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Nov. 7, 2009
  • Killing Floor Quick Look Thingy is up. Check it out!
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  • I decided I would at least attempt recording my own Quick Look ripoff, see how it has thingy at the end.  Yeah totally different.  Anyway this week's game is Killing Floor, the zombie survival game that took me by surprise.  So I had to cut the videos in half due to length issues and I kind of skip around on the second video in order to show off some of end round ...
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    Google.
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  • Br3adfan is uploading his own Quick Look soon
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    It's awesome?
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    During the summer yes.  Even if I have the AC on I cannot sleep without a fan when it is hot out.
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Added by Br3adfan on Nov. 7, 2009

I decided I would at least attempt recording my own Quick Look ripoff, see how it has thingy at the end.  Yeah totally different. 
 
Anyway this week's game is Killing Floor, the zombie survival game that took me by surprise. 
 
So I had to cut the videos in half due to length issues and I kind of skip around on the second video in order to show off some of end round content, if you will.  
 

Part I

 
   
Any feedback would be appreciated.  This is my first shot at making one of these videos and hopefully I will make more if people watch them. 
 
Thanks for reading/viewing! 
 

Note:  Part II is currently being uploaded, I will add it to this blog once it is ready.  I am also in the process of fixing the videos up so that the quality is greatly improved.

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Added by Br3adfan on Nov. 7, 2009

So I've been wanting to do some sort of video content on my blog for a while now, and since I was starting my playthrough of Time Gentlemen, Please! I decided to record the adventure.  I haven't really gotten too far in the game, maybe fifteen minutes or so into the story, but I've gotten some footage of it. 

 
    
Basically I am posting this as a preview.  If people would not mind, I would like some feedback as to whether or not I should provide some sort of voice narration to liven things up a bit from the scrolls and scrolls of text that appear in the game. 


Added by Br3adfan on Sept. 24, 2009

 
So it's been a while since I wrote one of these up so I gotta play a little catch up with this one. 
  

What I've Been Playing 

   
 
Thanks to Steam and the wonders of community mods I have been playing Zombie Master on and off with a friend of mine.  Think Left 4 Dead meets real time strategy.  One dude is the zombie master and spawns zombies around the map from a RTS viewpoint while the survivors playing (playing in the familiar FPS standpoint) must complete a series of objectives and survive in the process.    
 
So far the maps I have played on are pretty different and unique.  For example one map involves the survivors being stuck in a small desert area where they must scrounge for ammo and weapons from an overturned truck then make their way into an abandoned building, all while random tornadoes threaten both the survivors and the zombies themselves.   
 
Anyway this game is pretty fun and offers some good ol' shoot zombies in the face fun and the best part, it's free!   
 
 
Aside from my favorite past time of capping zombies in the face with a various assortment of weapons, I have been playing the League of Legends beta.  Thanks to KnifeySpoony who was kind enough to send me a beta key, I have been having a pretty good time with this game.  Now I never played Warcraft III or Defense of the Ancients so I have little experience with this sort of game, but I am slowly finding my way.   My first few games online were met with my hero's demise many a times while only getting one or two kills for myself, but it was fun the entire time.  I will most likely buy the game once it is officially released and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys this genre of games. 
 
 
If you check back to the previous Bread Basket you may notice that I had a section entitled 'Games I should Have Been Playing' with Garry's Mod listed there.  Basically I bought Garry's Mod on Steam a few weeks ago and it would crash upon running it, so I emailed Steam support and they were oh so helpful and told me to check their support page (which was obviously the first thing I did before sending the email, duh).  So that helpful email took about a week just to get a reply so I just emailed the Garry's Mod support team instead and they told me that adding a simple string of text to the command line may fix it and what do you know it did.   
 
Now that I am finally able to actually play Garry's Mod a friend and I have been messing around making all sorts of crazy creations, all of which were either blown up or used to squash a bunch of zombies below.  I downloaded some mods and new content to play with, so now I am able to spawn hundreds of Master Chiefs and Jawas, launch a nuke, and sit back and watch from the sky. 
  

New Releases

 
The latest installment in the Halo universe was released this week and I must say that my original take on the game has been changed somewhat.  I had little interest in this game at all before its release, but after reading Jeff's review and watching the Quick Look I will probably end up picking the game up.  Now I am not a huge Halo fan, so I cannot totally get behind spending full retail price for an expansion pack.  I do not own any of the Halo 3 map packs, but the addition of Firefight and getting all the maps in one package does make the logic for buying it a little more understandable.   
  

Most Wanted 


 
I shouldn't really have to explain my reasoning for being pumped for the sequel to one of my most played games of all time.  All the additional multi player content seems awesome and all, but I am even more excited for the game's campaign.  Call of Duty 4's single player has to be one of my favorite campaigns in a long time, although short it covers a lot more than most shooters.  Yeah so basically, Modern Warfare 2 is going to be rad. 
 

As mentioned above, I love to kill zombies and what better game is there to kill zombies than Left 4 Dead.  Left 4 Dead was one of my favorite games of 2008 mainly because of its great online cooperative play and immersive game play.  Getting online and running through campaigns on expert was so punishing, yet awesome in a weird sort of way.  Everyone would manage to scrape by the level and just as the safe house was in sight...you hear it.  A tank.  You can hear everyone sigh into their microphones as they make a mad dash to the safe house, but most of the time never make it.   
 
 
One of my favorite things in gaming is loot.  Yes I am a loot addict and not afraid to admit it.  I have sunk a ton of time into Diablo II and managed to find Too Human to be alright thanks to the addition of mad loot, as the kids would say.  So when I first heard of Borderlands' combination of first person shooter and role playing, I immediately was stoked.  Since then there have been a ton of game play videos released that show off the game's great visual style as well as some sweet action shots. Plus like a bazillion guns doesn't hurt things either.  
 

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Baking with Breadfan 

       
 Little Caesar's Crazy Bread 

 Ingredients 

 
  Bread
  • 10 ounces of pizza dough
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons of garlic salt 
 Sauce 
  •  15 ounces of tomato sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/4  teaspoon dried marjoram
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried ground thyme 
 

Directions 

  •  Pre-heat oven to 450°F.
  • Unroll dough from tube onto cutting board.
  • Cut dough into 8 even strips.
  • Place each strip on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake for 6-8 minutes until just golden brown.
  • While the dough is baking, melt the butter add the garlic salt, stirring until dissolved.
  • Remove the baked dough strips from the oven and brush with garlic butter.
  • Sprinkle each strip with Parmesan cheese.
  • Serve with sauce.
  • For sauce: all the ingredients in an uncovered saucepan over medium heat.
  • When the sauce begins to bubble, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring often.
  • Remove the sauce from the heat and let it cool.
 
Thanks for reading!


Added by Br3adfan on Sept. 10, 2009

Here is the song I wrote for this week's question of the week. 
 
I know my mic sucks and not all of the words are clear so I posted the lyrics below the video 
    
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
 

Giant bomb you right all the world's wrongs 

Giant Bomb I wrote you this song
You review all the games
and tell us which ones are lame
Ryan watches movies
because that aint no game

Giant Bomb you are awesome
Giant Bomb keep rollin' on
every Tuesday means the Bombcast
where we hear the latest news
and Vinny's love of Fallout and Fable 2

Giant Bomb hasn't been around long
Giant Bomb keep on goin' strong
Jeff and Dave make crazy bets
on which game will do best
Brad plays quick looks
and tries not to die
though we wonder why
he always dies 

   




Br3adfan's Reviews
Left 4 Dead offers superb cooperative play (X360)
Valve has been known for creating some of the most memorable games to grace the PC and more recently the Xbox 360. Left 4 Dead is the latest hit game to be released from the company and brings together the joy of slaughtering hundreds of zombies with the ability to ...
Reviewed by Br3adfan on Jan. 1, 2009

5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
One of the best games to be released in recent years (X360)
Call of Duty 4 is one of the best games to be released in recent years and offers possibly the greatest online mulitplayer of this generation.Pros: Great single player campaign Impressive visuals Shooting feels realistic Online multiplayerCons: Single player is not that long Occasional gameplay glitches Vetern difficulty can make ...
Reviewed by Br3adfan on July 31, 2008

1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Shadowrun Review (X360) (X360)
Shadowrun is a first person shooter on the Xbox 360 and Windows Vista PCs. Shadowrun isn't like most online FPS games, it adds a new and fresh feel to a popular genre. ---Shadowrun is a typical FPS in some ways, but adds new features that make it stand out from ...
Reviewed by Br3adfan on July 21, 2008
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Review (X360) (X360)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance takes the XMen: Legends experience and makes great improvements on it. Ultimate Alliance is a beat 'em up style game with role-playing elements for added depth. The game offers many characters from the Marvel universe, including well known heroes such as Spider-Man and Captain America to some ...
Reviewed by Br3adfan on July 21, 2008


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