Game Diary, Thursday's game play

Streak is sitting at 363 straight days. I extended tonight with a heavy dose of Arkadian Warriors. Actually Darth Slagus and myself finished the game and score ourselves 75 G's!! Arkadian warriors ranks up there with one of the best values for a XBLA game. I put a ton of hours into the game. Something like 10 different levels, but it felt like more. A huge selection of magic and weapons. A story line that is cheezy enough to make you laugh, but serious enough to make you want to finish it. Just a great game.

I also played some more Bully and 1 vs. 100. Starting this weekend, prizes will begin to roll out of 1 vs. 1oo. Yes I know they are still in Beta, but it clearly says Beta : Now with prizes, on the dashboard.

A year straight is now within my grasp, I still can't believe it. It sure doesn't feel like a year straight. I wonder what I have missed in the last year? Check back the next 2 days to see what I play to finish out my year. I am not going to lie to you...there will be some Fallout3 being played.

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Game Diary, Tuesday's game play

Well Tuesday brought a new game to the table. Overlord, the first one, was rented and weakly played for about 30 minutes. A quick 30 G's kept me interested. It has a quirky funny dialogue that has me engaged for now. An interesting control scheme, is still giving me a little trouble. A particularly interesting health relationship with the minions you control. You can sacrifice them, for more health to you. A neat sort of risk and reward.

I found a strangely familiar destruction sequence, that reminded me an awful lot of Red Faction. Now Red Faction is supposed to be know for the physics tied to the destruction of the buildings in Red Faction. I tell you what, the physics that control the building destruction in Overlord, looked very very similar. Overlord is 2 years old. I just find it very strange. I did a quick search and could not find any connection with the games. They were developed by 2 different companies. With Code Masters and Triumph Studios handling Overlord and Volition with THQ handling Red Faction. I just find it odd. I will research more and report back if I find out why. Expect a full review later next week, after I log some more hours with the game.

I also played some Fallout 3, Arkadian Warriors, and 1 Vs. 100. Streak lives on at 353 straight days. We are getting close people!!

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Game Diary, Tuesday's game play

With the Xbox Live service being down Tuesday, it was a free streak day on 360Voice.com. So did I take the day off as well? Heck no, I played some Arkadian Warriors. I was able to level my Character up to a 13. Darth Slagus and myself have been co-oping through the main campaign together. It has been very enjoyable for a Arcade game. In the past I usually would throw in a reference to Gauntlet here, but instead I am going to start comparing this game to Castle Crashers. It really is more of a hack and slash game than a RPG.

No 1 vs. 100 tonight and with Live service out, I actually flipped on the TV. I caught a few minutes of a Discovery channel program featuring crab fishermen. I thought to myself, can't I play this instead? Sure enough I popped in Alaskan Storm, Deadliest Catch. I am right at the point in this game that the controls become second nature. No more awkward button pushes just to see what they do. I know what they do, crab beware. I finished up the first fishing season, and scored 15 G's. To bad they don't count towards a challenge. They do count towards my "Great Outdoors" and "Tv Games" badges.

Overall a good night for no live service. At time of this writing (11:00pm) service was still not back. 340 straight. We are under a month.

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Game Diary, catch up edition.

Sorry for the diary outage, I was on another vacation. This time I stayed home and played video games, lots of them. So the streak is safe and on going at 332 straight.
I rented a few new titles Wolverine : Origins, and Terminator : Salvation. Both titles play off the Hollywood movie releases. One succeeded the other failed, as a video game at least. Play Wolverine if you get the chance, pass on Terminator not worth the 5 hours it takes to complete the game.

I made a ton of progress with Fallout3 and started the first of the 3 DLC's tonight. I am inching ever so closer to the new stuff. With the new DLC already installed I keep stumbling upon new places and faces. I just can't get enough of this game.

The usual suspects also found their way into my console. I played some NBA2k9, Pacman, Ms. Pacman, Madden, RockBand2, Forza2, and Arkadian Warriors. Darth Slagus and myself got to co-op Arkadian Warriors and the game just loses something online. The camera angle is a little limited, I guess that must be it. Still worth the few bucks for the download. I should mention that I also participated in a few more Beta rounds of 1 vs. 100. It is a great idea, and pretty fun. A great chance to relax and play with a party of friends. I will probably play one or two more rounds but really wait for the series to go live. I want some prizes for my efforts!!!

Check back tomorrow as I finish up Wolverine, and push deeper into Fallout3.

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Game Diary, Wednesday's game play

The streak lives on. Short post today. Fallout3 and Arkadian Warriors were the flavor of choice for today. Expect a review of Arkadian Warriors shortly. 327 straight days and counting.

Game Diary, Monday's game play

Monday's provide an excellent opportunity for extended gameplay. Not much on TV and I usually need an escape from the daily drudges of normal life. While this Monday did not disappoint, I was overly excited for Lego Indy. After repeatedly crashing\freezing about halfway through the opening chapter of story 2, Indy swung his way past the bug this evening. I pushed through the first chapter of story 2. I am so excited, I just about wrote this game off. A commenter here on the site suggested I download the game to my hard drive to see if that would help. I only have the 20 gig hard drive and she is full, so there was no chance of that happening. I unlocked another 20 G's and counted my blessings. Other Monday highlights include a few quick Forza2 races but it locked up on me so I moved on.

A new game!!

Arkadian Warriors is a older XBLA release. It is a simple RPG with a looking top down format. If you have played Gauntlet then you would know what this game looks and feels like. What drew me in is the online Co-op option. I am trying to convince someone to play through the campaign with me. If any one out there is interested, drop me a comment with your gamertag and I will send an invite. You can always hit me up when online gamertag is AZZMAN20

As usual the streak lives on. 313 days and counting.

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