-center field wall. Michael in his spineless manner hit the power button as the ball landed on the crowd. He looked at me and said "It never happened so it doesn't count." I proceeded to call him a loser. He got even more spineless and told his father what happened and what I said. His father explained to him that he agreed with my assessment and he needs to be more of a man and accept his loses. He began to cry.

#4.....

The time that I made my best friend walk out. While playing NCAA football on the PS1 I was down by 4 points with 3 seconds left. My best friend at the time had just scored a TD and was about to kick off. All I thought was "He finally beat me....Dammit!!" Then it happened. I took the kickoff at the 1 and ran up the middle. I then cut to the right and spun into the open and down the sideline. My friend walked out before I crossed the goal line and didn't talk to me for a week.

#3.....

I guess one quarter was all I needed. While playing the arcade game WWF Wrestlefest. I chose Sgt. Slaughter as my character for the Royal Rumble mode. I proceeded to win the whole thing on one quarter. It came down to me and the Ultimate Warrior. When dust settled, there was only one man standing in the ring and only one quarter used.

#2.....

I can't even come close to this again. I am not going to mix words. I beat Contra on the NES on the original three lives. I really don't know how but I pulled it off with my sister and next door neighbor saw the whole thing.

#1.....

My back was against the wall for a total of 6 and then some. While playing NHL on the old PS1 I walked the line of elimination all the way to a miracle. I was able to not lose game with the Flyers in the playoffs and get my team to the Eastern Conference finals. There I met the Boston Bruins. I was handed 3 straight beatings as was down 0-3. I battled back and forced a game 7 which I won to get into the Stanley Cup Finals where I met the Colorado Avalanche. There, I was handed another 0-3 deficit. I won games 4 and 5 without much trouble. Game 6 saw me blow a two goal, third period lead only to get the game winner 1 minute into the first OT. Then there was game 7. A 3-3 score at the end of period number 3. In that very frame, I was on a breakaway and for some reason hit the drop pass button. The puck was positioned about 10 feet in front of the crease. Yelling, I saw John Leclair flying in to get the loose puck. I hit the shoot button out of instinct and blasted a top shelf cannonade that lit the lamp and won Lord Stanley's Cup.

Posted by Shuttdown @ 3:19 am EDT | Permalink | 1 Comments

09/24/07

I, Shuttdown, am a gaming nerd.

I just wanted to say that I am a gaming nerd. I should have known this a while ago but it is about 3pm on Monday and I am wondering what time I should get to my local Gamestop to get in line for Halo 3. I know that there are people there now and I wonder how long this can go on before I grab my DS and join the midnight nerdgasm that will be Halo 3. The issue here is that with how commercial Halo 3 is, the Timmys will be out in force. I am trying to find that sweet spot between not being there until 3 am waiting to get a copy and killing the people in line and going to jail. What time should I go? Give me your take....

Posted by Shuttdown @ 2:58 pm EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

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