I went to the downloads area to check out and download the trial version of Soul Calibur, and what do I find, but a free 4th of July download for Guitar Hero III:
“Top Gun Anthem”
O_O
So I download it.
And play it a couple of times.
Fun.
Then I download the Soul Calibur trial, and after playing for a few minutes before it times out, I decide to unlock the whole game.
Ah, Mitsurugi, my old friend. Welcome back to my console gaming world.
I decide to play ‘Survival’ mode, and manage to get 19 wins before Mitsurugi was defeated.
And now I’m looking forward to Soul Calibur IV.
On my way home last night I stopped by the grocery store to pick up some fruit platters for a 4th of July shindig. When I got home, I noticed some cars in the my driveway.
Dad made dinner for some of my family.
I parked and went inside, and right away one of my aunts wanted to try Wii Fit. I fired up the Wii, loaded the game, and for the next couple of hours almost everyone there tried the body test and at least one of the 15 basic activities from the guest menu. Everyone enjoyed it, especially playing or watching the soccer ball block activity.
After a few folks left, my uncle wanted to check out Rock Band, since he had played drums before. So I fired up the 360 and loaded that game. After going through the tutorial, I myself played ‘Roam’ by The B-52s, and amazingly I made it all the way through the song (first time EVER on drums). My uncle then tried to play ‘Roxanne’ by The Police, but couldn’t quite get the timing down, so he was booed off the stage.
All-in-all, it was pretty fun.
Haysbert: ‘24′ role may have helped Obama
RENO, Nevada (AP) — Dennis Haysbert likes to believe his portrayal as the first African-American U.S. president on Fox’s “24″ may have helped pave the way for Barack Obama.
Dennis Haysbert, who appeared on Fox’s “24,” says some fans come up to him and ask him to run for office.“If anything, my portrayal of David Palmer, I think, may have helped open the eyes of the American people,” said the actor, who has contributed $2,300 to the Illinois Democrat’s presidential campaign.
“And I mean the American people from across the board — from the poorest to the richest, every color and creed, every religious base — to prove the possibility there could be an African-American president, a female president, any type of president that puts the people first,” he said Tuesday.
More at link above.
Personally, I think he’s right.
President Palmer: Listen to me. All of you. I know you’re not in the same room with me but you can see and hear me plainly enough. Take a good look. Do I seem scared? Am I breaking into a nervous sweat? Am I babbling? At a loss for words? Is my voice shaking? Can any one of you look me in the eye and tell me I’m disabled?
That was one of his best scenes in the best season of 24 (season 2), when his cabinet was about to invoke the 25th amendment and remove David Palmer from the Presidency.
Dennis Haysbert himself is one of my favorite actors, from his role as Pedro Cerrano in Major League, to ‘Chief’ in Navy SEALs, to the voice of Kilowog on Justice League, to his current role as Jonas Blaine on The Unit.
But after Jack Bauer, Senator/President David Palmer will always be my second favorite character on 24. I was pretty upset when they killed him off, but then saw that he gets to play a Jack Bauer-like character in The Unit, which was fine by me.
Any guesses on who I’m voting for this November? Aside from the fact that I’m a registered Democrat?
Last night I was copying files from my old laptop to my new one, when I realized that I didn’t have Microsoft Office installed on the new laptop.
I sure as heck didn’t want to buy a new copy of Office 2007, and I didn’t know where I left my Office 2003 disk for my old laptop.
I remembered someone mentioned to me that there was an Office-like program out there, and it was free because it’s an open-source program.
I browsed the web and found OpenOffice.org.
For all intents and purposes, it’s identical to Office 2003. I was able to open my old Office 2003 docs without a problem in OpenOffice.
The best part? It IS free.
