LASO: Long Night of Solace

Use the infinite respawning marines near the beginning of the level to fill up on rocket ammo. That will make the first part of the Covenant carrier part a lot easier.

Also, Needle Rifle is your best friend throughout the mission. At the very end when you are defending the Pelican with Jorge, do not let the gun on the front of it get destroyed. You can actually crouch next to it and wiggle around then move backwards while holding X you can actually control gun and be impervious to damage. Otherwise, have fun with the Ultras that come pouring out.

Booze And DMR

I've noticed that there is a fine (very fine at that) bell curve of my Halo: Reach skills in relation to amount of alcohol consumed.

A bottle of the very tasty Smithwick's and a party of people who like to have fun and work together for the win set the mood for some fairly decently paced games. In fact I don't recall losing a game with that team we had going. Probably because Halcylon is a fucking amazing pilot with a Falcon so that made Breakpoint matches a lot easier.

With that team long since departed to snooze, I am ready to set off in my lone quest of this week's LASO challenge. I have finished every other LASO lain down before me, and I aim to finish this one as well. Time to crack open that can of chilled liquid courage and face this beast down.

Xbox Live Mad Scientist

Just stumbled across the Xbox Live Labs deal that was launched a week ago. I never check the "My Community" tab on the dashboard. Basically if you let your console idle and run this piece of software, they'll give you free avatar gear modeled after a mad scientist. Count me in.

Oh, and for those that go after achievements you also get three 0G 'cheevos. Pointless really, but for the 'cheevo hunters out there that really doesn't matter much.

No Way Out

I hate moving when people have stacked up a ton of boxes in your way right after you wake up and are doing your hurried walk to the bathroom. I just woke up, I don't want to feel like I'm dungeon crawling for another twenty minutes.

Defiant

Had my first taste earlier and I love Condemned. The epic battles I had in low gravity...I long for more. That and to play Highlands.

The Endless Progress Bar

Internet is back on and I'm downloading the final version of the Defiant Map Pack to my console. The progress bar is taunting me by simply stopping on a percentage for awhile.

Projects

Now that my high speed has been shut off and cut down my access to being able to play video games online. I see myself as having quite a bit of free time in the very near future.

F You, ISP

Always shut my net off on the day I want to just relax. Slightly annoying.

Thus Unto Oblivion

I've picked up an old game again today, TES IV: Oblivion. I think it is my anticipation for Skyrim that keeps driving me back to Cyrodiil and taking up arms with one of my characters. I must say that the map for Oblivion is horribly taunting me at the moment by simply naming Skyrim as the province north of Cyrodiil.

I think to tide myself over until this November I shall find ways to exploit this game in any way possible for my own amusement. Already have a low level super powered mage character, he was archmage by level 3.

November is a long wait, but I must persevere.

Bash Scripting: Menu

Alright, I came across a note I had made for myself that is a basic outline of how I write simple text menus for my bash scripts when I need them. This easy piece of code was invaluable for piecing together my installer script for Ubuntu that installs all my software on a fresh install. I'll share my code with you so you can use it to your heart's content.