The Thrifty Gamer

A few years ago we could only dream of having a notebook that performed even half as well as our finely tuned gaming rigs. Now, with the development of more affordable and mainstream miniaturized hardware pieces, we can enjoy all the noob stomping of a desktop in the convenience of a laptop. While there are a few great gaming notebooks on the market, the best bang for your buck is definitely the Qosmio X500 by Toshiba.

All in all, the Toshiba Qosmio X500 is an impressive piece of hardware, and will pretty much last you through any entertainment experience you have in mind. With a powerful i7 processor and GeForce 360M GPU, it will be a while before you replace this notebook, which is always a good thing. Not to mention this notebook looks pretty awesome as well! Well, what are you waiting for? Start gaming with the Toshiba Qosmio X500.

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In the futuristic first person Xbox 360 game, Gears of War 2, Guy Cocker will take on a horde of Locusts. The best things about the new game are that the game has been designed with a groundbreaking new look, taking the entire gaming experience to a different level.

There are newer and better weapons to deal with along with grenades of more power. Powerful melee attacks are in the works, and the visual effects are like none you’ve seen before.

U can relish with your friends, the Gears Of War 2, which has now been released with an attractive multiplayer modes. the support drop from the co-ops and independent difficulty.

But, among the ancient things that this game has retained are the exciting Gears actions that are a trademark of the Gears of War series and especially loved by all alike.

The original Gears of War is an actual action genre of classic games which is filled with brilliant graphics. It’s cinematic presentation along with a challenging cover system make a breathtaking effect.

This section of the premiere series debuts several different new arms as well as groundbreaking new villains to confront.

When you encounter the new enemies who are stronger than before, you know the significance of the more powerful weapons. Unlike its past versions, innovative environments have been used.

The fight experience remains the same. Seen from the viewpoint of the former game, the game play is a bit more exciting and mind-bending.

Gears of War 2 feature a battle mode that is about ten hours in length and very engaging. This game can be addictive; once you start a game you won’t be able to place it down until the outcome is realized.

The design has been well plotted which introduces brilliant epic confrontations along with the stop-and-play gunplay sequences. In addition, there are a lot of cleverly set pieces for you to delight in.

The best is yet to come. The games in the Gears of War 2 offer a multiplayer layer which offers the upgrades needed. With ten new maps and modes that can contain the maximum player of ten.

10 players is an improvement compared to the 8 players that the earlier version used. Hence this series will help you play with your friends and act as a team to ground the Horde.

The fact that this game has been around for so long can be attributed to the ease of finding multiplayer friends, leading it to be a high selling console video game with more than a million copies sold.

The Gears Of War 2 game, more than being innovative, has refined its action and this is the reason of its success. It is among the top games offered for Xbox 360 systems right now and makes a worthwhile addition to every game aficionado’s set.

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In the futuristic first person Xbox 360 game, Gears of War 2, Guy Cocker will take on a horde of Locusts. The best things about the new game are that the game has been designed with a groundbreaking new look, taking the entire gaming experience to a different level.

There are newer and better weapons to deal with along with grenades of more power. Powerful melee attacks are in the works, and the visual effects are like none you’ve seen before.

U can relish with your friends, the Gears Of War 2, which has now been released with an attractive multiplayer modes. the support drop from the co-ops and independent difficulty.

But, among the ancient things that this game has retained are the exciting Gears actions that are a trademark of the Gears of War series and especially loved by all alike.

The original Gears of War is an actual action genre of classic games which is filled with brilliant graphics. It’s cinematic presentation along with a challenging cover system make a breathtaking effect.

This section of the premiere series debuts several different new arms as well as groundbreaking new villains to confront.

When you encounter the new enemies who are stronger than before, you know the significance of the more powerful weapons. Unlike its past versions, innovative environments have been used.

The fight experience remains the same. Seen from the viewpoint of the former game, the game play is a bit more exciting and mind-bending.

Gears of War 2 feature a battle mode that is about ten hours in length and very engaging. This game can be addictive; once you start a game you won’t be able to place it down until the outcome is realized.

The design has been well plotted which introduces brilliant epic confrontations along with the stop-and-play gunplay sequences. In addition, there are a lot of cleverly set pieces for you to delight in.

The best is yet to come. The games in the Gears of War 2 offer a multiplayer layer which offers the upgrades needed. With ten new maps and modes that can contain the maximum player of ten.

10 players is an improvement compared to the 8 players that the earlier version used. Hence this series will help you play with your friends and act as a team to ground the Horde.

The fact that this game has been around for so long can be attributed to the ease of finding multiplayer friends, leading it to be a high selling console video game with more than a million copies sold.

The Gears Of War 2 game, more than being innovative, has refined its action and this is the reason of its success. It is among the top games offered for Xbox 360 systems right now and makes a worthwhile addition to every game aficionado’s set.

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Being a huge fan of the Metroid series as a youngster, I was informed about a downloadable game on Xbox live called Shadow Complex. I’d heard that the game was made using the unreal engine and that Shadow Complex was like Metroid but without the outer space setting. Biting the bullet I forked over some dough to buy the points to download the game, and boy was I glad that I did.

I grew up in the era of when side-scrolling games like Metroid and Mario were King and from the first cut-scene until last of the game the grin on my face was unmatched even by the Joker. Shadow Complex is one of the most beautiful games that I have ever played and game play is just plain good old fashion fun. I love the fact that they use cut scenes to help move along the story, which is predictable but good as well.

The Shadow Complex story starts out with you chilling with your girlfriend while exploring a cave system. While you are doing some freelance spelunking you come in contact with some heinous dudes who end up kidnapping your girl. The Hero then becomes the hunter and is hell-bent upon getting his girl back from these dudes and in the meantime thwarting their evil plan.

Throughout the game Shadow Complex gives you multiple opportunities to level up when you locate pieces to a diabolical suit of armor. The stages are also very entertaining and immersive, especially the ones in which you get to swim through flooded parts of the hidden facility. Once you have leveled up your character to his full capacity you find yourself transformed from a amateur spelunker into a distinguished killing machine.

Being a future game designer I find Shadow Complex a great game to base my future work from because it takes the old concept of side-scrolling games and transforms it into something new. I have so many ideas for side-scrolling games and would love to take the idea that is Shadow Complex and build upon it, who knows maybe take some RPG elements and create a hybrid side-scroller.

In conclusion, Shadow Complex is the best side-scrolling game that I have ever had the pleasure to play and in retrospect the absolute best bang for your buck on Xbox Live. If you own an Xbox and are fortunate enough to be a member of Xbox Live, I highly recommend you give Shadow Complex a look.

Written by JasonParman (70 pts ) in Console Gaming Blog
Last Edited on Mar 16 2010, 09:53 PM
Tags: Video Games, DLC, Shadow Complex, Downloadable Video Game, Side Scroller, Xbox Live

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