But now I have a terrifyingly powerful new PC, and am back with force! Ahem. More soon (hopefully in less than six months) once I get everything installed!

So, the year 2009 finally gasped it’s last and joined the many celebrities it had claimed over it’s lifespan. This means that, to everybody’s shock, it’s not 2009 any more, but 2010. Exactly how the world will react to this dramatic piece of information, I don’t know. Probably not well!

Also I should do more with this site. Maybe I’ll redesign it? Maybe that’s the ticket.

Not pictured: Stretched, sweaty “TEAM GAZ” t-shirt (Click for bigger)

So, Modern Warfare 2. Whilst porky jailbait everywhere has been eagerly trembling (and wobbling, probably) at the thought of the next Harry Potter or Twilight, their older, hairier, possibly fatter brothers have generally been quivering in anticipation for the next entry in the storied Call of Duty series. Starting as Another Generic World War 2 Series, the series took a sudden, violent turn in 2007 towards the present day, trading in it’s MP40s and Nazis in for AK47s and Potential Nuclear Disaster. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare blitzed to sudden extreme popularity on the strength of a action-packed single player campaign and an impressive multiplayer mode.

Since then, though, things haven’t been quite as great. Eager to keep CEO Bobby Kotick’s demon soul quenched with the blood of infants, Activision shipped the franchise off to sometimes-collaborators Treyarch to take the series back to World War 2 in Call of Duty: World At War, a game that was stunningly mediocre. And for every exciting announcement regarding Modern Warfare 2, there was always a counter-announcement to drop enthusiasm back down to managable levels. And as the crowds wailed about a high price, no dedicated servers on PC and other issues, Kotick laughed, reclined in his Throne Of Skulls and sipped from a tiny femur-chalice with mild bemusement. Probably.

But the game’s out now! And in my hands! Which means that all the speculation must now clear way for cold, hard, throbbing fact: Is Modern Warfare 2 Worth The Wait?

To which I can answer, “Uh, I suppose so? Yeah.”

I have yet to really get far in the game, but the game seems to be all about taking what was in MW1, and somehow both polishing and expanding it while keeping to the time-tested method. Everything is bigger and brighter, and generally everything’s more… fun, I suppose.

Once I play more and complete the single player campaign, I’ll do a full review. For now though, know that if you liked the previous games, you should probably look into getting a hold of this.

I’m still a bit crook, but I’m feeling a good bit better, so updates are resumed. Again. This time, for sure. Honest.

1:22 AM - [img] Timesline: "KICK MY CHAIR OUT, PLEASE! I WANT A GOOD SOLID REPUBLICAN FOOT BOOTING THAT SEAT OUT FROM UNDER ME JUST LIKE GLENN BECK TOLD ME WAS PATRIOTIC! I DONT WANT NO EVIL SOCIALIST FASCIST LIBERAL CUTTING MY ROPE OFF NEITHER THAT AINT AMERICAN!" ~Every teabagger

Very little’s been going on lately, except I managed to up my PC’s RAM by a gig. This somehow magically turned my computer from a slow, stuttering mess to sex on wheels. The wonders of memory.

Not pictured: The rest of the screen.

Every time I get back on the drawing horse, I fall back off it almost immediately. I need to fix this.

10:35 PM - Chunderbucket:   sony will donate one cent to "ecokids"
10:35 PM - Chunderbucket: hooray sony for saving the planet
10:35 PM - lljk://RAKANISHU!: ecokids?
10:35 PM - lljk://RAKANISHU!: are the planeteers trying to evade taxes again?
10:35 PM - Chunderbucket: vOv
10:35 PM - Chunderbucket: if I haver to be the heart kid imm be pissed

Regarding the Unreal Tournament 3 netcode…

Could you please at least try? For me?

Thanks,
Kinsie
P.S: The error message needs more bumpmaps.

Hello! How are you? Looking after yourself I see. And how’s the missus? Great! Now, recently I purchased a game by you called Rainbow Six: Vegas. It’s quite nice! The enviroments are well-built, the graphics are good and it runs well on my machine.

Except, however, for one thing.

The mouselook.

Figure 1: A Mouse.

For some reason, whenever I start your game, I am unable to aim with my mouse, despite the general intention, so I believe, being that I should. Searching the internet has led me to no solid answer that doesn’t involve unplugging my mouse and burning it in a sacrificial fire built atop a pentagram, and this still hasn’t been fixed after six patches (and, if I’ve heard correctly, is still a problem in the sequel!)

Figure 2: A really, really fruity mouse.

The game is built on Unreal Engine 3, a solid piece of technology that has a variety of features, including non-broken mouselook. Clearly, something is amiss here, and since the problem has gone on for two games now, I can only assume that whatever was broken broke hard.

There are a number of possible solutions to this problem, but from what I understand, the best solution would be to fire the R6:V PC controls team and spend the saved money on Beyond Good and Evil 2. This way, everyone’s happy! Well, except the controls team, but fuck ‘em.

Yours,
Kinsie.

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