Herd of Cats

Or Blackwalt and Graybush forget how to play zombie mode

So last night Graybush and I jumped into The Giant in Black Ops 3 and it did not go well. It did not go well in three separate attempts.

There is a picture of a Round 17 attempt after the jump and, while 17 isn't too bad, that was our third attempt. Our second attempt ended up somewhere between the above Round 5 and the below Round 17.

You all know how I am not one to point fingers, particularly in zombie mode... but just last week (three stories before this one) SeanMCR and I managed to get to Round 32. If only I could put together what was different...

And I had no idea

7 Days to Die is a Zombie survival game in the vein of Minecraft. Slightly more mature. Brought to the Xbox One and PS4 by Telltale Publishing. Downloadable only, available in the Xbox Store.

7 Days to Die has redefined the survival genre, with unrivaled crafting and world-building content. Set in a brutally unforgiving post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. It presents combat, crafting, looting, mining, exploration, and character growth, in a way that has seen a rapturous response from fans worldwide. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Official 7 Days to Die website.
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With the DLC The Crew gets a lot more Playful!

Somehow I missed this mode in my previous reading although technically it was added in a recent patch to The Crew: Wild Run. The Freedrive Stunts read like an ongoing series of Burnout Paradise's challenges. Selected on the fly and cooperative.

When starting a FreeDrive Stunt, the game will give a “personal goal” or a “collaborative goal”. This means, when playing in a crew, sometimes everyone will have to get his own stunt done and other times, everyone will participate to get the challenge completed.
There are several types of stunts, among them:
• Driving a certain distance.
• Drifting a certain distance.
• Jumping a certain distance.
• Staying in the air for a certain time.
• Near miss a certain number of vehicles.
• Doing wheelies.
• Smashing elements.

And much more…

More details available on the Official site.

Note: I have not bought either the Wild Run or the season pass. So don't buy it expecting to join me. However, I could probably be convinced...

Let's play Minecraft Tower Defense

Past 10:30. PAST 10:30!

It was totally unreasonable and completely zombie mode related. SeanMCR had a daily challenge in Black Ops 3. Survive 15 rounds. Sadly it took us two attempts. But that second attempt was a great game, all the way to Round 32. Over twice what he needed.

I am not sure how SeanMCR managed to continue over the constant whining about bedtime but he did persevere and persevered well.

2017!

Rebellion has let us know that we will have to wait until 2017 for our latest hit of Sniper Elite.

That's right, Sniper Elite 4 will be making its return on February 14th, 2017, coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC! Join Karl Fairburne in Italy, 1943 as he sets out to break some hearts...literally!

On the plus side I am pretty much guaranteed to have Valentines' Day plans next year...

More details on the Rebellion Blog.

This will be the Fourth Annual Occurrence of no one showing up!

The no one showing up may be related to how late I continually post these.

Today as a tribute to Father's everywhere be sure to show up on Xbox Live at 9:30ish to boot randomly around in The Crew. Why? Why ask why? Just show up.

Another reminder that this is a virtual LAN. It's not that I don't want to see you in person, it's that I don't want to see you in person.

Oddly, I am amazed that I posted it this early! The graphic was a complete rebuild as my backup drive failed.

I can't say enough about this game. If you have the slightest interest in driving games you should be trying this

Supports four-player co-op as you drive around a massive re-creation of the US. Drive through New York, Colorado, the Grand Canyon.

I have so much to say I don't know where to start! Some totally random thoughts after the original launch trailer!

A simple solution to a simple problem

So today Rolly is planning a sleep over at a friend's. The entire reason behind the sleep over is to play Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 on his friend's Xbox One. All good except Rolly needs to take an Xbox One controller for himself. Technically I only have one good controller for my Xbox One. The one I use - an Xbox One Special Edition Covert Forces (above right in the photo).

All the awesome games at E3 and the one I am most interested in is...

I know! I was surprised too!

You’re in charge of the Horizon Festival. Customize everything, hire and fire your friends, and explore Australia in over 350 of the world’s greatest cars. Make your Horizon the ultimate celebration of cars, music, and freedom of the open road. How you get there is up to you.

Four player co-op campaign! Now all we need is for Graybush to start playing racing games...

Outside XBox again (I like these guys, so sue me) playing pretty much like I would. Actually, I would probably be a little more stealthy.

I am really looking forward to this one. The gameplay looks intense and the fighting more interactive than standard button mashing.

This looks awesome!

The question is, is he still on fire?

Welcome back! But please no more rage quitting. There's nothing left to burn.