Xbox

Video Game Surprise

game controllers consoles

I play games, a lot sometimes. Because I stay indoors during the summer months I read, watch television and play video games. The X box and play station variety. I like open world (games designed where the player can move through a virtual world and decide when or how to complete an objective), first person shooters (played from the first person perspective and well pretty much usually shooting the enemy), games with some historical theme (Assassins Creed Series for example), well, I just like games.
I just finished a bloody FPS (first person shooter) called Wolfenstein the New World Order. Sometimes games will surprise. This game actually had a storyline. Set in WW2 albeit an alternate futuristic version. The war is over Germany won it is 1960. The main character you play as falls in love and through the years, the story develops. None of this is relevant other than to explain why after shooting robots, the enemy soldiers, the main enemy, etc. etc. the ending is rather a surprise. The unexpected, is not that you finished the game or that you have no clear idea if your character is going to live another day in a sequel or if they died in the story it is what plays at the games conclusion during the end credits.

Just after all the game carnage, you finally won the final battle, the end credits and song are unexpectedly sentimental and in total contrast to the game play.
The end: game credits and song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d6VxDKWd9jA?rel=0
The end song a cover by Melissa Hollick. The song “I Believe” – is originally by Chris Isaak.
Here is the link to the launch trailer of Wolfenstein The New Order. i have taken the http and put it into brakets so that those of you who do not like guns, explosions, bad language etc. don’t have to see it.
{http://} youtu.be/tfnA69q_p-s
just remove the red if you care or dare

Wondering

I think of all sorts of topics for blog post while laying in bed right before I go to sleep. You will have to take my word that some of them are really awesome ideas – then again most of the time I forget most of it or change my mind about posting them.

Really,  nothing exciting or earth shattering goes on around here most of the time. Once in a while I get to go on a road trip.  As for the neighborhood excitement it comes and goes. I am getting much better at ignoring all the crazy and stupid stuff around here. I can even tune out all the loud voices most of the time.

I just finished reading for the second time almost all the J D Robb In Death series. Why not? It was something to do.

After reading a few blogs this morning I started wondering why (just my opinion here) so many people equate acceptance with surrender when it comes  to dealing with MS? Just wondering. …  yeah acceptance – not the legal sense of the term but the state of realizing that something is believable or true and being OK with it.  I sure can not change that I have MS but being ok with it is not the same as surrendering and giving up. Not sure I expressed this well . … what say you?

I have wondering if everyone thinks the same – evaluates the same etc. .  When thinking I can take a linear approach where my thoughts go from point a to point b. Or I can end up in circular thought pattern where when I go from a to b I end up back at a with no resolution like the old chicken and the egg deal.  Then there is open thinking for lack of a better way to express it. Where my  thoughts start at a and go to d, f , g – they ping all around.   Often ending with the conclusion of point b but not always.  I guess I start the process without an end point in mind? A closed system V an open one?  augh so hard to explain really – and truly am not nuts really hahahhhah well at least I don’t think I am.

 

I have been playing:

    ssassin's Creed 2 xbox cover 

Update: since typing this and hitting post  the ghetto bird has flown announcing that they had someone surrounded and they should give up and come out and

I now get to go to a show tonight as Mikeys mom can not go woo hoo woo! I will be in good seats watching The Million Dollar Quartet

so something is going on around here!


Eustress

Ugh Oh

Ugh OhOk another post about – well – err – nothing much as that is what goes on around here much of the time.

The title of this blog was chosen as a joke back at a friend that started when I was reading  one (yes he has more than one) doctorate thesis paper (or whatever you call em) any way I could not remember what bifurcate meant and he and his wife my friend Shelley (she died of lung cancer in 2011)  teased me about it.  I really do not have a solid written in stone purpose for this blog. 

I mentioned in a comment on a blog that I have not been able to just hit the delete button on this blog – I mean it really is a record of what the “what the heck was I thinking stuff” and my journey through time.  Unless something really nasty awful or a data disaster hits I probably will never hit the delete key.  Through the years post have disappeared when data became garbled or hackers made it to the database.  Things were not as easily secured a few years back – the platform is much improved now.

Many times through the years it has crossed my mind hee hee . …

Now to the what has kmilyun been doing?

Same thing different day is most likely the correct answer.  The side path of the month seems to be playing the xbox games. There is one game that I really enjoy playing for lots of reasons.

It challenges my brain to hold onto info. It is one of those games that builds upon what actions/reactions your character has made along the time frame.  This means to have any chance of winning I must remember things that other characters have said or done. I have already played two of the trilogy of Mass Effect. The internet chatter is alive with the news that my character no matter what they do is gonna die in this final chapter in the story line. Now that truly really sucks.

If my character walks through a hallway and over hears a statement like “we need to get the plans for . …”  I can bet that later one (maybe a few hours of play time) somewhere I will come across the plans for . … and then I need to remember where I over heard the original statement – and if I do – yeah I get a reward if I deliver the goods.

It also is very detailed and the depth of the coding the programming amazes me.  Universes, Galaxies, and planets.  To win I need to learn and remember a bunch of things about different alien (to earth) races. Their cultures, history, locations of major cities. Are they in galaxy X or? Friend or foe? Can I work it so they will be on my side? Each and every conversion  has possibilities – which response gains the most points or good will.  It all comes together in order to well win the game LOL.

There really is evidence out there that game playing helps with critical thinking and creative problem solving.  Here is a word for yah: A positive stress over a negative – in one word eustress.

My pathetic scores

My Pathetic Scores

The adaptive swim class started up so on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have a long morning.  Adaptive PE  starts at 11am and then followed by the swim class. The weather has made it rather a pain in the arse really. Since the pool is kept covered and the “normal” swim class before ours seems not to swim when it is rainy looking out there – the cover is on until our teach and her aids uncover it. You end up with too warm of water for me and freaking cold air with a breeze or wind.

I end up doing the too hot now too cold thing the whole class period.  Amazing how a few degrees warmer water temps effect my body. Then when I get out it is so freaking cold well . …

Billy’s son my fishing pal Brandon is coming late tonight with his gal Marissa.  I am excited about seeing them! Very cool I think that the chose to spend their spring break here with us. I just hope they get here and over the pass safely. Not to be an old worry wart but it might be snowing and the sierra’s can be no joke at times.

That is all I have for now.   Mikey just showed up for dinner and then we shall await the arrival of the kiddo’s.

Games

Mass Effect

 

Mass EffectNot much new around here. I have been spending way too much time playing xbox games. But hey, I like to play games so I well – play games :).

Some things have changed in the past few years with gaming. The most noticeable and annoying really is that I can not longer play with hopes of winning on the insane or hardest mode. I am lucky to make it through on normal.  This is well, embarrassing. If you are not familiar with gamer scores on xbox live,  when you play through a game you earn achievements as you gain points. Some games have things you find (collectables).   The harder the game the more weight your achievements hold.  Kind of an egotist thing.

On xbox live you have a gamer tag – mine is kmilyun (surprise) ha ha. Anyone you have as a friend can take a look at what your have been playing and the embarrassing part your achievement awards.  Hence I now only have one friend at the moment – our Godson Anthony.  That way no one sees my scores LOL.

I remember looking at Mass Effect when the game sold for $59.95 and I decided to wait and purchase it when the price came down. I found the game for under 20 bucks and was contently playing it when the xbox took its crash. So, since I had played over half the game I found a used disc at a local game shop. Yeah. I have now finished the game once – and plan to play it again on the hard level.

Mass Effect game and controlller

After finishing the Mass Effect game I spent way too much time trying to get through a level in Gears of War 2. It frustrated me so much a few months back so I had just set it aside. Well hours later I finally won the level! I went on and completed the game.

Gears of War 2 game and Gears theme contoller

Now you might notice the theme of the controller is Gears of War. maybe not hah hah …. silly I know.

What I will be doing now to kill time:

Gears of War 3 Stuff

Other news: Corkie is doing super fine in her new home. They have gotten all the bugs worked out and she now knows how to signal the I need to go out. She sleeps cuddled up close on the bed, plays with her rope toy, and is gaining some weight.  She sure is one smart little girl too. Her forever home is most pleased to have her as an addition .  They walk to the mail box each day and she knows her name and comes when called.    I hear she has figured out how to avoid tripping her moms, how to avoid getting her leash tangled with the cane and since the other dog is blind she has figured that out too.  I love happy endings :).