Weird Science

Out with the fellas tonight and we had to list off our Top 5 films of all time. Not really an accurate list for me as it is hard to do without careful thought, but I had Empire of the Sun (probably #1) and Saving Private Ryan on my list. Those are two Steven Spielberg films and I read this story earlier in the day, but I don’t think that influenced my choices!

Anyway, is Spielberg turning into a sci-fi guy or what? Seems like a lot of his recent, and future, films lean that way.

Call of Duty 2

So, now that I am caught up with my movie *reviews* I can catch up on my Xbox 360 game *reviews.* Again, these aren’t reviews in the usual sense of the thing, they are just my observations or thoughts on the game. I guess you can still argue that makes for a review, but whatever.

You may remember that getting my Xbox 360 setup and running normally was a chore. It still isn’t quite right, but I can play games and Call of Duty 2 (CoD2) was the first one I finished. I played thru the campaign on the Hard (or Hardened) setting, which is the 3rd highest or just below Veteran (I did not play on Xbox Live at all). I did this on the advice of Ed who started his campaign on Veteran but found it impossible to finish the end of the Russian part of the campaign, which comprises the first three missions of the game.

The game was broken up into three sub-campaigns (if you will) where you play as a Russian, British or American soldier. Out of the three, I found the Russian campaign to be the most enjoyable of all of them. Probably just for the landscapes filled with snow. The Russian weapons were also pretty good overall, especially their sub-machine gun. That last are... Continue reading »