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April 28, 2009
March 23, 2009
  • duxup replied to the topic Max PAyne 3 anounced
    Aas said: "0kAmui0 said: "We're starting a new chapter of Max's life with this game," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "This is Max as we've never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of Max Payne 2 and witness his last chance for salvation." Huh, I thought that was the plot ...
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  • Ricardo Montalban.Ok he didn't work for GS, and he's dead, but still...
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Jan. 5, 2009
  • Dang it I had to turn it off early when it seemed like they were going to go all out with the spoilers.  There were two games that I still want to be a surprise on there.  I wish I could listen to the rest of the podcast but I don't want to spoil the games.
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  • Jayge said: "duxup said: "Jayge said: "duxup said: "I don't see how wearing a bikini and building a portfolio is somehow automatically objectifying yourself.Where is the line?  Shorts three inches above the knee and it is objectifying?  Wearing makeup?  Showing ankle?" You continue to lack any comprehension of my point. Read the posts again." So her wearing a bikini is irrelevant?" In some ways yes and in some ways no. ...
    1 year, 1 month ago
  • Jayge said: "duxup said: "I don't see how wearing a bikini and building a portfolio is somehow automatically objectifying yourself.Where is the line?  Shorts three inches above the knee and it is objectifying?  Wearing makeup?  Showing ankle?" You continue to lack any comprehension of my point. Read the posts again." So her wearing a bikini is irrelevant?
    1 year, 1 month ago
  • Jayge said: "duxup said: "As far as I'm concerned someone can wear a bikini to sell bikini's or whatever they're selling and still be a person and not be objectified even if someone takes a pic or gives them money.  If all someone sees is the bikini and can't get over it, that's their problem.   The model still has a right to object if they see something that objectifies women.If ...
    1 year, 1 month ago
  • Laptops, all laptops, stink for gaming.  You could buy some of the overpowered laptops out there and get away with gaming for a while, but then you're dealing with a proportionally sky high price, heat issues, and no upgrade path except buy a new laptop.
    1 year, 1 month ago
  • It is a video game movie, this should surprise nobody.
    1 year, 1 month ago
  • Jayge said: "duxup said: "clubsandwich said: "IMO people can both wear shorts and a bikini and take issue with what they think of as objectifying women." that's double standards to me. " How so?" It's not double standards for someone to hang out in their back yard and wear a bikini top and shorts (or whatever). It is a huge double standard to model with a skimpy outfit on like that ...
    1 year, 1 month ago
  • clubsandwich said: "duxup said: "IMO people can both wear shorts and a bikini and take issue with what they think of as objectifying women." that's double standards to me. " How so?
    1 year, 1 month ago
  • Lemegeton said: "Hamz said: That being said i think some people do need to chill out and cut back in the "omg Kristin and Gamespot are fucking idiots for doing this" type of comments. Plenty of people express opinions we do not agree with, advocate or generally like but that doesn't mean we have the right to come out and insult them because of it. I think too many people ...
    1 year, 1 month ago
  • IMO people can both wear shorts and a bikini and take issue with what they think of as objectifying women.
    1 year, 1 month ago
Oct. 12, 2008
  • Knives said: "duxup said: "Knives said: Yes, they'll make more money by splitting SC2 up. But they'll also be able to get the game out faster, and that is a fact. It is a win/win for everyone except the poor.Blizzard has never had a problem delaying a game until they're done, suddenly they have to break up a game to get it out.   How nice of them... to find a ...
    1 year, 1 month ago
Added by duxup on Sept. 19, 2008

I am not what I would call a great CoD4 player but I play it quite often. I'm happy that most of the time I kill more than I'm killed. Anyway I recently maxed out at level 55 again allowing me the opportunity to go to prestige level 2. I was between games and thought "oh sure let's do that again." So a new domination game fired up and since at level 1 you have to pick one of the premade classes I chose the package with the SAW.

Then I had one of those games where it seemed everyone was just begging to jump into my line of fire. Run down a street and a group of guys pile out in front of me and I'd mow them all down. UAVs, Airstrikes, Helecopters, all kept comming my way. I went 39 (kills) 4 (assists) and 7 (deaths). I captured a pile if flags (thanks to Thee Bob Sagat for picking off some dudes trailing me once) and I leveled up from level one to FOUR (with just 97 points to go to level 5) all before the host ended the game early giving me 383 points total.

I'm a big single player game fan but no game against bots can provide the excitement that a good game like that can provide.



Added by duxup on Aug. 9, 2008

I dragged the 360 into work to play some Lost Odyssey and The Simpsons Game.


Added by duxup on July 24, 2008

I tossed up my own Battlefield: Bad Company review (not sure if there is a way to direct link to individual user reviews).    It is one of those reviews where I disagree with the site review a fair amount, but at the same time I agree the game is still a good game.  I couldn't decide between 3 and 4 stars...  I chose 4.  I might change it to 3 later.  One thing that does worry me a bit is that Giant Bomb's reviews in general seem a lot less critical than ...  I like.  I know they focus on their opinion and all but the games they recommend seem to have little to no notes about problems.  There aren't that many games where flaws here or there aren't worth noting.


Added by duxup on July 22, 2008

Impressions of Giant Bomb one day into beta:

  • Yay:  There is a distinct Adobe Lightroom feel to the site with all the black and grays.  I like it.
  • Yay:  Logging in and adding content is very light weight.  There is no need to be redirected and refresh a page every time you do something.
  • Yay:  I had to pick a new avatar as ironically (compared to most sites) GB actually allows / requires big avatars.  No more bumble, but I like my little dude.
  • Yay:  I like the unified forums view on the main forums page.
  • Nay: For an unmoderated forum I'm surprised that one of the few things that irks me is the volume of "I came from site X and it sucks!" banter.  As opposed to Giant Bomb discussion / participation.  I kind of wish this was just Giant Bomb.  Not everything has to be an antidote to anything like it IMO.  I don't know if that makes sense but there you go.
  • Yay: My image submissions are processed quickly.
  • Nay: My image submissions earn pretty much an inconsequential number of points.
  • Nay:  My character / game submissions submitted long before my image submissions are not processed quickly, in fact they haven't been processed at all.  It is a beta so I'm cool with it but when you compare images and entire missing games and major characters I'd say the games and major characters are the more important items yet they lag behind.  (beta thing I'm sure).  Also of all things I'd like to contribute to they are those missing characters / games that I found missing...
  • Yay:  There are no signatures on the forums.  I wouldn't be surprised if this changes.   Even so I like it for now.  For me signatures are just a place where people provide you info that if you wanted to know you would have asked, but you didn't...
  • Nay:  Aside from the intro video there's not a lot of tutorial or feedback or info on how things work with submissions and etc.  I'm sure there is more to come but I don't want to put too much work into digging up missing games / characters unless I knew they're going to go thru those submissions (or at least deny and clear them out of my pending list) and such.  Being a beta you never know if any of that data really will be saved long term.
  • Nay: My personal RSS feed is way up on the top of my personal page above my blog.
  • Yay / Nay: My RSS feed went blank not long after I turned some things off in preferences and then went and turned them all back on again.  It now seems to be broken.
  • Yay: The site is up.


Duxup's Reviews
Battlefield Bad Company Blows Up (X360)
Battlefield Bad Company could have used a bit more polish, but still plays as a Battlefield game should. On the surface Battlefield Bad Company is just another Battlefield game where you can play as several classes of infantry and quickly hop into light vehicles, APCs, tanks, and helicopters.  Play it ...
Reviewed by duxup on July 24, 2008
Eternal Sonata - Cheesy but playable (X360)
If you enjoy sweet, even sappy, JRPGs where the world shines like a sort of CG animated Candy Land then Eternal Sonata is likely the game for you. However, if you're somewhat ambivalent toward the more emotion heavy JPRGs, or if you require a stiff challenge from your RPGs then ...
Reviewed by duxup on July 21, 2008


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Jeff 30 minutes ago
I think I like all the side stuff in Assassin's Creed 2 more than main missions.
GregK 6 hours, 40 minutes ago
Wish I had a non-crap laptop for Dragon Age. Cutscenes remind me what
Hailinel 1 day, 3 hours ago
I've finally moved into my new place, but my internet reception here is ass. It's probably time to consider switching providers.
LordAndrew 1 day, 7 hours ago
Americans don't know how to pronunciate.
Torrim 4 days, 17 hours ago
updated my XBox and Zzzzzzz
TheGTAvaccine 6 days, 4 hours ago
Duuude, MW2.
CitizenKane 1 week ago
Never thought he's see the day where Stanford is ranked higher than Miami, USC and Virginia Tech.
GoranP 1 week, 5 days ago
Happy Modern Warfare Twosday to everyone.