Had a good session of BF2 last night with some clan members. Tintin called Azreal and said he was going to be online so of course we dropped what we were doing and logged on. RJ showed up too.
I got to use my new Steelseries 5Hv2 headphones for the first time and they were incredible. I was hearing sounds I’d never heard before. I heard a helicopter fly over my head and was freaked out because it sounded so close – I literally ducked for cover (much to Azreal’s amusement). The sounds of explosions and bombs dropping was amazing. I could hear bullets whizzing past my head as I sniped from a water tower and could work out where the other sniper was shooting from. They really add an edge to your game. Only now I’m noticing how poor the graphics are on my slow computer. And I want a better mouse.
We’re supposed to be putting a cap on our spending as we look to buy a house next year. So I shouldn’t be thinking about upgrading my computer. But it’s not fair that Azreal’s going to Europe with his best mate while I’m at home playing on his computer now is it? Just because he earns twice as much as me. Sulk.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Wii Marvel Ultimate Alliance
I bought Marvel Ultimate Alliance for the Wii a few months ago in a two for $50 deal (with Rayman Raving Rabbids) and hadn’t had a chance to play it multiplayer until recently because we had only had one nunchuk until I bought one about two weekends ago.
I really only bought the game for Azreal because I’ve never been into the Marvel or Xmen games on PSP that he’s had and loves so much. He’d played with MUA on the wii once or twice but was really keen for me to play it with him so we could go on missions together. So I got the nunchuk and we put our team of four together and I’ve discovered that I absolutely love the game. We’ve been playing it for hours and hours on the weekends. I was meeting my friend for coffee on Sunday and we’d been playing it before I left, and I found it really hard to tear myself away from the game.
We’ve got a pretty good thing going there. We just love playing games together, be it Wii Tennis, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Tekken, Guitar Hero, Battlefield 2 or the latest PC demo. We’re going to have heaps of things to keep us entertained while we’re stuck at home, not spending our money on entertainment as we save to buy our house and then spend all our money paying it off. I love sitting at home being geeky with my best friend.
I really only bought the game for Azreal because I’ve never been into the Marvel or Xmen games on PSP that he’s had and loves so much. He’d played with MUA on the wii once or twice but was really keen for me to play it with him so we could go on missions together. So I got the nunchuk and we put our team of four together and I’ve discovered that I absolutely love the game. We’ve been playing it for hours and hours on the weekends. I was meeting my friend for coffee on Sunday and we’d been playing it before I left, and I found it really hard to tear myself away from the game.
We’ve got a pretty good thing going there. We just love playing games together, be it Wii Tennis, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Tekken, Guitar Hero, Battlefield 2 or the latest PC demo. We’re going to have heaps of things to keep us entertained while we’re stuck at home, not spending our money on entertainment as we save to buy our house and then spend all our money paying it off. I love sitting at home being geeky with my best friend.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Our clan has disbanded
Our clan has pretty much disbanded which is rather disappointing. Our core team of about four people was made up of myself, Azreal, Azreal’s brother and Azreal’s friend Tintin. Tintin had some other friends who were great players and quite enthusiastic, but really only played whenever Tintin would ring them up and get them to log on.
Tintin and his partner had a baby this year so that’s affected when he can play and basically he can’t play when the rest of us have free time and especially on our organised gaming night, Tuesday nights. Totally understandable, so we can’t be angry about that. But it means that the other guys don’t show up anymore.
And Azreal’s brother is ridiculously disorganised and rarely answers his phone, let alone show up for an organised, weekly game, so relying on him to be there each week is not an option. Even if we call him to find out if he’ll be on the server is a hit and miss because he might not answer his phone. So sometimes Azreal and I play on Tuesday nights, sometimes we don’t. It’s not as much fun when we don’t have a clan. Plus we’re going off the game BF2 because of all the morons who play it.
But I can guarantee I’ll be playing tonight. Azreal gave me a kick-ass set of headphones for my birthday (which is today), Steelseries 5H. Azreal bought them for himself last year and I loved them. Much as I liked the pretty white neckband series, I preferred the headset style for comfort (the steelseries website seems to have the headset in white but Umart only sells them in black, and very cheap compared to retail price) I’ve been using the old ones that we’ve been sharing with our housemates for the last four years (sweaty, stinky guys) and they not bad but aren’t exactly in peak condition anymore. So I can’t wait to try out my new headphones.
Tintin and his partner had a baby this year so that’s affected when he can play and basically he can’t play when the rest of us have free time and especially on our organised gaming night, Tuesday nights. Totally understandable, so we can’t be angry about that. But it means that the other guys don’t show up anymore.
And Azreal’s brother is ridiculously disorganised and rarely answers his phone, let alone show up for an organised, weekly game, so relying on him to be there each week is not an option. Even if we call him to find out if he’ll be on the server is a hit and miss because he might not answer his phone. So sometimes Azreal and I play on Tuesday nights, sometimes we don’t. It’s not as much fun when we don’t have a clan. Plus we’re going off the game BF2 because of all the morons who play it.
But I can guarantee I’ll be playing tonight. Azreal gave me a kick-ass set of headphones for my birthday (which is today), Steelseries 5H. Azreal bought them for himself last year and I loved them. Much as I liked the pretty white neckband series, I preferred the headset style for comfort (the steelseries website seems to have the headset in white but Umart only sells them in black, and very cheap compared to retail price) I’ve been using the old ones that we’ve been sharing with our housemates for the last four years (sweaty, stinky guys) and they not bad but aren’t exactly in peak condition anymore. So I can’t wait to try out my new headphones.
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