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February 26, 2007 · Filed Under Uncatagorized

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Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars — Hawtsome!

Alright, so, yeah. The C&C3 demo was released today. Now, if you’ve never met me before–then I don’t know why you’re reading this blog.

Anyway, if you’ve never met me before, or don’t know much about me, I love Command & Conquer. I own every single game in the C&C series (other than C&C3, ’cause it’s not released yet) twice. Yes. That’s right. Twice. Let me demonstrate:

  • Command & Conquer Gold Edition (x 2, soon to be times three, since the Kane Edition of C&C3 comes with it)
  • Command & Conquer: Covert Operations (x 2)
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert (x 2, and also on the PlayStation)
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert – Counterstrike (x 2, also on the PlayStation with Aftermath as “Red Alert: Retaliation”)
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert – Aftermath (x 2, also on the PlayStation with Counterstrike as “Red Alert: Retaliation”)
  • Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor (x 2)
  • Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (Platinum Edition once, normal once. Effectively x 2, it’s just that the Platinum edition rocks.)
  • Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Firestorm (x 2)
  • Command & Conquer: Renegade (x 2)
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (x 2)
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Yuri’s Revenge (x 2)
  • Command & Conquer: Generals (x 2)
  • Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour (x 2)

Anyway… now back to my post.

C&C 3 rocks. It just rocks. Imagine, if you will, Tiberian Dawn + Tiberian Sun + Battle for Middle-earth II + Zero Hour – The crappy parts of Zero Hour + All the C&C lore – the parts that make no sense due to EA not caring about the storyline – Kane’s face-mask – Kane/CABAL ending of Firestorm + Techs from every single C&C game (save Sole Survivor or Renegade) all thrown together into a giant mass of awesome mayhem; in HD = C&C 3.

Yes, there are down-sides.

I’ve encountered three glitches (or what I assume to be glitches, and not some evil NOD tech) wherein my Zone Troopers decide to randomly kill themselves, and stop responding to my commands. Hell, I can’t even click ‘em. They just murder each other.

Incredibly awesome NOD tech that makes your super-expensive squads of infantry (6 squads of Zone Troopers, at $1200 a piece) murder each other… or glitch?

Either way, C&C 3 still rocks.

Anyway, this post is over. I’ve gots to go get me some C&C3 in before I go to bed! ;)

Oh, one last thing. I pre-ordered the C&C3 Kane Edition from EBGames/Gamestop today. Hurrah for me! :D

February 26, 2007 · Filed Under Announcements, Journal, Mjolnir, Projects

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Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike

Alright, so, anyone who knows me knows I’ve been playing games in the Battlefield series for years now. Hell, I own like.. every single game. Wait, let me check:

  • Battlefield 1942
  • Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
  • Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII
  • Battlefield Vietnam: Redux
  • Battlefield 2
  • Battlefield 2: Special Forces
  • Battlefield 2: Euro Forces
  • Battlefield 2: Armored Fury
  • Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
  • Battlefield 2142
  • Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike

Yep. Every one. Also, I’ll probably pre-order Battlefield: Bad Company some time, so… there you go.

Anyway, I pre-ordered BF2142: Northern Strike, and even though the pre-load of the game doesn’t begin for five days, and the game isn’t released for another 8 after that, I can still use the unlocks in core BF2142.

Evidence is here, and here.

Cool, huh?

P.S.

I wasn’t really able to play BF2142 all that much after the beta, because while the Fileplanet beta worked fine, and the open beta worked alright, the final release of the game barely ran. It would still run, though, until the first two patches. Eventually, after patch 1.20 a few days ago, I can play again, so, that explains my lack of unlocks and rankage. I did spend several hours straight playing BF2142 today, though, which was AWESOME. :D

February 24, 2007 · Filed Under Announcements, Journal, Mjolnir, Projects, Ullr

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Oh, the times they are a changin’…

Alright, so, as of late, I’ve started to partake in quite a few more “electives” as some call ‘em. Which are things you can … elect to do… Okay, fine, I’m doing some extra stuff ’round the school for extra credit.

This includes the following:

  • Helping out with extras to do with Fine Arts courses that Kaia–our Art teacher–has been running. This includes setting up stuff for the performance of “Cranked” that was put on for us a while ago, as well as grabbing art supplies in the morning on Wednesdays from her truck, and helping her bring ‘em in, when I’m not even in the course, and helping her out with the Digital Photography/Digital Media course she has been running.
  • Taking extra courses, like German 11 and “Human Growth and Development.”
  • Helping out with the “Habitat for Humanity” project, by helping out with recycling, and other stuff. I plan on helping them out with something called a ReStore, wherein they get cheap/free building materials, and sell them back to the community, where the proceeds go to the foundation. I also plan on working on their website, or something in a technical manner soon, because, well, I can do it.
  • Etc. ;)

Now, I’m not saying that helping out and doing extra work is out of character for me, it’s just nice to actually have the opportunity to do said things, and not get in hell for it. At any normal school I ever attended, I was always scolded for going above and beyond the role of “student.” At Horizons, the alternative school I attend, I feel more like the teachers are as much my peers as the students around me are, which is a very nice change. The environment is friendly, and they’ll work with you on anything you need help with–not that I need their help often. It’s usually them asking me to fix something technical, or help out another student ’cause they’re busy. ;)

While I still have a lot of difficulty when it comes to getting up in the morning, I find that I’m able to do it, because I’m looking forward to the wide array of courses I have to choose from. If anyone cares, here’s my current “schedule” each week:

  • Monday: Get up at 6 AM, go to the weight room up at Chatelech–the local Secondary school — at 7, and work out for just over an hour. Then head down the hill to Horizons, and get ready for German class. I usually end up spending half an hour in the morning sitting around, perhaps studying my vocabulary for an upcoming quiz, and then, at 9, when school starts, we’re given an additional half hour to study –Additional for me, at least. Not everyone gets there at 8:30 AM. ;) — and then Rich –teacher and close friend — has us do this weird.. uh, ritualistic.. thing, wherein all the students and himself list the highs and lows of their weekends. For instance, my high might be staying up ’til 3 AM playing Gears of War with Ben on Saturday night, and my low … would be the same thing. Sleep is important. ;) Anyway, after that, it’s German time. We spend ’til about 9:50 doing a quiz, and then there’s a break — A break from what, you ask? I don’t quite know, but there you go. — until 10:05, when we resume our class. We do schoolwork, then, ’til 11:15 or so, and then at 11:30 we head out for lunch. Every day at school is pretty much the same for lunch. We walk a block and a half to Sergio’s, the local pizza place, which is awesome — I’m good friends with the owners. — and we eat. At 11:50ish, we head back, and get to school just about on time. Then we do schoolwork ’til 1:30, and then it’s P.E. time. Physical education varies between months, but lately it’s been Basketball. Luckily for me, it ended today. I suck at basketball, and I don’t much like it, either. ;) Anyway, after that, I head home.
  • On Tuesday, I get up at 6 AM, and do the same work-out thing. Every.. oh, say, three or four Tuesdays, me and Ben help out with the Habitat for Humanity recycling effort, and go from 8:30 ’til 9:30. We then go back to school, stay ’til Lunch, and either take a long lunch, or save our half-hour of free time due to volunteering for something else. After that, it’s time to do whatever main course I’m focusing on at the time. For now, that’s Social Studies. Then, at 1:15, it’s break, and shortly thereafter we head over to the gym for physical education once more. Then home.
  • On Wednesday, I sleep in. And by sleep in, I mean I get up at 7:30. I then either catch the bus at 8:40, or get a ride with someone to school. If I get a ride, I help Kaia out with bringing in the art supplies sometimes, and then go to Human Growth and Development. That lasts all day with sporadic breaks.
  • On Thursday, guess what? I go to the weight room/gym again! When I get to school, I sometimes help Kaia bring in the supplies for photography/digital media, and then, at 9, I spend all the time ’til lunch taking pictures, messing around in Photoshop, etc. After lunch, I work on whatever my main course is, and then at 1:15, head over to the gym, for HOCKEY! After that, home.
  • On Friday — if I even attend, that is… I’m really bad at getting up on Friday mornings. — I get up at 7:30, take the bus or get a ride at 8:40ish, get to school, and try my hardest to stay awake. If I am able to stay awake, I, like everyone else there, get little-to-nothing done. I’m just too sleepy. At our usual lunch time, we’re dismissed. I then get to wait several hours to get the bus home, or, like this Friday, I get a haircut.
  • On Saturday, I sleep in. No really. Like.. ’til noon. It’s really very silly. I get stuff done, or play games/watch Smallville all day. That’s it.
  • On Sunday, I wish it was Saturday, and I spend the day getting ready for school the next day, and relaxing. I either sit around watching Smallville, or I play games, or I do something homework related, or I fix someone’s computer. Sometimes I go shopping, and those Sundays are awesome. At 10 o’clock PM, I watch Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. At eleven, I go to bed, only to wish I hadn’t stayed up to watch Studio 60, as I’m now going to get around 7 hours of sleep, or 6 and a half. Silly, silly me.

Speaking of television, on Wednesdays I watch LOST, and on Thursdays I watch Ugly Betty. Other than that, I don’t watch a lot of TV that isn’t like.. the Discovery Channel just before bed, or something.

This post has gotten ridiculong(TM), so, it must end.

February 20, 2007 · Filed Under Announcements, Ben, Journal, Mjolnir, Nasir, Projects, School, Ullr

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It keeps you runnin’…

Yes, so, uh, I’ve not posted in a while. Here’s what has been goin’ on:

This Wednesday–I think it’s this Wednesday –I start a new “Human Growth and Development” class about … well, human growth and development.

German class is going well, I’m still able to comprehend everything, yay me.

Me and Ben beat Gears of War on Casual, and now we’re half-way through Act I on Hardcore. Not that big of a difference, ‘cept you get shot a whole helluva lot more.

Ben’s mom is out of town ’til Monday. She went to San Diego, I think, and so ’til then Ben has the car all week. That means he’s giving me a ride on Wednesday and Friday, and in return, I’m buying him breakfast on Wednesday. Yay!

In Guild Wars Factions, the “Canthan New Year Festival” just ended. It basically was the same as the Chinese New Year festivals, and I got to spend a few hours chasing around a Celestial Pig. It was hawtsome beyond belief.

Anyway, that’s about all I have to say, other than Zip.ca hasn’t sent me any Smallville in a while, and I want to know what happens next!

Oh, and Ugly Betty is awesome.

February 19, 2007 · Filed Under Announcements, Ben, Journal, Projects, School

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