Nothing much happening, other than feeling frustrated when I don't have enough time to finish an activity in Red Dead Redemption. I want to finish some side quest, check the time, and start the activity. I have misjudged the amount of time necessary for the activity, pick up speed, get sloppy, and boom - start over again with even less time. Then I try to complete a section of the task and save using the camp fire save point. When I return to the game, I don't restart at the campfire, but at the nearest owned house or room. That means that I will have to travel through territory that I might has just travelled through - frustrating.
I hope I can make some time to finish more of the game.
We shall see
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Day Three Hundred-two: Evening of June 3rd 2010
I was just watching a program on the Military Channel about Coast Guard snipers and how they interdict narco-terrorists by shooting out the smugglers' go-boats engines. That is a very impressive act considering the number of forces working against the shooter. I'll have to catch the ending of the recording later this evening or tomorrow morning.
DVR (Digital Video Recorders) are boon to watching interesting shows later on. The ease of use comes from the menu driven controls and a hard drive for storage. Once you get familiar with the cable providers' menu structure (sometimes daunting), your only limit is the size of the hard drive which contains the recorded shows as files.
Something has just come up, and I'm probably going to pull an 'all-nighter' putting labels on envelops for a school activity tomorrow.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
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DVR (Digital Video Recorders) are boon to watching interesting shows later on. The ease of use comes from the menu driven controls and a hard drive for storage. Once you get familiar with the cable providers' menu structure (sometimes daunting), your only limit is the size of the hard drive which contains the recorded shows as files.
Something has just come up, and I'm probably going to pull an 'all-nighter' putting labels on envelops for a school activity tomorrow.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Day ThreeHundred-one: Evening of June 2nd 2010
Like I said yesterday, a lot of time was spent running errands, but on the return from one I stopped in at f.y.e. (for your entertainment) store in the Loop just off of a Brown Elevated Line station. I had seen a advertisement for a Nintendo DS puzzle game called PICROSS 3D. The goal is to discover what the hidden form contained in cube. You can chip away from the cube based upon a set of clues. It reminds me of the Windows mini game Mine Sweeper, where you identified where the mines were by removing the non-mine squares. The difference here is it is three dimensional and the object contained in the large cube isn't a collection of randomly generated squares but an abstraction of an real object. It sounded interesting, I know my daughter likes puzzle solving games, and the price was reasonable, so I picked up a copy. Hopefully, we'll enjoy it.
We shall see.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
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We shall see.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
-- Post From My iPad using Pages
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Day ThreeHundred: Evening of June 1st 2010
I checked out my progress and, after completing the Mexican missions, found that I had completed approximately sixty-five percent of the game. I've received seventeen percent of the awards. I am moving along.
I wouldn't last very long out in the forest areas. I get cocky and the next thing I know is a grizzly is turing me into a rag doll and dead simultaneously. Later I began to use my hearing act as a early warring system. It helps but I was still ambushed by some cougars (big cats) and some massive bears. Taking out a charging bear is a bit harrowing, but using Deadeye and taking the bear head on.
Well that does it for now. The next couple of day will be duty packed, so I'm not sure what condition I'll be in at the end of t he day.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
-- Post From My iPad using Pages
I wouldn't last very long out in the forest areas. I get cocky and the next thing I know is a grizzly is turing me into a rag doll and dead simultaneously. Later I began to use my hearing act as a early warring system. It helps but I was still ambushed by some cougars (big cats) and some massive bears. Taking out a charging bear is a bit harrowing, but using Deadeye and taking the bear head on.
Well that does it for now. The next couple of day will be duty packed, so I'm not sure what condition I'll be in at the end of t he day.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
-- Post From My iPad using Pages
Monday, May 31, 2010
Day Two Hundred Ninety-nine: Evening of May 31st 2010
I'm beginning to wonder when I'll get back to Alan Wake. I thought I was more than halfway done, but the Red Dead Redemption keeps me hopping all over the place and my avatar is faced with deceitful and condescending allies who send me out on dangerous missions, playing on my desire to save his family. Wild herrings abound, whether assign by an ally, or a perfect stranger. I've gotten to the point that I play with the same understanding that I'm being used but I know that my ultimate goal is worth it, especially if I can maintain a decent 'Honor' Level.
Next time I start the game up, I'll have to check the stats to see where I stand.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
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Next time I start the game up, I'll have to check the stats to see where I stand.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
-- Post From My iPad using Pages
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Day Two Hundred Ninety-eight: Evening of May 30th 2010
Red Dead Redemption is extremely addicting. I played it on an off for about five hours and wished I had more free time to work on additional missions.
When you south of the border into Mexico, go to Chuparosa and become the student of the old gunfighter. You'll achieve the final level of the Deadeye skill, and you'll see the benefits immediately.
Travel all over the place noting land markers. It took me forever to get the first three levels of treasure hunter, but my explorations of out of the way places started to pay off and I'm at Level Nine of the Treasure Hunter and I know the final site will be in the Blackwater area, so I can relax.
I'll see what I can do tomorrow.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
-- Post From My iPad using Pages
When you south of the border into Mexico, go to Chuparosa and become the student of the old gunfighter. You'll achieve the final level of the Deadeye skill, and you'll see the benefits immediately.
Travel all over the place noting land markers. It took me forever to get the first three levels of treasure hunter, but my explorations of out of the way places started to pay off and I'm at Level Nine of the Treasure Hunter and I know the final site will be in the Blackwater area, so I can relax.
I'll see what I can do tomorrow.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
-- Post From My iPad using Pages
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Day Two Hundred Ninety-seven: Evening of May 29th 2010
Red Dead Redemption is a deep game. There were hint to this early on with the protagonist being forced by railroad men/federal agents operating out of the town of "Blackwater." I can't go to Blackwater, yet. Apparently, there are more missions/objectives that need to be completed before access to the town and the related scenarios become available.
Currently, my antagonist has escaped to Mexico and linked up with another outlaw. When I arrive, my avatar becomes embroiled in a civil war. The nature of the military organization is masked. Some of the comments sound noble and others suggest a warlords power grab. So I'll have to wait and see what develops.
As an aside, I had one of those visual glitches occur during a gun battle. A bad guy mounted a horse, was riding away as I winged him. He appeared to be losing control of his mount near a fork in the road when it happened. The rider went one way and his mount went the other way. I watched for a fraction of a second and shot the rider. He fell to the ground and became an 'x' on the map. This became a "You had to see it to believe it" moment.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
-- Post From My iPad using Pages
Currently, my antagonist has escaped to Mexico and linked up with another outlaw. When I arrive, my avatar becomes embroiled in a civil war. The nature of the military organization is masked. Some of the comments sound noble and others suggest a warlords power grab. So I'll have to wait and see what develops.
As an aside, I had one of those visual glitches occur during a gun battle. A bad guy mounted a horse, was riding away as I winged him. He appeared to be losing control of his mount near a fork in the road when it happened. The rider went one way and his mount went the other way. I watched for a fraction of a second and shot the rider. He fell to the ground and became an 'x' on the map. This became a "You had to see it to believe it" moment.
For as long as it's needed, I'll keep closing this way. Please check out a good organization that's providing aid in Haiti and make what ever kind of contribution that you can afford.
-- Post From My iPad using Pages
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