Archives for December, 2008

LEGO Indiana Jones Weirdness

Posted on Dec 09, 2008 under Game Talk | No Comment

Christmas came early as both my husband and I already have our gifts. His is an Xbox 360 - the holiday bundle. And we’ve been playing a lot of LEGO Indiana Jones - which is an awesomely fun game by the way.

My husband convinced me to create my own Xbox 360 profile and after I learned that you can’t transfer saved games from one profile to another. I think you can but you can’t progress in that game. So I’ve been playing through it again.

In the second level something weird happened. I has just blown up a truck and accidentally walked into the fire. When you run out of life, you re-spawn in the exact same spot.Well I was stuck in the fire, so every time I re-spawned I died immediately. I didn’t have time to switch characters or move.

I finally got tired of dying and just turned it off. I guess it was some sort of glitch. Oh to be so close to the end and then have to play through the whole thing again. Maybe it’s time to take a break for today.

Black Friday Video Games

Posted on Dec 01, 2008 under Countdown to Christmas | No Comment

At 4:15am on Friday morning, I set out to find what I deemed to be some pretty good deals. I mean, they would have to be to get out at that time of the morning to fight the crowds, right?

On my shopping list were several video games and a console - the Xbox 360. Target had Xbox 360 holiday bundle plus a $60 gift card. Target also had two Wii games I was interested in buying - Go Diego Go Safari for $11 and Boom Blox for $20. Yeah, both games were sold out by the time I got there - about 15 minutes after the store opened. All the bargain video games were off the shelf.

At Wal-Mart, the line was already formed and pretty long for their video game deals including the Xbox 360/Guitar Hero bundle. I went to Wal-Mart first but couldn’t take standing in line any longer. After a 45 minute wait, I just couldn’t take it anymore. Luckily I came back later in the day and was able to buy what I was after - a portable DVD player.

I had wished that Gamestop had a few games of interest that were cheap since they had their buy 2 get a 3rd free deal this weekend. Nothing of great interest at a great price.

It was a fun day and found most of the stuff I was looking for. I was saddened to hear about the New Jersey Wal-Mart worker who was trampled to death when attempting to open the door for Black Friday. I did notice police officers at our local Wal-Mart that is 24 hours, so people were already inside and some waiting in line for the 5am start of the sale.

I haven’t seen any Cyber Monday deals that are that appealing to me. Of course, I’m 95% done with my Christmas shopping. This is so nice. I might enjoy the holiday season this year without having to stress over gifts.