I have absolutely no idea where the last 3 months went. All I know is that for some reason people find our SC2 commentaries funny over at LAGTV, and we somehow pulled together a pretty awesome website with a steadily growing community. Here's an example of one of our features outside of normal commentaries at LAGTV. The series is called "When Cheese Fails" and is based on replays of...well....c...
Finally , after weeks of late nights and hours upon hours of work, my new website is up and running! I shouldn't say my website, of course. For those who have been keeping tabs, a friend and I have a youtube channel Life's a Glitch TV. We were approached by a couple of gentlemen to start up a website together, and after a whole lot of work it's finally here! The site is called D2DGamer. No, not...
...Ok maybe not live live, but t he channel is open! For those of you who didn't catch my last blog post about it, LAGTV is a youtube channel ran by myself and a friend. We're doing SC2 commentary and strategies, game previews/trailer talks, reviews, and more if we can squeeze it all in. Here's the LAGTV 101 video: We had to re-do all our videos from before which is why it took so long to get c...
DISCLAIMER: I apologize ahead of time for the walls of text below. I did my best to make it short haha. Hey there ladies and gents, I'm not entirely sure how many of you may know me, or even recognize my avatar for that matter, but I've been around since the dawn of the site. Regardless, I come to you asking for some assistance. First though, some explanation: A friend of mine and I are in the...
A good friend of mine was kind enough to wake me up before noon the other day just because he "was in the neighborhood." I sluggishly pulled myself out of bed and let him in. After playing some games, we got to talking about Halo Reach. He says he's gotten over Halo, which I don't believe (for Halo 2 he blasted the Halo theme song all the way to EB). I explain how Reach is sparking my interest...
As I sit here listening to my favourite gaming podcast, dreading the coming days before final exams tackle and pound me into submission, I think about something that perhaps many gamers haven't before. Maybe I shouldn't say that, I can't just assume I'm the only one thinking about the oddities of the gaming community. Perhaps many of you who read this will have already thought about it at lengt...
Probably one of the funniest lines I've ever heard in a video game. Virtual high five for those who heard the conversation that inspired me to make this macro... God this game is good! EDIT: This thread has quickly become epic thanks to many stellar contributors. I'm now converting it into a Mass Effect 2 image Macro mania! ALLITERATION! Have a good one, CP1
Well it's offically begun: the 2010 winter olympic games. Man have we kicked !@$ so far. Let's sum it up: -Luger tragically dies in a training run -Vancover decides to be super warm and rainy (great for skiing!) -hydrolics in the opening get stuck...just wow Killin' it! In related news, a U.S. snowboarder was interviewed and asked how it felt to be in the olympics. His response quoted: Graham W...
After a fairly lengthy gaming session talking with a good friend of mine on private chat over XBL, we got to talking about just how much time we've put into games over the years. We started with Starcraft which was hands down the longest played game we've ever had. After some quick calculations we figured we spent a total of 2,320 hours. That was a scary figure alone so we decided to chalk up a...
Well it's the start of a new year (yah I'm a couple of weeks off, but work with me here). Technically speaking, 2010 is the future, and so what better way to kick off the future with a quick little guide to staying healthy. The problem for many guys (girls too! Don't think all of this can't apply to you) is that they assume that simply hitting up the gym and slamming the weights around will net...
Man did I ever fail at keeping my blog going over my vacation. I must apologize, but everything went so fast and my family get togethers and the like just ran over my spare time. School has started yet again, and so my time will be limited, but I want to at least post one or two reviews over the next little while since I've beaten a few games. I'm going to leave it up to a vote as to which two...
Well, having some spare time on my hands now that school is over, I managed to put together my top 10 games of 2009. This list isn't entirely final as I'm still thinking about the order of a couple games here but nevertheless the games on the list are more than likely going to stay. You can check out and comment on my list here or you can simply read the slightly more bland list below without f...
Well, it's been a horribly long time since I last posted a blog, but this semester has been brutal. Definitely the most challenging yet, and it couldn't have ended any sooner. I wrote my last exam today (Finance) and hopefully did well on it. If I can keep my GPA above 3.8 I'll be happy, but this semester might be my GPA's demise. I've been on the Dean's list two years running I REFUSE TO STOP...
If you know me even slightly well, you know that I'm in love with cars. I haven't been up to snuff since I entered university, but my love for cars has definitely not left me. It stands to reason then, that I would buy Forza 3. I dumped hooooooours into Forza 2 and I just about did a back flip when I got my copy of 3 in the mail. I've been racing, yes, and I'm pretty darn good too (usually in t...
Woooo 21st birthday! Word has it there's this magical substance called beer? I must leave on a quest to find this and bring back several of what the locals call "twofours." Have a good one! CP1
I'm what you might call a car guy. This is not to be mistaken for a gear-head, but I'm knowledgeable in just about every other aspect with cars thanks to my dad drilling it in to me throughout my childhood. I absolutely love cars, and so you can imagine I'm pretty in love with a good racing game as well. While I'll play just about any racing game, I like a pure arcade, or a pure sim, because th...
THIS HAS BEEN EDITED. THE EDIT IS IN BOLD BELOW. THANKS! Ok so I've gotten tired of ComputerPlayer1 as my gamertag. Not only does it not come across as what I thought it would to many people, but it just doesn't seem super original. I have 800 points kicking around from purchasing 1943, and so this is a good a time as any to spend some points. There aren't really any arcade games out or coming...
Dear, sweet mother of @#%@#%^@%$^$#$#^$#^$@#^$#^@%^$%^$%. I have never been so stressed out and/or frustrated in all my life. Last night whilst browsing the interwebs, I looked at my CPU temperature and noticed it looked a bit high for what it should be with my Vendetta 2 heatsink. I had had the guys at the shop re apply paste already, but it still seemed to be idling a bit high. This had bothe...
This will just be a quick update before I go crash (just got back from a party). I had been crazy a game with ample loot, that was similar to Diablo II, and wouldn't you know it, someone made that exact game! Apparently Titan Quest is very popular amongst those who play it, but it's a love/hate amongst the community as some people whine about it being too much like Diablo. Well guess what, it's...
Every year since I've been able to work, I've always chosen one slightly expensive thing that I would treat myself to after working hard in school, and at the job I had all summer. I'm very careful with my money so after I buy this one thing, it is usually the only major purchase I have for the rest of the year (the odd game purchase, notwithstanding). After thinking forever on what I would buy...
The good: Some of the best art direction you'll ever see; has the uncanny ability to tell a story without actually telling a story; will change the way you view the video games. The bad: Some of the control tweaks that are supposed to make your life easier don't always work so well; a tad on the repetitive side. Before Braid came on the scene and stirred up the now seemingly age old question "c...
Every once in a while, a game comes along that is so well done, and leaves you with such a good feeling upon completing it, that it makes reviewing it extraordinarily difficult. Persona 4 is one of those games. On occasion, a game flies under the radar, even to the hardcore lovers of the related genre. Persona 4 is one of those games. If you enjoy seeing a lot of harsh critiques in a review, th...
Well, today was a bit better than the rest of the week has been. My xbox will be on its way tomorrow morning, and I got my computer's heatsink re-seated. It still doesn't change the idle temperature of about 38-42C, but under load there's a significant difference. The big pain is that my bedroom is about 25C all day now that summer is in full swing. This just drives the heat up, and I'm sure in...
I'll apologize ahead of time if the blog title got your attention and you were hoping for something like...say, a half naked chick. Unfortunately for you, this is another blog about my computer (I swear this will be one of the last for a while haha). After a talk with my bestest friend in the whole world when it comes to computer talk (and she's tolerable, which makes things better), Chili drag...
Well I got bored today and decided to educate myself in the fine art of overclocking. Needless to say, my attention span for reading walls of text on the subject was a bit limited, and after 2 hours, I just decided to watch a couple of videos and print off a guide and do it that way. The big thing for me was that I run my computer air cooled only, stock cooler on my CPU and all, and so I knew t...
Ok so I know I haven't been in the PC game a long time, but these specs scare the crap out of me. If I'm not mistaken this is the first game to have a Quad Core as a recommendation... Windows XP Minimum Specifications OS: Windows XP with SP3 CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.4Ghz or greater AMD X2 (or equivalent) running at 1.8Ghz or greater RAM: 1GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X850...
And bought a PS2... Persona 4 is awesome...go buy it....Yip That is all. Have a good one, CP1
I was one of the many people who were heart broken when it was announced E3 was going to become some small event in a bunch of hotel rooms, and few people would be allowed in. I wanted to scream, because as over the top and ridiculous as E3 can be, I personally think it's necessary for growth in the industry. Everything has it's "superbowl" of sorts, and E3 is just that for gamers. Luckily we'v...
Most gamers are at least casually aware of the Uncanny Valley – the point at which a character in a game looks close enough to photo realistic, but because of the infinite little movements and expressions a real human emotes, seems unsettling because the game does not emulate it well enough. The Uncanny Valley is something game developers have to battle any time they make the choice to go for r...
There's been a stereotype for a long time about gamers: we're anti-social hermits. Since the end of the last generation of gaming though, games have become a lot more of a social get together through the introduction of online multiplayer. Although it's become a very big player in the eyes of developers, it certainly hasn't given them the idea to phase out single player games altogether. At lea...
The Force Unleashed was definitely on the top five most anticipated games of '08 for me. I had been hoping for another Star Wars experience since KOTOR 2, and when I found out about TFU I just about had a mild stroke out of excitement. I mean c'mon, the chance to finally kick some serious butt with a lightsabre in good old button mashing $tyle, along with being able to throw dudes around with s...
Well I managd to really mess myself up today. We had taken the kids to Urban Farm, a farm in the city...thus the urban... Anyway, while we were there we were playing a tag game and one of the kids rolled their ankle. I ran over and checked out her foot to see if everything was ok. It seemed fine, but she was still complaining of pain so I thought it best to pick her up and carry her over to the...
Do you wake up on saturday morning, run to grab a bowl of sugar coated cereal, and plop yourself in front of the tube to watch cartoons until noon? Do you still read books that are listed as "for ages 8-15"? Is your idea of a fulfilling and successful day watching every Star Wars movie, and then play KOTOR until three in the A.M.? Do dunkaroos and fruit roll-ups tickle your fancy? If you've ans...
Well it's finally here! Giant Bomb has dropped down upon us and I'm excited to see all the features come together throughout the beta and beyond. I don't have a great deal to say at the moment, and this is really just a test blog but since I have nobody tracking me I suppose this doesn't really matter much haha. To those who may actually see this... Have a good one! CPU1