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This afternoon I had a chance to stop by GameStop and pre-order the next few game that I will be purchasing.

1. Fight Night RD4: 6/23
2. Wolfenstien: 8/4
3. Madden 10: 8/14
4. Halo 3 ODST CE: 9/22

After that it will be time to get ready for Forza 3. See ya then. 

Don't forget Tuesday Xbox Live will be down for maintenance so here are a few ways to keep you busy.

1. Read a book, may it would be a great time to start the Walking Dead if you haven't already.

2. Watch those show piled up on your DVR. How many Family Guys can you record before you start watching them again ?

3. You could spend some time with a loved one or the family.

4. You could use your (If you have one) Playstation 3, Wii or DSi for some online gaming….Nah you'd still be alone.

5. You could get some sleep and go to bed early.

6. You could chat on your favorite ‘IM’ or Skype with you friends.

All that or you can just do what it is you love to do. Pop in one of your favorite Xbox titles and enjoy a nice quiet night of some one on one time with you and your 360 !

-TX

Well its been slow here at BTYBTX. I put most of my blogging energy into Text Adventure and I also like to document my health goals at my newer blog Weight Watcher Gathering.

Text Adventure you know is dedicated to gaming in the past present and future. I'm accompanied by friends SUPERGHOST and his brother Schuey F1. So stop by for great gaming stories.

I still intend to blog here, but I think only when I have something to rant about or something personal to say about gaming  that wouldn't be appropriate for Text Adventure.

Now bring on Weight Watcher Gathering. I have lost 70 lbs since November and have take to newer approach towards life as far as putting my health higher on my priority list.

At age 38 I was 290 lbs and am now 217lbs. I'm no health expert, but guess what ? I'm trying to be. Every week I learn new things about eating better. I'm looking to prove to people out there that getting back in shape doesn't mean starving to death and breaking your back in the gym 7 days a week. So far I'm living proof of that.

So yeah health and video game what a combo right ? So These two blogs are were most of my energy go to, while this one waits in the wind for a good rant. Like I said I'm not trying to preach in my health blog. I just like reminding myself what I've accomplished at its there for anyone who just happens to come across it as well….. Enjoy !

Ok I didn’t buy these today nor did I buy all 3 of these. I did pick up the Chris and Sheva Resident Evil 5 action figures though. They really awesome and have great detail. Keep an eye out for them !

So the other day I was home surfin the net and got caught up in yet another impulse online purchase. For  the past year SUPERGHOST has been thinking about picking up Final Fantasy XI and always asked me to get in on it.

I was always like no way dude not me. Well guess what ? Yeah that’s what  I picked up, FF XI. Its was $ 15 on EBgames.com.

The game includes ……

I don't normally like to spew out news that you could read anywhere else , but this news is certainly note worthy. The latest April issue of Gameinformer features a 10 page story on everyone's favorite under water city Rapture.

From the looks of the magazines cover the little sisters seem to be all grown up and the Big Daddy’s , well they seem to be gone. That or they went on a hell of a diet . Bioshock  2 looks to return with all of its creepy residents plus some new ones.

Bioshock  was hailed as Game of the Year in 2007 by most, so its sequel has a lot to live up to. With a new team in charge of development we can only hope that everything that made the first so great stays intact.

On a sweeter note Take-Two Interactive announced that the game would be released before Halloween of 09 ! So its time to head to your favorite news stand and pick up a copy of the new Gameinformer and find out just who will be waiting for you when you return to Rapture.

1. Dead Space Finished !
2. Tomber Raider DLC ..Done !
3. Picked up my sons Copy of Halo Wars.... and played it.
4. Got my copy of HAWX.
5. Paid off Resident Evil 5 CE.
6. Still thiking about Afro Samurai........

  @ Text Adventure

Its kinda funny how we get into things sometimes. Your either a fan of the book, movie, TV show or even the game. Enter Afro Samurai. Here's a piece of entertainment that almost passed me by. I originally had no interest in Afro Samurai till I played the Demo on the Xbox Live Marketplace. I even foolishly wrote off the game and anime series before giving it a shot just out of pure ignorance.

What is Afro Samurai all about ? Well in short, he's the number 2 Samurai in the world and he's looking to kill the Number One. Not for fame or fortune, not even for the title of being a God. Simply put , Revenge. You see along time ago Afro’s Father was the number one, and as a little boy Afro’s father was slain right in front of him. From there his training begun.

Immediately after playing the demo I was hooked. Now in the real world cross media doesn't always mix to well. We seen many movie and TV shows become just awful games and vise versa. So what makes Afro’s game so appealing ? First is the beautiful cell-shaded art style. It gives the characters from the show a new more vibrant life.

Once you find yourself done being mesmerized by the games beauty, it wont be hard take notice of the hip hop sound track produced by the RZA from the Wu Tang Clan. Speaking of audio, Afro himself isn't a man of many words, but he has a sidekick Ninja Ninja that wont shut up. Both of them happened to be voiced by none other the Samuel L. Jackson.

Now for the most part the hack-n-slash gameplay is sound. Of course like many games of this genre the camera tends to hamper the fun a bit (think Ninja Gaiden). Now I haven't purchased the full game yet . I need to find a time were this game will fit into my heavy gaming schedule.

For now I fulfilled my needed for Afro Samurai by watching the 5 episode mini series and I look forward to watching the movie next. I still find myself playing the demo every other night or so as well. If you haven't already then I say give the demo a spin, if you have any appreciation for art or music you should at least take notice to what's got me all hyped to play the game. I also strongly suggest trying episode one of the mini series. Its rare that I'm wrong about this stuff , you’ll love it for sure !

-TX

Also posted @ Text Adventure

Yesterday I decided to go out and pick up Street Fighter IV. I've never been a huge fan of the series but with all the hype over the new game along with its beautiful new art style it made hard for me to resist. I do like the game, but found it to bee a bit of a challenge being a noob to the series. I tend to be more of a 3D fighter fan and find them to be easier to play Now a week before the game was released I purchased the Chun-Li version of the new Mad Catz line of SF IV fighting pads just because I'm an accessory whore and though it looked simply stunning. With the game now in hand it only made sense to open the controller and test out it out on the game it was made for. For a Mad Catz product its not bad at all. I find the D-pad and the button lay out to be perfect, but after a while it was feeling stiff and kind of doing a number on my thumb.

So I looked over on my shelf and said hey lets try out the good old Dead or Alive 4 arcade fighting stick I have. Makes sense right ….. of course it does. So I busted out this bad boy and found that this is the way to play Street Fight. Now I don't feel it made me a better player at all but it definitely felt better to use over all. After all the trial and error I gave the standard Xbox 360 wireless remote a shot and for all the flak it takes for having a bad D-pad I must say it wasn't all that bad. Its way better though using the fighting stick or Mad Catz pad just for the button layout. As for the game itself I find to be really difficult to play and trying to pull off these crazy 3/4 circle -> –> k+p combos are a pain. I did find some time to get online with SUPERGHOST for a few fights and had a good time. For now its all about practice and ..uh ..um choosing the right tool of the trade !

-TX