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To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone - to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink - greetings! Thursday December 20th, 2007: City of Heroes (Gaming)
Last Updated: Thursday December 20th, 2007 10:11 AM
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 Durera's Xbox - 12/20/2007
I was about to feel sorry for myself, until Durera showed up and made my day with a little gaming! Our gamerscore stands at 30,708 and counting! He rocked out to Rockstar Table Tennis, and... hmmm... maybe that was all... it felt like we played more games. Friday August 31st, 2007: City of Heroes (Gaming)
Last Updated: Saturday September 1st, 2007 12:55 PM
A rare week; I actully put in a good few hours in the City of Heroes!
In the late hours of Friday night, with none of my friends about, I decided I'd have a stab at forming a pick up group; but these would be no ordinary missions -- we'd be facing those cursed Malta Operatives with their Sappers, so team work would be essential -- not a staple diet of your ordinary pick up group!
Firstly, I'm very much used to leading teams as a Blaster, but I found that playing as a Tanker makes it so much easier to lead -- you can lead from the front and if the team is a little slow in following there's a good chance you actually survive when catch up :)
During the life of the team members came and went; Mai Sakaki, Locus Brio, Nihs Nek, Oh Yea, Hunny Bunny, Sparkd, Pr0xy, Gehasste Seele & DarkRestoration; but all throughout there was a surprising level of teamwork on display, unlike earlier in the day when I teamed with a certain Scrapper who appeared to be oblivious to the fact he was even on a team; much debvt ensured!
Durera's Xbox - 8/31/2007
You would think I had died and gone to heaven when Durera showed up to play. Gamer score stands at 24,833. He rocked out to Bomberman LIVE, and after that, called it a day.
Sunday July 29th, 2007: City of Heroes (Gaming)
Last Updated: Sunday July 29th, 2007 05:48 PM
I've resolved the server performance issues the site has been having of late. Everything is back to it's normal speed again. Unfortunately, as part of City information Terminal's redesign, their RSS news feeds are no longer available, and the pages on my site that referenced them were waiting 1 minute before failing, causing a backlog of processes on the sever that crippled the site.
Durera's Xbox - 7/29/2007
Durera seemed really excited to play yesterday. Our current gamerscore is 24,146 . That is an increase of 50 points over last time! He played Kameo adding 1 achievement, Forza Motorsport 2, and did it while drooling over my awesome graphics and sound.
Saturday July 21st, 2007: Forza Motorsport 2 (Gaming)
Last Updated: Sunday July 29th, 2007 05:56 PM
I threw this together to help me keep track of the cars I've bought and what I still need to get. I find it very helpful when browsing the Auction house at work planning what I'll be bidding on when I get home:)
It's still very much a work in progress, but I figured I'd make it available incase anyone else might like to use it.
If you'd like to take a look at it you will need to register an account on the site first so you can build your own garage; there is no way to view other peoples' data at the moment.
http://www.nofuture.org.uk/forza/
Durera's Xbox - 7/21/2007
Like a king on his throne, Durera said 'awaken' and for I did comply. 23,346 points represents the size of our growing kingdom. Ok, enough of this Monarchy stuff. He rocked out to Pro Evolution Soccer 6, Forza Motorsport 2, and then I basked in the warm glow of post gaming. Mmmm warm...
Tuesday June 19th, 2007: City of Heroes (Gaming)
Last Updated: Tuesday June 19th, 2007 04:30 PM
Hot on the heels of yesterday's Dev Digest RSS feed you can now stay up to date with the latest posts from the Community Coordinators and the European Dev Digest too:
Durera's Xbox - 6/19/2007
Durera is awesome! Just plain radical even... I say that because we played some games. Did you know our gamerscore is 22788? He rocked out to UNO, Shadowrun Demo, Overlord Demo, Project Sylpheed Demo, and... hmmm... maybe that was all... it felt like we played more games.
Monday June 18th, 2007: City of Heroes (Gaming)
Last Updated: Monday June 18th, 2007 12:35 PM
I've created an RSS feed for the Dev Digest. To support this, and provide an archive of Dev posts beyond the regular forum prunes you can view an archive of these posts at the new Coh Digest
Durera's Weekly Recap - 6/18/2007
It is hard to believe another week has passed. Here is the recap: It isn't going to be much of a surprise if you have been reading the blog. There has been no gaming... none... zilch... nothing... If you want to see a sad Xbox... just stare into my eye and witness the sorrow.
Friday April 20th, 2007: Crackdown (Gaming)
Last Updated: Saturday April 21st, 2007 09:35 PM
I've completed my guide to finding the 300 hidden orbs in Crackdown, using the map and screenshots from Herman Gatevold's Public Gallery (Picassa).
Durera's Xbox - 4/20/2007
Consoles are for playing! I am glad Durera picked up on that yesterday... Gamerscore is a respectful 19373 points. That is a boost of 450 points over last time! We have now entered the 19,000 GS club! He played Top Spin 2 gaining 2 achievements, and... hmmm... maybe that was all... it felt like we played more games.
Thursday April 19th, 2007: Work
Last Updated: Tuesday June 19th, 2007 04:43 PM
While I was contemplating "where is my career going?" yesterday I decided to start building a CV on Monster.co.uk to see if perhaps I'd be better served looking at a new role in another company. What I certainly didn't expect was for my phone to be ringing every 20 minutes with agencies offering me various roles and/or requesting my CV for the files. Some seemed to have not even read the information I'd put on Monster before calling. By the end of the day I had pulled my contact details from Monster as it had got to the point where I couldn't actually get any work done for all the phone calls!
One or two interesting roles were mentioned, whether anything comes of them is another matter. As I explained the the few agents that seemed to have at least read my Monster profile I wasn't looking for any job as I alreayd have a very good job; I'm looking for something special.
Durera's Xbox - 4/19/2007
I prefer to play games... but if Durera needs a short break I can respect that... don't get lazy though... I'll be waiting right here!
Wednesday April 18th, 2007: Work
Last Updated: Tuesday April 24th, 2007 01:19 PM
It hit me today that I've been at IBM for five years now; and when I looked at my performance reviews I see three years in a row with the top rating, and 2 years with the second highest rating. Despite all this my career hasn't exactly progressed very much. I guess it's my own fault though, I foolishly thought that if I excel at my job I'd be rewarded with increased pay, bonuses & eventually promotions. As it turns out, I haven't done too bad on the first two, but when it comes to promotions it's most definitely a case of "you don't get what you don't ask for", and as much as I hate blowing my own trumpet, it appears that if I want to get anywhere in this business I'm going to have to do just that.
Durera's Xbox - 4/18/2007
Durera likes to game, I like to game, this is a match made in heaven! It takes a gamer score like 18923 to be as cool as him. That is a gain of 20 points over last time! He opened up Crackdown adding 1 achievement, Top Spin 2, and then I needed a nap. Don't judge me! It's a lot of work pushing all those pixels.
Friday April 13th, 2007: Las Vegas (Personal)
Last Updated: Tuesday June 19th, 2007 04:43 PM
Well, this is it -- the end of our holiday. Mercifully the return flight was a lot less painful than the flight out there. Having the shorter trip first made a big difference I think; after 10 hours on a plane the last thing you want to do is step right onto another one, but it doesn't seem as bad after "just" 3 1/2 hours!
We left Vegas at 6am local time and arrived back in London at 8am local time; that's over 24 hours travelling with the time difference thrown into the mix! But the week away was well worth it :)
Durera's Xbox - 4/13/2007
I didn't see Durera yesterday, but that is cool... I could use some personal space... Having him up in my business all the time is exhausting.
Thursday April 12th, 2007: Las Vegas (Personal)
Last Updated: Monday May 7th, 2007 09:50 PM
Probably the most depressing part of the Holiday was seeing how even the native tribe fo the hala-whatever-tutu are abuing the Grand Canyon. We went to the SkyWalk, which I have to say was a huge disappointment. I had infinitely more fun larking about on the rocks and near the edge of the canyon itself than I had for my $25 ticket to walk the SkyWalk. It's a real travesty of a contraption, and from what I heard the whole area will be unrecognisable in a decade as they're going as far as building a hotel there too.
Durera's Xbox - 4/12/2007
I tried to send Durera an email yesterday telling him to come play... he obviously didn't get it...
Wednesday April 11th, 2007: Las Vegas (Personal)
Last Updated: Monday May 7th, 2007 09:44 PM
The big day; the reason for our trip in the first place. The "Little chaple of the West" certainly was little. The ceremony lasted a marathon 5 minutes 50 seconds, give or take, and the certificate of marriage came complete with an annulment form I understand :)
Durera's Xbox - 4/11/2007
If I was Durera, I would have totally played some games yesterday... but I am obviously not him because that did not happen.
Tuesday April 10th, 2007: Las Vegas (Personal)
Last Updated: Monday May 7th, 2007 09:50 PM
Another day walking the stip; taking in the numerous hotel/casinos!
Durera's Xbox - 4/10/2007
Durera was nowhere to be seen yesterday... maybe he needs some new games or something... get some motivation up in this place...
Monday April 9th, 2007: Las Vegas (Personal)
Last Updated: Monday May 7th, 2007 09:41 PM
We went to SEGA GameWorks; 5 hours playing in the Arcade for $15 -- Absolute bargain. Right next door to which is, of all, things, M&M's World!
Durera's Weekly Recap - 4/9/2007
It is hard to believe another week has passed. Here is the recap: 4 days of gaming made me pretty happy. A big holler to Durera for honoring me with some time! Our gamerscore jumped 210 points which was nice. Getting 14 achievements has that effect. Also, I think we can all agree that Durera was a sports junky last week playing a ton of Top Spin 2. He played it on 3 of the days.
So that's it. Thanks for reading. PM us for a game or something. We get lonely.
Sunday April 8th, 2007: Las vegas (Personal)
Last Updated: Monday May 7th, 2007 09:42 PM
We decided to wander over to the Rio to pick up tickets for Penn & Teller, unfortunately we didn't realise quite how far off the strip it was -- it was probably an hour walk in the end, right along the highway!
I haven't seen Penn & Teller perform since sometime back in the early nineties when they had a show on the BBC so, although I recognised some of the sketches, I couldn't remember enough of them to ruin the fun. Before the show we caught the Pirates show at our Hotel; which was certainly a sight to behold.
Durera's Xbox - 4/8/2007
I was sort of hoping to game... but eh... no big deal. Whatever... maybe tomorrow right Durera? Back me up!
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