RoughingIT

I’ve got my XBOX 360 for a while, and with it, an array of games to play. Here’s my short list:

Guitar Hero II: Recently acquired, most expensive game ever, yet I got it about $20 off retail. Not bad. I finished the game on Medium the first 3 hours I got it. I still struggle though on hard, but I can play one or two songs on expert.

Songs that are fun to fail on expert for me are, “The Trooper” and “Beast and the Harlot”. I can play “Hangar 18″ and Surrender on expert as well. But I am more inclined to fail then passing thru with 3 stars. Does anyone get two stars of less in this game? Oh, I find Guitar Hero to be very difficult on easy

Gears of War: First game I got, but only played recently, and completed Casual campain. Short, but good fun. Still stuck on Hardcore, Episode 1.

Dead Rising: Import game, not available here, so it’s the second most expensive purchase. Have not played thru yet. Should be next on my list. I hate zombies though.

Crackdown: This is what fun should mean. Blowing up people with over the top pyrotechnics, jumping and leaping thru tall buildings in a single bound. This game had most of the playtime. Still not finished as I like goofing around in the game instead of killing the bosses.

Need for Speed Carbon: Nice racing game just to let off steam. Unfortunately, the game I have will freeze at a certain road. Not good at all.

Burnout Revenge: Really good fun, especially when you feel like running down the guy who blocked your way, in the fast lane, while you are trying to get to work on time. This is the cure for your evil driving thoughts in real life. Can be frustrating to play at times though.

Oblivion: If only I have the time to play this. Enough said!

I have other games as well, but those are the few I keep going back to.

Games to acquire when extra cash happens to come by, and if I have the time:

Bioshock: Looking forward to this, really.

GTA IV: Will definitely be an import, I hope it’s not tied to a region, else I’m screwed.

I’m sure there are others, but those are the two at the top of my head.

OMG! I must be living in the dark ages or something, as I didn’t realize that you can tag location on a photo, and Flickr will then map the location for you.

I’m going to ‘need’ a GPS enabled camera, as this looks fun. I wonder if the Garmin Forerunner 305 can store points to be retrieved later, when I need the info. If yes, then I won’t need a GPS enabled camera after all. Oh, that watch should be on my wish list as well

Aliya loves to use the computer. I’ve let her use an old Fujitsu laptop as well as my MacBook Pro/iBook. Using the same programs, Aliya have problems on the Fujitsu. She likes to right click, a lot, even if I told her otherwise. On the Apple notebooks, she does not have any problems whatsoever, as there is only one button to play around with.
With the Fujitsu, she can’t launch any programs, even if she can visibly see the icons on the desktop. She would insert the program CD she wanted, wait for the menu to pop-up, and from there she can right-click her way through as the educational programs are set up to accept any form of clicks.

Things are more interesting with Professor FizzleWizzle though. The right mouse click is a “Back” button, and everything else is triggered via the left mouse button. To make matters worse, I introduced the game to her on the iBook first, before installing the game on ‘her laptop’, the Fujitsu. After a bit of training, she now manages to click through the game happily. Sometimes I wished I had the Apple one button USB mouse with me.

I did try to get her to use the arrow keys instead of the mouse, but she is very slow to catch up with that. Oh well, another time then.

People complain about the one button mouse provided by Apple, but it is easier for people who have never used a computer before. Aliya never need to ask me what button to press when I told her to click the mouse button, but on the Fujitsu laptop, she would point at the button she intends to press, and asks me if it’s the button she should click on.

As for me, the more mouse buttons the better. My personal mouse is the Logitech G7 as that provides the precision and speed that I want in a mouse.

So, what does she do on the computer? Well, a bunch of educational software, and games like Bejewelled 2 (she loves puzzle mode), Zuma, and Professor FizzleWizzle. I am going to introduce Chuzzle next, I think

This just in:

Colleague brought this over from US. I can’t wait to take this for a walk/jog.

moo | we love to print

This is a very interesting service. Make mini-size cards from your photos on flickr. Quick, order 100 cards for $19.99 (with free global shipping till end of September), or if you’re a pro user, get 10 for absolutely nothing (only 10,000 packs to give away). The interface on the site looks nice, and is quite intuitive when playing around with your photos.

Unfortunately for me, my flickr account does not have 100 photos, so I can’t really make full use of it, else, it’d be interesting to get 100 different mini photo cards. I need to snap and upload more I guess.

This is a nice looking mod-job for the iBook.

I wonder if anyone could do this to my current iBook. That would be sweet. Pair it with wireless keyboard and mouse, it’d be a great conversation piece for the living room.

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