Beholder

I purchased a new game, and not like new but it's been out for awhile, but new, new, like came out last Friday new. Beholder. This game is touted as a management game, but it has a dark and depressive 1984 feel. You work for the state, they call you comrade, its like cold war Russia!

Your job to find everything out about your tenants while managing an apartment building is engrossing, your family has needs, your tenants ask you for things, the ministry calls whenever they feel like, new directives will be released making basic things like apples and jeans illegal to purchase or possess. The game is a go, go, go of non stop tasks, but they are fun, like finding the doctor a date or selling dodgy illegal canned fish from a sailor who moved into your building before he ships back out to sea.

It's like playing a soap opera with the random occurrences that seem to pop up. I got it on sale for 14.99 and it came with a free Indy title Dear Esther for free. You can get that deal until 2/2/2018. At which point I'm assuming the game will go back to 29.99. I noticed there is DLC for the game listed as available through the menu but I did not attempt to purchase it as I would assume complete means all DLC, but I could be wrong in the pay to play world we now live in.

Getting entangled in these people's lives is the most fun even if it is just to discover they make drugs or have jeans and get them evicted and hauled off by the cops! I haven't had that much fun with a new game in awhile. Try it out, you might like it!

Zoo Tycoon I hate you.

I've been suffering through Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection since it came to gamepass this month. I haven't touched this title since the original before all the extra animals and whatnot. I am struggling. I cannot for the life of me remember the controls but I hate the tutorial so I keep trying to just wing it. So far, so good. I haven't killed any precious animals and the zoo is making money.

They added so much its just hard to want to keep up with it. The amount of animals and research is frankly annoying. At a certain point you just wanna be like yup that's nice and walk away. The challenges aren't fun, they are a pain while I'm trying to do other things especially when you lose money on some if you don't complete them. Really? I don't think this is how the real world zoo works. If you don't play with 3 animals through an interactive exhibit we will take 500 dollars from you! Uh, no. Stop.

I load it up and immediately sigh, because I already know the crap doesn't stop, literally. I need more zoo keepers because cleaning poop is annoying. Hit clean, press A, back out do it again since you can't just zoom poop to poop you have to reload screens.

It's just kind of clunky in a sense, there is a lot of oversight and menus. Research times. It doesn't speak to my OCD, it drives me up a wall.

I'm still gonna keep at it though, even if it drives me stark raving mad in the end. It's 1500 gs, after all, and I guess ill forgive them for the unobtainable achievement for now...
 

Xbox Gamepass Titles for February

8 new titles will be hitting the Xbox Gamepass service this coming month, and 2 will be discontinued. I'm not that excited for the new games, but 7 of them are Xbox One titles which is a pretty nice bonus. I enjoyed the first Halo Wars, so I have pretty high hopes for Halo Wars 2, I have played the tutorial missions when I borrowed it from a friend but didn't get much further. The graphics were really smooth from the small amount of time I spent with it.

Additions:
Xbox One:

• Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
• Halo Wars 2
• Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered
• NBA 2K17
• RiME
• Riptide GP: Renegade
• WWE 2K17

Xbox 360:

• Fable Anniversary

Removals:
Xbox One:

• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• WWE 2K16

This coming month is shaping up to be a nice Gamepass month, the 9.99 per month is worth it if you like to jump around and play all types of games(even backwards compatible ones). You can always splurge and get the 3 month at a time for 24.99 and save 5 bucks(20 over the course of the year). For the price of 2 AAA titles it gives you a large library that is constantly updated. It's better than EA access which only gives you selected EA games and DLC/purchase discounts, granted that service is much cheaper every year at 29.99. I had it for awhile but found I owned most of the games or just got sick of sports titles.

Achievement Roundup 1/16/2018

After a very long hiatus(something like 5 years!) I'm back. The last 5 years I've been off getting my life together. Job, car, family, the whole works. I'm not longer the 22 year old kid of yesteryear. I stopped gaming for awhile, I got burnt out. I put so much pressure on myself to be that "girl" that games became less fun and more work. Things finally feel good again. I play games and get happy. I get on ebay looking for deals and get excited again. I'm gonna regroup and get this back together because at the end of the day games make me happy, whether its gaming news or just playing in general. I have been still purchasing games but my backlog is insane.

Games I have been into lately: Forza Motorsport 7 and Forza Horizon 3.

Yesterday was sort of productive but its my first day back, I've forgotten the focus I used to have, but we are knocking the rust off still.

Achievements Earned: 8 across 3 Titles

 

Forza Motorsports 7

 

Bronze Collector for 10g

 

Age of Empires: Castle Siege (UWP)

 

Over the Walls for 40g

Castellan for 25g

 

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

 

Everyone's got to Start Somewhere for 10g

If You Build Them for 10g

Staffing Up for 5g

Research Warrant for 5g

Phase One Complete for 5g

 

 

Total Gamerscore Earned: 110g

 

 

 

New Completion List!

Retail Completions XBOX 360:
Avatar: TLA: TBE
EA Sports Fight Night 3
MLB 2K6
NBA 2K6
Madden NFL 06
Night at the Museum 2
You Don't Know Jack
College Hoops 2K6
NHL 2K6
Retail Completions XBOX ONE:
Nutjitsu
Monopoly Plus
The Wolf Among Us
Forza Horizon 2 Present Fast & Furious


 Arcade Completions:
Galaga
Harm's Way
Pac-Man CE DX
The Walking Dead

WP7 Completions:
Beards & Beaks
Butterfly
COLLAPSE!
Doodle God
Fruit Ninja
Kinectimals
Monopoly
Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst

Games For Windows Live Completions:
Fallout 3

Kinect Fun Labs Completions:
Kinect Me
Web Based and Windows 8:
Wordament (Web)
Microsoft Mahjong (Win 8)
Microsoft Solitaire Collection (Win 8)

 Total Completions: 30

Borderlands 2, and the dlc gravytrain....

I recieved the Bordlerands 2 collector's edition game and guide for christmas. I never played the first borderlands and wasnt quite sure what to expect. I must say i am in love with this game. I even shelled out the 29.99 for the season pass on the dlc. The 2k super sale which is going on right now allowed me to pick up the mechromancer dlc for 50% off. At 400 msp it is a steal. I have yet to play co-op as my first attempt was ill fated and i recieved a disk unreadable error because someone was using Gaige. It booted me from my own game. The achievements are creative and aren't incredibly out there like some games. Some are story driven others are rare random monster spawn. It is a good mix. I'm really far behind on the curve as i haven't completed 1 playthrough or started the dlc(the next one drops on the 15th). The SHiFt system and extra golden keys is really awesome, even though i am just hoarding them for when i get to some of the higher levels and really need an equipment boost to propel myself forward through the storyline.

I find myself sitting down to play and getting up off the couch thinking it has only been 5 minutes, only to look at a clock and find that is has been closer to 5 or more hours. I love games like this, the ones that engross you so far in that you forget about anything else. I haven't had that feeling since i sank about 300 hours into Skyrim(and i am still nowhere near done). Overall this is my favorite game purchase in quite sometime. If you haven't yet pick it up even if you didnt play the first. It is a good mix of shooter and rpg that just leaves you wanting more and more.

70k and counting...

Tonight I finally managed to hit 70,000. I am starting to feel burnt out, not by gaming but by managing my collection of games(retro and current generation) as well as my comics and working a 40 hour week. I'm also looking at picking up a second job to pay down some bills faster and free up more money for my hobbies.

I'm excited by 70k, but I'm not ecstatic in all honesty I would have liked to already have hit 75k or even 100k but life has prevented that from happening as of late. My days off seem to be taken over by chores, bills or errands despite having every intention of not leaving the house or doing anything and actually just gaming.

I plan on setting aside more time to actually game and really make a dent in the deficit between me and 100k. I bought some new stuff and have been trying to go through backlog and at least get more achievements than I already had in the backlog games but I tend to bounce around and don't really find myself sitting through them for long periods of time.

In other news, I have finally joined Xbox America. I have been a lazy bum and pretty much effectively forgot the site existed and was finally reminded about it the other day and joined. I currently sit at 75th in Missouri and 4,757th in the nation according to the site. Maybe this will give me the inspiration I need to keep going and keep gaming. If nothing else I at least have an exciting 3rd and 4th quarter worth of game releases to look forward to this year.

Game Completion List

Retail Completions:
Avatar: TLA: TBE
EA Sports Fight Night 3
MLB 2K6
NBA 2K6
Madden NFL 06
Night at the Museum 2
You Don't Know Jack
College Hoops 2K6

Arcade Completions:
Galaga
Harm's Way
Pac-Man CE DX
The Walking Dead

WP7 Completions:
Beards & Beaks
Butterfly
COLLAPSE!
Doodle God
Fruit Ninja
Kinectimals
Monopoly
Project Sunburst

Games For Windows Live Completions:
Fallout 3

Kinect Fun Labs Completions:
Kinect Me


Total Completions: 22

Kinectimals and Doodle God for WP7...2 new completions

So lately I have mostly been mobile gaming on my breaks at work(that is when I actually get to take one). I have rediscovered quite a few games that were essentially rotting on my phone not being utilized at all. I started playing Fable: Coin Golf again and quite a few others.

I finally found time to finish up Kinectimals...which was mostly grinding. Grinding playing with a fluffy virtual pet and being at its mercy is less than amusing but only took me a couple of hours overall to finish it to the full 200/200.

I purchased Doodle God for .99 cents and finished it in less than 2 hours for the full 200/200. I won't lie I would love for a sequel to this game. Mixing elements and humans and all sorts of other stuff to make new stuff is hellishly fun and addicting. This is a must purchase as a time waster and of course easy gamerscore as well.


I will be back to normal posting within the week now that things have quieted down at work and that my 21st has past. I have a backlog that is burning to be finished and finish it I must!

Monopoly Streets....A nice change of pace

I have been working extra long shifts and straight days in order to take a weekend off to enjoy my 21st birthday. Which has left me feeling burnt out and pretty much in a dismal mood. However, I actually found myself pretty excited when I opened the mailbox up and found my newest Gamefly rental sitting in a stack of junk-mail....

I have Black Ops sitting here still but the intel was pissing me off just because I happen to be an OCD crazy person so collecting it all has to happen on the 1st playthrough. I get all nutso when it comes to collectibles and often I find myself burnt out on a game fast, which happened here. I'm hoping a few days off will do it justice otherwise it is going back to Gamefly and will be re-rented another time.

But back to the point, Monopoly Streets, yes I like Monopoly and this game didn't make me think or collect anything and has been a great way to relax after a long day at work(there are plenty of those happening lately I can assure you). In just a 2 short offline game(stupid CPU) and 1 very hard to arrange and find someone on the server online game I wound up with 650/1000. I sent it back tonight simply because I didn't want to fight with the online right now and would like a crack at something else from my giant list. But this game got me sitting down controller in hand and made me feel better at the end of the workday, which means I give this game my gratitude. It might not be the best in the world but it was enough to boost my score up some and de-stress me enough to get back to hardcore games.

Also, I'm hella pissed off at EA as there will be another 11 online servers shut down some of which for games that aren't even 18months old. Which means I will be under a time crunch to try to wrap up achievement lists or in some cases(ahem...MMA...ahem) start the game in general. It isn't until April 13th so I have some time but it isn't near enough to make me feel comfortable...

The Darkness 2

The Darkness 2, all I can say is wow. I wasn't expecting to like this game nearly as much as I did. I admit I bought the first one when it went on sale at Gamestop for about 4 bucks when I worked there, and then let it rot in my game library. I still haven't actually played it shame on me.

The talent tree expansion system really won me over. With some games this system gets incredibly annoying, but in this game I didn't find myself cursing and screaming when I couldn't find a portal to use. The gradual progression left me hungering for more ways to earn dark essence from kills and left me wanting to find all 29 collectibles in the game since they were worth a whopping 300 essence a piece.

The collectibles were not overdone and certainly didn't feel like a chore. Some games include hundreds of collectibles and can feel repetitive. The Darkness 2 avoids this as there are 29 different collectibles hidden in the levels and the best part is that on the pause screen the game will tell you how many collectibles are in the level and how many you have found. It leaves the guesswork that some other games have that often can drive people up a wall, me especially.

A New Game+ feature makes the achievement getting much easier as you can restart the game with all of your previously bought talents and then utilize them on a harder playthrough, which is especially useful for people looking to get the achievement for playing on the hardest difficulty accomplished. Also, this feature is great for completing all the talent trees, of which there are 4 to complete, in my first playthrough I collected all the collectibles and was able to finish 2 trees and get about halfway on the other 2 tress I had left.

The Vendettas campaign and Hit List is a great way to incorporate multiplayer into the Darkness. Giving 4 different characters with different abilities and weaponry really reminded me of the Left 4 Dead series especially with the drop in drop out play. Start a level alone and end with a full team beating the Brotherhood down in a sweep.

The experience was one that I wasn't sure I would enjoy when I rented this on a whim. I nearly didn't bother with this game and am now glad that I did. This game engrossed me in the content and left me wanting more after the end. The multiplayer didn't feel stale and old and the missions weren't so long that I wanted them to be over. The difficulty was spot on and with 4 different ones to choose from people new to games all the way up to old pros will find something to challenge their skills.

If you haven't played this I highly recommend you pick this up and give it a try, it is well worth the 60 dollar price tag, and for sure at least worth a 2.99 Blockbuster rental or a 2.00 Redbox night.

At the end of my 4 days with this game I got 31/50 achievements for 500/1000G. And I had a damn good time doing it too. I might start a new game before returning this tomorrow to mop up a few achievements I have left but I'm not sure yet. Time will see. I might find myself moving onto some of my backlog fodder to fill my time.

Clearance Shelves: The best deals if you work for em.

Bulletstorm on clearance for 8.98 at Target. Damn right I bought it! I have been waiting to find this on clearance for awhile. I rented it when it first came out and now I can finish this and get the dlc. I got the code for the limited edition content out of the rental so I don't mind that this is the second printing.

Regular posting here I come!

Now that I have settled into a groove at work and things are calming down, I will be back to my normal posting schedule of every day to every couple days.

I have income again so I will be able to start pre-ordering games again and purchasing them on a more frequent basis. I am also upping my gamefly membership to more games out at a time. I am considering reinstating my Blockbuster combo pass again for unlimited rentals and of course will continue to redbox to my hearts content.

The plan is to keep racking up the score and achievements. I'm fast approaching my 2nd year of Xbox and want to hit 100k either before or shortly after.

It is gonna be a race to the finish but I plan on taking it head on and making it happen.

Also, the blog might be moving to its own domain here shortly, I am currently shopping around different urls and am trying to find one that suits me best.

I'm Back Bitches!

Well it has officially been 2 weeks since my last post....oops. Now for the reasons why....

1. I got that job...I now work 45-50 hours a week about 40 minutes from home. I have 1 hour and 20 minutes worth of commuting every single day now. Yay for money, boo for the long drive and the time it takes away from me being at home.

2. The woman can be pretty needy, especially right now with some family issues going on. I find myself spending most of my days off with her because I love her and need to be there for her...damn me being a good partner it kills my gaming.

I am hoping to get back into the swing of things. I rented UFC Undisputed 3(fucking THQ) today from RedBox and will spend some time with it tonight before work tomorrow morning. I'm currently contemplating renting the new SSX game that comes out tomorrow. I also need to spend some more quality time with KoA:Reckoning and give a proper review.

I also happen to owe a big achievement day. I have all the games sitting in a neat little pile for it. I just need to find a day off and shut off my phone and get down to business. I have barely turned on my Xbox, lately I have spent all of my time in my bedroom with the PS3 playing Netflix while I unpack and do laundry. It has been nearly 5 months and I am still not unpacked into the new condo yet. So much to do so little time.

I'm back with a new ferocity...I just need to find a way to balance it all.

The Great Catch Up....

Alright, things are crazy hectic around here right now...they are just filled with drama and all sorts of crazy. Between me being so sick I could barely get out of bed on sunday, my doctor's appointment today along with V-Day celebrations(tomorrow is too crazy to try with the schedules), and tomorrow being my job interview there is just far too much to try to get done in between gaming. Therefore, on wednesday the great catch up will commence.

I only got 7 out of 12 on sunday because of illness. Therefore 5 are left for that day. 11 are left for today. And as of now 14 are left for tomorrow(I will amend this number if I wind up gaming tomorrow) plus the 15 for wednesday. That makes 45 achievements needed in order to put me back on track. I am making a special exception due to life circumstances in the leapfrog. I need to get all the missing achievements on wednesday in order to stay in this game and continue onto day 16.

Yes, this is going to be a huge day. I am hoping to get around 50 or so achievements regardless of the number that I need just because I feel kind of crappy about this amount of crazy shit happening all at once. Therefore, as an I'm sorry to myself(and everyone keeping track of this) and because there will be no more posts until wednesday(other than this one being amended depending on gaming). I even went out today while doing some errands before the doctor's appointment and picked up a stack of 7 games in order to help jumpstart this last ditch effort at keeping the leapfrog alive and kicking....

Here goes nothing, it is go big or go home time, the day of catch up is planned and ready...

Day 11 and I haven't failed yet!

Today was another rousing round of PC gaming. I split my time between Age of Empires Online and Halo 2.  My ear is killing me and I cannot wait for it to be monday so I can head to the doctor. I get annoying fevers and the cold weather is killing me.  I have been feeling a little drained as of late but the pending job interview has really made things better. Once this ear infection is cleared up I am going to get back to Kinect and the grind on the actual console.

I gained a level in AoE which is nice and I'm halfway to the next which is nice because it puts me towards the level 10 achievement. But this game feels like such a grind sometimes with low level quests sometimes taking hours(I'm afraid for the more difficult levels like 40). I have yet to even take on Legendary quest. It is starting to feel daunting as can be.

Halo 2, I didn't own an Xbox so I never played this game before now. I played Halo 1 for the first time when they remastered it and released it for the 360 this past fall. It is funny to sit and hear achievement names from Halo Reach in the cutscenes. It is nice to go back to the roots of a series once in awhile and it is crazy fun to look at how different the game physics have become. When I jump in this game I feel like I'm playing a moon simulator and I'm in zero gravity nearly. I'm enjoying my play-through and on the bright side I popped nearly all the online achievements today, I'm only missing a few more for online which mega excites me. Overall this experience is one of the better ones for the PC I have tried out. 16 for 225G.



Day 11 Leapfrog Wrap-up:
Achievements Needed For Pass: 11
Achievements Earned Today:16
Challenge Status: Pass

Gamerscore Earned in Leapfrog Total: 2,357G
Gamerscore Earned Today: 225G

Leapfrog Day 10....Things are looking up around here!

Today, started oddly to say the least a string of phone calls and a family lunch followed by more phone calls. I was awoken this morning(sort of) by a call from my cousin. Then, shortly after falling back asleep the lady's work number called my phone thinking it was hers. I had to tell them its my number with 1 on the end instead. This isn't the first time nor do I think it will be the last... Went to lunch with my brother and father and had an enjoyable time. Got home just in time to get a phone call for a huge interview for a management position. That was what really made my day. I got laid off on Christmas and haven't had much luck job wise. But this looks promising. I passed the phone interview(all the wonderful questions) and was invited for an interview in person on Valentine's Day. My week just started looking up! I didn't actually start playing until around 6 or so tonight because of errands and such(had to get a haircut for the interview). But I got it done just barely. I get a feeling this leapfrog is going to get difficult very soon with all the stuff coming up.

I scrounged Halo 2 up for the PC. I have been PC gaming like mad lately. I guess being in a different part of the house does make a difference. But the weirdest thing happened while installing it, it told me my processor was running at too low a speed to play the game. Now this baffled me a bit considering that my computer plays Fable 3 on the highest settings with no issues whatsoever(and looks mighty pretty too)....I went in and changed the settings and found it was running at 1/3 of what it could be. I then proceeded to remember I changed the settings down when I was installing the new video card trying to adjust the power that was being drawn out from the system before I got a new power strip with power backup. Good job me. Once again my memory has failed me terribly. Yay! I spent my whole time with this today. I just got done with a replay of Halo Combat Evolved on the 360 so I figured this would be a good game to follow it up with while I was in the mood. 10 for 295G.

I'm still not feeling very well on a side note but my mood has improved dramtically. I am hoping to feel well enough to start up with kinect again and to get back to the couch for some backlog love(which now includes a couple new releases).



Day 10 Leapfrog Wrap-up:
Achievements Needed For Pass: 10
Achievements Earned Today:10
Challenge Status: Pass

Gamerscore Earned in Leapfrog Total: 2,132G
Gamerscore Earned Today: 295G

Leapfrog Day 9...How drama nearly destroyed my life and leapfrog....

Alot has happened today(none of it particularly good) and unfortunately it left me with about 4 or so hours in order to do all of today's achievements. I don't remember most of the gaming I did. I just seemed to be in a fog. I just have this sinking feeling in my stomach that I just can't seem to shake. I hope that tomorrow is better but who knows at this point. I haven't eaten today except for dinner with the lady(and even then she ate about half but I am not complaining whatsoever) and I'm just not feeling very good. I'm not even really wanting to play this drama just has me feeling burnt out and done.

Halo Wars, for a game I seem to despise I just keep playing it. Which is impressive and shocking all at the same time for me. 1 for 10G.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, I don't remember playing this game. I cannot tell you the first thing about the gameplay, controls, or even the premise of said game. I only know that I played it because Xbox.com and my Xbox itself tells me I did. Scary in it's own right but it is understandable considering. 2 for 60G.

Cabela's Outdoor Adventures...what can I say hunting down and shooting Bambi was what was needed after today. I pretty much just played on autopilot, which is a rarity for me, normally I am immersed and present when I play a game but today was not the case. 3 for 75G.

GRAW, yet another game I do not remember playing whatsoever. I know that today I seem to be playing alot of games that are just not my normal genre which must be the mood or something. Even as I am writing I just have that stomach tossing impending doom feeling, and I am not digging it. 1 for 25G.

Battlefield 2:Modern Combat, yet another game from the list I have no recollection of playing. Maybe I will go back through tomorrow and figure it out. 1 for 20G.

Saints Row 2, I haven't touched this game in quite some time. I jumped on really quickly just so I could get the vehicle surfing achievement to finish this day out. 1 for 5G.


KoA: Reckoning, I want to start this soon. Hopefully tomorrow assuming I feel a little better. I want to actually post my review and impressions of this game especially after how upset and annoyed I was at this day 1 dlc thing. I figure I owe it some special attention at this point.

In other news entirely I have indeed just realized that this year is a leap year which means there are 29 not 28 days in this month(good job me!!!!). Which also means that I need to add another 29 achievements to my minimum total completion achievement list. Therefore, I stand corrected at 435 achievements not 406. Good one on me for not knowing how to read a calendar!


Day 9 Leapfrog Wrap-up:
Achievements Needed For Pass: 9
Achievements Earned Today:9
Challenge Status: Pass

Gamerscore Earned in Leapfrog Total: 1837G
Gamerscore Earned Today: 195G

Leapfrog Day 8....or how I remembered I had a computer...

Day 8 has officially come and gone here in the Lou.  It was uneventful to say the least, except for the fact that I happened to look down at 3am and notice I had a perfectly good computer...how is that relevant? Why it has Games For Windows Live...not just one or two but I have stacks sitting around waiting for me to love them. I also have a wired controller via usb for these games, why am I not using them? I actually sat down at the PC and started playing of course knowing I would get achievements made it better, as did the netflix playing on my iMac right next to it.

Now first up in a string of long under-loved games was Fable III, now I bought this months ago when it was on sale at Target. I played it for about 3 seconds and tossed it in the pile of PC games otherwise known as where games go to die in this house. I was busy doing another playthrough on the Xbox at the time and just didn't care I suppose, that was back in September so it has been a few months and I guess my brain finally felt ready to go back to Albion. 7 for 70G.

Halo Wars, If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all I suppose...it just isn't my cup of tea is more appropriate a term but eh. 1 for 5G.

I loaded up Tinker but the cute little confused robot just sadly was not enough to keep my attention....poor unloved, unoiled, little piece of scrap metal.

This next game was one that happened to hold my heart in long eras past. One in which achievements didn't exist. Now it isn't the same game but the latest in a series. Age of Empires Online. I bought the premium Greek civilization on launch day and shortly after purchased the Egyptian. I have barely touched the Egyptian at all but I have shown some love to the Greeks. This also was back in September, something about that month screamed play the PC or something. I finally got a co-op partner and finally got a friend on the same server. I actually feel accomplished. I rarely ever go out of my way to play a game with someone on my list of my own accord, generally they are sending me requests. This time around I was the one doing the requesting, it felt nice and warm all over. I hope it was as good for them as it was for me. 2 for 35G.


Now I know how I went on about how I despise Kingdoms of Amalur doing this day 1 dlc online pass shit. But a copy arrived at my doorstep today and I won't exactly complain about not paying for something...therefore I will indeed play it. When I'm not sure. Will it be soon? You can probably bet your ass on it.

Also I downloaded the new Final Fantasy XIII-2 dlc today and will most likely be giving it a go in the next few days. I'm actually excited to be able to play as Lightning and of course play against her too. *Giggles like a schoolgirl in the corner*


Day 8 Leapfrog Wrap-up:
Achievements Needed For Pass: 8
Achievements Earned Today:10
Challenge Status: Pass

Gamerscore Earned in Leapfrog Total: 1642G
Gamerscore Earned Today: 110G

Leapfrog Day 7....I've come to despise THQ....

I'm really starting to get into a groove. I'm actually working on games consistently and going back to things I thought I wouldn't touch for awhile or ever again. Case in point, Fallout New Vegas reappeared on my card today. As did some other random things I didn't think I would bother with. It is kind of nice to be working on this crazy backlog and actually seeing results.

I started my my day with GRAW, it ins't really my type of game but I have a rule that I have to at least try something for a least 30 minutes more than 1 time before I discount it to the pile of games I despise or refuse to play. This is on it's second play and I don't despise it I just don't care for it much. I won't refuse to play it but I will not be going out of my way to pop it in either. When the dust had settled I got 2 for 50G.

UFC....what can I say that I already haven't...hmm...how about the hilarious Pokemon reference in the Gotta Catch 'Em All achievement for collecting virtual cards of fighters...I must say I enjoyed Pokemon more. But congratulations THQ you paid homage to a company who doesn't have 70 cent shares and isn't laying off 170 people because they have a business formula that actually works. Wait, companies don't dump millions of dollars into licensing for a niche market game normally huh? Baffling indeed. Somehow, this game has made me realize just how much I find THQ to be retarded. I thank them for Saints Row The Third but most of the rest of the lineup I find to be unfinished, unpolished crap. I can't even get online for UFC and the servers still exist, I guess when you have no employees to work on the server because you laid them all off things go downhill, now if only this problem wasn't occurring before they were nearly kicked off the stock market and they announced layoffs....Get it together or shut down already....2 for 55G...moving along.

Fallout: New Vegas, now I enjoy this game. I stood in line for the midnight release in the slightly chilly air got my collectors edition and then didn't put it down for about 2 months. Then I found myself burnt out and very much so over V.A.T.S. and the wastes. But for some reason after more than a year of me not touching this game at all I found myself wanting to play it and play I did. I actually smiled the whole time I had this in today. And remembered I had 4 save files running for different faction playthroughs. I loaded up my Wild Card playthrough and went to town. I unlocked 3 for 65G.

Left 4 Dead 2, it makes me remember that sometimes a shotgun is all you need. 1 for 15G.

Cabela's Outdoor Adventures, I realllllly like shooting poor defenseless animals what can I say? Thumper needed that .44 mag to the ass, that Elk deserved to be shot in the heart with my recurve bow...it's all in good virtual sport! Besides, I'm far too lazy to actually go out and do this in person so doing on a video game is the next best thing. I haven't renewed my fishing or hunting licenses in years this is all I have left people! 8 for 215.

In completely unrelated but could be in some ways news I have canceled my Blockbuster combo pass membership. They hadn't received any new games since Skyrim nor did they have any old stuff that I hadn't played or didn't already own. I actually had more titles sitting at home than they did in store. Scary to a degree.


Day 7 Leapfrog Wrap-up:
Achievements Needed For Pass: 7
Achievements Earned Today:16
Challenge Status: Pass

Gamerscore Earned in Leapfrog Total: 1532G
Gamerscore Earned Today: 400G