My Broken Xbox 360

I miss gaming.

Last summer, my beloved Xbox 360 started giving me the infamous “Red Ring of Death.” I worked a few tricks to get it functioning again, but it was a temporary fix and at this point I think my 360 is basically a brick. It’s particularly sad because I still had my Xbox 360 from the original launch. 

Mini-Review: BioShock Infinite (Infinitely Awesome)

 

It’s no secret that BioShock Infinite is one of the best videogames released in recent memory. The scores at GameRankings will tell you that. As a fan of the first two BioShock games, I was eager for the release of Infinite… though dreading it at the same time since I’m a pansy and the previous games creeped me out. Now that I’ve recently completed an initial playthrough of the game I have to admit that I find myself in awe. Virtually everything about BioShock Infinite is perfect.

My Latest Gaming Purchases

I recently completed BioShock Infinite (stellar game – I’ll probably post some thoughts on it later) so I decided to head to my local GameStop and see what cheap games I could find. I tend to seek out the cheap games in order to satisfy my gaming fix. And by cheap I don’t mean the $39.99 games or even the $19.99 games. I’m talking about the bargain bin $5 games. 

Mini-Review: Dragon Age II

Yes, I know I’m incredibly late on posting a review of this game. Unfortunately, I’ve fallen far behind in my gaming in the last few years, but slowly I’m catching up. After spending the better part of the last year and a half obsessed with Skyrim, I finally wrapped up the game and all expansions with 100% achievement completion. The time had come to move on and Dragon Age II was waiting patiently on my gaming pile.

My Love/Hate Relationship with Elder Scrolls

Stupid bugs. It’s such an obvious statement that it doesn’t really need to be said, but I’ll say it anyway: video game bugs are annoying. Of course, most mainstream games are of pretty high quality and manage to avoid major bugs that greatly hinder the experience. Unfortunately, that’s not really the case in the Elder Scrolls series, which just happens to include some of my favorite games of all-time.

HearthFailure

I finally managed to finish  Dawnguard and decided it was time to move onto Hearthfire. Dawnguard was a fun addition to Skyrim, with plenty of content and some cool new abilities. And of course, vampires are cool, right? Hearthfire is a totally different story. I’ll cut right to the chase… unless you’re a hardcore Skyrim fan, don’t waste your time and money on Hearthfire.

Back to Skyrim

The inevitable announcement of add-on content for Skyrim was bittersweet for me. I absolutely LOVED playing Skyrim, but after being addicted to the game for months, playing around 200 hours and conquering ALL of the achievements, I knew it was time to finally move on. After all, there are plenty of other games out there, and Skyrim was keeping me from enjoying those.

Too Human, Too Mediocre

When Too Human was first announced, I was pretty excited. I’ve always loved action RPGs, and at the time the Xbox 360 was sorely missing games of the genre. Not to mention, Silicon Knights, the prestigious developers behind Too Human, had also developed the critically acclaimed game Eternal Darkness. I caught a glimpse of Too Human at E3 years ago and immediately knew I wanted to play…

Magic’s Lack of Creativity

Recently I’ve been playing Duel of the Planeswalkers 2013 (which is another great addition to the series, by the way) and I stumbled upon a Magic card that I’ve never seen before… Brute Force.

Of course, this isn’t a NEW card by any means, but since I don’t play Magic with the frequency that I used to, it’s new to me. Either way, I have to admit that cards like this really get on my nerves.

All your Xbox 360 space are belong to us

It finally happened… my Xbox 360 hard-drive filled up!

It was inevitable, seeing as I’m still using one of the older, smaller hard-drives that came with the first Xbox 360 run. I’ve been using my Xbox 360 since 2005, so the original hard-drive has lasted me quite a while.