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Orange Box Reviews: Half Life 2: Episode 1 2007-10-21 21:56:00 Yes, I know this isn't a very new game, but it did come with the Orange box, and I hadn't played it yet. I'll start out my review by saying that this is a very good, classic Half-Life style horror-shooter. I've played maybe 2/3 or 3/4 of the way through the game, and it is GOOD. It will keep you on the edge of your seat. When you start out, you are talking to Alyx (your partner, same as in Half-Life 2). She gives you only a gravity gun, but then supes it up. With this blue gravity gun you can pretty much pick up anything. So killing the combine (bad guys) will be a cinch. Throughout the game you run into many mini-puzzles that require you to think outside the box, and use your gravity gun to do so. There is a lot of fast paced action, as well as a little slow parts that have story dialog. Overall a really great game. If you played Half-Life 2 you must get this. It continues the story, and is of course, another Half-Life masterpiece from those at Valve. If you haven't played HL2, t ...

Transformers DVD 2007-10-21 18:45:00 Well, I picked up my copy today. Not just the normal one, I got a super deluxe 2-disc one. That TRANSFORMS. It's pretty awesome. The DVD case itself is an Optimus Prime transformer, and the discs are in a case on his back. One of the coolest DVD cases I've ever seen. You can pick it up at Target for ~$25. Not sure if other stores have it availiable, it might just be a Target thing. I have yet to watch the DVD, but I have seen it before, you can read my review if you want. Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ... Dvd  Transformers

Marble of Doom 2007-10-21 01:47:00 This is a cool website. You can upload the time you spend while the little hourglass replacement for Macs is on. So, say you load a program, you count how long the "Marble of Doom" (as the site calls it) shows, and post it to this website. Cool idea, but it could be executed better by it updating automatically so you don't have to estimate the time yourself, plus a Windows version.Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

Top 7 Saturday - Most Wanted Gadgets Week 19 2007-10-20 12:37:00 My top 7 most wanted gadgets for the week of October 14th.iPod TouchNew PC (?4)Playstation 3 (?1)Nintendo DS Lite (?1)Xbox 360 Elite (?1)HTC Touch (New!)PSP (New!)Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

Halo 3 Helmet 2007-10-20 01:58:00 This is cool. Apparently this guy found a way to be able to wear those Master Chief helmets that come with the Halo 3 legendary edition. You're probably thinking they should have been wearable in the first place, but hey now you can do it yourself. It doesn't look very easy, because you have to take apart the whole helmet, but it's a solution to the ever-growing complaints that people want to wear the little helmets.Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

Top 5 Friday - Movies Week 18 2007-10-19 23:33:00 This is the weekly list of the top 5 money making movies according to movies.com, followed by the top 5 movies I want to see most.Top 5 movies of the week:Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (New!)The Game Plan (?1)We Own the Night (New!)Michael Clayton (New!)The Heartbreak Kid (?3)Top 5 Movies I Want to See:Dan In Real Life (New!)Resident Evil: Extinction (?1)Fred Claus (?1) Superbad (?1)Balls of Fury (?2)Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ... Movies

Guitar Hero Arcade 2007-10-19 00:39:00 This is pretty awesome. Someone basically put a large amp under a box. Plopped a TV in the box, and made it play Guitar Hero in an arcade fashion. Pretty cool idea, and somewhat professionally executed. Thumbs up to the guy(s) that did this. Pure awesomeness. CHECK IT OUT.Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

Gutsy Gibbon Released 2007-10-18 17:31:00 That's right. Ubuntu 7.10, aka Gutsy Gibbon was released today. This is my favorite linux distro, so I am pretty excited. I have used Wubi in the past to run linux, but sadly I will have to wait a few days till the new version of that is released. You can check out the new things in 7.10 in my previous post. If you are thinking about try linux, don't think, do. Ubuntu is the most user friendly linux that I have come across. And if you have any sort of a brain you will be able to figure it out fairly fast. So go download Ubuntu, and have fun. The 3D effects are AWESOME.Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

Cool Video of the Week #16 2007-10-18 00:22:00 This is extremely cool. Some guys found a way to be able to use the Portal gun from the game Portal in the Half-life 2 and other source games. Very cool. Enjoy the video :)Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

HTC "Vogue" Release Date 2007-10-17 19:53:00 It is now official. The HTC Touch successor for Sprint will be released on November 4th. The codenamed Vogue will sport 3G, a camera, and the usual text messaging, voice features, etc. What's really interesting about this phone though is that it is basically Sprint's iPhone. I've been watching this phone for a little while, and I think, if I get a new phone soon, this might be the one. It has a cool touch screen interface, with very cool 3D menus, which I like. Oh, and it's only $249.99 Eat that iPhone.Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

Orange Box Reviews: Portal 2007-10-17 00:13:00 Welcome to the second of a 3 part series in which I review the games in Valve's Orange Box. The name of the game is Portal, and surprisingly it involves portals. The premise of the game is that you are a test subject for a company called Aperture Labs, in which you test out their new gun that shoots portals. There are really only 2 characters in the game, you, and the computer that talks to you and gives you instructions on your journey. The great thing about this game is in fact the computer voice. It makes jokes, and great references, all in a monotone Microsoft Sam-esque computer voice. Now to the game play. It is fantastic. At first you can only shoot one (blue) portal, and the other orange portal is already stationed for you. But a couple test chambers (basically levels) into it you get the option to shoot both orange and blue portals. The whole idea is that you shoot portals around, and go through them to get to the finish line, which is an elevator that leads you to another tes ...

Top Ten Tuesday - Most Wanted Games Week 19 2007-10-16 17:15:00 My top 10 games for the week of October 14th.Guitar Hero IIIRock Band (?1)Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (?1)Unreal Tournament 3 (New!)Call of Duty 4 (?3)World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (?1)Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (?1) Bioshock (?1)Hellgate London (New!)Starcraft II (?1)Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ... Games

iTunes Plus Price Drop 2007-10-16 00:39:00 Everyone knew it was going to eventually come. That's right, iTunes will very soon have their DRM free iTunes Plus songs for only $0.99 Most likely It's Apple's attempt to compete for the people that are switching over to the new Amazon MP3 store which surprisingly, sells DRM free MP3s at $0.99 a pop. See any resemblance? But hey, who am I kidding, It's still good news. Even though I rarely buy from the store, and it just so happens that I have recently bought a couple iTunes plus albums. I want my $2 back...Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

Music Monday - Week 19 2007-10-15 17:31:00 For this weeks Music Monday, I thought I would do something different. I just want to point a music phenomenon out. If you haven't heard, Radiohead (a super-popular british rock band) put thier new album, In Rainbows, on thier website, and left you to put in whatever price you like. Thats only part of the amazingness. On the social music site Last.fm EVERY SINGLE song on the Top 10 songs of the week is off the new Radiohead album. It's crazy. I downloaded the album, for $0, just to see what was so great about them, as I had not heard any Radiohead songs. I gotta say, I'm not too fond of it. Though I'm not a huge alt rock fan to begin with, none of it appealed to me. Oh well.Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ...

iPod Classic UI put on iPod Video 2007-10-15 00:11:00 This is awesome. These guys apparently created an old iPod Video firmware that looks very similar, if not exact, to the new iPod Classic interface. I thought this was really cool because if you have an iPod video already, the only reasons to upgrade to a new iPod classic are the new interface, and more storage. But, if you already have all the storage you will need, this is a great free alternative to shelling out $250+ for a new iPod.Thank you for subscribing to my blog! ... Ipod