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    Phokal 11:02 pm on March 30, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , Call of Duty 4, , games can be hard, I finally beat, mile high club   

    Mile High Club

    I finally beat: Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare

    Last week, or perhaps 2 weeks ago, I beat CoD4′s single player campaign. After much trial and error, I made it through a particularly hard spot near the end, where you have just a few minutes to beat a level (and don’t receive checkpoints unless you reach it with at least a certain amount of time on the clock). A couple of ‘I’m a fish in a barrel’ hallways filled with enemies later and the credits roll.

    But it’s not over. After the credits is one final, extra mission. A mission where you must traverse through a plane filled with terrorists who can shoot through your cover within a 1 minute time limit. And the entire reason this article has been delayed until now. Did I beat it? Or did I give up after playing the same ONE GOD DAMN MINUTE OF MY LIFE FOR FIVE FUCKING HOURS?

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      hintzilla 5:21 pm on March 31, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      you have more patience than me. i still haven’t been able to go back and try the veteran missions again, and after horror stories of the the mile high club, i’m not sure i should ever even try it. finally had to change the banner on the front page huh? haha.

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      Chue 9:06 pm on March 31, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Meh. Took me 2 tries. :P

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      phokal 8:44 am on April 1, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Chue: 2 tries? I call bs on that. There’s no way you’d know to pre-emptive flash bang the first room the first time, and no way you’d know to flashbang the 2nd room the 2nd time (assuming you couldn’t have gotten there in time without the flashbang in the first room). .

      Also, you already admitted your roommate was the one who unlocked the achievement when we first played, so,…. proof? :)

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      phokal 8:45 am on April 1, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Also, I successfully saved the hostage on the first try. and didn’t shoot him.

      That was great.

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    Phokal 12:08 am on March 11, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , I finally beat, kane and lynch, lunch is an easy typo   

    Kane and Lynch

    I finally beat: Kane and Lynch

    A little late for this review, but it will draw inevitable parallels to Army of Two. In order to have those parallels, I have to discuss Kane and Lynch first.

    This game got lynched in the reviews. Receiving fairly “eh” to poor scores, not to mention the whole Gamespot fiasco (where a reviewer coincidentally gave the game a low score, ads were removed, and then he, after 10 years, was fired within 24 hours or so). The game was made by the Hitman team in the vain of their other project: Freedom Fighters (which received a very high ~9.6 at Gamespot and is an excellent game). So, where did Kane and Lynch go wrong? Well, first you’d have to prove it did go wrong. (More …)

     
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      Owen 3:55 am on April 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Hey there! Thanks for this review, I just stumbled across your website.

      I’d say this is one of the most accurate reviews I’ve seen of kane and lynch. I definitely agree that this game is a co-op game at heart, and twice as fun played with a friend. Sure, it has issues, such as the poor cover system and far from accurate aiming system, snipers are horrifically awkward to take out, the graphics are inconsistent (why’s there no syringe in your team mate’s hand when you get revived?) and the F bomb is a little over used, but it really says allot for this game that I am still singing its praises! Oh, and me and my little bro are taking on that helicopter boss at the moment, it is FREAKING hard!

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    Phokal 12:49 pm on February 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , I finally beat, , sword fighting sucks, things you can do in 1 hour, ,   

    PoP Achievment

    I finally beat: Prince of Persia Classic

    Delayed, I know, but I did beat it a couple of months ago. In short order, even. It came out. I played it and had it done in just a day or two.

    …

    Shut up. I know it is “just an hour long.”

    …

    Well, Prince of Persia Classic hit Live just a while ago. A remake of quite an old game. Does it sand up to the test of time? <See that intential typo there?>

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    Phokal 5:13 pm on February 17, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Andrew Monday, Andrew Ryan, , , comparison, , I finally beat, , stubbs the zombie, , zombies like boobs   

    Bioshock – The rich man's Stubbs the Zombie 

    Stubbs the Zombie

    Bioshock – The rich man’s Stubbs the Zombie

    Something has been bugging me since I finished Bioshock a few weeks ago. I realized that, while I enjoyed the environments, I hadn’t found them quite as interesting as everyone was saying. The outside vistas were amazing (the one time you got to see them at the beginning of the game, and the occasional look outside a window), but the inside’s art deco setting just was not as jaw dropping pretty as I wanted them to be.

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    I have just realized: I played this game before. Outsider interloper from the past enters a Utopia built by a single man with a dream. Innate characteristic of foreigner brings change to society and pits character against enigmatic city founder. It a 1959′s retro/futuristic setting.

    “But wait, Phokal. Bioshock takes place in 1960.”

    “Your right, sir, but Stubbs the Zombie is placed in 1959.”

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      zazzman 10:13 pm on February 18, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      This may be a non sequitur, but I’m going with it anyway. I don’t know if you have seen anything about this, but George A. Romero has a new zombie flick coming out—Diary of the Dead. Check it out: http://www.myspace.com/diaryofthedead

      Speaking of our mutual love for zombie movies (well, and Graphic Novels, Video Gaems, etc.)…have you ever seen Romero’s Day of the Dead. I know critics say it is the worst of the “Dead” flicks but I really want to see it. We may need to have a zombie film fest. :)

      What do you guys think…is Day of the Dead any good?

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      phokal 10:30 pm on February 18, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      you should just make a ZombieFest – Dawn, Day, third? of the Dead post to cover all that. pick time(s), movies, etc.

      I’ve seen the first remake, and most of the original night of the living dead years ago.

      And I think I saw some of the original dawn or day…something where they were in a silo or cave. then the zombies broke out of the experiment cells.

      oh, and then there’s the awful one where the guy zombifies his dead girlfriend on purpose. he has access cause his dad works at the military and is running experiments on the zombie gas. very, very bad.

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    Phokal 11:38 pm on January 20, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , I finally beat, wrench   

    Andrew Ryan

    I finally beat: Bioshock

    Well, I may have finished it after all my friends, but I have finally beat Bioshock. It is definitely game of the year material. It certainly has flaws, but for every flaw it does two things right. (More …)

     
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      mattlindh 11:42 pm on January 20, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      That’s a nice picture. Whoever recommended it must have pretty good taste.

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      phokal 11:45 pm on January 20, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Not entirely originally for a blog post, so it would seem.
      http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/12/andrew_ryan_was_times_person_o.html

      Guess we are just a little late to the party.

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      mattlindh 12:06 am on January 21, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Not everyone can be a rockstar.

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      detnap 12:07 am on January 22, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      The game is good. I liked the presentation of Call of Duty 4 better and the gameplay of Portal better, but I liked the story of this game better (at least in terms of video game stories).

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      MIKA 10:15 pm on February 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      this game has every right to be game of the year. the cutscenes, the storyline, the graphics, the ending, the weapons, and the characters made this game what it is. i completely didnt see the andrew ryan bit coming at me. it was a complete shock, and it delighted me. there are a few negative things i can say about the game though. the boss fight SUCKED! it was boring boring boring. a bit challenging, but just monotone. another thing is that the splicers say the same thing over and over and over. gets a bit annoying. otherwise 5 stars 2k.

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    Phokal 9:00 pm on January 11, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: ctf, deathmatch, , , I finally beat, lan,   

    Achievement

    I finally beat: Halo 3

    This is a bit delayed, as I actually beat Halo 3 within two or three days of its launch.

    Halo 3 is just the natural progression of Halo-ness. Halo may have revolutionized FPS with it’s two weapon system (How can I carry these 18 weapons at once? Where does that chainsaw GO when I pull out my Sniper Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun, and Assault Rifle) and Regenerating Health (I’m bleeding deep in enemy territory. Good thing there are all these bullet healing health packs lying around EVERYWHERE), and a fun Co-Op Campaign (Mobile Respawn Point) but the 3rd game should bring something new to the table. After all, that’s what Halo did to make itself so popular. Let’s split this into two parts: Campaign and Matchmaking. (More …)

     
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    Phokal 12:05 am on January 2, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: assassin, , beggars, , creed, , , I finally beat, no empathy   

    I finally beat: Assassin's Creed 

    Beggar

    I finally beat: Assassin’s Creed

    This was a flagship, high profile game; it was met with mixed reviews. This has confused a lot of people, and caused those people to start defending one perspective or the other. I would like to address some of the common things I’ve seen, and some aspects that no one seems to discuss. (More …)

     

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