Comments on: RRoD http://www.seanobrien.org/2008/05/rrod.html seanobrien.org Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RRoD roundup :: OB1og http://www.seanobrien.org/2008/05/rrod.html#comment-4686 RRoD roundup :: OB1og Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:57:23 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/?p=334#comment-4686 [...] it didn’t matter as much because I did go out the day after mine died and pick up a newer Arcade model with the Falcon chip and HDMI port. While I don’t think it is any quieter than the older one, [...] [...] it didn’t matter as much because I did go out the day after mine died and pick up a newer Arcade model with the Falcon chip and HDMI port. While I don’t think it is any quieter than the older one, [...]

]]> By: Ed http://www.seanobrien.org/2008/05/rrod.html#comment-4677 Ed Sun, 04 May 2008 22:46:33 +0000 http://www.seanobrien.org/?p=334#comment-4677 Third times a charm, right. Right?!?!? I will say that I am really digging this new GTA. I decided to get it when I saw both IGN and Gamespot give it the elusive score of 10 out of 10. Both sites rarely ever bestow a 10 on anything (in fact - this is the first 360 game to get the score.) So I knew I had to get it. BTW There are 200 collectible items in this game (they're 'glowing' pigeons and you have to shoot 'em to collect 'em.) Based on the complexity of the city (blows away Assassin's Creed with what you can do and where you can go) it is going to be a bitch to find 'em all. How do I know? I'm 10 hours in and I just now capped my first pigeon. I dabbled in the online multiplayer last night and it is FUN. The people there are more into goofing around and less hardcore like the crowd the FPS games attract. It seems people just want to mess around in this sandbox. Funniest thing I saw - One guy was on a motorcycle begging anyone who would listen to toss a Molotov cocktail on him. When someone finally complied and the guy was fully in flames, he revved the engine, darting up and down the road popping wheelies and yelling in a high falsetto "I'm Ghost Rider!!!" Then someone dropped a helicopter on him. Third times a charm, right. Right?!?!?

I will say that I am really digging this new GTA. I decided to get it when I saw both IGN and Gamespot give it the elusive score of 10 out of 10. Both sites rarely ever bestow a 10 on anything (in fact – this is the first 360 game to get the score.) So I knew I had to get it.

BTW There are 200 collectible items in this game (they’re ‘glowing’ pigeons and you have to shoot ‘em to collect ‘em.) Based on the complexity of the city (blows away Assassin’s Creed with what you can do and where you can go) it is going to be a bitch to find ‘em all. How do I know? I’m 10 hours in and I just now capped my first pigeon.

I dabbled in the online multiplayer last night and it is FUN. The people there are more into goofing around and less hardcore like the crowd the FPS games attract. It seems people just want to mess around in this sandbox. Funniest thing I saw – One guy was on a motorcycle begging anyone who would listen to toss a Molotov cocktail on him. When someone finally complied and the guy was fully in flames, he revved the engine, darting up and down the road popping wheelies and yelling in a high falsetto “I’m Ghost Rider!!!”

Then someone dropped a helicopter on him.

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