Today is the 30th birthday of Pac-Man. Pac-Man we salute thee.

Pic via Dagan’s Blog

….Whoa. Knife throwing? Cool.

Rodney Fickle, revision five done and dusted.

Today marks the first day in nearly twelve months that I haven’t had to write anything for the script. Last night I finished going through all the proof reading edits of what turned out to be Rodney Fickle Online Athlete - Revision five. It’ gone to print, we’re in full rehearsal and Pre-Production mode…

It’s only a matter of time now.

More soon,
Best
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Just a quick unrelated note. I just saw this and nearly doused my drawers at the site of it. Enjoy.

I play games with a number of people online. Once we’re tired of playing a particular game online we generally look around the market and find something that seems to be popular, look into and see if it looks like something worth our time. If it is then we’ll all pick it up and get down to it.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (CoD) is one of these games. Coming off Halo 3 Multiplayer I was looking for a shooter that would be a contrast to Halo 3. CoD was just what I was looking for.

What I can do is tell you that this one looks, sounds and plays very nice. The graphics for CoD more often then not are nothing short of perfect (for this genre of game) car explosions, grenade explosions, bullet hits, muzzle flares and effects for stun grenades and flash bangs are excellent. The audio however, is fairly ordinary and a little repetitive in places.

Single Player:
The campaign is a lot of fun with switching between various teams, (British and US forces) as you race through the plot. It’s fast paced and holy shit there are moments in this game where there are enemies and fire fights to the extent that I’ve never seen in a video game before. Having said that it’s very short.

But the Single Player Campaign is not where this game shines.

Multiplayer:
Multiplayer is where this game shines. It’s fast and frenetic, there are a couple of weird quirks. For example you get XP no matter if you win or lose so the ranking system is based on time spent playing as opposed to skill and the weapons system really makes it hard to punch through the learning curve associated with playing a new multiplayer title. You have to unlock weapons and weapon add ons such as scopes and grenade launchers. This isn’t too bad, but when you’re playing against others that have played for a long time and have a veritable arsenal of awesomesauce at their disposal it can become frustrating in places.
Then it happens, you start kicking arse and it rocks. With variants in classes and the ability to custom your own class you’ll be able to play this one for sometime before wanting to trade up to something else.