Rysz On Gaming

Angry Birds

David — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:36:14 +0000

Angry Birds! What a great game for the iPhone. I recommend you download this ASAP!

Using a slingshot and several different types of birds you shoot the birds to destroy the pigs who have stolen your eggs. Each bird has a different ability to help overcome each level's puzzle.

Netflix streaming on the Nintendo Wii

David — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:08:28 +0000

I had ordered the Netflix streaming disc for the Nintendo Wii and it just came today in the mail.

I was wondering how Netflix would implement this and it turns out they implemented it pretty well.

You startup the Wii with the disc in the drive and it displays a code. You then go to http://www.netflix.com/wii and enter in the code and it is activated and linked to your account.
It come up pretty quickly with our Watch it now queue. Browsing is a little slow, it isn't clear if the memory card is used at all to cache any information. Netflix needs to get their streaming service on every device they can. An iPhone streaming app would rock!!!!

Grand Theft Auto

David — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:01:51 +0000

I have been a fan of of the Grand Theft Auto franchise for many years. It has been the catalyst for me buying two game systems the Playstation 2 and the Playstation portable.

I have GTA on several platforms:

GTA 2 on the Sega Dreamcast
GTA 3 on the PC
GTA San Andreas for the PS2
GTA Liberty City Stories on the PSP
GTA IV on the PC
GTA Chinatown Wars for iPhone

Chinatown Wars is a great port for the iPhone. It has a sort of GTA2 look with lots of details like the newer games have. For example when you steal a car you have to use a screwdriver or in some cases hot wire it by crossing the wires and twisting them. It's a good game that takes advantage of the multi-touch capabilities of the iPhone. I do wish the driving was easier. Using the accelerometer would have been a better choice for driving.

I haven't been able to play GTA IV much since my PC's video card is getting old. Luckily the laptop has a newer video card so it works there. It isn't very convienent playing GTA on a laptop especially one that is prone to overheating.

My Current Gaming Systems

David — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:16:00 +0000

My Current Gaming Systems:

Nintendo Gameboy (Original!)
Commodore Amiga 500
Sega DreamCast
AlienWare 3.2GHZ Dual core w/ ATI X850 XT 256MB video card
Sony Playstation 2
Sony Playstation Portable
Toshiba Satellite Core2 Duo Laptop 256MB Video
iPhone 3g

Welcome To My Gaming Blog

David — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

I love to play games and I have written some posts abut gaming so I thought I would branch out and create a new journal just about gaming. Check out the post about my current consoles.

Call Of Duty - Modern Warfare 2

David — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:37:51 +0000

I know most people probably have the console version but for my birthday I received the PC version. After 20 minutes of installing the game in my Alienware PC I was dismayed to see the error that a 3.0 shaded supported video card could not be found. I thought I would have to return it but I did some research and found our Toshiba gaming laptop we got last year had a Nvidia 8700M GT video card that is compatible! I spent another 45 minutes or so installing the game on the laptop and it worked! The laptop gets VERY hot and has shutdown on me a few times but the game plays well on the laptop even in full 1400x900 resolution. The game graphics are outstanding and the missions are challenging. You get to man the gun in a humvee, climb an ice wall and drive snowmobiles. The game rocks!