Monday, October 26, 2009

Z-Day: Day Z and Day 1

It finally happened...

The infection came to champlain, earlier than expected too. Luckily I was the one who brought it, so there was no harm done to me. Instead I just got to spread my infection, first to the loving Sam and then to the bumbling Bryan, whose gun misfired....oh was that delicious.

But seriously, Humans vs Zombies started today at Champlain, and boy is it awesome. Basically the game is Humans are players with Nerf guns and bandannas on any part of their body (accept their head) who have to survive the week against Zombies. If they get tagged by a zombie, well then, they become a zombie too, in an hour of course. If they shoot a zombie, that zombie is temporarily out of play for 15 minutes, before they can give chase again. This is shown by the red head-band around the zombies head, which is put down to their neck when they die.

The greatest part, is the fact that I was chosen as the OZ, the Original Zombie. I don't have to wear anything. In no way do I ever have to show that I am a zombie. It's complete stealth it's great. I can just sneak up to those who haven't heard it's me yet (One group already posted a picture of me on Twitter to warn others) and tag them.

Now quick overview of my hunting past 2 days, including Today which was the first day, and yesterday which was technically the infection day, or as I call it, Day Z.

Day Z:
Had the Flu, felt sick as shit, but didn't want that to stop the fun. Admins told me game was going to start early with a mission, and told me where I can go to round them off, so that's what I did. At 5:00 I was walking down the street and saw a GIANT line of people with Nerf Guns bolting down the street, screaming "HVZ" and in that group I saw Bryan and Sam, who I picked as my first targets already. Bryan and Sam were Screaming "DONNY HVZ HAS STARTED, IT STARTED TODAY" so I just continued to act like I had no idea what was going on, that I was sick and had to "skip the meeting" In my tactics I lured Bryan and Sam closer, and then Tagged Sam, and lunged at Bryan, Who tried to shoot me only to have his nerf gun jam, making him my second victim.

Already I had 2 zombies, and the game had only been on for 2 minutes. The rest of it just went on with people being extreme yelling about who they thought the OZ was. Things could be heard like "DO WE HAVE CONFIRMATION ON WHO HE IS" and "I HEARD HE'S A BLONDE KID WEARING A FADED BLUE SWEATSHIRT" (Mat said when I walked in the Audi wearing that his jaw dropped). I think even one kid yelled "IT'S SOME KID NAMED DONNY, WHO IS THAT?" I laughed a lot. But yeah, after that it was basically just the beginning, and I was going to wait till Day 1 to do anything.

Day 1:
Today started off perfectly without anything me even doing anything at first. Mat Lauro decided that he should help out a bit and let Sam eat him, so he could join my team (But he donated guns and ammo to Red Cell and other people, so no one be mad at him, he's just trying to make the game more fun). With Mat, my other half, on my side we started to stalk and hunt, spending most of our day on it (Though I had to quit a few times cause of my cough, which because of I am laying down now, resting, running around is a BAD idea when sick). Mat and I convened around 11:30, 12:00 at my Hall (After he ate his roommate Dave), and decided we would go to the caf for some food, and to scope out potential recruits for the Zombie Cause.

On the way to the Caf, it was hilarious, anyone with a nerf gun saw me and Mat and started like, wigging out. Since I mean come on, everyone knew I was the OZ and I had Mat who had a headband with me. On the way there were two guys walking straight towards us, who didn't even see us. I was about to circle around a van to get them while Mat distracted but Lucas saw me and warned the 2 guys, but it was good practice. In the Caf we sat next to the Rowell table and told them they were on our hit-list and just messed with them. Whenever someone entered and saw us it was hilarious, even though there were just 2 so far.

After the Caf we went out and decided to hunt, just walk around, get Sam, and evolve the ranks. We went after Lucas and his group of hunters, but stopped once they hid in the Ireland Building, and we didn't want to get tagged. That's when the Zombie Hunter arrived. We call him that cause he's really full of himself and his Zombie Hunting skills. We used the double exits of the Cushing building to our advantage and I had Mat lead Hunter away while I circled around to tag his buddies. Unfortunately I'm a clumsy idiot and I tripped one inch away from the guy, startling him, and getting me shot. Fail.

After that failure we went and rested, and staerted to plan the rest of our kills, and meet up with Sam who had tagged someone without our help. Go Sam. On our way to get Sam we sat on the porch of Hill to freak them out and have them Tweet about where we are (Travis did that), and right then (after leaving hill) we see some random guy leaving hill looking really on edge. So we split up and I walk down the other side of the street pretending to be on a cell phone. When we crossed he looked at me but didn't know, and before he realized it I tagged him and got us a recruit. Very stealthy.

We went on a few random adventures during that time span (Fighting with Hunter, Chasing Mike Letournau, scaring Josh) though we eventually ended up cornering Adam Marks and having him join the Pack (Mat got him from behind when he was focused on me). Dave also got his friend Ryan Warner in that time period, so we were strolling around with a large pack of Zombies.

Eventually it was us like, 7 or 8 against Hunter and we would have gotten him if back up didn't appear like 3 times. He was a quick one, but I scared him a few times, even entering a stalemate where he missed hitting me and I missed tagging him. But he's the highest on our list so he'll be gone soon. All in all my Zombies are doing well, so I have time to rest before going hunting tonight, since I still feel bad.

Worst. Week. To. Get. Sick.

More updates when more things happen. Keep up to date.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Game Hype: Fallout

Hey dere everybodies! I'm so sorry that it's been so long since I've updated. With college being insanity and all, you can understand that when I have breathing time, the last thing I want to do is write some more. So now that I feel like I should update, I will update. I'll try to update more often but not everyday like which was originally planned, since I run out of ideas by then. Now it's time for the first Game Hype in a long time, presenting one of my new favorite games:
Fallout: A Post-apocalyptic Role playing Game:

Now, I'm sure most of you out there have heard of Fallout 3, which was 2008's game of the year released for the PC and Xbox360. Yet I doubt many of you have seen, or even played the original Fallout! Truthfully, if it wasn't for college I would not have either. And I have to say, even though I have never played Fallout 3, I know enough about it to say that these games are VERY DIFFERENT. But different, is never bad, and there is no reason that you shouldn't want to play Fallout if you
love Fallout 3.

For Starters:

Fallout takes place around 80 years after 2077, where most of civilization has been completely decimated by nuclear war, and the entire landscape is now a desert filled with tribal people surviving as best they can. You are a survivor who was raised in a high-technology facility known as a Vault. The Vaults were designed before the war, as giant colonies underground. You have never seen the outside world, since your people were always too afraid that it would be filled with radiation, EVERYWHERE. Unfortunately, the water purification chip that keeps your Vaults water supply flowing has broken, so it's
UP TO YOU to find another.
Thus the Adventure Begins!

Out of the Box:

Although elements of the two games are similar, where Fallout 3 is a First Person Role playing game, Fallout is a traditional top down RPG, where the player moves their character through hexagonal terrain. It was originally made for the PC in 1997, so the graphics are not "MIND BLOWING" but for the time they were pretty damn good, very nicely rendered. Also the stat syste
m they use known as SPECIAL (Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, Luck) makes the game so well-rounded and unique in character creation that it can be played over and over again without feeling boring. I have already made 2 characters who act completely different. Since the best part of this game is social interaction, you can decide if you want to be a dick and kill everyone, or a saint and save everyone.

Attack his Weakpoint, For Massive Damage:

What's even better is the unique battle system this game has. The whole game takes place in real-time, yet when a conflict arises the game switches into turn
-based roleplaying mode, where everything is based on action points (Which can be boosted through stats). Since action points are used, if you have bonuses that reduce the number of action points needed to attack someone, you can do multiple consecutive hits in a row. Even more, theirs a precision hit option that lets you pick body parts to attack, such as the eyes or groin (Best places to hit). This is fun cause you can cripple your enemy making it easier to win.

Ice That Cake

What really wraps this game up and ties it together are the witty little jokes that the designers threw in. Such as getting a picture of Elvis off of a crashed alien ship, or befriending Mad Max's dog if you're wearing his leather jacket. Even farther are the little blurbs of dialouge thrown in during a critical hit. Things such as "You crushed his head like a paper bag" or "You critically hit Laine in the Groin for no damage, but have eliminated her hopes of bearing children" Things like that really put a smile
on my face everytime I play it.

So what are you waiting for, this is a REALLY good game, and even if you aren't a fan of Role Playing games, try it anyway, if you don't like it, sue me. Who cares, it's your opinion. So just go get a copy, it's cheap now and it's on Steam for any of you steam users.

Now go! Save the World!






Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Sneak Preview of the next Rock Band and it's track list!

Beatles Rock Band was huge, but of course there's still another in the making and this one I'm even more excited about. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a large success, especially in the older crowd who still like to think about their childhood, and in a more nostalgic way than a creepy way. Yet, now I am about to blow your minds since EA and Harmonix have just announced that the new Rock Band will be titled "Rock Band: Cartoon Theme Songs" and will possibly be released as two separate game titled "Rock Band: 80's Theme Songs" and "Rock Band: 90's Theme Songs".

If you're like me, which you probably are if you're reading this blog instead of doing better things, then you probably love remembering all the shows you watched when growing up, and probably LOVE listening to those old themes. Hell, I've seen you sing the Ninja Turtles Theme at a McDonalds once. It was embarrassing, but so awesome at the same time. So now thanks to EA, Harmonix, and MTV you can rock out with your friends to your favorite songs and not look geeky. Instead it's acceptable, since it's Rock Band!

The other part that I'm stoked for (and hardcore players are bashing) is the removal of the Bass from play in the game, since instead it's being replaced by....brace for impact....A Freaking Keyboard! Yup, finally a Rock Band where you can actually play a keyboard, which I think has been lacking from the other Rock Bands, especially when playing Boston and Journey.

Now before I let myself ramble on about how this will make up for the decline in Rock Band/Guitar Hero games, and bring back some fun and variety to it, I'm just going to show the songs that have been shown to be on the set list. Their are more to be announced, but these were the first to give us a little taste of what we'll be able to play:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme
Darkwing Duck Theme
Ducktales Theme
Mighty Moprhin' Power Rangers Theme (BUCKETHEAD! I am Freaking out man!)
Cow and Chicken Theme (I'm not really excited on this one, but it'd be fun on drums)
Bonkers Theme
Pokemon Theme (This will probably get lots of guys excited)
Digimon Theme (This gets me excited, Pokemon fans might rage though)
Freakazoid Theme (Hell yes)
Pinky and the Brain Theme
Rocko's Modern Life Theme (Going to be amazing on drums!)
Spongebob Squarepants Theme (Being one of Nick's longest running shows at the moment, this is a given)

Okay, that's all they've released so far, if you really want more info hit up the official site, http://www.rockband.com/. They have a bit more coverage of it, though the release date has yet to be announced. Fingers Crossed for Christmas people! Rock Out!






Disclaimer: There is no such thing as Rock Band Theme Songs. This is so obviously faked and made up, that even I won't believe it, and I made up the lie. I will never try to convince you it's real, in fact I am admitting it is not. But if you believed me I find that funny, since I even linked the actual company site for you. Pretty funny...Basically I just thought this would be an amazing idea for a game, so I presented it, in my own special way. Also, I'd like to thank my roommate Moses for giving me the idea by so promptly saying "Dude, they should put the Pokemon Theme on Rock Band" Also, he suggested the Keyboard part. Okay, now you've been informed and can't call me a liar, or sue me. It was a joke. EA will probably laugh. Go back to your lives. See you next post.


Monday, September 14, 2009

Triumphant Return!

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

We seem to have Technical Difficulties.

Sorry for those faithful followers who follow this blog (Are there any), I haven't updated in quite a while, but this isn't because I have forgotten. I spent the last week getting ready for college, and I have just recently moved into my dorm and gotten set up, so just bear with me, I will update soon.

Don't worry.

But for now, I give you drinking out of cups:


Saturday, August 22, 2009

I hate you, Blizzard

As many of you may be aware I used to play World of Warcraft. In fact I played it since the original open Beta back in 2004, yeah, I've played it for a loooooooooooong time, since middle school in fact, and I just graduated from High School. I am also a long time follower of Blizzard, since the original Warcraft Series were my first Computer games and I've played and loved Starcraft and Diablo, both. But recently, I have given up on Blizzard since it felt like WoW lost it's heart, and it really was only about grinding and making money by roping in casuals and mainstreamers, and not catering to us die-hard fans. So I stopped playing World of Warcraft, and felt pretty good about that, since that saves me money and time, and I can use that time to play other video games and do other things.

This is why I have to say, I hate you Blizzard. Since yesterday at Blizzcon, they revealed footage for the new expansion, Cataclysm, and even let a few people play through the 2 new races. And I have to say, it makes me want to play again. What. The. Hell! It looks so well done and like Blizzard is actually going back and caring about the story and the gameplay, which is what makes me like games.

The plot of Cataclysm is that Deathwing (The Insane Black Dragon Aspect that has been chained under the earth for decades) has forced himself out of the earth in a veeeeery big way, which has completely altered the landscape of Azeorth. Places are becoming flooded, The Barrens have been completely split in half, another Human City decided to join the Alliance (Though they are cursed to be Werewolf creatures), and the Goblins were caught in the crossfire and their clan has been divided causing some of them to join up with the horde. The new races aren't even what excites me, it's the fact that for one the land will be phased so everything can change when you do things, which can alter everything! The other thing is the fact that they're changing everything in a LARGE way, like literally, the landscape and plot and everything, which means that we will get the Lich King final raid dungeon soon to kill Arthas, so that's out of the way before Deathwing shows up.

Damn it Blizzard, I might have to start playing, I don't have the money for that damn it.

For more info check out this article

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Essential Movies that Should be watched by you....maybe even you!

As you may know I'm a pretty big movie buff, or at least I really like movies. Not stupid mindless comedies, but usually the deeper stuff most people call classics, I don't know. Anyway, I was having a discussion with some family members about what movies we should consider Classics. Not as in Classic because of age, but because they're movies that either change their genre, were p0pular years later, considered fantastically directed movies, or just damn amazing. So I've decided to come up with my own list of what movies I think are Essential, that people should at least watch once before they die. So here I go, for now I'm just going to list the title and notable actors in it, I won't go into any details or argue why I think they should be there yet. I want to have some feedback before I do. Let'sa go'a:

Star Wars: The Original Trilogy - Mark Hammil, Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones Voice
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark - Harrison Ford, Even More Harrison Ford
Rambo: First blood - Sylvester Stallone
Rocky I - Sylvester Stallone
2001: A Space Odyssey - HAL
Planet of the Apes - Charlton Heston
Stranger Than Fiction - Will Ferrel, Maggie Gyllenhal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifa
Boondock Saints - Willem Dafoe
Resevoir Dogs - Steve Buscemi
Pulp Fiction - Samuel L Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman
Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Alien - Sigourney Weaver
Predator - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Top Gun - Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer
Evil Dead - Bruce Campbell
Seven - Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gweneth Paltrow
James Bond Series - The Ones with Sean Connery
Donnie Darko - Jake Gyllenhal
Titanic - Leonardo DiCaprio
Ghost Busters - Bill Murray, Dan Ackroid
Princess Bride - Cary Elwes, Andre the Giant
Ocean's 11 - George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Don Cheedle, Julia Roberts
Hook - Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams
Good Morning, Vietnam - Robin Williams
Jurassic Park - Jeff Goldblum
Jaws - Richard Dreyfuss
The Matrix - Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving, Laurence Fishbourne, Joe Pantoliano
Memento - Joe Pantoliano
Karate Kid - Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Requiem for a Dream - Jared Leto, Marlon Wayans
There will be blood - Daniel Day Lewis and his Mustache
No country for old men - Tommy lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem
Independence Day - Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum
Men In Black - Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones
The Truman Show - Jim Carrey
Bruce Almighty - Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston
Airplane - Leslie Nielsen
Forest Gump - Tom Hanks
The Green Mile - Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan
Apollo 13 - Tom Hanks
The Goonies - Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman
Total Recall - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lord of The Rings - Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Sir Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortenson
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Gene Wilder
The Shining - Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall

Okay, I know this has a lot to do on opinion and everything, but I'd really like to know everyone's feedback, what things you want to be on here, or think should be. Also what movie's you think I've missed. I want a lot of feedback, cause I think I'm going to continue this on for awhile. I also missed the whole Chick Flick/Feel Good movie Genre, so we'll get back to them soon.

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