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So Deacon came up with an idea that he feels will showcase what the entire gaming community is about.  He came up with something named “Gamer 2 Gamer” as part of his Community Worldwide Program.  It’s an effort meant to put a stamp on just how strong the gaming community is.  What will happen is Deacon will mail an item out soon to begin a huge effort amongst gamers.  Gamers all over the world will be adding their signatures and marks to this item.  It will travel thousands of miles becoming a growing symbol of the community at each stop.

 

If you are interested in becoming part of this event stop by http://www.unscripted360.com/2007/09/16/gamer-2-gamer-community-effort/ for more details!

 

Need a break from GoW, Rs:Vegas, Lost Planet? You are all probably saying “yeah right”. But seriously if you haven’t already you should check out Carcassonne. Honestly, I have never heard of it until it hit the Arcade on June 27^th. It will run you 800 Microsoft points and take up about 45.8 MB on your hard drive.

Carcassonne includes 72 tiles from the original game and 12 tiles from the Rivers expansion. This is a good family game as it supports 4 players on one console with several difficulty levels to choose from and online multiplayer can have up to five players. The achievements are fairly easy and the game comes with a tutorial.

The game begins with a single tile faced up and on each turn the player places a new tile adjacent to tiles that are already face up and must be placed in a way that extends on the tiles it is placed next to. For example roads must connect to roads, fields to fields, and city walls to city walls. When the tile is placed you have the option of placing a follower down to claim that city or road to gain points once that city or road is finished. Once the city or road is finished you get your follower back and a flag with your color is put in its place. Of course the game ends when the last tile is set on the board, the game is then scored and the player with the most points wins.

The tutorial does give more in-depth directions so I recommend giving it a once over before jumping into the game if this is your first time playing Carcassonne.

Single player against the computer set at the easiest level is a guaranteed win almost every time, so for a bit more of a challenge raise the level, set a time per turn, or use the river tiles.

Multiplayer can be a lot of fun but the only draw back is that the game can last a lot longer than it should mainly due to other players want to take their time with their strategies. Even if you set a time for the game most gamers will take the full amount of time allotted to place their piece down.

Gameplay: 5 - Controls are very easy to use

Graphics: 4 – good not great but that is to be expected since it is a tile game

Audio: Honestly I didn’t pay much attention to the music since I was focused on the game. So I can’t really rate it. I would recommend just playing your own sound track if you don’t like the music

Replayability: 4 – I gave it a four because it is fun to play and addictive you can easily play this game for hours especially with friends

Overall: 4 - For a few minor quarks such as the multiplayer games that take a bit longer to play. All in all, it is not only great for the family that likes to game together but for everyone 

I have been feeling really bad over the past few days and felt worse today so I decided to stay home today.   Good thing to it is rainy and yucky outside.  I got up today at 1030am called work and crawled back into bed at 130pm, I didn't wake back up until around 5 or 6pm, I think, not sure, LOL.  I have been working on my marketing paper ever since once I am done I think I will crawl back into bed!

 

so here is my upate:

 

I started my marketing class about 5 weeks ago and I have never had so much work in my life! I have written 5 essays so far and every week we have answer 3 discussion question plus make meaningful responses to 2 students in each thread! Fiesty knows what I am talking about with Kaplan University... LOL..

So this is the bulk of what I do when I am home which I feel like takes up much of my time. I used to be able to visit all of my forums from the internet at work however that was taken away from us! The new hires they brought in decided to abuse the privilage and was using the internet while they were supposed to..grr..I work in a call center so while we are taking calls we are not allowed to be on the internet unless it is to review policy references or procedures (we have an intranet) so apparently they were visiting their myspace pages while on calls and even if front of the supervisors! so after 2 /12 yrs of being there and having internet it is gone.

They have blocked all of the forums I visit.

Next I am going to be an aunt! My sister is due to have her first child any day soon. She is about a month early so I have been trying to be free as much as I can so I can just go when the baby comes. She lives 2 1/2 hours away from me in chicago. She was keeping if the baby was a boy or girl secret but she spilled the beans! I am going to have a nephew...

He is going to be a gamer whether she likes it or not!

well I think that is about it...

Happy Gaming Everyone!

Deacon original spilled the details on his show Episode 30 (5 calls and a guest), which is a very good show so check it out as he has a special little guest who is the cutest ever! She has good taste in Video Games, me likes Viva too!!

 

I am a little late posting that, sorry, as Episode 31 (Mo Lam, Xbox Rewards) is already out so be sure to listen to that on too!

 

But anyway here's the scoop, 72/3 is unscripted nights 3 day event, yes I said 3 days! LOL.. In which 3 different games will be played, start on a friday with GRAW and ending Sunday afternoon with Call of Duty 3.  Sadly I only have Saturdays game which is RS:Vegas, Oh yeah, I'm ready! Hopefully Deacon doesn't restrict the auto-shotty,  me likes it very much..

 

So here's the breakdown, stolen from Unscripted 360 of course :

 

Friday, April 13: 10PM CST / 8PM PST / 11PM EST GRAW 2
Saturday, April 14: 10PM CST / 8PM PST / 11PM EST Rainbow Six Vegas
Sunday, April 15: 4PM CST / 2PM PST / 5PM EST Call of Duty 3

 

More Details on how to be a part of this gaming event can be found here: Unscripted Nights 72/3 

 

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 Tommorrow's blog willbe my rant about my marketing class.... Any marketers out there want to lend me a hand??? LOL....

That is exactly what everyone is thinking now that Deacon has annouced another upcomming Unscripted Nights, however he is very hush hush about the details!! Everyone is guessing as to what it could mean.... More details I am sure will be annouced soon..

 

But just in case you missed it check out the quotes from the Debut of the first Unscripted Nights!!

 

If you are interested in gaming with the U360 community during unscripted nights or just becoming a part of the U360 community then head over to the Unscripted 360 forums and watch for updates as more are sure to come!!

 

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