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360 Thumbs - October 2006

three things from threethumbs

The 3 topics for today are:
Call of duty 3 (CoD3)
Xbox vision camera
Splintercell demo

CoD3
No time for wishy washy introductions today. I’m heading into the city in 45 minutes so I will keep this one rather brief, if possible.

I’ve been reading reviews of Call of Duty 3 (CoD3) and there seems to be quite a hype about it. Since it’s not out yet I cant test it for myself so I have to rely on videos.
This is what I’ve heard about it from various reviews:


Sound: better than CoD2
Visuals: Real Textures of cloth, wet cloth looks wet, dry cloth looks dry.
Grass crunches under your feet.
Game play: Anyone who has played it only seems to have gotten 20 minutes in.

What I have learnt from CoD3 videos off YouTube.

Sound: sounds pretty much the same to me. Even what they are saying sounds the same “Go get those Jerrys!”

Visuals: now this is where I want to say every thing is correct…but instead I will say exactly the opposite. Grass does not crunch under the foot! If it did I would preorder this one. But it doesn’t. It’s as simple as that.
Sure wet cloth looks wet when its wet. But I want to see dry cloth transform into wet cloth. Not that spectacular so far.

Game play: looks the same, and it looks like it feels the same.

My conclusion: Maybe the YouTube videos are actually of CoD2 just with the CoD3 title but it ain’t looking that great from here. Probably won’t buy it….but who knows.

Xbox Vision Camera

This sukka is pretty fun. I now have a personalized picture of myself with my
fingerstash
finger under my nose. On that finger I have drawn a mustache with a permanent marker.

Due to this I am unrecognizable!
You get ‘Uno’ for free with the camera which is cool. And Totem Ball is a free game too which is a double bonus. These are both camera assisted games.
The camera also changes the background of your dashboard. Doesn’t really have anything to do with anything but its sweet that the put that up on in there.
I haven’t messed around with it all that much but I can say it does work as a computer webcam and you can have Xbox cam chats, via Xbox. Too bad everyone seems to be a guy . Still a fun little thing though.

Splinter Cell Demo

I spoke about it before I think, explaining that it was looking pretty sweet. Well the demo has confirmed this. The demo is multiplayer and there fore is excellent. I have a lot of homework to do but I played it pretty much all day yesterday. I also played it this morning when I woke up.

The deal is you can play as a spy or a cop. The cops kill the spies before they get away with any hacking and data collection. And the spy….you guessed it jump around hacking and get away from cops.

The way they balanced out the cops and spies is really nice.
Spies don’t have guns but they have an arm gadget which can destroy most lights so they can frolic in the darkness and they can climb up pipes and under stuff into little passages. Through little holes ect… pretty freaking sweet. Oh and zip line too, any game with a zip line is worthy of praise! Except Project Dark Zero…..oh…that was a cold day….
Spies can also sneak up on a cop and break his neck, or jump on him from a height and knock him out. The only real weapon they have is flash grenades, which work really well.

Cops have guns. And those guns are big. Unending magazines, 3 gun rappelled grenades and 2 drones are what they pack. And with all this equipment, they obviously cant jump as high and climb up poles.
When a spy is in some little hole in the wall that a cop can’t get to, he can equip his drone and make it fly over to the spy and take that sukka out. Makes you feel good when you do it. Like stabbing some one with a bayonet in the head, when he is camping….mmm….satisfies my hunger.
The cops also have repel cables so they can go from a second floor level to a first floor level if they have a phobia of stairs.

Excellent looking game. I am likely to go out and buy it.
Anyway the sun is shining and I have a lot of work to do, so I’m off to procrastinate in the city.

-threethumbs
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AB WORKOUT CRUNCH TIME

Well its coming down to crunch time guys, everything is due at school next week. So what does that mean?
That means its gaming time for me. I always game at crunch time….I don’t know why. Its like I’m subconsciously procrastinating. So what have I been playing? Well Ive been going back to MotoGP 06. Yes, I still think it sucks but I want some points. I only have 45 from that game?!

Also my brother is coming down from across the seas so while I am at school he is going to be playing all my games. Right now I’m a good 100 points ahead of him, but that will soon change. 

Ive been doing some research on up and coming games, and have 2 major pointers to make. HUXLEY looks sweet as chocolate, but it also looks like its going to have a monthly pay-by-play. Which keeps the game sweet….but we all know its just artificial flavoring. Huxley was going to be my big game, but I’m not sure if I’m going to get it anymore. Really depends on if I get a job next year I guess.
The other game which is looking sweeter all the time, is the new splinter cell. Looks great, sounds like a great story. Has some weird multiplayer thing going on. Frankly I don’t think the multiplayer will work out that well. Its innovative, but not enough. Its just innovative enough to be frustrating I think. I guess we will have to wait and see.

Also some interesting news. We have all seen the unreal engine on the 360. also soon we will be getting Turok’s engine in gears of war. But wait for it…wait for it… we may also be getting the source engine! From half life 2. This to me sounds fantastic. I wonder what people will develop on it?

Also something to point out. XBOXLIVE will be down today due to some kind of secretive updates they wont tell us about until tomorrow. I think this also means the xbox.com website will be down.

Alright that’s all I have for you today. OH OH OH!!!
The xbox360 got a nice design award in Japan. This is a good thing! Japan didn’t take the black Xbox because it was…well …the Japanese would need to throw out there refrigerator to fit it into their houses. But it looks like Japan is quite happy with the newer design.

All right gamers party on
-threethumbs


OH OH OH OH OH OH HO HHHOOOO OHHH! if u live near chaddy. you are going to be fat by christmas..why? because november 2nd .....KRISPY KREME IS GONNA BE ALL UP IN YO FACE! thats right. krispy kreme is comming to chaddy. so you better start starving yourself now. because when that sukka comes down herre to play....it will be a blessing and a curse.
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on a side note.

I cant believe how long it has been since i last posted. Im changing over to another internet provider so its been really sketchy lately so thats the reason why.

Anyway..Saints Row is 82% complete. if finished the game but i havent gotten all of the CDs or hit all the spray paint spots but i have played that mofo like there is no tomorrow. and it was good. it feels like GTA after you play that long. not having planes and motorcycles doesnt really seem to matter anymore because there is still so much to do in the game. but im not saying that i wouldnt like to see motorbikes in the next version because i realy want to see what they can pull off in that aspect. I ould love to try and pimp out a motorcylce. fuzzy dice hanging from the muffeler. they dont really do that though. I wonder what kind of motorcycle a pimp would roll on. whatever it is you know its gonna have huge rims though.

even after playing it its still nice to go back to it and just do littel side missions. i still need to unlock the platenum rocketlauncher and apparently there are a few more homies i need to aquire...dont know how to get them though. the game allows 2000 points to be awarded to add to my gamer score and of that ive maybe got 500. so ven after finishing the game, i still have a lot of work to do. there are quite a few online achievements too, cant wait to get some of them in my bag. althoguh it is possible to cheat online which is really quite sad actually because life is better without cheaters. the cheat is actually a glitch that hasnt been fixed. oh well nobodys perfect.

on another point the Lego starwars is hella fun. i havent bought it but iv played the demo and i enjoyed it. i wouldnt mind having the game but i dont want to pay the price for it. because it isnt an online game. and i really live for online gaming. but its funny, cute, differant you do some building. everything you want rom lego is there. its exelent. however i really do think they should of made the buildings out of lego material. that kinda takes away from the whole experiance. but its still exelent for sure!

on another side note I watched a good hour video on whats going on with the xbox world. and its looking good. so far i havent bought any arcade games. only aquired them. but there is one out there that i am definatly going to buy when it comes out. that game is MORTAL KOMBAT. im not sure which one it is exactly but there is not that many things that get much better than hitting a fatality combo after a fight. or even babality....its just rediculous. I miss tat from my child hood. you dont really see peoples sceletons being punched out of their skins anymore...and frankly thats a shame. im not sure on the exact release date yet but i will post it when i find it.

yet another side note.
america aparently has the viva piniata tv show ot. i cant beleive its not in australia. I guess it has to go through trial stages first but from what i hear its a hit. sadly i havent been able to see it yet though. cant find it anywhere on the net. but then again i have been without internet for quite a bit so i will have to go search again when my net is back up. It should be up today but who knows whats going to happen. right now i am typing away at school. I am technically in a class and am doing research im soo good.

a couple of side notes later....
There is a magical game, from a wonderous place. a place where...land does nto exist and the sky stretches farther then the moon. what is this game? its Dolphin olymicis. its a free flash game you can find on the net. at first its like what the heck am i doing. but after you realize that the dolphin can actually leave the water...thats when it gets interesting. you can jump higher then mars in this game if you can make a good combo.
its a true skill game. if spent over an hour on that littell sukkah. Im good but...not amasing.

http://www.rawkins.com/games/do/index.html

sorry about the lazy link im on a mac. i dont know how to right clikc with these things. please dont hate me coz im on a mac. all the other computers are bizy and naturally no one likes macs...thats why they are free.

i have another one for all of you net junkies out there.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/

its called line rider. you direct a little along a path which you draw. make him fly, crash into spikes...whatever you want just get creative!

well thats it for now. i have to get back to class.
hopefully my net is working when i get home. i have some videogames to be playing.

sorry about the spelling mistakes...im blambing it on macentosh. if i was on a PC my writing would be perfect. so gracefull that it would make you cry.
untill next time...
-threethumbs
p.s general question. why do people look away from you when your walking past them on the side walk? its funny sometimes to greet them. it freaks them out. try it.
oh people are so funny.
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