Gaming stuff

Red Faction: Guerrilla came from GameFly today. I have no idea when I will get time to play it, as things are busy around here and NCAA Football has been taking up all of my game time. Supposed to be a very good game though, so I will have to check it out at some point.

Also, the demo for IL-2: Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey was released yesterday. As a WWII plane nut this one has me interested. I downloaded the demo but have yet to play it. Another WWII flying game, Heroes Over Europe, is due for release in September. IGN released some new videos of this game in action and it looks really nice. Here is one of the videos:

Heroes Over Europe at IGN.com

My only worry is that these type of games can get really repetitive. There are only so many mission types you can do and escort missions can be a real pain in the ass. Hopefully some sort of random mission generator is included to give these game more replay value.

Newest member of the family!

We have a new family member at our house, an adorable little kitten named Sammy, which is short for Samantha. She is about 3 months old and has adjusted to out house great so far. Thankfully she has done a great job using her litter box and is eating and drinking just fine as well. So far she has been confined to our basement, but she is going to be turned loose on the entire household soon. I'll be putting another litter box on the 2nd floor so hopefully that will curtail any impulse she may have to potty somewhere she shouldn't. The whole family is crazy about her. My 4 year old daughter Laurel is especially thrilled that she has a kitty to call her own. I'll post some pictures later when I can.

NCAA Football 10 patch out for 360

The 360 version of the game got the patch today and I am tuning it as we speak. It will take a while for me to get the game the way I really like it, but so far the patch seems effective; the gameplay sliders are actually working the way they should. This will go a long way to making NCAA 10 a much improved game over past editions.

More Beatles: Rock Band tunes revealed!

Harmonix has revealed 15 more songs that will appear in the retail version of The Beatles: Rock Band. There are some great songs here, so without further ado here they are - along with the venues at which they will be played:

The Cavern Club
Twist And Shout
Do You Want To Know A Secret

Ed Sullivan Theater
Can't Buy Me Love

Shea Stadium
Eight Days A Week

Budokan
Paperback Writer
And Your Bird Can Sing

Abbey Road Dreamscape
Yellow Submarine
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With a Little Help from My Friends
Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows
Revolution
Birthday

Rooftop Concert
Dig A Pony
I've Got a Feeling

First off, I want to give major props for including I've Got A Feeling, which is just gonna rock all kinds of ways. It was never a given that it was going to be included in the game, so to have it verified is just awesome. I am also pleased as punch to see that Can't Buy Me Love, Eight Days A Week, Paperback Writer, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With A Little Help From My Friends, Revolution and Birthday made the final cut. I was mildly surprised by Do You Want To Know A Secret and shocked by Within You Without You, but I am sure they will be fun as well. And Your Bird Can Sing will be awesome to play on the guitar and Twist and Shout will be a fun one to sing. The only track I could really do without is Dig A Pony, never one of my favorites. I just hope another rooftop concert song from Let It Be (specifically Don't Let Me Down) is not being left out because of it.

The latest trailer showing off the new songs has been released and it is awesome. See for yourself!

Added another NCAA team

I created my 4th team tonight, my alma mater, the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons. Of course in real life they don't have a football team and back in my day the were called the Rivermen. But no worries. I used the real Tritons logo and created some really spiffy uniforms. I think they came out pretty well but I have yet to see them in action. As mentioned that brings my created teams total to 4:

1. Affton Cougars
2. Saint Louis Aces
3. Amity Sharks
4. UM-Saint Louis Tritons

All of these teams are updated to the latest possible build. I am thinking of relocating the Aces since I already have 2 St. Louis based teams. I though about Colorado Springs (where the Air Force Academy is located) but could not think of a good abbreviation for them; the best I could come up with was CSA. If anyone has any thoughts on a good place to relocate a team called the Aces, I am all ears.

NCAA TeamBuilder update

I have updated my teams on TeamBuilder: the uniforms are much nicer and the rosters have been somewhat updated. I have also added a 3rd team, the Amity Sharks. If you have downloaded my teams previously, I would implore you to delete those and download the new ones. Yu'll be glad you did!

NCAA TeamBuilder

If anyone is interested, I have created 2 teams for the 360 version of NCAA 10: My old high school team, the Affton Cougars, and a fictional team, the St. Louis Aces. The Cougars run the Georgia Tech flexbone offense and feature my son John as the QB (even though he is currently only 1 year old!). The Aces play in a small dome and run the west coast offense. Please feel free to download them and let me know what you think! TeamBuilder is a lot of fun. There are tons of great teams out there, so be sure to look around!