Tuesday, February 21, 2012
First Onyx medal in GOW 3
I got my first Onyx medal in GOW 3 last night. I kept seeing the field engineer popping up, so I guess it was counting down for me everytime I upgraded/repaired a device. I got it the same time I upgraded my sentry gun to level 3. Too bad we were on wave 20 and the board filled with gunkers. They destroyed my new sentry. 8( One thing for sure, in a wide open board like we were on, that gets rough as you can get hit from all directions. The host quit after the 2nd try, so it killed the flow and I left as well.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
iVisor for iPad 2
I got in a study for a new screen protector they were testing in the market. It was for a privacy screen protector, one was glossy and one had a matte finish. Both were descent products but still needed a little work to make them perfect for the market. Waiting to see if they actually come out or not now.
Well by doing the survey I got an Amazon gift card and I used it to buy a new screen protector. I got the iVisor. You can get it over on Amazon for $30. Which for a screen protector is not that cheap of a price. I got my first one free and others I bought were under $10.
However, I will highly recommend the iVisor to anyone. It's worth spending the money for this screen protector.
First reason being, when it says no bubbles, by gollie, there were no bubbles. I've never put on a screen protector that didn't have a bubble left in it. I was pretty amazed at that.
The black layer around the protector blends right in with the iPad 2's black area.
If you ever spill anything on it, you can actually take it off, wash it and then reapply it back on. Bonus for not having to buy a new one. There is a part of the instructions that says do not bend it to where you have made a permanent crease as that will mess up the product.
It's actually pretty thick compared to the other protectors I've used. So it's going to be pretty dependable for scratches or anything that would hit the screen.
Another feature that I did notice was the special EZ-Glide top layer treatment which reduces finger glide friction, making the touch screen maneuverability experience a lot better. It does help pick up my finger movements really good and it helps it move the screen a lot faster.
I've only had it on for a few days but I'm impressed right off the bat.
Well by doing the survey I got an Amazon gift card and I used it to buy a new screen protector. I got the iVisor. You can get it over on Amazon for $30. Which for a screen protector is not that cheap of a price. I got my first one free and others I bought were under $10.
However, I will highly recommend the iVisor to anyone. It's worth spending the money for this screen protector.
First reason being, when it says no bubbles, by gollie, there were no bubbles. I've never put on a screen protector that didn't have a bubble left in it. I was pretty amazed at that.
The black layer around the protector blends right in with the iPad 2's black area.
If you ever spill anything on it, you can actually take it off, wash it and then reapply it back on. Bonus for not having to buy a new one. There is a part of the instructions that says do not bend it to where you have made a permanent crease as that will mess up the product.
It's actually pretty thick compared to the other protectors I've used. So it's going to be pretty dependable for scratches or anything that would hit the screen.
Another feature that I did notice was the special EZ-Glide top layer treatment which reduces finger glide friction, making the touch screen maneuverability experience a lot better. It does help pick up my finger movements really good and it helps it move the screen a lot faster.
I've only had it on for a few days but I'm impressed right off the bat.
Xbox 360 Wireless N Adapter
Finally broke down and got a Wireless N adapter for my 360. Just like the other one, very simple to install and the 360 picked it up right up.
Played Horde on GOW3 last night with it to test it out. Normally I get some lag or I get delayed at one point while playing on the older 3G adapter. I didn't run into any of that last night. Makes me wonder if it is the new adapter with the faster speeds or just luck. Will see as I continue playing different games online with it.
It'll be a really good test when the 3G speed on my router drops offline. Which is another reason I wanted the N adapter as my iPad 2 stays online and works on the N side of the house where all the other devices on G lose connection. From what I've found so far on that, having 5 or more devices seems to mess it up. Also, connecting our cell phones to it seem to make it crash extremely fast. I'm not sure why but it does.
So now that the 360 is off the G and on the N. Will see if Hulu hits any bad spots where it tries to keep loading over and over again. Hopefully it'll smooth it all out and make everything work even better on my network.
Played Horde on GOW3 last night with it to test it out. Normally I get some lag or I get delayed at one point while playing on the older 3G adapter. I didn't run into any of that last night. Makes me wonder if it is the new adapter with the faster speeds or just luck. Will see as I continue playing different games online with it.
It'll be a really good test when the 3G speed on my router drops offline. Which is another reason I wanted the N adapter as my iPad 2 stays online and works on the N side of the house where all the other devices on G lose connection. From what I've found so far on that, having 5 or more devices seems to mess it up. Also, connecting our cell phones to it seem to make it crash extremely fast. I'm not sure why but it does.
So now that the 360 is off the G and on the N. Will see if Hulu hits any bad spots where it tries to keep loading over and over again. Hopefully it'll smooth it all out and make everything work even better on my network.
Monday, February 6, 2012
No Gaming
I'm off on a 3 day trip so no gaming for a few days.
Well I guess that's not fully true. I will be playing on my ipad or phone.
At least plants vs zombies is done.
I finished off my first run through in gow3 and got all the collectibles done thanks to Robert. Arcade co-op on all levels is done as well.
Need to get back to some dead island again.
Was supposed to start operation flashpoint red river but john never showed so that killed that.
Need to focus on the puzzle arcade again so I can finish it off. Realized I was half way through the 3 layer fractal puzzle so that's good to know.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Plants vs Zombies Update
I've been down to two achievements in Plants vs Zombies for almost 2 weeks now. I've been playing when I can. That endless wave is a little rough. I was trying to use a strategy on TA but it only got me 24 flags the 2 times I tried it, so I gave up on it. You've got to have stuff to stop the bungee zombies. If not, they will take your stuff and mess you up.
At the bottom of the post, he posted another picture of what someone else said was a better setup. Plus it easier on cost to make happen. I've been rolling through with it and I'm almost to that point where I hit 24 flags again. It has been working pretty good and the cost to set it up was a lot lower than the other method. So getting it fully setup early on helps out. Definitely can't wait to see how much crazier it'll get after 24 flags and it's crazy enough already.
One thing I've been doing that wasn't in the picture was putting the spikes down to help stop the zombies on wheels. When they come in, you have one laying down ice that also flattens everything it runs over and the other is throwing stuff to take your guys out at the back. I put it on the 2nd row in from where the zombies come in but I'll probably add it to the front 2 rows when they come in as it will take them out quicker that way. Plus it hurts the other zombies. Only bad part is the gargantuan zombie that comes out will smash it with his club until it breaks. At least it does help slow him down while everything else is taking him out. Plus the spikes hurt all the zombies, so nothing like spending money to help me out more and not just setting there gaining and not spending anything outside of the ice plants to freeze the zombies.
Since I'm almost half way to where I usually get my brains eaten, I've been constantly using the ice plant to freeze all the zombies on the screen. I'm glad to have that duplicate plant so I can put 2 down of the same plant as it helps being able to regenerate it faster.
The other achievement involves the tree of life. I just sold my 2nd set of plants in my zen garden and used it all to buy fertilizer for the tree of life. I got it up to 81 feet before I ran out of money. I figured if I could make through endless mode and then sell everything else at that point, I should have enough to finish it off.
So maybe if I'm lucky, I'll finish this game off this weekend at some point if I can make it through 40 waves of zombies.
At the bottom of the post, he posted another picture of what someone else said was a better setup. Plus it easier on cost to make happen. I've been rolling through with it and I'm almost to that point where I hit 24 flags again. It has been working pretty good and the cost to set it up was a lot lower than the other method. So getting it fully setup early on helps out. Definitely can't wait to see how much crazier it'll get after 24 flags and it's crazy enough already.
One thing I've been doing that wasn't in the picture was putting the spikes down to help stop the zombies on wheels. When they come in, you have one laying down ice that also flattens everything it runs over and the other is throwing stuff to take your guys out at the back. I put it on the 2nd row in from where the zombies come in but I'll probably add it to the front 2 rows when they come in as it will take them out quicker that way. Plus it hurts the other zombies. Only bad part is the gargantuan zombie that comes out will smash it with his club until it breaks. At least it does help slow him down while everything else is taking him out. Plus the spikes hurt all the zombies, so nothing like spending money to help me out more and not just setting there gaining and not spending anything outside of the ice plants to freeze the zombies.
Since I'm almost half way to where I usually get my brains eaten, I've been constantly using the ice plant to freeze all the zombies on the screen. I'm glad to have that duplicate plant so I can put 2 down of the same plant as it helps being able to regenerate it faster.
The other achievement involves the tree of life. I just sold my 2nd set of plants in my zen garden and used it all to buy fertilizer for the tree of life. I got it up to 81 feet before I ran out of money. I figured if I could make through endless mode and then sell everything else at that point, I should have enough to finish it off.
So maybe if I'm lucky, I'll finish this game off this weekend at some point if I can make it through 40 waves of zombies.
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