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 

   

• Zombie Master

 
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!   
 

• League of Legends

 
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. 
 

• Garry's Mod

 
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

• Halo ODST

 
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 

• Modern Warfare 2

 
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. 
 

• Left 4 Dead 2 

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.   
 

• Borderlands 

 
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.  
 

Music to Blog By 

 
     

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!