My Halo 4 Review (SPOILER FREE)

So I loves me some Halo and I decided to give my opinion about Halo 4 the latest chapter in this epic saga.  OK I will admit it I was scared about where the franchise would go after Bungie stepped away and 343 stepped in and took over.  That fear was misplaced.  I was afraid that this game would play differently that it would be a "Halo" game.  Again I was mistaken this game plays just like a Halo game.  I can move seamlessly from playing Halo 3 and into 4 and not feel like I am trying to relearn how to play a game.  The new enemies are amazing and admittedly I am still on my easy run through.  I always run through a game on easy for the first play through so that I can focus more on the story and less on trying to survive.  After I finish the campaign on easy I will move up and really start to get my teeth wet.  The story so far is amazing and the voice acting is even better than in past games.

Something brilliant that Microsoft and 343 did with this was the Forward Unto Dawn series they released through Machinima Prime was a great item to get my mouth watering and get me ready for the game.  I don't really want to go into it too much because of the possibility of spoilers.

I haven't had a chance to go through much of the multiplayer modes except for Spartan Ops which was what I was most excited to see and it is amazing.  I love the idea of these small ongoing  and ever evolving campaigns that keep giving you something fresh to do every week.  I do have to admit though that I have heard that so far they are only going to do it for the first 10 weeks after the launch but I hope that they decide to continue it after that period.  If anyone happens to stumble on this blog and has any info on if they are going to keep this going please comment. :)

OK so to sum it up this game is amazing and well worth the price.  It has everything that we have always loved about Halo and a couple of new things that are sure to be loved just as well.  I am hoping to start making these little blog posts a regular thing when new games come out and I have the money to purchase them.  The next one I think will probably be on Medal of Honor Warfighters I have been really excited to get my hands on that game and soon I will be able to do just that.

Good Gaming,

Needlesedge

What A Week.

Well this was a crazy week.  Monday the hurricane rolled in and my company decided to close the office Monday and Tuesday and to have us work from home if possible well the power went out Monday evening and stayed out through till mid day Wednesday.  I know that there are many that are still without power so I am not going to whine and complain about it.  I did feel like I was heading down the route of Jack Torrance from The Shining because of not having electricity.  It is rough for me to be in a situation where I cant do anything about it.  Well Thursday they finally opened up the office and it was nice to be able to get back to work.  Thought honestly when I came in to work today I was as exhausted as if I would have stayed at work all week.   I am ready for a stress free weekend I want to just relax and watch some TV and play a little bit of video games.

I have also been doing a pretty decent job of not eating like a Big-Fat-Fatty.  I stopped trying to look at it like a long term goal.  I am now approaching it like I approached not smoking.  Every day is a new day.  I am not trying to get through the week.  Only trying to get through the day.  On Monday it will be 1 year without smokes.  It is kind of amazing to think that I was finally able to make the change.  What worked was each morning when I would normally stop for a pack of smokes I just went "Nah I will stop on my way home from work." Then when it was time to go home I would just go "Nah I don't feel like stopping right now." Eventually it was a week and then a month and here I am at a year.  Well I am going to try to finish up the rest of this work day. 

Blessed Be.
M

Still Trying to Be A Blogger

I haven't posted anything for awhile for the usual reasons that I just don't have anything of interest to share.  I don't really have anything interesting to say here but I figured I would at least type up something.  I have been  eating like a pig as is the usual but I have been hating myself for it more than I have in the past.  I don't really want to delve on that too much because I feel like I am beating a dead horse on that topic and I feel that by worrying about it so much I am doing myself more harm than good so I am going to spend my time talking about other things for example dreams.

The other night I had a bizarre dream that I was drinking with the guys from Roosterteeth and Achievement Hunter and I drank too much and passed out and when I woke up I discovered that Burnie and Jack had shaved my beard off.  I really love my beard but didn't realize how much I loved my beard until I woke up and was like "nooooo"  I mean I woke up actually upset at some of the funniest people I have never had the chance to actually meet.   It was quiet humorous.

No onto what I have been playing lately.

I am still playing a lot of Minecraft it is kind of great because you don't have to do anything it is just enjoy time and do nothing.  Then I started playing Darksiders II.  It is a pretty good game I haven't gotten too far into it because it is mostly just an adventure kind of hack and slash game.  I keep trying to devote more time to it but who knows perhaps in time I will love it the way I hope too.  I have also been debating giving Fallout 3 another shot.  I tried playing it when it first came out but honestly I just couldn't seem to get into it.  I havent made up my mind yet on if I am going to take the time again.

Well that is something I will hopefully get to type some more at a later date and have more interesting things to say.

Blessed Be.
M

Dating Amanda: Shoestring Romance

Dating Amanda: Shoestring Romance: A lot of guys I know whine complain about how women will date them as long as they pay for the dates. There is even the ever popular view th...

Doomsday.

There is something that will always make me cry and it is this scene from Doctor Who.  The Doctor and Rose separate into different dimension never to be able to to see each other again.  I didn't get into Doctor Who until it hit the air waves with the 9th incarnation of the Doctor so for me this was the first time ever really seeing the Doctor really in love.  It was a heartbreaking moment and for some reason I felt the urge to type something up quick about this.  I am going to put up another blog this evening hopefully with some more substance who knows it may be Doctor Who related or it could be something completely different.

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I am a Manatee

I am a Manatee I am a gentle creature that in the water is graceful and relaxed but on land would be crushed under its on massive weight.  That is how I felt yesterday when I got out of the pool.  I went swimming, and I mean real swimming not just floating around in a wading pool, for the first time in years and it was great floating in the water was most most relaxed I have felt in a long time.  Also you work out a good deal of muscles just treading water or directing yourself around the pool.

However after two hours in the pool my body had gotten use to being supported by the water and when I went to climb out of the pool I was made painfully aware of how heavy I have gotten.  I have lost some weight in the last few weeks but not nearly enough.  My body groaned and creaked as my into structure worked to try to get use to carrying the weight normally again.  I vowed that I would keep moving forward and would now start working some exercise into my routine no matter what.  No more excuses this is me being punched in the face and realizing I am a manatee and I don't want to be one.


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A Man Of Few Deeds.

I was driving in my car this morning when a song came on my MP3 player that I haven't listened to in a long time it is called "Here Me Now" by Hollywood Undead and there is a line in the song it is a very simple line "A man of many words but a man of few deeds."  I heard that line today on the way to work and it hit me, that is a perfect description of me.  I have all these big plans and talk that I have all these big feeling about things but honestly the more I think about it I don't actually ever follow that talk up with any actually deeds.  No wonder it seems that everyone in my life is miserable all the time.  It seems that everyone that relies on me for anything is unhappy.  I was going somewhere with this post but I give up on it.