RDR Co-op Pack Launched

So the Red Dead Redemption multiplayer mission pack launched today. Just finished playing the sixth mission and had my ass handed to me by a lucky stick of dynamite. Over all it is fun, and could provide a new way for two to four people to grind through some levels to break up the monontany that Gang Hideouts end up being after awhile. Oh, and there are new achievements added in for all those 'cheevo hunters out there (guilty as charged).

Managed to bump myself from a just starting 40 to nearly 41 in a fairly short period of time since my buddy and me were kicking ass at the missions. Gotta say I like the first mission where you steal the gold from the Walton gang and the Mexicans then ride like hell out of there. Probably grind on that mission later so I can finally hit a legendary level.

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Anticipation Building....Road to Recon

Halo 3 has long since been one of my top games since it's release over a year ago. I have fought hard along the marines, ODST's, and Elites to drive back the Brutes and bring Truth down. The campaign still brings me back occasionally and as such, I had decided that it was time to round up the last few achievements so I could get the Katana for my Hyabusa armor. Yes, I know it has taken me forever but I stopped achievement hunting on this game months back. In one day I sat down and nailed the last three achievements that had eluded my grasp, and it felt satisfying slapping that asthetic sword on my Spartan's back. That was until I remembered.

I had nearly let it slip my mind, there was still one armor variant I had not received and my mission may have been complete for the Katana...but now I had to set out on a mission to get Recon.

Knowing I am not skilled enough or lucky enough to pull off some bizarre glitch in a matchmaking game that has never been seen before, I turned my sights towards the Vidmaster achievements. I needed to get them before the Mythic map pack to was released with the final Vidmaster. Seven on Seven was simple since I had six EXP in Lone Wolves already, I just waited till the seventh of this month and won one game to score the achievement. Three days later I was invited into a party to do a run for the Annual achievement....fourty-three minutes and thirty-seven seconds later I had that one in the bag as well.

Finally there was Lightswitch, a quick check of all my EXP so far indicated that Social Slayer had the most and would be the quickest to get to Lieutenant. That took me two days with sporadic playing and the final one was tucked secure into my little gamerscore vault. Now the waiting game starts...

Halo Wars will be my hope to get Brainpan I believe. March 3rd with the Limited Collectors edition and I can score a download to the Mythic maps then work on finding those skulls hidden in the levels. I know Bungie won't make those skulls easy to find. The search is hopefully going to test our knowledge of various in game tricks to get to the skulls. I sincerely hope that is the case because it will make the Road to Recon all the sweeter.