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GameBox for the iPhone = Awesome for Me
I promise Apple is not paying me for this (although if they would like to give me a free iPad, I wouldn’t turn it down), but my iPhone is one of my all-time favorite gadgets. Mainly that’s due to the fact that I have become an absolute app fiend, and I want to tell you about one I downloaded the other day called GameBox.
Right now GameBox (the full title is ALL-1-GAMEBOX, but I don’t feel like typing that again) is the #1 paid app in the iTunes App Store, and it’s for good reason. The app consist of 25…no, now 26 iPhone games all in a single package, with more free games added regularly. The best part? It’s only $.99. I bought it skeptically thinking that all the games are going to be really cheap and not very fun, but at only a buck, what did I have to lose? However, there are some legitimately good games in there. One of my faves is i-Sniper 3D, which is so far the best sniper game I’ve played on the iPhone (yes, I’ve played many). Another great one is called AC-130 Spectre, which lets you shoot bad dudes with a variety of weapons from a giant warplane in the sky (kind of like that scene form Modern Warfare, if you’ve played it).
So anyways, if you have an iPhone, check it out. My theory is that if there is at least a single game that you like in there, then it is worth the money, and every other game you might like after that just makes the deal that much sweeter.
This is where we are all headed, everybody. May as well get on board now.
Here’s a prediction: within the next 10 years, physical media will be a thing of the past.
DVD’s? Gone.
Video games on a disc? No more.
Books? Saving trees.
Everything will be in digital format. We will download all of our media and entertainment wirelessly, just like we pretty much all do now with music (CDs? Never heard of ‘em). Therefore, I have decided to get in on the ground floor by buying the new Sony PRS-600 E-reader.
Everyone I talk to about it says, “I just can’t imagine reading off a screen for that long…” But the fact is that this literally looks like you are reading off of a real page, not to mention that most of us nowadays do the majority of our reading off of a computer screen anyways, so our eyes are pretty much used to it. This one does all the cool stuff, like lets you download books wirelessly, such as my childhood favorite, Where the Red Fern Grows (still brings a tear to my eye), supports Adobe files, Microsoft Office docs, MP3s, and tons more. It’s super thin, light, and perfect for travel. But most of all, it’s almost indistinguishable from reading out of a regular book, even when it’s really light in the room, which is super cool.
There are a few different E-readers out there right now, but I really dig this Sony one. Check it out, tell me what you think. Or, if you already have something like this, let me know how you like it in the comments.
See ya!
Playing Games
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Hey everybody! Hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day.
I shot a video of my playing the game I wrote about awhile ago called The Saboteur. It’s a pretty fun game, and there are some cool things in it. If you are into the open-world, GTA types of games, I recommend checking it out.
Have any of you guys/girls played it? You can head over to my social site at LookingUp.com for some more video of my daily life, and put up some of your own, too! Later!
VILIV X70 Laptop
I think most of us have heard about the announcement that Apple released the new iPad. I haven’t tried it but it is getting a lot of bad reviews. So I came across this and thought it would be cool. I haven’t tried this yet either but It looks like it would be interesting. Check out the video below…
The Saboteur (PS3 & Xbox)
Game Description:Pandemic Studios invites you to experience the ultimate open-world action/adventure—as The Saboteur. Avenge the loss of your loved ones by hunting down your sworn enemies in Nazi-occupied Paris. Fight, climb, and race your way through this unique world to destroy the lives of those that have taken everything from you. Enter the seedy world of a saboteur living in a stylized 1940s Paris, where the …women are sexy, the missions are epic, and the revenge is satisfying. Welcome to Nazi-occupied Paris, a unique open world where you are The Saboteur. Play as Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish racing mechanic seeking personal redemption on a Nazi officer that has taken everything away from him. Now, it’s time for payback—with the help of the French Resistance, British intelligence, an arsenal of weaponry, your own street smarts and brawn, you must exact revenge on those who aimed to destroy your life. Motivated by retribution and armed with tactics of sabotage, blow up zeppelins, derail trains, implode bridges, destroy armored tanks, and level enemy facilities in the name of vengeance.
My Review: I’ve been playing this game for a couple days. What I like it because it gives me a sense of history going back to World War II fighting the Nazi’s.
The Pros:
Lots of stuff to blow up
Unique setting and look
Lots of different ways to tackle a situation
The Cons:
Bad Enemy AI
Poorly designed areas
Lots of little problems
Lacks polish/Glitches
Last minute Christmas ideas!!
Since it’s so close to Christmas I thought I’d give everybody a few last minute gift ideas; right until the last minute.
Today’s last minute idea is Blu-Ray discs. Anybody that has switched over to Blu-Ray is going to need to re-build their collection right?
Some suggestions:
Planet Earth- not a huge action/adventure film, but I bet it would look really cool in such high def.
Harry Potter Years 1-5- Easy to rebuild your Harry Potter collection since they come all together in this pack.
District 9- It’s a new release in any format
Good luck!
AC2
I went to a preview of the new Assassin’s Creed game back before it was out and I was blown away. I just got my own copy in the mail yesterday and I am loving it! I really liked the original, but this one has improved on everything I liked about the first one. The gameplay is awesome, there are cool new weapons, and the storyline is fun. Sure it has a few flaws, but the good WAY outweighs the bad.
Hammacher Schlemmer…
Need a device that can launch a snowball 50 feet? Or a remote control beverage cooler on wheels? Then you have to go to Hammacher Schlemmer…
I’ve been getting this catalog for years and finally went to a store in NYC last week. Check out the website and see all the crazy and great things you can buy. I got my dad a christmas gift and bought myself a traveling poker chip set.
The Weekend: Friday
My friends in Forever The Sickest Kids have their new record coming out today called “The Weekend: Friday”. Make sure you go onto iTunes or to Best Buy to pick it up! I was just in NYC last week with them for their video shoot for the single “What Do You Want From Me”. Check out this photo of Jonathan and I before one of the scenes!
Modern Warfare 2…
Modern Warfare 2 came out today. Can’t wait to play this highly anticipated release from the Call Of Duty line of video games… Will let you know what I think.
