Monday, April 18, 2011

Beta to End All Betas

(Edit: Picture will not upload, will try again later.)

I don't care if the only game you've ever played was Angry Birds or Pacman, everyone who owns an Xbox needs to at least play this Beta. A Beta gives you more than a demo of a game would, especially on this one. The developers at Epic are putting this out for download so that on September when the final version of Gears 3 comes out, it'll be perfect out the box. This is to avoid the mistake they made on the previous installment when the multiplayer experience was practically broken. The beta doesn't come out till the 25th of this month, but from what I have already seen in countless videos, it already blows most games out the water.


Notable/Awesome Additions: 
  • New Weapons
  • Ability to slap a grenade on someone then kick them. Enjoy the view after. 
  • When you bring up the map, you can locate allies, different areas are named for easier navigation, and the weapons that are spread out on the map are pictured for their location. 
  • Females have entered the arena, and are playable characters.
  • Dedicated servers so that online matchmaking is fast and smooth. The dreaded host advantage from the previous games will no longer be an issue. 
  • And of course, visually stunning graphics *nerdy snort*

If any of my leaders want to partake in an impeccable team, my Xbox Live Gamer Tag is "TheSheistt"

$:^)

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Diversify Yo' Sound Brah (sample blog)



As none of you may know, I DJ at WARY 88.1 FM, Westchester Community College's own radio station. I infiltrated the group of radio veterans-people who have been members and DJ's for many months. The people there are pretty warm welcoming, but what really stands out is the spice that is thrown on the airwaves. I came there on the opposite side of the "dubstep" spectrum, but after working with the likes of DJ Fuzzy, and on the turntables, I slowly weaned myself into listening to the genre without cringing to the annoying bass. The same goes for them, I could see the "house" and "trance" kids letting my chill rhythms invade their veins-bumping to the snare drum's "boom" and baps," instead of their "BOOMBROOMBRIMBRRBOOM."
$:^)