Halo Reach and Retro Gamer waiting for me when I got home. Cool.
Now I need sleep, some Bad Company 2 with the guys to get back into the gaming groove and then some Halo. I’m sure I’ll see Anthony playing it no matter what time I play it!
Bad Company 2 Vietnam Gameplay Video
No sign of a firm release date yet but this gameplay video from TGS looks promising. It’s hard not to be cynical about Battlefield now though. Kevin O’Leary, product manager for Bad Company 2, says it’s “not new content for the sake of content” whatever that means.
I wonder if we’ll be “treated” to further VIP mode packs for the four maps in this Vietnam expansion pack? I suspect not as this will probably be DLC itself but that begs the question, how many modes will be playable on each map?
Have they fixed the C4-on-MCOM-Station problem? If not you can say goodbye to my chances of playing that regularly.
Scenery looks lush and beautiful. If you didn’t like Laguna Presa you probably won’t like this! Finally, we’re getting a new map pack (four maps) that will have genuinely new maps. (via Colin)
Reality in video games
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Reach preordered
After reading the glowing reviews of the new Halo game, and watching Anthony grapple with the frustration of not being home when his copy arrives, I logged into Amazon a few hours ago and ordered my copy.
This is despite the fact I don’t really want to renew my Xbox Live Gold membership. It expires in November so I better get some online play into my new purchase as quickly as I can!
I am however looking forward to seeing what cross platform games Bungie create next. Hoping that it will be cross platform too as Microsoft still own a share in the company…
PS. I’m in Seaside, Florida for the next few days if you’ve wondered why I wasn’t online at all!
Sunset at Seaside
It’s a hard job, but someone has to do it…
Good game in the tank
Hopped in a tank in COD WAW this evening and did rather well!
Then into a game with mike and his pals against zombies and we kicked ass until level 10!
Battlefield Dukes of Hazzard
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David’s Stats Rant
Worth watching when you come out of yet another game with a negative KDR because you’ve been rushing and rushing and playing for the objective. I’ll always be happy when my KDR approaches 1 after a game but this is Bad Company 2. Your win/loss ratio is a lot more important in my opinion (and mine is a healthy 1.45 or so!) If you really want to massage your KDR, just go use an aimbot.
Read his post too. I can’t imagine how frustrating that game must have been for him and the guys.
Odd games of bad company 2!
Wow! Where did the day go? Last night’s games were decidedly odd. I joined Mike on a game of rush and the first thing I noticed was my lack of weapons! They were all gone!
I’d heard of this happening before but not experienced out myself. Yikes! Luckily after the first game they came back.
Still, the server we were on was buggy. Thankfully not laggy but at the end of each round our medals were duplicated! Weird!
It was a good night. We defended port valdez on the first base and I even went flawless, 10-0! I pity the other team. My team pushed almost right into their spawn.
I also got a platinum medal for the AN94! First weapon I’ve done that on.
Unfortunately there was a share of C4ing and using mines to destroy the MCOM stations. Even on my own team. Grrr. We didn’t need to do that.
Easy Setup for WP Super Cache
One of the things that has bugged me about the WP Super Cache settings page was how it was laid out. Well, the next version of the plugin will display a simplified settings page to new users. If you’re upgrading, you’ll get the same old page as ever, don’t worry.
This version also adds a new method of serving cache files. It uses PHP, but serves supercache files. So, it’s a halfway house between using mod_rewrite (difficult to install for some users), and the legacy caching of WP Cache. That caching will be what is activated for users who use the simplified settings page.
There are lots of other bug fixes. The cache tester works if WordPress is installed in a sub directory, the admin page is separated out into tabs now to make it easier to find things. Error messages show up as “update messages” at the top of the browser now, making it easier for new users to figure out when mod_rewrite rules need updating and when other house keeping tasks need doing.
The code is red hot, liable to bend and break and may cause problems but it works fine here and on a test multi site install but I need testers to hammer on it and do things I don’t expect. If you’re brave, grab the development version off the download page. Thanks!