Ok, so i'm a bit late posting this.
Anyway, last week I spent about 15 hours playing games, the usual (Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War).
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Hours Spent Gaming this Week
Spent about 20 hours playing games this week. Mainly Call of Duty 4 & Gears of War, with some time spent playing the national treasure games.
National Treasure Games
So this week we were meant to play national treasure games, particulary the treasure hunt games. Yeah, well I couldn't find any treasure hunt games on the site, instead there were a load of other games, such as a game like textris, which was kinda crap cause sometimes blocks would disappear when it shouldn't have.
Another game was a puzzle game where you had to make all the lights go white. The lights were all connected, so when you clicked on one, it would effect the other lights it's connected to. If the light was white and you clicked it, it would turn black. If it was black, it would turn white. It was kinda hard at times.
Another game I played was a 2D racing game with a top-down view. The game was set at night and you had your headlights on, making you see only a small distance ahead of you. Objects would suddenly appear out of the dark and you would have to try and avoid them.
All in all, the games weren't that bad, but really had nothing to do with treasure hunt.
Another game was a puzzle game where you had to make all the lights go white. The lights were all connected, so when you clicked on one, it would effect the other lights it's connected to. If the light was white and you clicked it, it would turn black. If it was black, it would turn white. It was kinda hard at times.
Another game I played was a 2D racing game with a top-down view. The game was set at night and you had your headlights on, making you see only a small distance ahead of you. Objects would suddenly appear out of the dark and you would have to try and avoid them.
All in all, the games weren't that bad, but really had nothing to do with treasure hunt.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Jack the Jackass
Jack Thompson has gone on TV and blamed the latest school shootings in America on....you guessed it, video games.
This guy's an idiot. I'm sure at some stage he blamed 9/11 on video games as well. I mean, if it was me, I might look at the state of Steven Kazmierczak's mind, or his upbringing, or america's society (how can these kids get their hands on guns so easily). But oh no, it's gotta be due to video games, hasn't it Jack. Just trying to get attention and make some money off tragic events, shame on you Jack!!!
Here is my opinon on Jack "The Jackass" Thompson, sumed up in a nice image.
This guy's an idiot. I'm sure at some stage he blamed 9/11 on video games as well. I mean, if it was me, I might look at the state of Steven Kazmierczak's mind, or his upbringing, or america's society (how can these kids get their hands on guns so easily). But oh no, it's gotta be due to video games, hasn't it Jack. Just trying to get attention and make some money off tragic events, shame on you Jack!!!
Here is my opinon on Jack "The Jackass" Thompson, sumed up in a nice image.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Games Played this Week
Here are the total number of games I have played this week:
Call of Duty 4 - 12 hours.
Gears of War - 4 hours.
Frogger - 30 minutes.
1942 - 20 minutes.
Road Fighter - 20 minutes.
Total hours spent gaming: just over 17 hours.
Call of Duty 4 - 12 hours.
Gears of War - 4 hours.
Frogger - 30 minutes.
1942 - 20 minutes.
Road Fighter - 20 minutes.
Total hours spent gaming: just over 17 hours.
This Weeks Task - Play 3 Arcade Games
This weeks task was to play three arcade games that are at least 20 years old.
Road Fighter
Road Fighter is a racing game made by Konami in 1984. The graphics are quite good considering when it was released. As for the gameplay, it's quite enjoyable. You have to race to the end of the course, passing out as many cars as possible. The more cars you pass, the more points you get. You also have a certain amount of fuel to last you till the end. If you crash into other cars, they will spin, sometimes hitting the side of the road and exploding. Hitting cars at high speeds can cause your car to spin as well. There are bonus cars that if you hit them, you will get bonus points. This is a fun game to play.
1942
1942 is an action game made by Capcom in 1984. You pilot a fighter plane and must shoot down enemy planes. The game can be quite difficult at times, with multiple enemy planes on screen at a time, as well as bosses, which are simply bigger planes that can take more damage and shoot more bullets. You can even do a loop-the-loop which is kinda cool.
Frogger
In Frogger, you play as a frog that needs to cross a road and then a river. But its not that simple. When crossing the road, you must try and avoid cars to prevent been run over. These cars move at different speeds, so timing is key. Once you have crossed the road, you need to cross a river, by jumping on turtles and logs. These also move at different speeds, and the turtles submerge under water, meaning that you will die if you are on them when they submerge. This can be quite an addictive game to play.
Road Fighter is a racing game made by Konami in 1984. The graphics are quite good considering when it was released. As for the gameplay, it's quite enjoyable. You have to race to the end of the course, passing out as many cars as possible. The more cars you pass, the more points you get. You also have a certain amount of fuel to last you till the end. If you crash into other cars, they will spin, sometimes hitting the side of the road and exploding. Hitting cars at high speeds can cause your car to spin as well. There are bonus cars that if you hit them, you will get bonus points. This is a fun game to play.
1942 is an action game made by Capcom in 1984. You pilot a fighter plane and must shoot down enemy planes. The game can be quite difficult at times, with multiple enemy planes on screen at a time, as well as bosses, which are simply bigger planes that can take more damage and shoot more bullets. You can even do a loop-the-loop which is kinda cool.
In Frogger, you play as a frog that needs to cross a road and then a river. But its not that simple. When crossing the road, you must try and avoid cars to prevent been run over. These cars move at different speeds, so timing is key. Once you have crossed the road, you need to cross a river, by jumping on turtles and logs. These also move at different speeds, and the turtles submerge under water, meaning that you will die if you are on them when they submerge. This can be quite an addictive game to play.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
3rd Task For This Week - Play Avalon
So we were assigned to play Avalon. A MUD. And boy what a boring game this is. It is all text based, no graphics. This is one of the problems, as it results in alot of text just scrolling down the screen. But another problem is the fact that its all scripted. In the early missions, you just follow people. I mean, you could just let the game do it's thing, go make a sandwich, come back and the game is stilling throwing text at ya.
There is one mission where you go to a different town, along a river. The mission is so long and requires just following orders, like typing "nod", "follow". It seemed to drag on for ages, with full length paragraphs telling me about avalon and what I can do. All very boring.
Anyway, I played up to getting enrolled in a school. I "chose" messenger. I say "chose" as I randomly typed in a direction and typed enroll. I was then told to find people and give them a message. That was enough for me, there wasn't a hope that I was going searching the whole bloody place for people without even a clue as to where the first one was. I'm registered, but I doubt I'll play this game again anytime soon.
My Details.
Name: Benzino
City: Mercinae
Academy: I dont remeber and don't know how to find out.
School: Again I dont know which school. I just typed find schools and then I appeared in a school.
Course: Messenger, or is that the type of school? I dunno.
I played the game for about 2 hours (well it felt like that anyway).
There is one mission where you go to a different town, along a river. The mission is so long and requires just following orders, like typing "nod", "follow". It seemed to drag on for ages, with full length paragraphs telling me about avalon and what I can do. All very boring.
Anyway, I played up to getting enrolled in a school. I "chose" messenger. I say "chose" as I randomly typed in a direction and typed enroll. I was then told to find people and give them a message. That was enough for me, there wasn't a hope that I was going searching the whole bloody place for people without even a clue as to where the first one was. I'm registered, but I doubt I'll play this game again anytime soon.
My Details.
Name: Benzino
City: Mercinae
Academy: I dont remeber and don't know how to find out.
School: Again I dont know which school. I just typed find schools and then I appeared in a school.
Course: Messenger, or is that the type of school? I dunno.
I played the game for about 2 hours (well it felt like that anyway).
Hours Spent Gaming This Week
I spent about 14 hours playing games this week.
Call of Duty 4 - 8 hours.
Axis & Allies - 5 hours.
Avalon - 1 hour.(will be adding a report later, I might play more of this extremely boring game).
As you can see, most of my time as been spent playing Call of Duty 4. And the reason is simple, its great fun when playing with you house-mates. I'm also recovering from a serious amount of gaming over christmas (I actually think I played too many games and got sick of it!!!! (if thats even possible) ). That, and the fact that there are no new games out lately that I want to play. Roll on the 29th of April for GTAIV....
Call of Duty 4 - 8 hours.
Axis & Allies - 5 hours.
Avalon - 1 hour.(will be adding a report later, I might play more of this extremely boring game).
As you can see, most of my time as been spent playing Call of Duty 4. And the reason is simple, its great fun when playing with you house-mates. I'm also recovering from a serious amount of gaming over christmas (I actually think I played too many games and got sick of it!!!! (if thats even possible) ). That, and the fact that there are no new games out lately that I want to play. Roll on the 29th of April for GTAIV....
2nd Task For This Week - Technology & Culture
I think culture is important, cause without it we lose our identity (been Irish for example). And without our identity, who are we?
As modern day society is often seen to be somewhat obsessed with and ruled by Technology
Do most people like technology?
Well it depends on what you consider "most" is. I think they do, of course there are people who hate it due to a number of reasons, but yet most people have phones, tv's, radios etc. So yes, I think they do.
Do they like its influence on their lives?
Again I would say yes. While people may moan that their mobile is ringing all the time, complaining about it, these same people watch tv, use dish-washers, micro-waves etc. Technology can give people more spare time. Some people choose to spend this time around more technology, while others spend it with their families etc.
Do they realise the extent of its influence?
No, they sure don't. Alot of people consider technology as computers, mp3 playes, or mobile phones etc, however they use cookers, ovens, microwaves, dish-washers, eletric showers, tv's and the list goes on and on, but they never really consider these as technology, but they are. I think people would be shocked at how much they depend on technology if it was taken away from them
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