The New Thrizzle Blog!!!!

So here is how it's gonna be from now on. I really do not play a lot of video games anymore, due to the nature of my work, so I will be posting more on firearms, reloading, new accessories, and adding pictures of various things. Sorry if this disappoints the few that read (>1%). More to come soon.

Sorry guys, that is if there are readers, fro being absent for so long. I have made a transition of jobs and was out of town for a month and a half for training. But I am back and going to start to try and post more content. I mean, with the up and coming release of the next installment of the famed Gears of War coming, there will be trailers, news, etc....


So hang in and I will be posting more. Thanks!

Starting the New Year in Good Spirits

Well, this is my 1sdt post of the new year and hope that this will be a year of great new chances, experiences, and gaming. I also noticed that I had a comment on one of the previous posts, which indicates that someone has read this blog other than I. That is kind of comforting, in a way.... :)

For the New Year, I would like to publish a post every other day, if possible. Though I will be out of town for the 1st 6 weeks of the this year, I will hopefully have my laptop with me. I look forward to hearing from all of you. Also, feel free to contribute anything at all to the blog.

Have a Great Year!!!!

What to do about Next Year's Games?

With the new year approaching quickly, what are we gamers to do with the impending doom of new video cards, motherboards and standards of the game publishers?

The answer: nothing.

There is nothing we can really do. No matter what we do, it will only be a quick "fix" for the next game or operating system, or software.

MY recommendations for the up and coming year.

1. Make sure that the games that are coming out have a trend before thinking about upgrading. Meaning, if all of the games coming out have DX10 capabilities that require it to blow the game out of the water as Bioshock and Crysis were supposed to have.
2. Determine the age of the components you have now. Most games now, to get the best bang for your buck, need components that are approx no older than 1.5yrs old. If so, you made need to start thinking about upgrading.
3. Never let a friend pressure you into upgrading needlessly. Just cause your stupid little buddy with no concept of cash and savings upgrades every other day should not mean that you need to. It is unproductive and expensive.
4. Always look at the deals. There are some deals that are worth waiting for. The idea is to get your best bang for your buck. Remember that.

Gamers out there are not usually too impressed with people out there with the latest and greatest. Its those that are creative with what they have that impress. Also, skills, skills, and skills.

Merry Christmas.

Hacking, really worth it?

So I play Call of Duty 4.......a lot, and I really am getting a little sick of the hacking and quite frankly punk buster sucks. On top of the constant message that my legitimate key is in use, it never blocks the haxors.....why?

A note for all haxors, you do know that skills are learned, not given. How about practicing a little more and quit acting like an idiot on the servers...

Oh, and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

The Unfortunate Consequence of Trying Out RC's

So I am always up for trying some new things, like food, games, and even software. Well, with Microsoft, it has been hit or miss. With their beta release or RC of Vista, to their Windows Home Server, to lastly their service pack 3 for XP. You never know what your going to get.

With the release candidate for Vista, the usual disappointments were there at 1st. No driver support for most items, I had a hell of a time trying to get certain components detected or working properly. Second was the compatibility of older programs with the newer operating system. Some software worked great for awhile and then just shutdown with exception errors....this proved to eb the biggest problem of them all for me. And lastly, the hardware upgrades that were necessary for the launch of Windows Vista. My current system at the time of the test passed, but not by much and the video card would have worked, but not with the DX10 functionality....which will not suit me when DX10 games come out (at the time).

Windows Home Server was a whole new thing to me. I usually just had a machine running a copy of XP and had it networked as shares for me to use as storage. In the case of the Windows Home Server, it gave you back up software that was easy to use and pretty self explanatory. On top of that, it allowed me to have it for all of my systems with connector software. Anyone on the network could pull or upload to it. making for a great system to have. Currently, I have had no issues in the installation process and or the maintenance of the system, thus proving to be a good solid system so far.

Lastly, is the the dreaded Windows XP Service Pack 3. This little gem, according to Microsoft, was supposed to improve efficiency by upwards of 10%. No so much the case for me and my systems. In fact, during boot-ups, my experience have been much longer and I have not seen any optimization of network processes or hardware detection. This, so far, is not what it has been toted to be and is a flop in my eyes. Only time will tell when the full service pack comes out.

Update on the COD 4: MW 1.4 Patch

So with the new patch out, which, mind you, was a pain in the @55 to get, I have had soemt ime with it now and must say that the Christmas map is actually kind of disturbing and funny at the same time. Being that I am not much for the holiday and not particulary religious to boot, I thin k that when you have a multi-player map that has Christmas presents and Santa saying his traditional "Ho, Ho, Ho!" during an air-strike is both funny and disturbing.


I will say that is does make for a better map for the following reasons....

1) It takes place at night, a better time to be stealth.

2) It provides snow at the same time and creates a distraction for those that are trying to snipe.

3) Lastly, still has the same feel as the rest of the maps, except shipment, which is just horrible.


Well, there you have it. My take on the map.

My Rant on the Orange Box Set

So for the people that see no light of day or have l;ived in a cave for the last ten years, this year, there was the release of the orange box. The orange box, which included games like Counter Strike (a personal fav. of mine), Half Life, Half Life 2, Half Life Episodes 1 & 2, Portal, and the much awaited Team Fortress Classic. The crappy thing is that you had to buy them all in order to play any of the games, right? Well, when you have almost all of them, it seemed like a dumb thing to do, at least in my eyes.


So in order to get my fix of the games, I decided to borrow a buddy's copy for XBox 360 and give it the ole' college try. In doing so, I discovered that I felt that the orange set was a total waste. I didn't like the team fortress classic at all and I had all of the other games except portal. Where my gripe is is that everyone and their grandmother was praising this..... why?!?!?!?!?! I mean, I love the Half Life games, they are a great mixture of FPS and puzzles. But what is the hype over TFC? Seriously? The animation sucks and the I was bored with the game play. Plus, this kind of game seems like it would be better on the PC rather than the console. In the end, I could not justify paying for the almighty orange box. Thanks but no thanks.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas II Coming Soon!!!

So for all of you out there that loved the Latest Tom Clancy Rainbow Six Game, Vegas, you should be happy to see that the game we all loved is going to be releasing its sequel in possibly in March 2008.

Below, I added the trailer. Watch, enjoy, cry if you must.

The New Duke Nukem Trailer Released!

3D Realms, the designers behind the more recent Duke Nukem games, have released a trailer for their newest Duke Nukem project: Duke Nukem: Forever.

Anticipated for a 2008 release, this game is has been seen with mixed reviews. Some thrilled to see the bulky star coming back to make sure that the evils of outer space "get some", but mostly, people think it may be a little too late for the return of the hero.

Despite the criticisms, I was a huge player of the games growing up and loved them. I loved the nudie girls, the bloody carnage and the witty phrases. I would like to see more of the game play in the trailers, but we will see, right? When more detail comes, I will update the post.