Gaming Update #4: I Need Answers

by natetodamax

Last week wasn't a very exciting one as far as games go. I simply went about my day doin' whatevs. I did manage to get back into The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and started mopping up some achievements I missed. I managed to finish the Mage's Guild and I'm currently in the middle of completing the Thieves Guild. The latter of which is hard for me because sneaking in video games really isn't my t...

It's likely my dad was caught in that explosion World At War or watching my dad play some Battlefield 1943, which happens to be hilarious. It's the only thing he plays now, but he gets mad frustrated. He can't seem to grasp the fact that it isn't Call Of Duty, meaning the other players won't die in three shots. Whenever he jumps on the turret of a friendly tank, he gets furious if the driver doesn't immediately start moving somewhere. Instead of getting out the immobile tank, he'll sit there and then get upset when he gets sniped. Everyone on his team is an "A-Hole" to him, and he turns into a maniac when the planes are gone. Besides that, we got more Microsoft Points. I'm saving 800 points for World At War's Map Pack 3, and I spent the other 800 points changing my gamertag to iTz LuchaDeer because my last one sucked. Before anyone else calls me a moron, please know that I realize "iTz" is the Halo 2 clan In The Zone. Because, you know, "a3ec" is obviously a much better gamertag. Anyway, moving on.

RACIST!!! A few days ago I posted a thread in the Left 4 Dead 2 forum regarding a comment someone made about the game. Apparently, Left 4 Dead 2 is racist because there are african-american zombies in it. This kind of ridiculous thinking is the reason why I'm beginning to question the sanity of humans. Why can't we live like the world of Oblivion, where humans can be considered a race? Why does the color of your skin have to determine what race you are? We are all human, but some people in this world fail to see that. Saying that a game is racist because the zombies are not just Caucasion is ignorant to say the least.

Now it's time to discuss something that isn't game related. I need some help with my guitar. If you play, perhaps you can help me. Today we went out to get guitar strings. I hadn't played in nearly a month, which was kind of a bummer because of my broken G string (lulz) and the move to Maryland. When we got there, the lady asked us what gauge of guitar strings we wanted. I had never been asked that before. She explained it by saying it meant different thicknesses. Confused, I told her to just give me whatever was the medium/normal size. When I got home, I attempted to put it on my guitar, but something is wrong. I put it on correctly, and I made sure it was the right one. But for some reason, it won't tune. I use an electric tuner that works fine for every string but the new one, the G. Whenever the display says it's at G, the string sounds like an A or a D. I've tried tuning by ear, but it still won't cooperate. What should I do to fix the situation? I'm 100% sure it's the right string, because the package says the green knob on the end of the string means it is a G.

This photo is extremely insignificant Last week I finished a book I've been reading for a few weeks now. Flags Of Our Fathers by James Bradley is a fantastic novel detailing the lives of the six men who raised the American Flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle Of Iwo Jima. It talks about their lives beginning with their childhood, their enlistment, their training, the actual battle, the flagraising, and finally the post-war events and the 7th Bond Tour the surviving flagraisers reluctantly attended. What makes this book even more special is the fact that the author's father was one of the soldiers in The Photograph that touched a nation. Fantastic read.

Because nothing too exciting happened this week, I spent a lot of time on Giant Bomb going around the forums, making some wiki edits, watching some videos, you name it. Hopefully by my next few updates I should have some more exciting news because I have some family coming over to spend the week. We'll be visiting some places in Maryland and hopefully we'll be able to visit Washington D.C. because I've never been. I figure I'll know my way around after spending so much time with Fallout 3.

Until next time, children.

EDIT: Oh, and I got my second S-Rank in the Giant Bomb Achievements!