Thursday, November 25, 2004

Honest Halo 2 Review

Finally,

A review of Halo 2 that is more in line with how I feel about the game. I agree with the reviewer, I just don't understand why reviewers think this game is a God send. It's almost as if the reviewers were paid off. I simply don't get it. First of all, to give a game a perfect score is like saying this is one of the top games of all time. In my opinion, a sequel cannot be considered as a great achievement simply because of the lack of innovation. It took them 3 years to produce this garbage? Fine, the gameplay is tight, but it's 30 seconds of Halo 1 gameplay repeated over and over and over again. The art? It STILL sucks, because the Art Direction, again, is horrible. Halo 2 is Halo 1 all over again. Just tack on another 10 hours to Halo 1, and you have Halo 2.

I honestly cannot comment on the online ('Live') aspect of the game, but supposeldy it is good, but I would much rather play an online FPS on a PC with a mouse and keyboard.

Curiously, if you read the review, it would seem as if the reviewer would score it much lower than the score of 70 that he ultimately gave it. Well, I guess a 70 is a C, which in my opinion is poor, rather than the largely accepted 'average'.

Quite honsetly, most games bore me these days. What a sad time it is.

Monday, November 22, 2004

EA Story Still Has Steam

Well, EA's practices have caught the attention of the NY Times, and ea_spouses post has reached over 3000 responses. How is their stock doing? Just fine.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004


Hackers.

cute?

Easy Tiger.

Only one place this could be.

My (unemployed) friend Chris from NY.

I've never seen him so dirty. Pretty Boy!

On top of the Great Wall.

Shanghai at night!

My Babi eating a pigeon in China. He snuck the pigeon into the restaurant via my backpack.

My friend Steve with his million dollar camera.

Asian Justin Timberlake?

Hai-Ou doing some work for me. Younger brothers rule!

Trinh is a baseball nut. We have season tickets, and she probably went to 70+ home games.

Arguably, the greatest hitter ever just won his unprecedented 7th MVP (no other player has won 4 or more).

With friends at PETCO. I was feeling good, and making a lot of noise.

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Formal Complaint Against EA

Formal Complaint

Here you can view the formal complaint. This thing has taken a life of its own.....

ESPN.com - MLB - Free Agent Tracker

ESPN.com - MLB - Free Agent Tracker

Found this. Quite nice. Giants picked up Omar today. Sabean seems to be continuing his trend of picking up old players. It will be exciting to see Vizquel dazzle us with his infield abilities. It has been awhile since we have had a sure handed SS.

Campton's Place

My friends took Trinh and I out last night to the Campton Place Restaurant.

They both felt obliged to pay us back for all the times they have come to our place for food, entertainment, and wine. It was also a chance for us to break out the fine shirts made by our tailor.

Rich brought a 1990 Dominus to accompany our fine meal.

Enjoy the pictures! This was truly a night of gluttony that led to sloth.

This was also free! Posted by Hello

More free goods. Posted by Hello

Beer? Not! Posted by Hello

Fantasy of Artisan Foie Gras with Aged Balsamico Posted by Hello

He doesn't know this is going to cost him $600 Posted by Hello

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The Group. Posted by Hello

Heaven? Posted by Hello

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Fantasy of Artisan Foie Gras with Aged Balsamico - This was gooooood!
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Cappuccino Parsnip Soup with Crispy Sweetbreads and White Truffle Oil Posted by Hello

Seared "Suzuki" Sea Bass with Moutarde de Violette
and Palette of Potatoes
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Braised Oxtail-Potato Tart with Endives and Sauce Bordelaise
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Glazed Millbrook Farms Venison with Chestnut Puree
and Fall Vegetables
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Corrolle of MAine Lobster and Diver Scallops with Saffron Risotto, Bouillabaisse, and Chorizo Oil Posted by Hello

:-) Posted by Hello

Presentation of: Glazed Barberie Duck with Lavendar, Honey, and Spices
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Sliced and diced. Posted by Hello