This morning I went in to see my doctor. It has been been a while since I have been there, probably close to a year, and in that time frame things have changed. The practice my doctor was part of has now been devoured by the insatiable beast that is Spectrum Health. Initially I was quite off put by this because I have had terrible luck with Spectrum facilities. Thanks to the blizzard there were not very many people there so I was actually able to get in without waiting too long. Aside from that everything else was pretty much the same as always, although it was nice to see that they finally started using computers instead of paper charts. I always found the later to be quite inefficient.
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Plus $10, WTF
EA’s “brilliant” new strategy of further gouging the consumer seems to be quite the phenomenon. Originally, I was going to post about this when I was first affected by it while playing Mass Effect 2, but I decided to hold off a while and see how things shaped up.
What a difference a few months make. This travesty started back in May, and a mere four months later the price of “Plus $10″ games has plummeted. Is it because the games suck, or is there less demand for games that bend you over? I have no idea. But, what I do know, is that it isn’t very hard to get a new copy of Mass Effect 2 for around $20, 33% of the original retail price.
I cannot even imagine how badly this hurt the aftermarket for this games. Would you pay $10 to play a used game online? I know that I wouldn’t, especially if that is 50% or more of the price I paid to get the game in the first place.
And now, with the rising price of Xbox Live, it is becoming increasingly expensive to game online, and I continually find myself asking, “is it worth it?” Sure, it is great to hammer some enemies and wax some fools with your friends, but how often are they online? Are you spending hand over fist to play with people you’ll never meet in person? What’s that worth?
Crackdown (2007)
Is it bad when it takes you so long to write a review of a game that the sequel has already price dropped? Nah, I say its the perfect time!
Crackdown is an open world game with RPG lite elements. Basically you play the role of an elite law enforcement agent withing a corrupt corporation. Your mission is to take out various organized crime syndicates throughout the region.
The strength of this game is the multiplayer, its great fun to jump around the city waxing criminals with a buddy. Whereas, the solo game play is the definition of grind. The game play is repetitive, and the pokemon style leveling system is rather taxing. So, I whole heartily recommend only playing this as a team.
While the game was not extremely long, it was probably too long, by the time I finished the third region (of four) I was ready to be done, but I powered through and finished it anyway.
And, since I am sure everyone has already heard all they ever wanted to hear about this title two years ago I’ll finish up here.
On the undecim scale, I give this game a 1.
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Good Bye Halo 2
vanlandw and I play our final rounds of Halo 2 together
Today, I played my final few rounds of Halo 2 online. I seriously cannot believe they are canning XBL support for all Xbox games. It looks like Bungie knew some people would be coming back for a last round so they flooded the “Did You Know?” tips with amusing little snippets.
On the flip side, I honestly don’t think that I’ll miss it. We played several matches, only won two. And, I played just abysmally. I sealed the night by receiving an ass kicking in Big Team Battle. Yup, that pretty much sums up my entire Halo 2 experience.
Check out the miserable abomination that was my Halo 2 career
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