Geek Monday: Lackluster

Monday night was another Geeks On XBox Live night, but in contrast to last week's frag-fest, this one was mostly a wash.

The game was Rainbow Six: Vegas, and I was late. But I was able to get some gaming in with Will (Mulder United) and Chris (Roc Gaude) until we called it a night. Aaron (aka m0riarty) popped in but didn't last a single game due to connection issues.

It was my first time playing R6V, and it showed. I didn't do too well on our missions, dying far too early for my tastes. Also, we never finished a mission. The one time we nearly completed the mission, we ran out of time.

I am eager to play through the single player game once I complete Lego Star Wars II and this damn Old Spice Challenge.

Oh, and I've played a bit more of Worms, going through the first few challenges. Game play has not changed appreciably from the old PC game, and I am very glad.

More of the Same

In the past week, I've only played Worms and Lego Star Wars II. Most of my progress has been in LSW2, and I have passed the 60% point as well as completing the LEGO City section.

I'm nearly at 2000 points - should be very soon now!

Back in (Old) School

I've downloaded the new XBox Live Arcade version of Worms and played through the training tutorials. It seems quite faithful to the original 2D series, and that's a very good thing.

Unfortunately, many of the weapons that I knew and loved are missing, but it's still an engaging game.

This experience has highlighted for me the change in gaming over the years. The pace in Worms is quite slow in comparison to most modern games, so it will be interesting to see how it is received by the players in general.

More data as it emerges.

Geeks... ON!

I've participated in my first online play (XBL) with various members of the Geeks On community. It was a rousing game of Gears of War marred by sporadic connection issues and a short playing time. The short playing time was partially due to the East Coast/Left Coast division among the participants, but truthfully the time was nearly perfect for me. I am on the East Coast (in Atlanta), so start time for me was 10pm.

Members trickled in until we had a full contingent of 8 players, serving to illustrate just how damn bloody this game really is.

Not having played all that much of GoW (I've not even finished the first act), I struggled at times with the controls and environment, getting throughly pasted many times. However, I felt that I redeemed myself in a later match against 3 opponents, scoring all 3 kills with the chainsaw.

I look forward to the next match, assuming my library matches the group's gaming choice. If not, I suppose that would be my clue to expand my library.

Lego Star Wars II

I've picked up Lego Star Wars II, ostensibly for my son, but I quite enjoy the game myself. I've just finished Story Mode for all episodes and am just over 40% complete.

I've also bought RockStar Table Tennis based on OrpheusSail's recommendation. I have only had time to go through the training; hopefully I can report more in detail later.

Gamerscore sits at 1845, so less than 600 points to go on the Old Spice Challenge.