I have a great commentary voice, usually nice gameplay, amazing HD quality. I need more subscribers so I can get noticed and get some feedback to know how to improve!
Thanks so much!
D3M0L1SH3R
http://youtube.com/user/mindfreaks13
Monday, June 21, 2010
YOUTUBE
Hey guys, it's me D3M0L1SH3R. As you may or may not know, I am now mostly doing gameplay commentaries for CoD4, World at War, MW2, Halo 3, Halo Reach, etc, on YouTube. I am trying to one day have a Machinima contract, but I am having trouble getting a good start on YouTube. it'd be a great help if you could subscribe to my channel and get as many people as you can to also subscribe.
I have a great commentary voice, usually nice gameplay, amazing HD quality. I need more subscribers so I can get noticed and get some feedback to know how to improve!
Thanks so much!
D3M0L1SH3R
http://youtube.com/user/mindfreaks13
I have a great commentary voice, usually nice gameplay, amazing HD quality. I need more subscribers so I can get noticed and get some feedback to know how to improve!
Thanks so much!
D3M0L1SH3R
http://youtube.com/user/mindfreaks13
Thursday, April 22, 2010
[RageQuit] Grand Theft Auto IV: Vice City (XBOX 360)
I thought I should mention this RageQuit just for the sake of it being a RageQuit - GTA IV. Honestly, it's been at least a year since this particular attempt at playing the game, so the details are a little fuzzy, but I'll do what I can to accurately reconstruct the incident.
I really had no interest in any of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series games from Rockstar North, but an acquaintance offered to lend me his copy of GTA IV for the XBOX 360, I had a little time to spare, and a love for trying new games, so I borrowed it. My total play time could not have been longer than 10 minutes.
I popped the disc into my XBOX 360, and started a new single player game. While watching the opening cinematic, I could tell right off the bat that this wasn't my kind of game, but I continued on, anyway, trying to not judge a book by its cover, (or in this case, a game by it's opening). I gained control of my character and the next thing I knew I was in a big city walking around with no idea of what to do. I was just going to walk in to the store across the street from my location. Being a good pedestrian, I looked both ways to see if cars were coming (honestly I did, just changing the looking settings) and started to cross the street in front of me, or so I thought. BLAM! As soon as I made it halfway through the first lane, a car smashes my character in the side, draining my health and turning various icons on the HUD (heads-up display) red in color. While trying to stand up with my character's body sprawled across the car that collided with it, I managed to press the button that was the command for hijacking the car from its driver.
Clunk! Clunk! While hijacking the car, I apparently lost control of it (something to do with switching drivers while a car is moving at ~25 miles per hour, maybe?) and ran into two other pedestrians that were probably just trying to get to the store, like me. By then I had unintentionally stolen a nice car, ran it into two people and a street sign, lost half of my health, and now the police are chasing my vehicle in multiple cop cars. Unable to adapt to the game's driving system, having not played a Rockstar game on the XBOX 360 before, I crashed my car and was ejected from it through the front window, and lost more health.
My character was killed in a hail of gunfire from the trigger-happy police in pursuit, then its dead body was struck by another cop car. "Restart from checkpoint or quit game?" the menu asked me. I stared at the screen for a moment, then sat my controller down, took the GTA IV disc out of the tray, turned off my XBOX 360 console, and returned the game to its owner.
I really had no interest in any of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series games from Rockstar North, but an acquaintance offered to lend me his copy of GTA IV for the XBOX 360, I had a little time to spare, and a love for trying new games, so I borrowed it. My total play time could not have been longer than 10 minutes.
I popped the disc into my XBOX 360, and started a new single player game. While watching the opening cinematic, I could tell right off the bat that this wasn't my kind of game, but I continued on, anyway, trying to not judge a book by its cover, (or in this case, a game by it's opening). I gained control of my character and the next thing I knew I was in a big city walking around with no idea of what to do. I was just going to walk in to the store across the street from my location. Being a good pedestrian, I looked both ways to see if cars were coming (honestly I did, just changing the looking settings) and started to cross the street in front of me, or so I thought. BLAM! As soon as I made it halfway through the first lane, a car smashes my character in the side, draining my health and turning various icons on the HUD (heads-up display) red in color. While trying to stand up with my character's body sprawled across the car that collided with it, I managed to press the button that was the command for hijacking the car from its driver.
Clunk! Clunk! While hijacking the car, I apparently lost control of it (something to do with switching drivers while a car is moving at ~25 miles per hour, maybe?) and ran into two other pedestrians that were probably just trying to get to the store, like me. By then I had unintentionally stolen a nice car, ran it into two people and a street sign, lost half of my health, and now the police are chasing my vehicle in multiple cop cars. Unable to adapt to the game's driving system, having not played a Rockstar game on the XBOX 360 before, I crashed my car and was ejected from it through the front window, and lost more health.
My character was killed in a hail of gunfire from the trigger-happy police in pursuit, then its dead body was struck by another cop car. "Restart from checkpoint or quit game?" the menu asked me. I stared at the screen for a moment, then sat my controller down, took the GTA IV disc out of the tray, turned off my XBOX 360 console, and returned the game to its owner.
RAAAAAGEEE QUIIIIITTTTTT!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
[Review] Team Fortress 2 (PC / XBOX 360)
*NOTE: This is a guest post, a review written by a new contributor to Mind Freaks, Rokar333, and still edited by Peter Savkovich. Enjoy!*
Team Fortress 2 is the product of nearly ten years labor at Valve after the success of Team Fortress Classic in 1999. Over its long development period, the game has gone through many technical and graphical modifications. Starting as a realistic military based First Person Shooter (FPS), the game has evolved into a bloody, over-exaggerated, cell-shaded gore fest.
TF2 really doesn’t have much in the way of story, with no significant mentions of it anywhere on the box or manual. This is what is revealed to the player from the get-go: there are two giant corporations that are fighting for control the world, Reliable Excavation and Demolition; and Builders League United. Players fight for one of the two corporations. That’s it. Gamers looking for a product with deep narrative underpinnings should avoid this thing like the plague. However, the game easily makes up for its lack of story with excellent gameplay.
The game gives players the option of playing as one of nine classes, divided into three categories: Offense, Defense, and Support.
In the Offense category are the Scout, Soldier, and Pyro; the Defense characters are the Demoman, the Heavy, and the Engineer; and last, but certainly not least are the Support classes: Medics, Snipers, and Spies. Each class has their own unique weapons (such as the Spy’s butterfly knife or the Heavy’s minigun) and abilities (like the Scout’s ability to double jump) that make playing each class a different experience, but players need to work with their teammates to make the most out of all the classes’ abilities. A good example is the Heavy/Medic combo, in which a Medic travels with a Heavy, keeping his health topped off while the Heavy mows down the other team with the minigun. However, such combinations always have weaknesses, and the Heavy/Medic can be countered by a good Spy, or a team of Soldiers and Demomen working together.
This focus on strategy and teamwork is something I find to be quite lacking in most online FPS’s, where there is all too commonly one weapon or loadout which overwhelms everything else. In Team Fortress 2 there is always a way to counter something the opposing team does, assuming that the players actually work with their teams. While a well-placed sentry gun by an Engineer may stop an onslaught of Scouts and Pyros (who have good close range attack power but poor defense), it can easily be destroyed by Demomen, Soldiers, or a Heavy/Medic combo. These classes are all vulnerable to the Spy, who in turn is vulnerable to Pyros and Scouts, who are vulnerable to Engineers (beginning to see a pattern?).
With servers that allow up to 36 players and only 9 classes, it is important to keep a balanced team. If a team has too many rushing classes, an opposing defensive team will halt all progress, but if a team is too defensive, it won’t progress at all, either.
This balance ultimately makes TF2 one of the most fulfilling online multiplayer experiences on the PC. While there is an XBOX 360 version, it does not receive any of the content updates or patches that the PC version does. This, along with third party options such as custom skins and sprays, makes the PC version the best choice.
TL;DR: I strongly recommend this game for anyone looking for an online team-based shooter for the PC.
Team Fortress 2 is the product of nearly ten years labor at Valve after the success of Team Fortress Classic in 1999. Over its long development period, the game has gone through many technical and graphical modifications. Starting as a realistic military based First Person Shooter (FPS), the game has evolved into a bloody, over-exaggerated, cell-shaded gore fest.
~Heavy class with a Bear skin from FPSBanana
TF2 really doesn’t have much in the way of story, with no significant mentions of it anywhere on the box or manual. This is what is revealed to the player from the get-go: there are two giant corporations that are fighting for control the world, Reliable Excavation and Demolition; and Builders League United. Players fight for one of the two corporations. That’s it. Gamers looking for a product with deep narrative underpinnings should avoid this thing like the plague. However, the game easily makes up for its lack of story with excellent gameplay.
The game gives players the option of playing as one of nine classes, divided into three categories: Offense, Defense, and Support.
In the Offense category are the Scout, Soldier, and Pyro; the Defense characters are the Demoman, the Heavy, and the Engineer; and last, but certainly not least are the Support classes: Medics, Snipers, and Spies. Each class has their own unique weapons (such as the Spy’s butterfly knife or the Heavy’s minigun) and abilities (like the Scout’s ability to double jump) that make playing each class a different experience, but players need to work with their teammates to make the most out of all the classes’ abilities. A good example is the Heavy/Medic combo, in which a Medic travels with a Heavy, keeping his health topped off while the Heavy mows down the other team with the minigun. However, such combinations always have weaknesses, and the Heavy/Medic can be countered by a good Spy, or a team of Soldiers and Demomen working together.
This focus on strategy and teamwork is something I find to be quite lacking in most online FPS’s, where there is all too commonly one weapon or loadout which overwhelms everything else. In Team Fortress 2 there is always a way to counter something the opposing team does, assuming that the players actually work with their teams. While a well-placed sentry gun by an Engineer may stop an onslaught of Scouts and Pyros (who have good close range attack power but poor defense), it can easily be destroyed by Demomen, Soldiers, or a Heavy/Medic combo. These classes are all vulnerable to the Spy, who in turn is vulnerable to Pyros and Scouts, who are vulnerable to Engineers (beginning to see a pattern?).
With servers that allow up to 36 players and only 9 classes, it is important to keep a balanced team. If a team has too many rushing classes, an opposing defensive team will halt all progress, but if a team is too defensive, it won’t progress at all, either.
This balance ultimately makes TF2 one of the most fulfilling online multiplayer experiences on the PC. While there is an XBOX 360 version, it does not receive any of the content updates or patches that the PC version does. This, along with third party options such as custom skins and sprays, makes the PC version the best choice.
TL;DR: I strongly recommend this game for anyone looking for an online team-based shooter for the PC.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Videos! Of Video Games!
apologizing for not having updated as frequently as I (or youall) would prefer, I've been busy with school and the like. But this week was spring break, so I got some work on my reviews done, and a ton of videos made!
Some of the videos I made are LP (Let's Play) videos, which are just kinda a walkthrough of the game, playing through it, I may or may not actually finish those 2 game LPs, and then I had just some random gameplay commentary.
Check them out below, or the full playlist at My YouTube Channel.
I plan to have more video game reviews pouring out soon, and maybe a book review or two! (Hint, hint)
Some of the videos I made are LP (Let's Play) videos, which are just kinda a walkthrough of the game, playing through it, I may or may not actually finish those 2 game LPs, and then I had just some random gameplay commentary.
Check them out below, or the full playlist at My YouTube Channel.
I plan to have more video game reviews pouring out soon, and maybe a book review or two! (Hint, hint)
[Review] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC / XBOX 360 / PS3 / Wii)
Simply put, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is one of the absolute best games to grace any platform to date. There's no better way to put it; Call of Duty 4 is one of the best FPS's (First Person Shooter) to come out ever. Even in the PC port, the game is elegant and very addicting with great online multiplayer gameplay that keeps gamers coming back for more.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is an FPS (First Person Shooter) for every current-generation game console and PC. In the campaign mode , players are rotated through the ranks of the British S.A.S. (Special Air Service) and the United States Marines. Unlike previous Call of Duty games, which all took place during World War II, Call of Duty 4 is set in current time in a hypothetical modern war against a Middle Eastern terrorist group, whose leader is named Al-Asad. Objectives for the game range from escaping a crashed airplane and rescuing a group of troops or downed captain to raiding a cargo ship or sniping an arms dealer of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WoMDs).
The graphics in Call of Duty 4 are the best so far compared with any other game to date; the sounds make the player feel as if he is right there chatting with other soldiers; the cinematic scenes are completely epic; and the amazing playability is just unbeatable. Call of Duty 4 is one game that gamers will need to take a quick break from just to be sure that they aren't actually in it. Many times players will be caught standing still just to listen and watch an explosion or the overview of the war taking place right in front of them. The first step onto the battlefield will be the most memorable of all battlefield experiences.
The graphics of Call of Duty 4 are like no other. The immense detail and textures will make any gamer's monitor appear to be a little window into the battlefield, and it runs at 60 frames per second throughout. Screenshots of the game can easily be uploaded to albums and when compared to photos of real battles, it’s hard to find many distinctions between the two.
Even after a player has taken their first step onto the battlefield and stared in awe at the amazing quality of the graphics in Call of Duty 4, seemingly real enemies jumping from around corners and through doors or explosions going off right in front of their faces are guaranteed to make any player jump, even the second or third time around
Overall, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is one of the best shooters to come out for any console or PC and will be heralded as such for years to come. If the stunning realism, seamless playability, and amazing graphics don't keep gamers occupied with the campaign, the addicting multiplayer will always give them something new and exciting to do. This is one game that won’t be remembered as a standout in an otherwise bland series, but as an amazing standalone title. “Let's do it, Marines!”
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is an FPS (First Person Shooter) for every current-generation game console and PC. In the campaign mode , players are rotated through the ranks of the British S.A.S. (Special Air Service) and the United States Marines. Unlike previous Call of Duty games, which all took place during World War II, Call of Duty 4 is set in current time in a hypothetical modern war against a Middle Eastern terrorist group, whose leader is named Al-Asad. Objectives for the game range from escaping a crashed airplane and rescuing a group of troops or downed captain to raiding a cargo ship or sniping an arms dealer of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WoMDs).
The graphics in Call of Duty 4 are the best so far compared with any other game to date; the sounds make the player feel as if he is right there chatting with other soldiers; the cinematic scenes are completely epic; and the amazing playability is just unbeatable. Call of Duty 4 is one game that gamers will need to take a quick break from just to be sure that they aren't actually in it. Many times players will be caught standing still just to listen and watch an explosion or the overview of the war taking place right in front of them. The first step onto the battlefield will be the most memorable of all battlefield experiences.
The graphics of Call of Duty 4 are like no other. The immense detail and textures will make any gamer's monitor appear to be a little window into the battlefield, and it runs at 60 frames per second throughout. Screenshots of the game can easily be uploaded to albums and when compared to photos of real battles, it’s hard to find many distinctions between the two.
Even after a player has taken their first step onto the battlefield and stared in awe at the amazing quality of the graphics in Call of Duty 4, seemingly real enemies jumping from around corners and through doors or explosions going off right in front of their faces are guaranteed to make any player jump, even the second or third time around
Overall, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is one of the best shooters to come out for any console or PC and will be heralded as such for years to come. If the stunning realism, seamless playability, and amazing graphics don't keep gamers occupied with the campaign, the addicting multiplayer will always give them something new and exciting to do. This is one game that won’t be remembered as a standout in an otherwise bland series, but as an amazing standalone title. “Let's do it, Marines!”
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Ad-Free as of Today!
Yes, that's right!
Due partly to my Adsense account being closed for no reason, and part because I'm tired of gaming sites selling out, I've removed all ads from this blog! Enjoy!
Due partly to my Adsense account being closed for no reason, and part because I'm tired of gaming sites selling out, I've removed all ads from this blog! Enjoy!
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