So, I played through the L4D2 Demo on my PC yesterday. It was an interesting experience to say the least. I had already played the demo on my 360 with just three AI partners and it had been super easy. They would stick with me and provide support and I hardly ever got hurt for more than a few seconds. I had that mentality going into this demo and I died twice because of it... Next time, I'm letting everyone else go first.

Anyways, the gameplay is just the say as the L4D with added guns, abilities, melee weapons and special infected. The new guns are really neat. I really liked the AK-47 that I got to use playing through on the 360 but the M-16 was pretty close in comparison. The machete is great for taking out a large group of mobbing zombies. Especially, if your teammate has been boomed or something.

To be honest, I don't really understand what the adrenaline shot does. I would inject myself with it but I didn't notice anything. I think you run faster and can reload quicker?

I'll be picking up L4D2 if I can get some of my friends to get it as well. It isn't a game you want to play alone.

           
       
       
      
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Okay, I am going to play through all of FFVII. I have attempted to play through it two times already and this will be my third attempt. I tried once when I was 9 and I didn't really understand the game enough and eventually got lost after the whole world opened up for exploration and didn't have as much direction. I didn't know what to do! It kind of reminds me how I couldn't figure out how to beat Ocarina of Time but a couple years later I found it be super easy. My second attempt was using a *cough*emulator*cough* which was pretty cool but I reformatted my computer without thinking (I reformat every 6 months or so) and lost my save file... I was so mad. I guess that is what I get though.
 
I was browsing through the Playstation Store on my PS3 and noticed that FFVII was only $9.99. I decided it was worth it and have put almost 3 hours into it. I'm kind of speed running through the first section because I already know what happens and it is a little boring. The story means a lot more to me this time because I am older and can understand it better. It makes me wonder if I should go back and play other old games that I finished when I was a little guy. They probably would mean more to me...  
 
I'm going to be updating my blog with tidbits of my journey. I'm hoping to beat it in a month? Or two? Knowing me, it'll probably take a year.
  
Has anyone actually finished FFVII? Does it have a great ending? No spoilers. I just want a reason to keep going until the end. :)

 I made another short video with Halo 3 clips that I needed to get off my hard drive but didn't have the heart to delete. It is only three minutes but there are a couple cool clips worth seeing... at least I think so.  
 
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 Over the weekend, I was in Dallas at the latest MLG event. At the event, Bungie setup time periods where you could sign up and try out Firefight in Halo 3:ODST. My friend, Stephen and I, got to play at 2:30 on Saturday. Man, I was impressed. Before trying it out, I had assumed it would be something similar to the Horde mode that is found in Gears of War 2. And, while it is similar, it also has an entirely different feel. You start out by picking your character and level and then we hopped straight in for fifteen minutes of intense action. I don’t know what the name of the map was but it was set in an urban environment in New Mombasa (I’m guessing). The ODST visor change is set to the equipment button, you can easily switch back between the two. We faced a couple waves of Jackals and Grunts but were soon attacked by invisible Brutes and a Wraith causing mass panic between the four of us. Oh yeah, let us not forget the annoying Drone swarms…

Conserving ammo is a must. I died once on purpose just so I could get guns that actually had ammunition in them. The silenced, scoped SMG is feels great and the new pistols feels almost exactly like the original Halo:CE pistol. My favorite pistol of all time.
 
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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