I love to play any of the guitar hero games and while i have enjoyed some of the songs throughout the series of this title I wish I could have some of the classic bands of the 70's and 80's in a new installment of the series.
I can remember bands such as AC/DC, Van Halen, White Snake and CCR when I was growing up because my parents blared these bands throughout my house. While I have noticed and played single songs from some of these bands in the Guitar Hero series I wish there were more songs form these bands in future installments.
Everyone from my generation can clearly recall the guitar riffs from a AC/DC song like Back in Black and songs such as these leave a lasting impression on it's listeners. I would hope that Guitar Hero might possess some of these songs in the near future so that I may be able to rock out and jump off the couch while hitting the last note.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Need For Speed - Pro Street Achievements
One of my favorite types of games is the driving or driving simulation genre. I am a huge fan of the Need for Speed series and i have been playing the Pro Street installment for the past couple of weeks and I have enjoyed the changes that EA has done to this installment.
One of the features of Pro Street is the Drag racing aspect of the game. The fact that I can warm up my tires by doing a burn out before the actual races is a cool aspect. I have already beat the drag King or should I say Queen on this game.
One of the aspects I do not care for or wish they would change is the way you get achievements points. While I have been receiving achievement points for the tasks that I have completed I thrive to consume more achievements by the second and this leads me to change out disks and play other games that the achievements are more easily achievable. No this may seem like I am lazy but part of the whole XBOX Live experience is to top your other friends in collecting achievement points.
While there are other games that let me as a gamer gain achievement points in a quicker way I wish Pro Street was easier to find achievements.
One of the features of Pro Street is the Drag racing aspect of the game. The fact that I can warm up my tires by doing a burn out before the actual races is a cool aspect. I have already beat the drag King or should I say Queen on this game.
One of the aspects I do not care for or wish they would change is the way you get achievements points. While I have been receiving achievement points for the tasks that I have completed I thrive to consume more achievements by the second and this leads me to change out disks and play other games that the achievements are more easily achievable. No this may seem like I am lazy but part of the whole XBOX Live experience is to top your other friends in collecting achievement points.
While there are other games that let me as a gamer gain achievement points in a quicker way I wish Pro Street was easier to find achievements.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sharing of the XBOX 360
I personally do not have my own XBOX 360, instead my son has the XBOX 360 within the house thanks to "Santa" giving him the system as a gift during the last holiday season. Now I will will say that both and my son have our own Xbox Live accounts and we both play on our own account. The 360 is located in my son's room along with his TV.
I seem to have to kick out of his room and off the XBOX in order to play any games and the attitude I am shown is nothing less than irritating. Now while I understand that "Santa" gave him the system and it is his by ownership I feel the need to mess with his mind by shutting down my wireless network if he should give me too much attitude about playing on his precious little game system. It is rough being the parent of multiple children that happen to be gamers.
I seem to have to kick out of his room and off the XBOX in order to play any games and the attitude I am shown is nothing less than irritating. Now while I understand that "Santa" gave him the system and it is his by ownership I feel the need to mess with his mind by shutting down my wireless network if he should give me too much attitude about playing on his precious little game system. It is rough being the parent of multiple children that happen to be gamers.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
My 1st Post
Hello and welcome to my blog. The purpose of my blog is to give a fresh perspective on the video game industry from a member of Generation X. My generation was the first to be exposed to the video game industry with such plat forms as Intellivision and Atari as well as great games such as Pong, Pitfall and Asteroids.
Many of my fellow Gen Xers have noticed the video game industry grow from a seed into the ever ending forest that is the video game industry of today. I being a Father of four children am witness to the new generation of gaming fanatics. I along with my son Matthew spend countless hours playing games such as Halo and the ever impressive Call of Duty 4. Videos games have enabled both me and my son to have a common desire to play video games while strengthening our relationship as a family.
All of the members of my family play some sort of video game whether it is my daughter Kassie playing a game of Guitar Hero 3 on our Playstation 2, my youngest daughter Lily playing a game on her Nintendo Wii, my teenage daughter Kim playing a game of Bejeweled on her cell phone to my wife Sarah playing a game of Peggle on our home PC. While each family member choses to play a different type of game on a totally different gaming platform the basics of video game enjoyment to not differ, it is about having fun.
From this point I will use this blog to document game reviews, industry news and viewpoint on today's gaming environment. I encourage anyone who reads this blog to pick up a game of your chosing and enjoy the art of gaming.
Many of my fellow Gen Xers have noticed the video game industry grow from a seed into the ever ending forest that is the video game industry of today. I being a Father of four children am witness to the new generation of gaming fanatics. I along with my son Matthew spend countless hours playing games such as Halo and the ever impressive Call of Duty 4. Videos games have enabled both me and my son to have a common desire to play video games while strengthening our relationship as a family.
All of the members of my family play some sort of video game whether it is my daughter Kassie playing a game of Guitar Hero 3 on our Playstation 2, my youngest daughter Lily playing a game on her Nintendo Wii, my teenage daughter Kim playing a game of Bejeweled on her cell phone to my wife Sarah playing a game of Peggle on our home PC. While each family member choses to play a different type of game on a totally different gaming platform the basics of video game enjoyment to not differ, it is about having fun.
From this point I will use this blog to document game reviews, industry news and viewpoint on today's gaming environment. I encourage anyone who reads this blog to pick up a game of your chosing and enjoy the art of gaming.
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