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Another Monday, another status report.  This week seems to be a pretty big entry, after looking it over I seemed to have gotten quite a bit of gaming in, and even a little coding.  I also threw up a little section about me/my family as a person rather than a gamer - for those of you that really do actually want to know more about the guy behind the gamertag.  Hopefully you actually like it, otherwise I am wasting quite a bit of time typing all this stuff up!

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As a represenative of Unscripted360 I will be attending the EA Canada Army of Two Community event.  Similar to the gamerscoreblog tour that I drove too back in May.  This is a bit different, being its an event with a specific schedule, an all day event, and all related to only the Army of Two game.  I am excited beyond belief, and very thankful that Deacon gave me this opportunity. 

I fly out tomorrow morning, and will be flying home friday afternoon.  So if you don’t see me online and about - thats why

Unscripted360.com is having a sports giveaway spectacular.  Every Monday in October Deacon will post a message on his site and you just have to post a reply to it, or msg him via Xbox Live, then simply cross your fingers, pray, beg deacon - do whatever it is you feel will increase your odds before 8PM CST.  Each monday someone will get a free EA game, and on the 29th he is giving away 2 in honor of his birthday (Happy Birthday Deacon).  Here is the breakdown he posted on his site for the upcoming weeks.

October 1 - NHL 08
October 8 - NBA Live 08
October 15 - NASCAR 08
October 22 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
October 29 - Madden NFL 08 & NCAA Football 08

so head on over and get yourself a free game - dont forget to tell him happy birthday

Well last night I actually got a bit of gaming in for a change.  I booted up The Darkness one last time before it had to go back to Blockbuster today, and unfortunately I still haven’t completed the story - I am going to have to buy or rent it again soon.  The only complaint I have with the game is often the checkpoints seem a bit far between each other, for the second time in the story I am at a point where I travel quite a while and kill quite a few enemies but die and have to redo it over again.  I am 95% sure I am dying right before the checkpoint, but rekilling the same 20 or so enemies gets a bit tedius.

I finally got to play Carcassonne - well I played it back in May on the Gamerscore Blog Tour, but this is the first time I got to play the game on my own console due to my repair and lower play time lately.  The best part was I was able to play the tutorial, and actually get a better understanding of how the game works, in fact I only played the tutorial and a few 1 player games (which I lost).

Then I gave Spyglass board games a try.  Thanks to Deaconblade 360 I won a free copy of the full game.  Just to give the game a trial run I played 1 Player mode only.  Played a game of checkers (won), played a game of Reversi (won), played 2 games of chess (loss), and played 3 games of Mancala (lost).  I love chess, but clearly I am not very good at it.  Mancala - well I still dont even understand how this game works.  I read the rules and still it confuses me, maybe one of you readers know how the hell it works.

Finally I booted up Forza Motorsport 2, and played a few races and boosted one of my cars up with some parts.  My buddy Th3 Strange gifted me a pretty sweet custom car promoting The Live Eye and 360friendspot.  He had previously shown me pictures I will have to find them again and post them - or take new ones myself.

I briefly played a Price of Persia: Rival Sword (Wii).  Mostly just played the begining part that teaches you the controls and how to save etc.  It was relatively interesting so I am probably going to play through that a bit more.

Thanks Deaconblade 360 (Unscripted 360) and Official Xbox Magazine (Future US)

Well this blog is hosted on the same site as 360friendspot.com. If you didn’t the site performing a bit slower then usual it is because we got some serious media coverage about our site and tools for a change, which drove a TON of traffic our way.

The unscripted interview was completed and available Here, in addition to that we were Dug which was picked up by xbox360fanboy.

Traffic has seemed to slow down a bit, and all of our sites are back to functioning again. It was exciting to say the least - and we have picked up quite a few more Live Eye Members, and hopefully some more active members for the forums.

PS. If you listen to the interview, dont be to harsh - it was probably the most nervous I have ever been in my life.

Just got done having a chat with Deaconblade 360 about the live eye, and 360friendspot in general. I have to say that if I sound like a fool, well I was very nervous! Had a blast talking with him, and I think I got the word out about the site at least relatively well. As soon as the episode is up and available for download I will obviously provide a link.

Just got done listening to the latest episode of unscripted360 and was shocked to hear my gamertag mentioned quite a few times. I mean I all ready knew the interview was going to happen for episode #26, but I was shocked to hear Deacon promoting it. So my gamertag will be showcased on two unscripted360 shows. Hopefully I can do the Live Eye tool (and 3fs in general) justice for the upcoming interview. =O

I was contacted by DeaconBlade 360 a little while back asking me to be on his show over at Unscripted 360. We have had a few discussions back and forth through various means and he is currently planning on having me on for episode #26 - which should be recorded and available next week. Why in the world would he want to chat with me? I was wondering the same thing, but he has been trying out our Live Eye application and wants to discuss it. He’s a great guy and I enjoy his show - so I am very honored to be a part of it.