In Pursuit of Super Street Fighter IV Skills: Fei Long
The Street Fighter series has been a mainstay for me throughout my entire life. Heck, I love it so much, some of its damn fictional characters have shaped my life (I feel a little weird admitting that). So when Super Street Fighter IV was announced, I was determined to get back to a respectable skill level. I'm getting there, one character at a time.
Sure, things like Hadokens and Dragon Punches are so ingrained in my DNA that I'll never be able to forget how and when to use them, but I want to branch out. I want to establish a deeper skill set and I want to be less of a one-trick pony in the game. So I decided to start playing with characters I have little-to-no experience with. First up: Fei Long.
Racist Avatar in 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live
So me and coworker Alexander Sliwinski were playing the live show of 1 vs 100 on Tuesday night and this fine young individual above ended up being the 1. Now, I know the new deal is that the 1 is chosen based on score, so the more you play, the better your chances at being in the mob or the 1 are. Still, are there no screeners? Nobody looks at the Avatars before they go on? Come on -- a blackface Avatar is not appropriate!
Note: Sorry for the crummy pic. I had to use my Pre and I was snapping from a projector, so it's not the brightest. But you get the idea!
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My Xbox 360 keeps forgetting who I am
Earlier today, I tweeted about something that's turned into a daily scare: My Xbox keeps forgetting who I am. Now, while the box knows my Gamertag and will log me in and show my list of friends, it forgets all of my Avatar data and, more importantly, my Gamerscore. I'm not as crazy about my Gamerscore as I used to be (I don't play craptastic games just for the score anymore), but when you have over 66K and you turn on your Xbox and see four years of work down the drain, it takes a toll.
Mind you, I have fixed it by recovering my Gamertag a few times, while other times it'll just kick in automatically, but the point is it's scary as hell! A couple coworkers at The Stiq confirmed they'd had this happen to them on occasion, but it's at least once a day for me. What's the deal?
Finally! Gears of War 2 title update rolls out
It's about time they addressed this nonsense, considering Gears of War 2 has sold over 4 million copies now, they pushed DLC onto us very early on, and the online play has been just plain broken. Over at the official forums, Rod Fergusson dropped in to inform us of the changes this new title update brings. When I glanced over the long list, it looked like pretty much everything anyone had an issue with has been fixed. So now, as best as I can tell, the only problem you have to look out for online is host dropping. I'm sure that's still going to happen quite a bit. Oh well, at least there's no more kung fu flips and shield glitching. Hooray for being able to play again!
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