I'm working on a business plan for a class I'm taking right now. I have to come up with a name for this theoretical computer store I'm making. I would like it to be a business that is more of a retail store that does repair work than a repair store that sells stuff so I'd like a name that fights that. I would like it to be appealing to gamers but also women, sorry girls gamers, and anyone else. I've already spent some time with a thesaurus, here are my ideas:

Computer Fix

PC Remedy

PC Tune-up

Computer Improver

Absolute Computer

Complete Computer

Convenient Computer

Correct Computer

Computer Zone

Neighborhood Computer

Quality Computer

Choice Computer

Best Computer

PC Zone

Computer Power

Please, tell me which of my suggestions you like best and why. Also make any suggestions you want. They don't have to be two words or contain computer, and it doesn't have to say computer. Thanks for your help.

I was able to return my sister the 360 she uses to her. It not her 360, despite her insisting that it is. Its my spare 360, hence why I've been using it while mine was getting fixed. Its also the Rock Band 360 where all my DLC for that is stored. Anyway, its mine (I paid for it), but I'm letting her have it back... to use, not to own.

Since i sent it back on the 9th, it took only 10 days to gett back. Given that 4 of those days were weekend, thats not too bad. Microsoft gave me a 1 month gold card, which I'm giving to my sister so she can Rock Band online some. Hopefully she thinks that makes up for some of her "suffering". Her life is so hard, I know.

Its not all that often I go for a 100% on games anymore. Obviously, I only put this effort into game I enjoy, but there has to be a combination of other factors too for it to actually happen. One, the game has to have a high replay value. Almost all games require more than one time through to get everything. Two... NO COLLECTION QUESTS! God I hate those! Three, I have to have the time to do it.

The stars were aligned for Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires. With the help of my brothers, trading off as 2nd player, we beat the game on Chaos mode and unlocked every single custom item and bonus. It took over 30 hours, but that isn't nearly as long as Mass Effect, or other titles that I'll never 100%. The sad thing is that I still want to play it, but now don't have any unlockables pushing me forward. I guess its time to start waiting on DW7:Empires.

I am not an avid Dynasty Warrior fan, but it seems like the games appeal to me. I played DW:Gundam and unlocked all achievements, took about 80 hours, and I LOVED DW:Gundam 2, but I can't find it for less the $55 used. My brother bought Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires, $40 new, and decided he hated it. I gave it a little more effort and I love it too. I played for over 20 hours this weekend. Eventually, my brother played co-op. He must have decided I was having too much fun with his rejected game.

Here's my review!

I gave it a 7.5. It would have been an 8, but there are a few too many little issues. The core of the game is solid.

The greatest hero battle reaches its conclusion with Mario vs Freeman. I haven't really blogged on this because in all honesty I don't like anyone in it (except MegaMan, but that didn't work out). I know that people are upset because Nintendo dominated, but seriously... Gordon Freeman?!?! Don't give me the BS about him being awesome. The only reason he is in the finals and not Link is because he is not made by Nintendo. People, go out and vote for Mario. Put your BS, "I'm too good for Nintendo baby games," attitude to the side. Mario should win and you all know it. Stop crying about Master Chief and Ryu and Ryu and whoever else you thought should have won. If Gordon Freeman wins, I've lost confidence in everyone who frequents this site.

This is old news for me, but I never posted it on here. On my week of vacation I was looking forward to using my 360 extensively, but when I sat down in front of it and turned it on I was greated by the 3 flashing red lights. It isn't such a huge deal for me since I have three other 360s to use, but I swear the thing new I was on vacation and it would be the worst possible time for a melt-down. I'm sending it in for repair today and we will see how long it takes to get back.

I stopped by Game Crazy last night and they were clearing the place out. It seems that they're closing some 300 stores nationwide, which leaves a few but obviously things are bad for them. The had all their game drawers pulled out and used titles were priced to move. I picked up Dead Rising and a Mass Effect Faceplate/skin for the 360 for $16. I'm slightly sadded by the closure though. Game Crazy always gave better money for trades and their used games were far more reasonably priced. They were also opened 365 days a year, which meant if your Christmas gifts sucked you could still get a worthwhile game to spend the day playing. I loved that.

My Review!

Score 7.5

There is so much to like about ODST's campaign and Firefight is a blast too. The problem is that it isn't enough on its own to justify the full $60 price. While I know they through in the Halo 3 multiplayer, I already have multiple copies of Halo 3 and could just switch to one of them should I want to play it. Its still good, but it doesn't compete against other current and upcoming full retail releases very well.

I'll say straight off that I don't like the Call of Duty series. It takes itself far too seriously and is far too scripted. Right now, I'm playing through Call of Duty: World at War, and I hate it. It isn't that the game is bad, but let me give you a common senario for me:

1. Invisible walls funnel me to specific story sequence.

2. Scripted dialouge from AI team member that I don't want to hear but can't skip.

3. OMG! ITS AN AMBUSH!

4. Dead.

5. Respawn and start again at step 1.

The game is so stupid. I know the people who made the game love their story,but the story is pointless. I just want to play a game, not face the harsh realities of war! Now if the game were somewhat realistic, I might be able to accept the feeling their going for, but I have regenerating health for christ's sake! Call of Duty, stop being so pretentious. Please.

I've been sick the pas two days and in between vomiting and long naps I managed to play through all of Bionic Commando. I thought it was a lot of fun. It might not be the greatest game ever made, but I think it got a bad rap by critics and I'm slightly saddened by how poorly it sold. I HATED Bionic Commando Rearmed but it sold well. This game is MUCH better than rearmed, but you can still see the similarities. I guess you can never please some people.

Anyway here's a link to my review. For all those numbers people, I gave it a 7.0.

I'm not on vacation anymore. I played a lot of video games while I was off and managed to beat Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Wolfenstein, and Batman: Arkham Asylum. Here are some of my thoughts on them:

Wolfenstein:

I mostly enjoyed my time with this game. You get some magic which slows the enemies down and you have a boyonette which kills most enemies in one quick hit. I don't know if they designed it like that on purpose or if I was exploiting some sort of game imbalance.

Review - score 6.0

Ultimate Alliance 2:

I actually didn't play through the whole game because it was my brothers save file and he didn't wait for me to continue the game. I think I missed out on two levels in the middle, but I saw more than enough to get a full feel for the game. I like it, but not as much as the original. My review is mostly just saying that redudantly.

Review - score 7.0

Batman: Arkham Asylum:

I enjoyed this game, but probably not as much as other people do. Still, I didn't write a review because it is near impossible to fault it at any point (if I had, I would have gave it a 9.0). The gameplay works well and all aspects work together to make it feel very unique. The graphics are spectacular and there is still plenty to do after beating the main story. Its hard to think of someone who wouldn't like the game, but I actually enjoyed both the other games I played more.

I think the moment I knew this wasn't my type of game was when I stealth killed a sniper and wanted to pick up his rifle to take out the gaurd in the adjacent tower, you can't. So, I'm not Batman, but it probably means something that I still liked the story enough to see it all the way through.