Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

It's been quite a long time since we've done a review, I believe. And that has mostly been because there honestly has not been any movie or game recently worth a crap. Well, I think I may feel up to doing a review on this game. So here it goes...

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 / for the X-box 360

We had bought and played the first Call of Duty: Modern warfare when it came out... But was ultimately unsatisfied with it for reasons that would take to long to get into. Therefore, we ended up giving it away to our young cousin for Christmas. Without regret I might add. This was quite some time before we got X-box live so there really was no reason to play it any longer. I'm not saying we would have kept it if we had X-box live, because the sequel is almost the same... Ok, I'm getting ahead of myself. I'll just talk about the new game.

Alrighty... First off we played the campaign. Solo of-course. (and I'll level the first criticism on the game right off) You can't play the campaign co-operative! Yeah, with me and Joey that is unexceptable. Especially since you couldn't in the first COD: MW. So, unfortunately, we had to trade off controllers now and then and complete it that way. The game was impressive at first, as you might expect, but eventually our excitement wore off and we realized the game really is nothing new. We beat it in I think six hours. This allowed us to play Spec-Ops and were finally able to play together. I'll go ahead and say that Spec-Ops is the best part of the game... but that's only because the rest is so regular.

We took a break for an hour or so, and moved on to online. This we found pretty fun but just so chaotic. There are quite a few game modes but blank out the titles and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. They are all brainless. We would have loved to have seen a more campaign-like online, and challenging game modes that test your brain along with the rest. We played online, off and on, for a couple of weeks. We unlocked most of the weapons, perks, and challenges we cared for until it just got useless to do it any longer. It just becomes "same old, same old". We haven't played online for probably a week now. And don't intend to pick it back up any time soon. It's just not worth our time.

So I'll summarize. And cover a few things I haven't discussed yet.

Solo only campaign, no split-screen co-op, no online co-op.

Spec-Ops is good for two player co-op. But once you beat most of all of the missions, you don't want to play them much anymore. Also, you have to have and invite a friend to play it online with anyone.

Online is semi-fun, but repetitive and no brain power required. Which we despise.

Oh, and here is the worst criticism of all... You can't cut off the constantly playing music. Which we loathe in any game indescribably.

Oh well. It's still a pretty good game. Just not great.

Ruling: 8.0 out of 10
Replay Value: Decent

- Stefan

Filthy Poor

I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. I've got to get this out of me.

It's about the Falador drop party... and people, poor or ignorant people, that put in junk items into the chest, and then complain when they get junk instead of a valuable item. And then, as hard as this is to believe... they drop it on the floor, to be picked up by another, and put back into the drop. Or they put it back themselves! Is that not the stupidest thing or what?

If me or joey get something valueless, or near to it... we just drop it somewhere hidden. A place where it can sit there for a while, unseen, and then disappear from Runescape forever. Which is exactly what needs to happen with all that junk. So no one can ever put that crap into a drop party again.

What I'm trying to say is this: Don't put anything in the chest that you wouldn't want to get back. Not only is that called courtesy, it's called common sense.

I mean look at all that garbage they put in there...

Come-on people, are you really that desperate to disappoint somebody else who gets that filth? If not, then I can think of two other reasons why you would such a thing... You're just immature, or ignorant... which really all three are the same thing.

- Stefan

My Halloween Drop

This is a video of what I got at an over one million drop party on Halloween Day... on the MMORPG game "Runescape". For those that don't know how this feature works, I'll explain quickly. It is held in a building in Falador. Players put whatever they want in a chest and pull a lever. The items drop shortly there after in balloons and players pop them as they fall and see what's inside to pick up as their own. And occasionally someone (or some people) put in rare items, or a lot of coins which adds up to millions... This is advertised throughout Runescape by bankers on that specific world/server, and players flock to it to try their luck at getting an expensive item, money, or whatever. This one happened on Halloween day where players, well most players (including Me and Joey), were dressed up. So I wanted to document this unique experience. Enjoy.




- Stefan

The Indolent

Runescape is an "MMORPG"- massively multi-player online role playing game. It's a rather fun and challenging game in which players level-up various skills, earn gold pieces, collect things, barter with others what you have earned, or whatever. There are quite a good amount of skills to try and increase in order to become more efficient at whatever is it they do, and most importantly, make a profit. There is a Mining Skill, Cooking, Smithing, Runecrafting, Fishing, and more; though us free users are restricted to only about a 4th of them.
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Anyway, this post is a kind of rant on players who sit at the side-lines of the game's hard-workers and beg for whatever it is the others are earning. It's so annoying and confusing. I'll explain why..
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Example: Let's say I was fishing at a pier in "Kamarja". Or rather, I was harpooning swordfish and tuna! I had been there for a while, and along came a player. He walked over, stood beside me (and other workers) and said this--

"Takin free lobs or swordies" (lobsters and swordfish). To which I replied: "And I'm taking them right out of the water." He replied with the most expected and worn out excuse. He didn't have a lobster cage, or Harpoon. I told him I'm using my only harpoon and that was the end of it.
Okay, so my point is this. Why on earth, or Runescape, do you just stand there and beg for something that is right in front of your nose? It's not just fish they want. They beg for coins, armor, weapons, everything! Ugh, the stuff is all around you guys!
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Stefan and I have worked our way into millions of dollars, and with tons of other goodies just sitting in our banks. The beggars plead for something as small as 3000 coins while all the time they could be getting 35 times that amount in a couple of hours; which flies by as you play that game, just like most other fun activities.
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My mining level as of now is 71 out of 99. That's my main money-making skill. Stefan's kind of a chef, with a cooking skill of 57. Among other foods, he makes anchovy pizzas and sells them for more than a grand a pop!
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Now don't think I'm all selfish on that game. I usually give to whoever asks, and even some that don't ask. I regularly donate them 5k at a time and befriend them. I even have 66 rubies waiting in my bank to hand out to people. It's just when the items are right beside you and you ask others to hand their loads to you, it's a little dumb. Just go buy a 20 dollar fishing rod and some bait, or a 10 dollar bronze pick-axe and start getting all the free stuff your little helpless heart desires.
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I think I'm satisfied now.
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- Joey