Category: Games

The Journey Into BF2142

After my dentist appointment Friday afternoon, I decided to go to Wal-Mart to pick a few things up. When I went to the electronics department to check out what steals could be had, I thought I was getting a massive steal when I noticed that BF2142 was $18.43! When I went home, I confirmed my fears that there was, indeed, a price-drop to a standard $19.99 due to the recent release of the Deluxe edition (includes Northern Strike) — I felt somewhat emo.

Nonetheless, after getting accustomed to the key-mapping in the single-play instant action, I took my chances at playing with other humans over the bast Tubes. Of course, my version was out of date, so I had to download the 330MB patch, which took me ~40mins. The installation itself took another 10-15mins. And I only had a break for 1 hour — no playing for now, not until after dinner at least. But after dinner, I decided to finish off my electronics note-taking (YES!)…so my journey into the online-world of getting owned didn’t start until 10pm or so.

…and man do I need to find a noob-friendly server, or find my friend’s IGN. BF2142 is an entirely new environment for me, compared with traditional shooters like Enemy Territory, HL2DM and Warsow. It is…considerably slower (considering in ET I can bunnyhop, and in Warsow I can hit over 1400 units/second), and quite in-depth, with respect to its class and unlock system. People don’t seem to talk much either, probably because they are too busy owning me. Looking forward to hopping back onto the Quebec server!

Games Tech

Next-Gen is This-Gen

The Almighty Materialistic-Christmas (perhaps they should just change it to Material-mas altogether eh?) has come and gone in 2007, and I am sure some of you either got a “next-gen” console PRIOR to the Holiday madness, got one as a gift, or lined up for one on Ye Almighty Boxing Day. But…what exactly is next-gen, considering they’re all out and its in THIS-gen? Can we really say that its the next generation of gaming, graphics, performance (*cough* and pricing) when all three “next-gen” consoles are now out? Yeah, I just repeated myself, and what some tech-blogs out there are saying. And this isn’t really a rant about next-gen/this-gen consoles…because for sure, I’d be cut up and left in a pool of oxygen peroxide.

So what exactly IS this post all about?

Games General

Bang! x3

I was doing some random research today, and I discovered a few things about Bang! Firstly, there were two expansions to bang, in addition to Dodge City – High Noon and A Fistful of Cards. High Noon added new scenarios which would be played in the beginning and last the entire game. These effects could be everyone losing one health point per turn to having dead people return from the grave. A Fistful of Cards is basically the same…except its not discontinued like High Noon.

There will also be a 3rd edition of Bang to be released this year, which will include the expansions!

…and that’s about it, sadly. There is also an unofficial expansion available online (bang.cz?) called Eldorado…which we have to print ourselves. I don’t think I’ll be buying the 3rd edition, mainly because I don’t have the need for it, but if you’re looking to buying your own copy of Bang, be prepared to shell out $40 or more (CDN) for the 3rd edition package!

I am addicted. And so are you.