Game Diary, Monday's game play

Back again with the game diary. Tuesday was an exciting day in the world of Xbox360. With E3 kicking off, there was a ton of big reveals at the Microsoft conference. One of them was the new Beta testing happening tonight of a new XBLA game called 1 vs. 100.

I had to rush home and set a reminder? for the game. I got in some Guitar Hero : Aerosmith and Fallout3 before the Beta kicked off. It was kind of neat. A group of 4 of us were private chatting and just kind of hanging in the dashboard, when 1 by 1 we all got an invite to play. The first game kept our party together, but we got separated for the remainder of the night. Not sure if that was on purpose or a technical glitch. Either way the game was a ton of fun. The "live" host did an adequate job. No complaints. Super simple controls and pretty detailed stat tracking will keep players coming back. Another beta test this Saturday. Then we sit and wait for go live. Should be soon as the game appeared polished. Pretty slick how they force fed us commercials during "break" time.

I will definitely play again once they actually start handing out prizes or G's at least. Short one today....it's late!!!

Stay tuned for details on E3, especially news of L4D2 due out in November.

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Game Diary, Weekend Edition

Well, well, well....after a few emails exchanges my streak has been restored. The powers that be over at 360voice.com have decided to re-instate my streak. So we are currently resting at 324 straight days of gaming. 41 more days for a year straight. So with that being said what did I play over the weekend?

No new games to report. I finally completed CSI. Got the full 1000 G's. Probably never play that game again. Do not take that the wrong way. If you can find this game for $19.99 or cheaper it is totally worth it. There is no other game on the market like it. Basically it is a computer game on the Xbox 360. It would work better with a mouse, but the controller gets you through the game. If you do pick it up, I suggest playing at least the first 3 cases. After that you will be hooked. Plus there are only 2 more cases to complete after that anyway.

Friday night was reserved for band practice. Rock band 2 was heavily used, but still no G's. Very stubborn game. That got me in the mood for Guitar Hero : Aerosmith. I failed "Walk this Way" 10 times so that got me 10 G's. Almost finished the hard level for Aerosmith. Only 3 more songs to go.

Spent some time in DC as well. Nearing a point where I feel comfortable playing the DLC. My character is now a level 10 and well stocked for any fight. By next weekend I should be seeing the Pitt.

Keeping it short, just really excited to be back on the streak wagon. I promise no more hiccups here on out. I see no obstacles in the next upcoming month. Fingers crossed.

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Game Diary, Friday's game play

Friday's are wonderful. I got to play Forza2, Gears of War2, GH Aerosmith, and Tiger Woods 09. All Co-op, not something done in a long time. Reminded why the Xbox 360 is so great. The online friends party system is the best. The streak continues. Off to bed early, got to run a 5K for hungry children in the morning. See you Monday....next week is special.

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Game Diary, Wednesday's game play

So here we are the 4th post of the daily game diary. The suspense was killing you, I am sure. So here we go. The third and final reason for keeping this daily game diary is to help track my progress of a personal goal. You see I have played Xbox360 for the last 300 straight days. A record of this can be found over at my 360Voice.com page. So to help you track my progress for at least the next 65 days I will be posting a daily diary as I try and go for a year straight. See simple enough. (NERD)

Today directly after work I rushed home in a down pour of rain. Popped in a game I do not think we have mentioned on this site before. Blitz 2 : The League. This is a fun little change up from Madden. Highlights include super crazy story line, and spectacular bone exploding hits. Its a fun game to relax and enjoy some football with.

After that I played Fallout3. After downloading the new content I was itching to play. I started a brand new game from scratch, so we are about 40 hours of game play away, from comment on the last 2 DLC's. I will rush as fast as I can.

I took a break for LOST. Yesterday's lack of sleep caught up with me and I crashed.

Check back tomorrow to find out what games I played to keep my streak alive. I am also down 50 G's in this week's challenge so some CSI, is probably in store.

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