Red Dead Redemption “Dastardly” Achievment

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Kip

This video speaks for itself:


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Red Dead Redemption for the PS3: Review

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Kip

So I got my hot little hands on a copy of Red Dead Redemption today, the official release date in North America, from good ol’ Amazon.com

I haven’t gotten terribly far in the game but I’ve gotten far enough to be able to give you some initial impressions of the game.

At first, one is tempted to simply say this game is Grand Theft Auto set in the Old West, but it’s a little more complex than that.

You play John Marston, a former outlaw turned “good guy”, who is hunting down some of his old gang. Simple storyline, but well told, as almost all Rockstar games are. I gotta say, Rockstar seems to be able to do no wrong; everything the put out, virtually, is a hit. And if you happen to think you recognize Marston’s voice from GTA, you do, he played Johnny in the Lost and Damned expansion pack.

There certainly are similarities to GTA — both RDR and GTA are sandbox games that allow you to explore highly detailed and immersive environments. But where GTA puts an emphasis on handling cars, RDR puts an emphasis on shooting mechanics. You’re given a “Dead Eye Meter”, a slow-mo bullet-time type feature that slows down time and allows you to pick off foes easily. Of course, the meter drains quickly, but refills over time, and will refill faster the more kills and, specifically, headshots, that you manage to pull off. In addition, there are levels to the Dead Eye feature. Reach level two and you will automatically paint targets in slow-mo, which is arguably good and also arguably a tremendous pain in the ass and waste of bullets — but once you get to level three, you won’t have to worry about that anymore.

And it does feel a little like GTA; which is not a bad thing. If you’ve played GTA, the control system for RDR will come to you with an easy familiarity. There are also a myriad of mini-games, just like in GTA, from poker to racing, and so forth. In addition, a large part of the game involves helping “strangers” — missions which are a lot like the individual-encounter missions that existed in GTA and the expansion packs for it.

The graphics are beautiful, and, unlike GTA, which actually runs mostly in 480p, RDR does make full use of its 720p graphics.


A lot of eye candy…(click for full size image)

And it’s a hell of a lot of fun to play this game. What can I say? Solid story, solid game mechanics, solid graphics. I’m giving Red Dead Redemption a 9.25 out of 10.

Happy gaming!

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The “P.S. Your vagina’s in the sink” Joke

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Kip

I’m posting this for all the Family Guy viewers who watched “The Splendid Source” last night and are wondering what the hell the punchline to the dirty joke Quagmire tells is from.

The joke goes:

A bride-to-be is stressing out over the fact that she’s not a virgin, but she’s told her future husband she is. She has no idea what to do and is talking to her friends about it, when one of the friends pipes up and says, “Here’s what you do — buy some liver, stick it up there, and everything will be nice and tight and your husband will never know.”

So, the bride-to-be follows the advice, and on the wedding night, the newlywed couple has crazy sex all over the place. On the kitchen counter, on the living room floor, all over the house. But when she wakes up in the morning, her new husband is gone, and all she finds is a note pinned to the pillow, which reads:

“Dearest, I’m sorry, but I’ve thought things over and I just don’t think things will work out between us. I had a wonderful time, but I’m sorry, I’ve thought about it, and we just weren’t meant to be. P.S. — Your vagina is in the sink.”

There. 🙂

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Doctor Who Season 5 Episode 7 torrent link

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Kip

Download it here:

Amy’s Choice

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Review of the Joye 510 E-Cig

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Kip

My Joye 510 electronic cigarette came in the mail today. I’ll give you my initial impressions.

Before that, though, remember that my experience with electronic cigarettes is limited to one other brand, “Blu” cigs, so I’m going to be using them to contrast the Joye 510 to.

First, vapor. You get more vapor out of the Joye than you do a Blu e-cig. A pretty darn good hit. And if you inhale long enough, you’ll get a decent throat hit. That’s a big plus over the Blu cig.

Note that the Joye 510 is manual; you have to hold down a button on the battery in order to activate it. This really isn’t a big deal and doesn’t add or detract from the vaping experience.

Joye e-cigs must be filled by using E-liquid, which you can buy online at any number of retailers. You get a few pre-loaded cartridges with it, but you’re really going to be needing to buy blank cartridges and fill them with the E-liquid of your choice.

So, on the plus side, it kicks out more vapor and gives a better “throat hit” than the Blu cig.

On the minus side, the Joye 510 seems to go through the E-liquid incredibly fast. Of course, since it’s kicking out more vapor, this seems to be kind of obvious, but it runs through juice at almost an alarming rate. Within five minutes of filling mine, it was empty again.

Joye versus Blu — I think Joye wins by a very slim margin. Unlike Blu, it does not come with a charging case; you can buy a PCC — “personal charging case” — separately if you so desire.

Unfortunately, the Joye 510 does not have the corporate presence Blu has; whereas you can order a number of Blu cartridges in different flavors, with the Joye, you’re going to be manually filling the cartridges on a very frequent basis.

I may have more to say on the topic as I use the Joye more often, but we’ll leave that to the future.

Initially, I’m going to give this thing a B+; while it kicks out more vapor than the Blu e-cig does, the downsides are definitely there, and definitely detract from me giving the Joye an A or even an A-.

Happy vaping!

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Coming Soon: Review of the Joye 510 E-cig

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Kip

Lately I’ve been a little disappointed in how much vapor my Blu electronic cigarette is kicking out, so I went ahead and ordered a Joye 510, a manual e-cig (it requires you to depress a button while inhaling), that I saw reviewed on YouTube. The review showed a ton of vapor, so I’m looking forward to more vapor and a better throat hit out of this thing than my Blu cig.

I’ll let you know how it works when it gets here!

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Doctor Who Season 5 Episodes 4-5 torrents

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Kip

Okay, time for me to get you up to date with Doctor Who again. This last one’s a two parter, so here are both parts…

Time of the Angels

Flesh and Stone

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Forcing games into 1080p on the PS3

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Kip

I recently noticed that Grand Theft Auto wasn’t displaying at its promised 1080p (well, at least for the map and HUD and certain elements, as most of the game is actually, I believe, in 480p). I found that in order to get it to display in 1080p and not in 720p I had to go to Display Settings in the XMB and disable 720p and 1080i (you can’t disable 480p), and then the game ran at 1080p.

Hope this helps somebody out. Happy gaming!

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The Grand Theft Auto Wiki

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Kip

I’ve recently been having loads of fun playing The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion pack, now available with the other expansion pack The Lost & The Damned, for the Playstation 3, in a bundle called Episodes from Liberty City.

I needed a little help with missions and I ran into a great resource, the unofficial…

Grand Theft Auto wiki!

Enjoy.

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Doctor Who Season 5 Episode 3 torrent

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Kip

Well, the latest episode of Doctor Who is out, and I’m here to give you a link to the torrent.

The name of the episode is either “Victory of the Daleks” or “Victory to the Daleks”, I’m not sure which, but anyway, you can download it by clicking this link.

Enjoy!

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