Apollo Leader

One big change with Rock Band 2 over the first game is that the single player and tour modes have been combined as one. I haven't tried it yet, but in the Drum Trainer I believe you are able to play the drums to any music you like whether it be from the game or that you have ripped to your system.

Sad that there are some pretty awesome songs that Konami picked up for this game, but they were unwilling to fork out the extra money for the true album versions instead of covers. At least Dream Theater's Pull Me Under is on GH World Tour. Also sad is that if this had come out two years ago or earlier that this might have been a contender considering that GH 1 and 2's songs were pretty much all covers at that time.

I was given a refurbished system when my system from launch pooped out after 8 months of use. Fortunately my second system has lasted 2 years and 3 months of VERY heavy use. Trying to decide what to give a spin this week. Part of me is seriously considering getting back to COD3 which I haven't touched ever since the Gears of War bug bit me hard in late November 2006. I picked up Guitar Hero World Tour this evening and would really like to give it and Rock Band 2 some play.

So for Guile's friend, they're using "Nash" from the Japanese games instead of "Charlie"? Unless this is suppose to be a different Nash...

Yeah, it would have been nice if a reloadable version would have popped up as one of the last weapons. Supposedly the next game in this series is in the works in Japan so hopefully that will be added. Last night I decided to fire up Soldier of Fortune Payback which I got on the cheap earlier this spring. Probably trade this off as soon as I get all the single player achievements.

If you run into any problems let me know and I can walk you through. Mostly you'll find yourself using either a sniper rifle and one set of turrets or two sets of turrets. 48 on Inferno was an oddball in that I used the AF100 assault rifle and the C70 bombs. 52 I think was the only stage I "cheated"... I had to do it as a 2 player game where I loaded the second player with two sets of turrets and the first player with one set of turrets and a Lysander Z sniper rifle.

Since I've been back on GOW again working on Seriously..., I usually end up on at the same time as Milkman X. I really got to get back to Ace Combat 6... I blew $150 on that and haven't touched it in a year. A few weeks ago I picked up Mass Effect for $39.95... then it dropped to $29.95 at a lot of places a week or two later. Doh!

EDF!!!! I finally beat it last night. Most gamerpoints (500) I got in one shot. I've heard that Bullet Witch has similar comparisons to EDF 2017. I picked that up over the summer for about $11 so I might be playing that one soon. BTW, JBO, what's your Gamertag or do you want that kept private?

Saw you playing Too Human last night, but no GOW.

I hope, and pray, that things turn out okay for your dog. But if it's his time to go, may his passing be as quick and painless as possible.

As usual, good to play GOW with you. Can't wait to slug it out with GOW2. Last night I discovered it wasn't going to be as easy beating EDF 2017 on stage 53 on Inferno as I thought it would be. So right now I'm farming for armor on stage 52 on Hard difficulty. Looks like the most effective way to work the level is to clear most of it, leave one UFO, and just camp underneath it with a set of LEXR turrets and the AF 100 assault rife. Should be able to build up my armor to 10,000 in a few nights.

When it comes to me trading off old games and stuff I usually shop my trades around. Usually I will start by calling the Gamestop I usually buy and preorder and check with them for their trade-in values. After writing that down, I'll stop by one of the nearby Gamers stores here in the Omaha metro area and check on what they'll give me for it. Most of the time, Gamers gives me a far better deal. But if I have something that will have a better trade-in with Gamestop, with or without any promotional deal, I will take it to Gamestop. I know not everyone has this luxury or convenience, but it obviously makes that most sense to get the most value for your dollar.

Mechafan has now been updated to be called TechValkyrie. Has anyone else changed their names recently? I swear I have a few XBL friends now whose name I don't recognize.

There are a few songs that are on RB1 (ie. Metallica's Enter Sandman) that aren't part of the transfer deal. But all the DLC that were on RB1 so far work on RB2 so thumbs up to Harmonix for working that out.

This post should probably be moved to the "Toys" or "Models" part of the board. Regarding the Misa swimsuit figure, there was at least two variations: red and yellow. As for Minmay in her DYRL dress from the end of the movie, I've seen two variations: a light colored version more accurate to the movie and one in which all the colors on her dress are much darker, though I don't know if that was intentional or not.

Tonight I should have EDF 2017 completely beat. Just need to beat the last stage on Inferno; almost did it last night as a single player. With beating just this one stage, I'll have half of the GS points for the game. Right now I'm debating on what I'll be focusing on next. With Gears of War 2 coming out next month, I really want to get the Seriously achievement on GOW1. I haven't touched Ace Combat 6 in a year and considering I blew $150+ on that, I really need to find an excuse for that joystick and throttle I got laying around. Choices, choices...

I still haven't beat the drums on medium in Rock Band 1 because of the last part of Green Grass and High Tides... my hands would go numb about 2/3rd of the way into the song. BTW, I think Konami's Rock Revolution came out this week. Anyone picking that up?

I don't know if Toyfare magazine has any pricing for the US Gundam toys releases recently, but I would say scour eBay to see what kind of demand this stuff is getting right now to at least make a partial gauge on what you could sell the figures at. You could also check out the for sale part of Macross World to see what others have sold their Gundam figures for.

BISON!!! Street Fighter USA Cartoon - Stupidity Exhibition Vol. 1 Street Fighter Stupidity Exhibition Vol 2: Headbite Harder! That's bad! Interesting that there was a crossover from the Final Fight characters, though.

Ah yes, I guess now that Namco Bandai are If, for example, a game like Tekken 6 had abandoned the PS3 all together, I could understand the outrage. The thing is people got a little too much of themseleves into these little contraptions called video game consoles. As for the other announcements such as Halo 3 Recon, definitely will be looking forward to those game next year. Looks like some other great arcade classics are hitting XBLA, too.

The update yesterday was in part for preparation for the new dashboard design which is suppose to come out in November. Was only playing EDF 2017 last night so I didn't need no stinking XBL. Got Hard difficulty beat last night with about 2,400 armor. Have beaten about a dozen Hardest stages during the last week and have a few Inferno stages under my belt at this point.

I'll probably pick up the 2-disc set tomorrow.

I will look for you when I'm on. Still blasting my way through EDF 2017. BTW, your system that RROD, was that your first or second 360? I'm happy to say my replacement 360 has lasted me over two years of some heavy duty gaming... I hope I didn't jinx my system by writing this!

It's definitely obvious that Northrop and Boeing are basing their NGB designs off of their UAV attack aircraft from the last few years (kind of like how the X-45A was based on Boeing/McDonnell Douglas' Bird of Prey). I was looking through the NGB thread at Secret Projects and found that CG of Boeing's design has been out for a while, it's just that I had forgot about it.

If the deal fell through, there would be no future release window period. Since I got such a large air force of VF-1's already and my money's tied up enough as it is, I'm in no rush.