Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
My confidence in Guitar Hero: World Tour drumming isn't helped when I am sure I strike the right pad at the right time but it doesn't register, and I find that the orange cymbal pad is remarkably insensitive compared to the other pads. I really need to hit it ...
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
My Core Complexion, Inc. agent is probably wondering where I am. He asked me to get him some ice within twenty four hours and it has been almost a week since I undocked. I'll simply claim I took a wrong turn at the stargate, he'll probably believe me. ...
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Wintergrasp bugs and geographical bias aside, the Horde are continuing to defeat the Alliance on a regular basis partly because they are employing strong and effective strategies as a team and partly because the Alliance are less likely to work as a cohesive unit.
Some Horde forces take advantage of the ...
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
The Horde have almost complete control of Wintergrasp on my server at the moment. Even with an small advantage of numbers the Alliance assault falters before we get too far in to the fortress and the Horde manage to repel the invaders successfully. It is becoming a little ...
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Kirith Kodachi's Places I've Been meme has been picked up by many people, giving an insight in to how capsuleers move around New Eden. Unfortunately, also picked up by many players is the idea that the colour of the dots on the galaxy map represents the frequency of visits, ...
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
I am currently avoiding my Core Complexion, Inc. agent after he asked me to get him some ice quite promptly and I end up distracting myself with three days of skill training before I can help him out. I am not one to sit around idly waiting for my ...
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Just to make sure that everything works I take a short break from drumming in Guitar Hero: World Tour to try out the guitar parts, although I am still yet to give singing a bash to test the microphone. I get the guitar controller connected and working without issue ...
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Having the Baconeers turn up in Northrend allows me to take a break from trying to find Sapphire, my warrior, emissaries of the Argent Crusade in an effort to raise her reputation with them. I have effectively completed the Argent Tournament, becoming an exalted champion for each of the ...
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
'Get me some ice, would you Penny?', asks my Core Complexion, Inc. agent. Uh, will do, guvnor. I'm not sure why his secretary can't handle such a request until I find out he wants more than a couple of cubes for his daiquiri, ten thousand cubic metres of ...
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
I have had a few brief flirtations with the Guitar Hero style of game, picking up a Fisher Price guitar and single-string strumming in time with downwards-scrolling notes, but as my initial forays in to the genre were with a group my self-consciousness kicked in to overdrive and I became ...
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