Microsoft did a hell of a thing when somebody there thought up achievements. Although born on the 360, they’ve come to be fairly ubiquitous amongst games today. Not being an XBox 360 owner, my first real experience with achievements was in Team Fortress 2, which I tried briefly during its beta testing. Soon after that, […]

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Seeing how Greg so eloquently laid out what he’s playing right now, I figured that I’d do the same, even though the pickings are slim indeed. 1.) Rock Band 2 – I am always playing Rock Band 2, even when I’m not physically playing it. If I’m in the car, I’m either singing songs that […]

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I’ve mentioned previously that I thought Oblivion was a better game than Fallout 3, despite the fact that both were created by Bethesda on the same engine, and despite the fact that Fallout 3 is a more recent game. Now I’d like to give you some concrete reasons as to why. I’ll totally agree that […]

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I played and enjoyed the first game from Penny Arcade shortly after it came out. I guess I was a bit surprised by its vulgarity, but I enjoyed it. Now, I’ve just finished the second game. I suppose that it was a bit of a disappointment that the second one is also titled “On the […]

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I finally finished Mercenaries 2 this morning.  Technically, I finished it last night, but I had one achievement left which I knocked out this morning while riding the exercise bike.  Oh yeah, I can snipe vehicle drivers while working out. I am just that good.  On second thought, that explains why I haven’t lost any […]

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At this point of time, I think it’s safe to say that I’m done with Gears of War 2. I’ve fought through the campaign multiple times, finished all 50 levels of Horde mode and ground out every achievement that I can reasonably expect myself to get.  I have no desire to play the game’s multiplayer […]

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For the final installment of Lungfishopolis’s Holiday Bargain Shoppers’ Guide, we move on to the current generation of gaming consoles: XBox 360 and Playstation 3. Here at Lungfishopolis, we’ve passed a city ordinance prohibiting our citizens from calling these consoles “Next-Gen”, since at this point, the next generation would be the Playstation 4 and XBox […]

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I’ve got to say, overall I’m a bit disappointed in Fallout 3. What I’d wanted was a game much closer to Fallout 1 and 2. That is to say, a role playing game with turn-based strategy elements. What I got instead was something much closer to Oblivion, which is of course not a bit surprising […]

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With my time in Stilwater officially at an end, I started up Gears of War 2 and have been progressing through the campaign all co-op style with my partner in crime from Saints Row 2. GoW2 is a great looking game with plenty of action, tons of goofy dialog and many, many, many pitched, frantic […]

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I just read an article in Ars Technica about Microsoft’s newly granted patent for real-time censoring of audio streams. I’ve got some mixed feelings on the subject. On one hand, I’m a firm believer in John Gabriel’s Greater Internet F*ckwad Theory, but on the other hand, I’m fairly wary of censorship. I don’t play a […]

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