The Energon Pub

[Shadowman]

Aliens vs. Predator:
BEATEN!

-As Rookie, saved Tequila, killed Weyland, then shot off into space...towards the Xenomorph Homeworld. Oh boy...

I also played the Alien and Predator Campaigns over because my saves were lost after a reformat, and I wanted the "Game Over, Man!" achievement.

-As Six raised some hell, kill a few Predators, and got one infected with a chestburster, making a Predalien. Then, Six became a Queen...would that mean she was a Princess before?

-As Dark (The Predator) Set off small-scale gauntlet bombs from a few fallen Predators, murderized my way through the entire complex, got cool gear, then blew up the Pyramid all this started in...not before killing that Predalien. Then shot off into space...towards the Xenomorph Homeworld. Oh boy...

[The Happy Locust]

Aliens vs. Predator:
BEATEN!

I also played the Alien and Predator Campaigns over because my saves were lost after a reformat, and I wanted the "Game Over, Man!" achievement.

-As Six raised some hell, kill a few Predators, and got one infected with a chestburster, making a Predalien. Then, Six became a Queen...would that mean she was a Princess before?

Aliens vs Predator
See Shadow's post. Did pretty much the same as six. The Alien set was incredibly fun but way too short. The ending came out of nowhere but no one doubted Six's potential.
Currently in the predator campaign and still getting used to the controls. Destroyed two Youngblood's remains and infiltrated, then depopulated a human compound. Got my first glimpse of the big baddy.

Minecraft
just thought I'd use this opportunity to show off my new skin. Vive el caos Mage

[The Happy Locust]

Ding Ding ding... It is now the <unspecified> number of days that allows double posting.

Donkey Kong Country Returns
Still trying to get the puzzle pieces in the golden temple level. Who knew catching flying bananas while leaping between exploding cherries while up in the clouds could be so difficult?

Aliens vs Predator
Still playing as the Predator. REached the ancient temple and collected the ancient Mask, which unlocks ALIEN VISION! WHOO! After that, tracked humans through a temple and found an ancient arena where a Praetorian awaits.

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Grand Theft Auto [PC]:
Reading the Race'n'Chase document made me want to bust this classic out. For some reason, the CD audio wasn't working in my Steam version. A real shame, because I love me that awesome NSFW-due-to-lyrics theme song by Da Shootaz. So awesome that it was featured on LIPS 106 (albeit censored) in GTA III and was the pager ringtone in III. You could choose it as your phone's ringtone in IV, as well, which is why I always let my phone ring before picking up. T - Theft. Determination. To steal what you can and run from the nation...

Duke Nukem Manhattan Project [PC]:
Cleared Episode 4, got all the Nukes. The Queen is REALLY easy to fight as long as you leave her a big ol' pile of pipebombs at the end of the train car and rail RPG rounds at her head.

And yes, I have seen Randy's new video. If its contents surprise you, then you seriously are not old enough to play that game.

GTA IV [PC]:
Got a new phone from X, did 2 jobs for Dwayne, got rid of Manny and his cameraman, and rescued Roman in one single attempt (that mission took my hours last time).

[Shadowman]

Dissidia Duodecim Prologus Final Fantasy:
Can't afford the main game, but I can sure as hell get the DLC/demo.

Which brings me to my next point: This is both DLC and a demo. It's story mode contains scenes not present in the main game, and also you get Aerith as an assist character in the main game for buying it. Also a lot of other cool stuff.

All I have left is to complete Arcade Mode on hard as Kefka and Jecht. Then, the long, long wait to June when I'll be able to buy the full game...

[The Happy Locust]

Aliens vs Predator
Praetorian down. Earned the lance and the wrist bracer, though I'm not sure what it did for me. Fought through a human trap and made my way to the Pyramid.

[Shadowman]

Anyone familiar with Predator tech knows what the primary function of the wrist-bracer is. I'll give you a hint, it isn't the remote to his stereo system...actually, it could be. But not in this case.

But no, you don't actually use the wrist-bracer in gameplay.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Guess who's back! Sorry I've been away for so long, but I'm rather proud of what I've accomplished:

Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons (PC)
Yes, I've gone retro, all the way back to 1991 I've finally finished all first 3 episodes, so now I can start on Goodbye Galaxy! with a clean mind. It wasn't perfect mind you, but considering the difficulty of the first trilogy (Especially the last part!) quite a feat:

Marooned on Mars
Short but sweet. The only level I missed was the Secret Level, cleared all the rest.

The Earth Explodes!
A bit tougher, but my hoarding habits paid off. I ended up with tons of lives and a stockpile of goodies thanks to dying all the time. Only left one optional level unfinished. I did accidentally destroy the Earth by throwing a switch on a Tantalus Ray just once though (I didn't know how to destroy it...). Moving on...

Keen Must Die!
Lemme count... three to four levels unfinished, but at least I found and cleared the Secret Level this time! I tell you, that game is HARD, but the worst part is, some levels are plain unfair. I had to resort to GameFAQs at one point, which is a sin to me!

So there you have it. I'll be sure to send the Dopefish some greetings, if he doesn't eat me first!

[The Happy Locust]

Anyone familiar with Predator tech knows what the primary function of the wrist-bracer is. I'll give you a hint, it isn't the remote to his stereo system...actually, it could be. But not in this case.

But no, you don't actually use the wrist-bracer in gameplay.

So I've just learned.
Aliens vs Predator
GAME.OVER!
Cleared the predator campaign and put said bracer to good use.
Overall, I enjoyed this game. The Alien portion was the shortest but by far the most fun whereas the predator section seemed the weakest. Too bad. I do appreciate the inter-wrapping of the 3 campaign stories, as forced as it was and didn't mind the re-used set pieces since it allowed for new tactics in familiar territories. Hope for a sequel that expands on all 3 stories.

[Shadowman]

Team Fortress 2:
Got one of the new weapons, the Half-Zatoichi, or as people tend to refer to it, the Katana. It's a Katana (!) that is probably going to get nerfed to hell and back soon. It has NONE of the drawbacks to the Eyelander, it gets random crits (At a fairly common rate, too), doesn't decrease your health, etc. The only drawback is that when you switch to it, you can't switch to another weapon until you've gotten a kill, not unlike Muramasa. Also, it deals instant death to anyone else wielding one. Also, both Demoman and Soldier can use it. And it makes a totally sweet swishing noise. Also, it's a Katana, and Katanas are just better.

[1337W422102]

Guess who's back! Sorry I've been away for so long, but I'm rather proud of what I've accomplished:

Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons (PC)
Yes, I've gone retro, all the way back to 1991 I've finally finished all first 3 episodes, so now I can start on Goodbye Galaxy! with a clean mind. It wasn't perfect mind you, but considering the difficulty of the first trilogy (Especially the last part!) quite a feat:

Marooned on Mars
Short but sweet. The only level I missed was the Secret Level, cleared all the rest.

The Earth Explodes!
A bit tougher, but my hoarding habits paid off. I ended up with tons of lives and a stockpile of goodies thanks to dying all the time. Only left one optional level unfinished. I did accidentally destroy the Earth by throwing a switch on a Tantalus Ray just once though (I didn't know how to destroy it...). Moving on...

Keen Must Die!
Lemme count... three to four levels unfinished, but at least I found and cleared the Secret Level this time! I tell you, that game is HARD, but the worst part is, some levels are plain unfair. I had to resort to GameFAQs at one point, which is a sin to me!

So there you have it. I'll be sure to send the Dopefish some greetings, if he doesn't eat me first!

Uncanny, a friend of mine told me he was going to get some Commander Keen in just today, and we talked about the Dopefish... Cosmic!

[The Happy Locust]

Donkey Kong Country Returns
GAME.OVER!
Got through the golden temple with all puzzle pieces, bringing me up to 100%. Unlocked Mirror mode but I'm not skilled enough to even attempt it. Time to move on.

Prince of Persia: The forgotten sands
Installed the game. waited for installation, waited for patching, waited for Ubisoft to register...
Started the game but only had a half hour to spare, so still in the tutorial area. Just met up with the prince's brother but couldn't reach him, so trying to catch up.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Guess who's back! Sorry I've been away for so long, but I'm rather proud of what I've accomplished:

Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons (PC)
Yes, I've gone retro, all the way back to 1991 I've finally finished all first 3 episodes, so now I can start on Goodbye Galaxy! with a clean mind. It wasn't perfect mind you, but considering the difficulty of the first trilogy (Especially the last part!) quite a feat:

Marooned on Mars
Short but sweet. The only level I missed was the Secret Level, cleared all the rest.

The Earth Explodes!
A bit tougher, but my hoarding habits paid off. I ended up with tons of lives and a stockpile of goodies thanks to dying all the time. Only left one optional level unfinished. I did accidentally destroy the Earth by throwing a switch on a Tantalus Ray just once though (I didn't know how to destroy it...). Moving on...

Keen Must Die!
Lemme count... three to four levels unfinished, but at least I found and cleared the Secret Level this time! I tell you, that game is HARD, but the worst part is, some levels are plain unfair. I had to resort to GameFAQs at one point, which is a sin to me!

So there you have it. I'll be sure to send the Dopefish some greetings, if he doesn't eat me first!

Uncanny, a friend of mine told me he was going to get some Commander Keen in just today, and we talked about the Dopefish... Cosmic!

Fate sure works in wondrous ways...

Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy!
Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle
Finished the first section, consisting of Border Village, The Perilous Pit and Slug Village and freed the first Gnosticene of the High Council. Now, I got these sections to chose from:

Mountain Range
Desert
Pyramids
Hillville

Decisions, Decisions...

[The Happy Locust]

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten sands
Reached Malik but couldn't convince him to not unleash the sand army. Havoc ensues. While escaping, ran into a watery world where a Djinni insulted me and told me I had to fix the problem. Was given time control powers (how very innovative ) and sent on my way. Ran through the castle and met up with Malik a few more times but he seemed to be getting more aggressive each time. Met with the Djinni and she pointed out that the enemies he kills are empowering him but also taking him over. TO help me further, got the power to control water. Using this, used spouts and waterfalls as climbing surfaces and continued on my way.
Reached the throne room and saw Malik battling Rattash. After Malik got batted away, took over the battle and was just about to win when Malik stole my kill. A burst of energy later and he run off, empowered and maddened. Ran into the Djinni again who told me that I needed to go look for a special sword that will resolve all this.

Need for Speed: HOt Pursuit
Getting back into this. Reached the 'Felon' ranking in the racer side.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy!
Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle

Decided to tackle the Mountain Range, which has Crystallus, Chasm of Chills and Caves of the Descendants, and freed two more Gnosticenes. Hillville was next where a floating princess directs me to the swimming gear I'll need for Three-Tooth Lake where the Dopefish roam... Guess the Desert's Miragia is next on my list.

[8 bit]

Casltevania 3 [NES]
Hit a real tough spot in Dracula's Castle where you have to climb up several stairs while avoiding fire from Bone Pillars and also dodging Flying Gargoyles...it's a pain. I thought that if I used Alucard's bat form, I could just fly straight up and skip the whole thing.

What I didn't know was that you take a different route to Dracula's Castle with Alucard. Instead of going through the Courtyard, like you would with Sypha or Grant, you enter through the Abandoned Mine. This stage is tough. Real tough. Quite possibly the most difficult NES stage I have ever played; even more difficult than 6-2 in Ninja Gaiden. It made the staircase part I was having problems with seem so easy that I didn't even use Alucard's bat form like I had originally intended.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy!
Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle

Got the wetsuit in Miragia, so I thought what the heck, may as well do the whole Desert. So I cleared the Sand Yego and Lifewater Oasis, where I found another Gnosticene, bringing my total up to 4 out of 8. Now I have the Pyramids and Three-Tooth Lake to do. So should I visit the Dopefish, or postpone it...

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Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy!
Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle

Got the wetsuit in Miragia, so I thought what the heck, may as well do the whole Desert. So I cleared the Sand Yego and Lifewater Oasis, where I found another Gnosticene, bringing my total up to 4 out of 8. Now I have the Pyramids and Three-Tooth Lake to do. So should I visit the Dopefish, or postpone it...

Dopefish, Dopefish, Dopefish!

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy!
Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle

Got the wetsuit in Miragia, so I thought what the heck, may as well do the whole Desert. So I cleared the Sand Yego and Lifewater Oasis, where I found another Gnosticene, bringing my total up to 4 out of 8. Now I have the Pyramids and Three-Tooth Lake to do. So should I visit the Dopefish, or postpone it...

Dopefish, Dopefish, Dopefish!

To be honest, I've always considered the Well of Wishes to be the most annoying level of the game. Wouldn't you if you had the second-dumbest creature of the universe chasing you all the time, with the intent on swallowing you whole?

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Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy!
Episode 4: Secret of the Oracle

Got the wetsuit in Miragia, so I thought what the heck, may as well do the whole Desert. So I cleared the Sand Yego and Lifewater Oasis, where I found another Gnosticene, bringing my total up to 4 out of 8. Now I have the Pyramids and Three-Tooth Lake to do. So should I visit the Dopefish, or postpone it...

Dopefish, Dopefish, Dopefish!

To be honest, I've always considered the Well of Wishes to be the most annoying level of the game. Wouldn't you if you had the second-dumbest creature of the universe chasing you all the time, with the intent on swallowing you whole?

Sounds like SkiFree!

GTA IV [PC]:
Got further then I've ever gotten in this game, which isn't saying much since I had to restart about 7 or 8 times. At the bank heist for Packie. Got 4 Achievements today for a total of 100 ePeen Points.

Minecraft [PC]:
I-- I don't get it. I don't get it, but it's damn fun. My friend's hosting a server and a few of us are working together to make cool stuff. My friend's letting me crash at his floating island and underwater base while I'm learning the ropes.

[Shadowman]

Mass Effect 2:
Well, it seems I just committed genocide. Honestly, not what I had planned for the day.

This is fairly new DLC so I'll post this in spoiler tags:

-Got information from Hackett that a Dr. Kenson had vital information regarding the Reaper invasion. Downside, the Batarians caught her. So, I had to break her out.

-After doing so, she explained that the Reapers were planning to use a nearby Mass Relay, the Alpha Relay, as a jumping point for the rest of their galactic conquest. She had planned to blow up the Relay. The Batarians did not care for that.

-She led me to her proof on the Project (Inventive name) asteroid base, a Reaper artifact that downloaded a vision of the Reapers' return into my--crap, everyone in this facility has been Indoctrinated. Even worse, they had a countdown clock: The Reapers are going to arrive in only two days.

-Even worse-er? I got captured, and kept sedated, and two days became two hours. Oh shi--

-Managed to restart the Asteroid bases engines, sending it on a collision course with the Relay. The downside is that it'll cause an explosion not unlike a supernova. And obliterate a colony consisting of over 300,000 Batarians. Can't say I'm a fan of the race, but I should warn them anyway. oh crap, Kenson knocked out communications and plans to blow up the asteroid before it can blow up the Relay.

-Managed to restart core cooldown, so the asteroid won't blow up until the Relay does. Unfortunately, Kenson, quite depressed that she won't get to see the Reapers, blew herself up. I got knocked out.

-And now I have 30 minutes to collision. And I'm still on the Asteroid. Life's a bitch, huh? Managed to get communications back up, and contacted Normandy for extraction.

-But not before Harbinger, now as a gold-glowing hologram, giving his usual "You're going to die anyway, and I don't like you" speech. They're still coming back, but I slowed them down. Harbinger doesn't care, he never does, he's still quite adamant that he and his buddies are going to kill us all. Shepard explains that sure, he might, but humanity is going to fight tooth and nail, and they aren't going to die quietly.

-Escaped, as I previously explained, and Hackett told me that, yeah, 300,000 Batarians are dead because of me. The Batarian government wants blood, but there's not enough evidence to indict me. He explains that, despite this, at some point I will have to face the music and own up to what I did. Though he did say what I did was, despite the outcome, commendable--300k Batarians vs. trillions of other lifeforms.

-From a morality standpoint, I wasn't even given a choice. So at least I have that to lean on.

[SlyTF1]

Mass Effect 2:
Well, it seems I just committed genocide. Honestly, not what I had planned for the day.

This is fairly new DLC so I'll post this in spoiler tags:

-Got information from Hackett that a Dr. Kenson had vital information regarding the Reaper invasion. Downside, the Batarians caught her. So, I had to break her out.

-After doing so, she explained that the Reapers were planning to use a nearby Mass Relay, the Alpha Relay, as a jumping point for the rest of their galactic conquest. She had planned to blow up the Relay. The Batarians did not care for that.

-She led me to her proof on the Project (Inventive name) asteroid base, a Reaper artifact that downloaded a vision of the Reapers' return into my--crap, everyone in this facility has been Indoctrinated. Even worse, they had a countdown clock: The Reapers are going to arrive in only two days.

-Even worse-er? I got captured, and kept sedated, and two days became two hours. Oh shi--

-Managed to restart the Asteroid bases engines, sending it on a collision course with the Relay. The downside is that it'll cause an explosion not unlike a supernova. And obliterate a colony consisting of over 300,000 Batarians. Can't say I'm a fan of the race, but I should warn them anyway. oh crap, Kenson knocked out communications and plans to blow up the asteroid before it can blow up the Relay.

-Managed to restart core cooldown, so the asteroid won't blow up until the Relay does. Unfortunately, Kenson, quite depressed that she won't get to see the Reapers, blew herself up. I got knocked out.

-And now I have 30 minutes to collision. And I'm still on the Asteroid. Life's a bitch, huh? Managed to get communications back up, and contacted Normandy for extraction.

-But not before Harbinger, now as a gold-glowing hologram, giving his usual "You're going to die anyway, and I don't like you" speech. They're still coming back, but I slowed them down. Harbinger doesn't care, he never does, he's still quite adamant that he and his buddies are going to kill us all. Shepard explains that sure, he might, but humanity is going to fight tooth and nail, and they aren't going to die quietly.

-Escaped, as I previously explained, and Hackett told me that, yeah, 300,000 Batarians are dead because of me. The Batarian government wants blood, but there's not enough evidence to indict me. He explains that, despite this, at some point I will have to face the music and own up to what I did. Though he did say what I did was, despite the outcome, commendable--300k Batarians vs. trillions of other lifeforms.

-From a morality standpoint, I wasn't even given a choice. So at least I have that to lean on.

Mother of shizz, I can't wait to get this.

[Shadowman]

Yeah, it is freaking epic. The FMV of The Asteroid colliding with the Mass Relay was spectacular. My only problem is that the The Reapers never actually arrive. The closest you get is Harbinger's hologram and the ones appearing in the artifact vision.

While I'm at it, if anyone is still confused over what Harbinger is (A lot of people think Harbinger and the Collector General are the same being), then this should put an end to it.

[SlyTF1]

Yeah, it is freaking epic. The FMV of The Asteroid colliding with the Mass Relay was spectacular. My only problem is that the The Reapers never actually arrive. The closest you get is Harbinger's hologram and the ones appearing in the artifact vision.

While I'm at it, if anyone is still confused over what Harbinger is (A lot of people think Harbinger and the Collector General are the same being), then this should put an end to it.

I've always known that Harbinger was a Reaper...since the end of ME2 when I saw that hologram. Just one month to go until I get to get the DLC; that's just about when the new Fallout New Vegas DLC comes out too.

[Shadowman]

Borderlands:
Continuing with Mordecai, who I was neglecting while building up Brick and a second Lilith for co-op with my bros. Currently working on the Secret Armory missions, but only on Playthrough 1. I played a ways through Playthrough 2, so I'm quite a bit ahead. I would like to share one of my favorite ECHO Recordings:

Crimson Lance Soldier 1:
Ice cream day, oh snap, it's ice cream day!
Rocky road, ala mode!
Oh I'm in the mode for ice cream daaaaaay! Eheh.

CLS2: Oh dear lord, what was that?

CLS1: Oh you were recording that? That is so mean, Derek, you are so mean! I'm not sharing any of my ice cream with you! it's rocky road, too!

CLS2: Oh, I heard. I just need the access codes for today!

CLS1: Oh no no no. Today was your day to take care of the access codes. I'm on Personal Ice Cream leave of Absence. Code 3.5.31 in the manual clearly states

CLS2: Then where are the codes?!

CLS1: You had them! I saw you!

CLS2: ...Oh man...This is not good...I screwed up big time...

CLS1: What did you do, Derek?!

CLS2: I...may have played hooky today to go see the World's Largest Bullet. I think I may have left it there.

CLS1: So...you're saying, you left the access codes, which endagers all our lives--all of them!-- At the World's Largest Bullet?!

CLS2: Yes. That's correct.

CLS1: Whatever, I have ice cream.

I may have posted this before, but it's one of my favorites.