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The Hunger Games

April 23, 2012 in Movies, Personal with 0 Comments

Britt and I went and saw The Hunger Games tonight at Smitty’s Cinema. I went into the movie hearing from a lot of people that it was definitely worth seeing and that it was a very good movie. I really didn’t expect how good this movie was though.

We first started out by taking our seats at the table that we selected. From there we ended up being waited on by a woman that offered us some drinks… this was very strange to me because I’ve never been to a Smitty’s before and never actually ate real food in a movie theater. Britt ended up ordering the Ranch Chicken wrap with buffalo chicken instead of regular and for myself it was a buffalo chicken sandwich. Both of which were really good, which is always a plus in my book.

Once the movie started we were instantly drawn to it. It’s really neat how well it was directed and how it seemingly flows together. Now I know that there are some movies out there that are along the same basis, but I can’t stress enough how enjoyable this film was, to actually sit there and watch for as long as it went on for. That’s another thing that I didn’t expect, was it to be so long. The whole film itself is about 142 minutes long, which isn’t so common in a lot of movies now-a-days. To be honest though, it doesn’t feel like it is that long because you are completely drawn into what is going on.

I would definitely recommend this movie for people to see. It’s one of those ones where you leave the theater thinking, “Wow, I can’t believe what just happened. I hope they make a sequel soon.” Which to me means a lot because I don’t think that when it comes to a lot of movies. So I do at least think that you should give this a try, even if you have heard bad things about it… trust me, you won’t regret it.

Battlefield 3 Raising the Bar in Cheating

January 11, 2012 in Games with 0 Comments

DICE posted on the Battlefield 3 blog earlier today that they “have raised the anti-cheating measures”; so it states here. They are claiming that they have banned a fist full of ”confirmed” cheaters based on the community reports that have been submitted to DICE. This is huge news for Battlefield 3 because the uprising of people cheating has been tremendous since it’s release back in October, 2o11. I, personally myself, have come across a few in game, but not as much as other players have experienced, which I’m grateful for. DICE states in their post that they have “always taken cheating seriously” and that starting today they will further increase their efforts to stop this matter that’s on hand. They also state that if you think you are a victim to this “cheating”, that you should report their profile under their renowned battlelog. By doing this, it will decrease the amount of players that are actually cheating and increase the overall quality of the game/experience you have in a game.

I hope this really does reduce the number of people cheating in Battlefield 3. It’s not very fun when you join a game and you have to deal with people that are “god-like”. It personally ruins my game experience, which I’m sure it does the same for others. I’m glad DICE is actually taking actions to this though… you don’t see many companies do something this large scale. I mean, Xbox live itself isn’t even that great at cracking down on people for cheating, or anything of the such. I guess we will just have to see where this goes from here.

What do you think on this? Do you actually think that DICE is going to be cracking down super-hard on this, or is it all talk? Let me know what you think by adding a comment to this post!

Battlefield 3

January 7, 2012 in Games with 0 Comments

I’ve always been a passionate fan of the Battlefield series and have been an avid player of most of them. Recently I just got back into Battlefield 3 and I used to love everything about it. The Battlefield series always made you feel like you were actually there in the action/in the war that you were fighting for. It always gave me a sense of pride when I would shoot someone in the head over 300 miles away.

Lately I don’t know what has happened to Battlefield 3. I got on today to play a game and was doing really well, but the kids that are on it now just ruined the experience for me. It used to be that barely anyone would try and spawn camp a tank or any vehicle for that matter. Now that I’ve gotten back into it, that’s all you see. That is just the frosting to the cake though. Now you have kids that kill you and tea-bag you for no reason… even if their kill wasn’t even victorious. It’s odd to see that.

I’m not so sure if the community has fallen apart of it’s loyal battlefield players or what, but it has definitely changed from when I used to play. My personal opinion is that the younger audience is playing it now and that all the younger kids from the Call of Duty series has stepped over to Battlefield. The only reason I say this is because you hardly ever saw this kind of nonsense on the playing field prior to the release of Battlefield 3, or even when it first came out for that matter. I just don’t know what has happened.

What’s your opinion on all of this? Do you think that younger audiences are being drawn into these more “mature” games, or is it just the community overall that’s falling apart on these video games? Let me know what you think by dropping a comment on this post!