Tiger Woods 13, Dragon Age 2

Currently playing Tiger Woods 13 and Dragon Age 2 on the 360.. Tiger Woods games is my first HD version of the game, having previous had a version years ago and Tiger Woods 10 for the PC so that was small screen.. I’m liking it, just have to learn to putt!

Needed a new non-sports game and Dragon Age II was another of the $19.99 deals at Wal-Mart so I figured I’d pick it up and try.. been playing for nearly 3 hours straight since getting it home.. I never really thought I’d enjoy the games with long story-lines like this but Mass Effect 2 and Fable III had me following the story and playing.. and so far Dragon Age II has also.

Sniper Ghost Warrior

Picked up copy of Sniper Ghost Warrior from the $19.96 shelf at Wal-Mart.. I have the PC version of wanted to play the game on a wide HD screen so here goes!  Finished Bodycount and Mass Effect 2 recently, so I’ll need to get Mass Effect 3 in a couple weeks, just waiting for game updates before buying so any bugs may be worked out. 

I also got a copy of MLB 2k12 as mentioned couple weeks ago and am having decent success in the ‘My Player’ mode, though the Twins team really sucks on the game.  I created a center fielder wearing #34, as Kirby Puckett except mine’s 6’3 220 lbs.  Really like the My Player mode, but would like to be able to actually see more of a game in that mode rather than just at bats and cuts immediately to a fielding play. 

I think an NHL game with a My Player would be fun, you actually go the bench for line changes and see the game FROM the bench when your shifts are up.  Now, off to shoot some digital enemies in the skull

MLB 2k12

Since it’s another cold/wet weekend in Minnesota, I finally went and picked up Major League Baseball 2k12 to give myself a little break from NBA 2k12 and Mass Effect 2.  So far so good in the ‘My Player’ mode on MLB 2k12, seems more fun and not discouraging as NBA game is at times.  Go TWINS!

NBA2k12 Update

So, I’m 40+ games into an NBA2k12 My Player season with a 6’8 Shooting Guard.. all of a sudden every 5’10-6’1 guard is blocking my layups and stealing the ball.. and shots not blocked roll off the rim like there is plexi-glass over the rim.. was averaging 30 points per game for 15 games and got an Eastern Conference player of the week.. since then all the above strange stuff has been going on.. One other strange thing is all of a sudden every rebound attempt is now an ‘over the back’ foul and the only way I can get a steal anymore is have my back turned and the ball hit my ‘My Player’ character.

Right after I posted that I was boxed out .. at the 3 point line.. with my 6'8 player.. by Earl Boykins.. WTF!

Mass Effect 2

I may be a little behind, but I just bought Mass Effect 2 (X-Box) from the $19.99 bin at Walmart today.. after finishing Fable 3 and Bodycount I needed a new game to play opposite of NBA 2k12 that I’m still playing and will play my ‘My Player’ for a couple seasons worth of games to see it progress.

Tiger Woods

How Tiger Woods can go from the Tiger everyone remembers, dominating a course, to throwing and kicking a club and not having any idea where the ball is going to end up is weird.  I was joking on my Twitter, but it’s almost like he needs stress relievers, like the girlfriends he had when he was married, to take the stress of golf away.  I’m still only joking, and wouldn’t condone cheating on a spouse of course.

Wrestlemania

This year’s Wrestlemania was pretty good, the build-up to ‘The Rock’ and John Cena match that took a year to get to could have amounted to a better match, BUT they did have to cover the best match I’ve seen in forever with HHH and Undertaker’s ‘End of an Era’ match.. in which both probably wrestled their final matches ever.  John Cena talked ‘Rocky’ through most of the match, made obvious on TV, and The Rock sweat so much I wondered what kind of shape the guy was actually in.  Obviously John Cena could call the shots and pull a power-trip and win any and all matches he’s in if he really wanted to, being THE headliner for the WWE for years now.

Spring is here!

Besides spring starting 8 days ago.. the REAL official first day of Spring, at least here in Cloquet came on Tuesday the 27th.. Gordy’s Hi-Hat opened for the season!  Double Bacon Cheeseburgers, Onion Rings, Fries, or a great fish sandwich which is 4 large pieces of fish.. yum.. that’s enough without the sides sometimes

NBA2k12

Finally picked up a copy of NBA2k12 last month and been playing it on XBOX 360 whenever possible.. the game has some great qualities and some not so great ones.  In creating a ‘My Player’ and playing the season.. some of it is a major joke..

You’re in a close game and your computer controlled teammates act like they couldn’t give a damn about the game.. 4 points down 30 seconds and they run the shot clock to nothing and run out the entire game. 

Another is the My Player AI-Teammates defense.. or lack there of.. you are assigned someone to guard, with blue arrows.. yet that jumps around and changes so much during a possession .. your teammates switching on defense over and over without any warning to you and it costing you ‘teammate grades’ and ‘skill points’..

I haven’t played just regular season games, but the opponent teams hit so many 3-pointers that they’d be shooting at 80% for a season if they did what they do against your ‘My Player’ team.. incredibly inaccurate also that point guards who are 6 foot tall block 6 foot 8 or taller players shots over and over on layups.

 

Thus concludes a random thought.. or thoughts..

Blog Returning

It’s been well over 2 years since I posted on this blog of ‘Random Thoughts’ but I’ve still had lots of those Random Thoughts, they just end up on Twitter in under 140 characters most of the time

https://twitter.com/#!/dhmn69

Hoping to actually start posting on this blog again and get it back to being an active blog.