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I have been Avatar…ized!
That’s right I made it in on the second wave of NXE previews. I actually didn’t even notice the email but got a prompt for a system update when I was booting GoW2. After it completed I noticed the email in my box saying it would be coming. I have to admit, I originally signed up to just give it a shot, and see what it was all about – but I wasn’t super excited to get my hands on it or anything. I think I have said in the past that console updates don’t get me hot under the collar for the most part – but I have to bite my tongue. The new features and sexy look make me happy I got my hands on it early. I am actually considering going back to netflix, just for the online streaming (changed to blockbuster online a while back), and the interface just seems to function a ton smoother, but who am I kidding if you really care about the update, you all ready read all about it on 10 news sites – you dont need me to drone on on my blog about it. |
| Gears of Goodness War 2
Secondly I went out and got Gears of War 2 at the midnight release in my area. It was pretty quiet – the biggest news from the night was the kid behind me won a free Halo 3 Legendary edition for wearing a Gears of War shirt to the event. So apparently it does in fact pay to be “that guy”, you know the one that wears the band t-shirt to the concert of said band. My hat goes off to everyone involved with Gears 2 though – seriously. I haven’t completed the campaign as of yet, but I have been completely blown away by it every moment so far – and the multiplayer experience has been amazing as well. The horde mode gets intense, again I haven’t gotten high enough to really gauge this – but it turns into complete mayhem quick – and I love every minute of it. |
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Well that’s it for now, those two things made such an impact I felt like taking a moment to pimp them out – I expected both to be good, but they surpassed my expectations on so many levels. I have been tooling around with XNA here and there when I have some free time – so depending on what comes of that I might post up some samples or something. It will probably be quite some time before I even consider having something thats worthy of the Community Games on Xbox Live – but game development was always a childhood dream of mine – and even if nothing comes of it, I enjoy tinkering. Speaking of tinkering – I have been playing around a bit with some new signatures heavily based on 360voice data & avatars – heres a quick sample – what do you think?
I am going to get cranking away on some code my current GamerDNA and 360voice projects again – and with luck some more Gears 2 soon…very soon
Awesome!! It looks good!
Good to hear!
Hey…you have the same shirt as me, lol! =P
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