The LIVE Experience

On Sunday I purchased a pre-paid card for 13 months of Xbox LIVE Gold (49.99). After setting up an account I played several levels of Halo 3 (I will talk about the Halo trilogy tomorrow) to get a handle on the new controls. Then I "jumped in" to the multiplayer.

As many of the gamer community know, LIVE allows one to talk to other humans via a mike. While this requires one to ironically talk to others, there is something inherently cool about running inside the enemy base and killing everyone inside all the while screaming "I am the god of war!" Or it could just be me. Either way, I had fun.

After getting my required daily frag on, I decided to check out the other features of having an LIVE account. After looking at several tabs I clicked on the game tab. I was pleasantly surprised that one did not have to pay for some things. They were actually fee (not the kind free like free as long as you click on over 9,000 adds first, but free as in no charge). Among these where official maps from Bungie and several themes. I also secured several videos. However, not all is free. Many things still require buying. One pay for this with Microsoft Points. You can buy points on a pre-paid card or buy them directly online.

My final verdict? Xbox Live is worth every cent.


Fun Fact: Many sports games are ridiculously easy to get all of the achievements and thus a higher game score. How easy? Try 1,000 in 45 minutes.

Its Even Cooler When It Goes VROOM...

Transportation. Every person needs it at one time or another. And while we (the nerds, geeks, and gamers) stand back and are amused (and sometimes laugh at) the rest of the unenlightened humanity's strange desire to always be going somewhere; the sad truth is that occasionally we need to change our location to serve our needs. Whether it is getting the newest FPS or Final Fantasy, or another 10 packets of Ramon Noddle Soup to fill the daily nutritional needs of your carbon body(10 for a dollar is probably one of the best deals you'll get anywhere), the fact is one needs transportation.

Enter the driver's license. A piece of plastic that enables you to drive a motorized vehicle capable of going over 50 miles per hour. One may obtain the said license with a few simple steps...

1. Find a way to your local state traffic building (check out this web site if your don't know one in your location. http://www.dmv.org/drivers-license.php)
2. Brace your self to deal with other humans
3. Walk in to the building and enquire at the front desk where one be obtain drivers license papers.
4. Depending on your age you may need to fill out learning permit papers first
5. After filling out the said paperwork. Return to the front desk and enquire where to go next
6. Depending on the age one will either have to take the learners permit or drivers test
7. Obtain the paper that says you passed the test
8. Spend 60 hours learning how to drive(learners permit only)(if you have passed step 7 with and got a drivers test passage paper skip to step 10)
9. Repeat step 6
10. Enjoy transportation to multiple locations.

In other semi-relevant news: In the news has been canceled til father notice. Link to quotes of the week is: http://weekofthequote.blogspot.com/

Fun Fact: 11.5 million humans are playing World of Warcraft. Your just a number.

The World Has Turned Again

2009! A new year! Seriously though, why do people make such a big deal over the new year? I mean, its not like your points on your record get dropped or taxes get re-lowered(that would be pretty cool though).

Perhaps it is because we subconsciously believe that in the new year we can leave our mistakes behind and start anew(this is entirely false of course. You can't just leave you past behind. But you can let it stop haunting you).

Or maybe it is used to gauge how long one has until something can be obtained(Like when you where waiting until you where old enough to legally buy a "T" rated video game).

Or perhaps one believes that because of a resolution that whole world will change.

So, I end my musings with a question: What are you going to do different this year?

Fan Fact:The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.