Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

[Steve_OS]

• Grand Theft Auto: IV Achievement List
• GTAIV: Costliest Game To Make In History (Seriously, it costs that much?!?!)
• Man banned for a week for playing GTA IV early
• GTA IV PS3/360 comparison article
• Nintendo shoots down Metroid Prime Trilogy on Wii rumour
• Nintendo not dropping Wii or DS Lite price anytime soon
• Exclusive reviews are ethically troubling
• 11 signs you're no longer a hard-core gamer
• Ten golden rules of videogame fanboyism

Had an extremely busy weekend. Setup the RAID 0 and added more memory to my PC, reformatted and reinstalled Vista three or four times, because I wasn't setting the RAID 0 up correctly. Finally finished it, but don't see that much of an increase in speed when capturing videos. I'm going to grab a few more things, as described to me by Behindshadows2.

We went to the National Geographic Museum and saw thier "Frogs" display. I've never seen so many frogs in my life. We saw small tiny ones, big fatty ones, brightly colored ones, humping ones, err... Anyways, it was great, Nat really enjoyed it.

The draft wasn't bad, I mean, I dunno. I was a little disappointed the Boys didn't grab Rashard Mendenhall, but I like the Felix Jones pick. Jenkins was a solid pick, not sure about Bennett and the rest of the draft picks. A bit surprised they didn't grab a WR.

What's up with you?

• Q'sOTD: Waiting for the midnight release of GTA IV, or just picking it up tomorrow? How was your weekend?

Happy Birthday to the following OS'ers!

BigBadBo34 (30), NCAAFootballFreak (29), becjhsph (29), Dallasin2K3 (23), Robslob24 (21), Romo20 (20)

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

I'm definitely no longer a hardcore gamer

QOTD - Getting it tomorrow after work for the PS3.

[nyisles16]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

QOTD- I still don't know. I work till midnight, and it's only a 20 minute ride to the store.. Weather is not so great here (rain), so I may just wait till the morning..

Weekend was busy working, then went to dinner and a movie with my fiance (seems weird saying that now) - saw Harold and Kumar, and then had a waiter that I wanted to punch out.

[callmetaternuts]

QOTD; Depends on if i can frag my "old" butt out to Gamestop at midnight (im 28). Id love to get it, but in all honesty, if i get it right at midnight, that means im not home till 1 and i have to get up at 6 for one of those real 8-5 jobs.....Not sure if PS3 or 360 gets my vote yet

[boomhauertjs]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

QOTD:
Not planning on getting GTA (have never played a GTA game). If it's as great as the hype, I might have to reconsider.

Pretty good weekend, highlighted by the Cavs taking care of business in DC yesterday. They relied on 3's a little too much for my liking, but a win's a win. I'm just hoping Stevenson doesn't pull an Artest and start a riot at the Q in Game 5 by trying to hurt LeBron.
Enjoyed the nice weather on Friday by eating outside at a local bar and hung out on our porch with a couple of friends. Went to a "Thinkers and Drinkers" dinner on Saturday to discuss ways to promote community development in Cleveland. Was pretty interesting. Saw Harold and Kumar yesterday.

[aukevin]

QOTD:
Not planning on getting GTA (have never played a GTA game). If it's as great as the hype, I might have to reconsider.

Pretty good weekend, highlighted by the Cavs taking care of business in DC yesterday. They relied on 3's a little too much for my liking, but a win's a win. I'm just hoping Stevenson doesn't pull an Artest and start a riot at the Q in Game 5 by trying to hurt LeBron.
Enjoyed the nice weather on Friday by eating outside at a local bar and hung out on our porch with a couple of friends. Went to a "Thinkers and Drinkers" dinner on Saturday to discuss ways to promote community development in Cleveland. Was pretty interesting. Saw Harold and Kumar yesterday.

I'm not planning on getting it either, that's just not my kind of game.

My weekend was pretty good. Went to a dog's birthday party on Saturday (LOL ) and picked up Mario Kart around midnight Sunday and played it pretty much all day.

[Steve_OS]

I'm definitely no longer a hardcore gamer

QOTD - Getting it tomorrow after work for the PS3.

You and me both EG.

[Steve_OS]

I'm not planning on getting it either, that's just not my kind of game.

My weekend was pretty good. Went to a dog's birthday party on Saturday (LOL ) and picked up Mario Kart around midnight Sunday and played it pretty much all day.

A dog's b-day party? Please explain, lol.

[MassNole]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

QOTD:
Weekend was alright, we got a lot of work done around the house. I will grab GTA IV tomorrow and go on several much needed killing sprees right away.

I am psyched about the Cowboys draft. I like Felix Jones in that we know he's used to sharing the job, whereas with Mendenhall there were serious concerns over his work ethic in a 2 back offense. I like Mike Jenkins as well, always nice to get a solid nickelback.

I am most excited about Martellus Bennett in the second round. This kid is an athletic freak who was underused at Texas A&M. I am completely fine with trading Fasano with this pick. If he gets the proper coaching he could be another version of Antonio Gates.

I was upset they kept trading picks and would have liked them to have drafted John David Booty as a backup, but apparently trading down was a better idea. I like Brad Johnson, he's a Nole and all, but come on he doesn't have much time left in his career and Booty could be a solid backup who could blossom into a starter in time.

[Scott]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

QOTD:Since I don't have a gamestop in my area, I just ordered it online, so it won't be here til sometime next week. I'm very happy with how Dallas drafted. Felix Jones is just who we needed, I also notice we signed WR Danny Amendola, who alot of people compare to Wes Welker.

[Brandwin]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

Midnight release and I am off work tomorrow!

[MachoMyers]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

QOTD: Not losing any sleep over GTA IV. Waiting (hoping) for the '09 PC release.

[stewaat]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

QOTD: I will be one of the few to not get GTA IV. I've never played the previous versions either.

[caseyd]

I had to laugh when reading the "11 signs you're no longer a hardcore gamer" article. Every one fits me to a T.

[MassNole]

Re: Monday Morning Other Stuff (4-28-08)

I had to laugh when reading the "11 signs you're no longer a hardcore gamer" article. Every one fits me to a T.

About 9 of them fit me, so I am holding out hope.