Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Story of fishing for crabs.

I was woken up at 4 in the morning by my mother. She said to get dressed because we were going to get some crabs. I thought, "Crap, I don't want to go." Reluctantly, I dressed and waited for my family. We drove for an hour to New Jersey to meet my parents friend. When we arrived the bridge, there was slight traffic because it was 5 in the morning. We set up our chairs and crab traps and sat down. Sunscreen was applied to my face, and boredom swept over me. I chased some bunnies around, bored out of my mind. I heard some frantic struggling, and rushed over to my parents. They were shouting that a tortoise had caught itself in the trap. Both my brother and my father tried to pull it up, but it was way too heavy. They decided to let it flow out. I then sat down and watched the flamingos. My parent's friend starting screaming when they pulled their trap up. It seems an eel was caught in the trap and it squirmed and struggled. It was pushed into the barrel of crabs and it slithered down the bottom. At around 3 pm, we went back to the friend's house to cook the crabs. I watched T.V. with their twin sons and they played mahjong. A boring story indeed.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

How much do you like your current owned console(s)?

How much do you enjoy the console(s) you own at the moment? I would say my xbox 360 is a 8.5/10 because of the current technical issues and the amount of money I spent on its accessories. The games available for the system is something impressive. The online connectivity is good and is populated. However, the community is not filled with the smartest people and it costs quite a load of money to maintain your membership. My computer right now is experiencing technical difficulties, such as restarting randomly. I am gonna start using my computer when the famous left 4 dead 2 comes out.

Tips on the Dagon Shrine quest in Oblivion

The Dagon Shrine Quest is one of the main quests in the story of Oblivion. You must infiltrate the Mythic Dawn shrine and retrieve the Amulet of Kings. There are two ways you can do it; agree to join the Mythic Dawn or just kill them all. I will explain how to do both. If you agree to join the Mythic Dawn after talking to Harrow, he will ask you to give him all your equipment. Do so in order to infiltrate the shrine. Follow him until you get into the shrine, and after a little talking and some magic effects, walk up to the woman on the stairs. She tells you to pick up the dagger near the book and kill an innocent person. If you kill the person, you are welcomed by the others. Take the book and you will be attacked. If you do not, everyone will try to kill you. I suggest you save your game, take the dagger, kill Harrow, and take all your equipment from Harrow. This fight is pretty hard since you are surrounded by approximately 5 members. The other way to do it is just kill everyone, go into the shrine, kill everyone in the shrine, and get the book. Escape the shrine while fighting more members and you are done.

Other websites on game information.

There are many other websites that provide good and accurate information. Gamespot and IGN are well known websites that provide information about games such as release dates, reviews, and hints and cheats. "Xbox 360 failure rate 23.7%, PS3 10%, Wii 2.7%" is taken directly from a Gamespot survey showing the failure rates of the three consoles. Aside from games, IGN reviews movies and shows. IGN also has a whole section dedicated to game walkthroughs, perfect for people who are frustrated or just does not want to try. Head over to some of these websites and see if they suit you.

Review on Oblivion.

Oblivion, a First Person Role Playing game, is available for the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3. Oblivion is a huge, open-ended, complex, detailed role-playing game that's fun to play and a pleasure to behold. There's a main quest for you to follow, which takes about 40 hours to finish the first time through. The majority of the game's content is not in the main quest, however, there are many things you can do as you travel. You can explore hidden dungeons, join and advance ranks in a number of different guilds, visit all the different towns and try to solve quests given out by people, compete in a long series of gladiatorial battles to the death, contract a disease while fighting vampires that leads to vampirism and then try to find a cure, buy a house, steal a horse, invest in your favorite shop, and much more. However, as you play through the game, you will encounter frequent loading screens and there might be some technical difficulties with the game, such as freezing and others. Besides these problems, this is a recommended game for people who enjoy games that require a lot of time and have a lot of different choices. I personally give it a 9.4 out of 10.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Question: Which would you prefer, the Xbox 360 or PS3?

Answer: I would actually prefer the PS3. Even though I am an owner of the Xbox 360, the only reason I come back to it is the fact that my computer is broken and most of my friends play it. There are some Xbox exclusives, such as Gears of War 2 and Halo 3, but other than those, you can find most games on the PS3. The PS3 features blue-ray compatibility, which I think makes the graphics better. During E3, a gaming convention, it showed many new exclusives coming out for the PS3, such as MAG, God of war 3, and Uncharted 2. The PS3 also has a lower failure rate than the Xbox 360. However, there is no party system(where your friends and yourself are in a chat room) and are forced to hear other people talking.

5 reasons the PS3 triumphs over the Xbox 360

  1. Discs are scratched more often: I bought two of the same game because there was a circle scratch on it.
  2. Technical problems: Even though the company announces that there is a 3-4% failure rate, there are articles estimating around 16.4-33% failure rates. My Xbox has recently encountered the infamous RROD( red ring of death; a problem with the hardware.)
  3. Online community: Out of every 10 games I played, around 8 of them had little children screaming in their microphones and hurling racist comments here and there. The other 2 games had no people or sane people talking.
  4. Online costs: It costs 50$ to maintain membership for a year for online gaming and is the only console that charges users to pay.
  5. Faulty accessories: I have gone through 2 microphones (20$ each) and two controllers(40$ each) so far. The two microphones snapped and the controllers disconnect on the slightest vibration.
  6. Download-able content: Microsoft sells Microsoft points to purchase download-able content(DLCs.) Other systems offer them for free, while one download-able content costs around 10$