Wednesday, 1 August 2007

The Halo 3 Co-Op Story

Well, I guess I was wrong yesterday when I said that "There's not many exciting 360 news floating around that I can talk about at the moment. Maybe they're waiting for the new games too! ;)" Clearly I was mistaken as I awoke to find news on Halo 3. And pretty much all Halo 3 news is exciting! =D

First up, the Co-Op situation with Halo 3 was

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Tuesday, 31 July 2007

So much to do...so little time =(

Hey there =)

OK, now I'm going to try to justify why I haven't posted in over a week, and give you a little insight into my life as of late. Please feel free to visit Google now, and search for something more interesting, lol! ;)

Well, as you know from the last post, I had food poisoning two weeks ago. So I spent the majority of last week trying to catch up on work I had missed. So, not only was I doing the work that I was to do when I was sick, but also the work I had to do anyway! In other words, twice the work, half the time. What's new though, eh?

So, I didn't get that much time to play my xbox...well, I did get quite a bit of time (as shown on my 360's blog) but not as much as I would've liked to.

Let me explain something first.

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Monday, 23 July 2007

I'm not dead...honest, lol! =)

Well, sorry for being away for so long guys and gals. I had food poisoning =( and before you ask...no, I don't know how I got it. I ate very similarly to a colleague on the day before and he was fine! I don't understand...but now I'm better and back at work! =D This is going to be a short post however...as being off has the added ability to make you work extra hard to catch-up...so I'm doing that now! In good news however,

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Thursday, 12 July 2007

2 days late...my excuse, E3!!

Well, it's finally upon us. E3 is here and got off to a great start with the Microsoft briefing. OK, so I didn't actually see the briefing. I mean, I should have considering it was shown on TV and online from a number of different sites including the offical xbox site! But alas, I live in the UK where we don't get gaming TV channels...yet, and where our time zone means that the briefing starts at 4am...so excuse me if I'm a little off with some of these details, but I'm having to read them online from various sources =( I can feel this is going to be a big post already!

Here's my summary of the Microsoft briefing

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Friday, 6 July 2007

Getting good (part 2)

Hey!

EDIT: Just wanted to throw this in when I seen it on Badboy's blog. The release date for Sensible World of Soccer was officially announced as August 29th 2007. It's quite a bit away but at least we know when it is instead of speculating! =)

Ok, a little more time today to post. As you can see from yesterday's post, I didn't quite have time to say all I wanted to, so I'll start straight into it today.

Another find frm the ESRB website shows that Bomberman Live has just been rated, meaning it should be on XBLA (Xbox Live Arcade) before we know it =) I remember playing this a lot a good few years back with friends. It was easily one of my favourite memories of multi-player games, "back in the day" =) It's the same kind of memories that SWOS (Sensible World of Soccer) brings back...which is why I'm so hyped up about these games coming to the 360 via Live Arcade! =)

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Thursday, 5 July 2007

I think I'm getting good at this =)

Hi again!

Well, the title is maybe bit misleading (if not a bit intriguing too?) but it's either that I'm getting better, or they are getting worse. That's right, on one of my (now-regular) visits to the ESRB website I notice a few new additions that they've rated. This usually means coming soon, and I like the thought of some of these! =)

First up, it's a game I haven't really heard of...EXIT. It was on the PSP and has now made it to XBLA (or will be shortly anyway). It looks like a fun puzzle game, and since I don't know much about it, here's a video

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Wednesday, 4 July 2007

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare info...and Guitar Hero 2 gets new DLC??

Hello again!

So, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. A while ago, I made a post about the reveal trailer for this game. Well, now there's more info, an FAQ and a new video all for you nice people =D

First, some basic info (courtesy of ugo.com):

  • Release : Fall 2007

  • Platform: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

  • Publisher: Activision

  • Developer: Infinity Ward

  • Genre: Multi-Centric Shooters

  • Players: 1, Online Multiplayer



So, it's multi-platform and should be released later this year. I expected the multi-platform, to be in-line with the rest of the Series, and I'm excited that the release isn't too far off! =)

Now, an FAQ(again, courtesy of ugo.com):

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Monday, 2 July 2007

Back...but not soon enough

Hello!

Finally, I make it back to my blog home, though I feel I've been away longer than I anticipated. Well, I don't want to bore you all with my holiday stories (unless you'd like to hear, in which case comment and ask, lol!) but basically I left Tuesday 20th June at 4am, spent 7 really good days in Magalluf, Mallorca...and returned around 7pm Tuesday 27th June. Now, I was without proper internet access until late Thursday 29th June, due to also moving house during this time. Now when I think about it, quite a stressful week one might say.

So now, back to reality. No more holidays, work as usual (if not busier) and the desire to play my 360 more than I get to is ever increasing! Though, I have a plan for that...so watch this space ;)

In actual news, that you may find exciting, I noticed

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Tuesday, 19 June 2007

The last one for a while (probably) and I'm going back on what I said!




Ok, this could be the last post for a week! I'm leaving tomorrow morning at 4am to get a flight to sunny Magalluf for 7 days! I can't wait, to be honest, as I've been so busy lately with work, exams, and everything else that I do, and I need a week away from it all! I will be sad to miss out on gaming (it's kind of sad that I think that, but I really do enjoy playing my 360!) but will be happy to be on holiday. It's the first real holiday I've had away with friends and am really looking forward to it, as there's 9 of us going, lol! Should be awesome! =) I say this is the last post, but if I get bored later today, or I get internet access while away, I may post a quick entry, for all you keen readers out there! ;)

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Monday, 18 June 2007

Wouldn't want to break a promise!

Well, what a weekend! Have been so busy that I'm only posting out of not wanting to break the promise just days after making it, lol! I'm going away to Magalluf on Wednesday morning and this weekend was spent preparing for that, as well as the odd social event. Plus, I'm currently in the process of moving from one house to another...all that combined led to a wiped out weekend of busy-ness...and not a lot of 'internet time'. I'll post more tomorrow (if I get a chance) before heading off to relax and sun myself!

Adios (getting in the mood, lol!),
Soupy

Thursday, 14 June 2007

The latest, uhh, Halo accessories...

So then I see this:
Halo 3 Controller...and to be honest, I'm pretty stoked about the whole thing! I've been thinking for a while I should get another controller, just so that if I have extra people round

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Wednesday, 13 June 2007

In the spirit of the promise...

Ok!

So in the last post I promised more updates, today you're getting two posts in one day! Talk about a bargain! ;) I was considering holding off on this one until tomorrow, so that we'd have 2 posts in 2 days...but I couldn't let this lie any longer, I had to keep you up-to-date! =)

It was announced today that:

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FIFA 08 First Footage...and a promise to you, from me =)

Hey, ok first up today is FIFA 08. I only purchased FIFA 07 quite recently (8 May to be precise)...well I suppose it's a while back now, but the point is, I didn't buy it at launch. I wish I had! Ever since playing it I've loved it, it's great fun and, even though I'm not a big football fan, I really get into it! =)

So then I saw that there was footage of FIFA 08 about...and I had to see it!

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Thursday, 7 June 2007

Hitler, Tomb Raider, Sonic, and Mario...

Hey,

After that title you're probably awaiting a joke...or a comparison...or thinking, why the gaming icons and Hitler, lol! Well I have found out interesting facts/rumours/humour about each of them and thought I'd share...all at the same time! =)

First up, Tomb Raider. Well when I originally heard about Tomb Raider: Anniversary edition I was very excited. It's basically

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Wednesday, 6 June 2007

PC Shadowrun gamers have more going for them than Mouse and Keyboard

Ok, so I found this today, and to be honest, I was a tad annoyed! I mean, all the time, the PC fanboys are all (my mouse and keyboard would pwn your sorry controller ass) and then the xbox fanboys are all (yeah, well I bet my controller would be l33t compared to your sorry mouse and keyboard) and so

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Tuesday, 5 June 2007

Huge Microsoft Announcement...possible FREE Halo 3....more like Huge Microsoft hype for nothing!

Hey.

Ok, so yesterday GamerTagRadio post this, saying that Microsoft were making a huge announcement that "will go down in video-game history". Of course EVERYONE who's anyone is excited about this and anticipates 24-hours later

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Wednesday, 30 May 2007

A few fun 'YouTube Does Gaming' clips

Ok, here are some of the funniest videos I have ever seen on YouTube with regards to gaming...enjoy! I've embedded them below but the links are at the bottom if you'd rather just watch them on YouTube:

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Mad Tracks XBLA game out today!

Title says it all but if you want more info, check it out here. This game looks like it might remind me of Micro Machines which I loved as a gaming kid. A totally awesome game if ever there was one. Now, currently I'm out of the country, but as soon as I'm back I'm in on this action!

Cost: 800 Microsoft Points

Got your own thoughts on this game, comment me up! =)

Soupy

Saturday, 26 May 2007

Brand-New Grand Theft Auto IV Screens

These are quite awesome! 17 new images from Rockstar's ambitious sequel, Grand Theft Auto IV. Check them out here!

Soupy

Friday, 25 May 2007

Call of Duty 4 Reveal Trailer....awesome!

Hey

So when browsing the Xbox Live Marketplace today I noticed that there was a Call of Duty 4 trailer for download. I thought well lets try it, another WW2 shooter won't do me any harm. Boy was I wrong, but in a good way! =)

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Wednesday, 23 May 2007

Rumor: Metal Gear Solid 4 On 360, 6 months to a year after PS3?

Ok, posting from Digg now...I'm quite excited about this though! =)

"In the latest EGM LIVE, Shane Bettenhausen one of the EGM editors who last week was on the Kojima podcast talks more in-depth on MGS4. How it will prob be coming in March, and more or less confirms there is a deal in place that MGS4 will come to the 360. It will be announced after the PS3 version is out and odds are it may come out 6-months later."




read more | digg story

Soupy

Tuesday, 22 May 2007

Blogger or Digg screwing with my blog??

I noticed, since I put the digg links in that they seemed to be working fine, that was, while I was logged into blogger. I visited my blog today while not logged in and the first post, instead of being the digg button, was Major Nelson's feed gadget from the sidebar, and on the post below it was my Google Adsense gadget!?! Every post below those seemed fine

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Monday, 21 May 2007

Digg now featured! =) (Do you 'Digg' the new features, lol!)

Firstly, sorry for that terrible joke! =(

Ok, so now I've got Digg integrated with the blog, feel free to digg away at some posts. Digg seems like a really good idea, and if you start to notice some 'unusual' posts appearing it's because I've been able to setup Digg to blog (here) about diggs that I find interesting and want to appear on my blog. It's a pretty cool setup to be honest! =)

Anyway, hope you enjoy it as much as I'm about to enjoy my Chicken Kiev, lol!

Soupy

First there was twitter, then a poll...now digg!

Hey.

Ok, so I've been playing around with the whole 'Net 2.0' thing for a while and have decided to just widget-ize my blog, lol! I tried to sign up for digg today and when I tried 'SoupyC' as a username it was taken! Grrr!! So I ended up going for my old usual username, 'SoupyC87' as it was available. So over the next while you might see some random

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Thursday, 17 May 2007

Which is easier? (POLL)

I thought this would be quite interesting to see after I have been talking about this with some people, and even talked, to some extent, about it to my girlfriend. Obviously, this won't affect MY actions, but I just want to see what others think. Feel free to comment below, maybe on why you chose what you did?

Soupy

EDIT: Maybe I shouldn't have used the word easier. As some have pointed out, of course it's easier to be single...no nagging, hassle, etc. Maybe the question should've been, what's easier to attain and also the most BENEFICIAL. My point is, is it easier to try and get your girl to game, or are you better to get another girl who likes to game...or is it better to just game alone without and not have a girlfriend.

Hope that clears it up a bit better =)


Saturday, 12 May 2007

Crackdown DLC =) (Again but more exciting!)

OK, so the Crackdown DLC was released the day after teamxbox had their exclusive preview! I got it as soon as I could and it's totally awesome! All I expected and more! lol!

The good thing about being in the UK is that we seem to get marketplace stuff a few hours before everyone else so when I was playing I done a few of the new races. Was awesome being number 2 on the world leaderboard, I almost took a picture, lol! I'm sure it won't last long though =(

I'm worried

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Thursday, 10 May 2007

Crackdown DLC =)

Just a quick post today about this link. Yes, that's right, the Crackdown DLC has been put on show for an exclusive at teamXbox.com. Now I don't know about you,

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Monday, 7 May 2007

Weather (pun intended) to choose 360 or outdoors

Well I thought it's about time I actually made another post. Though, I'm not sure what to write about! I'm sure if I just continue to type, it'll come to me, lol! Today is May Day, a lovely bank holiday in which the Belfast Marathon takes place. I took part in it last year, but not the full marathon, just the fun run. And to make it more fun, I dressed as Big Bird, lol! I even got on the news because of it...though I won't let you know where that video is! ;) This year, I'm not taking part and instead have decided to relax today, as everything else just seems to be so busy, I think I need a day off.

This week's been kinda mad!

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Sunday, 22 April 2007

Antwone Fisher and why my wrist hurts =(

So yesterday I watched another Denzel Washington film. This time it was 'Antwone Fisher'. A great true story of an American man and his life. I really enjoyed the film as not only did Denzel
star in it, he also directed it (what can't this guy do, lol!) But I think that if you haven't seen this, it's worth seeing sometime if you get the chance.

See, I currently subscribe

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Thursday, 19 April 2007

Remember the Titans, Forget the TalkTalk

OK, so last night I did 3 things. Firstly, the normal 360 playing and general web surfing, so not much excitement there. But I also watched a movie, 'Remember the Titans', starring one of my favourite actors at the moment, Denzel Washington package. . Basically it's about American High School football in the 70's (for those who haven't seen it) and the racial tension involved at the time. A great film though! One not to be missed if you're into films, like me =)

So, the other excitement of last night was

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Tuesday, 17 April 2007

My very first blog post! =)

Hey there!

Welcome to my very first ever blog post!

I decided to jump on the blog wagon after being fed up of sites like bebo, MySpace and even faceparty (if anyone remembers, or worse yet, still uses it!) I figure, why not let me decide what I want, rather than the corporate bigwigs of this new Net 2.0 regime. Ok, so it sounded better in my head but you know what I'm saying. I suppose I should list the sort of thing you can expect from this blog of mine.

Well here goes:

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