In Honor of FF XIII.

In honor of FF XIII, I will be changing my gamer photo to each of the new photos I unlock in the game as they progress. Last night I unlocked Sazh's photo. I think it's fitting. We look exactly alike.

Day Five.

Today was a really solid day. I took my Wii in to Gamestop. They're running a promo right now and I got an extra $50 dollars for it. When it was all said and done, I got $150 on my PowerUps card. I can deal with that. I promptly bought FF XIII. I've been sharing Joe's with him for too long. Plus, I'll want to come back to this game. I'm sure of it.

Over the course of this week, I've got around 2500 points. I'm proud of that. Final Fantasy XIII. Then Mass Effect One and Two. I pre-ordered ME3 today. I can already feel how awesome it will be.

OH YEAH... Joshua. Thank you for the music today. I'll be happy for months.

Day Four.

I have to start with this: I'm heartbroken. MyGamerCard.net shut down today. That what I've been using for badges over here. ---->

Ef word. I used that site to check all of my progress/info/make plans for future achievements. Regardless, they're gone. It's time to find a new site that will do that. I can collectively get the info from a few other sites. We'll see.

That all being said, today has been a great day for gaming. I was up at 7:30 and immediately started grinding in FF XIII. That game is perfection. I played the same 5 battles for 3 hours. I loaded up 51k in CP, and maxed out my current stats. It was way fun. Then I played my wife in Madden.

Madden. Is. Gay.

The series sucks. They're making it easy to settle for the casual gamer. And it has Chris Collinsworth. Those two factors alone make it the worst game that can ever be made. Ever.

I'm off to go check for a Gamefly game.

R.I.P MGC.

Update: 1:27 PM: I found a workaround. Instead of going to MGC when you click on gamer photos, you'll now go to Xbox.com. Not a huge difference, but it's not as comprehensive with information. Oh well. I'll be leaving the top MGC badge up for as long as I feel like, as an homage. Also, Gamefly game is here.

Update: 6:30 PM: I 1000-ed Night at the Museum. It took 4 hours. It was a pain. Collecting is dumb. (Rethinking life...)

Day Three.

Today started off slow. I had to get some work done. Unfortunately, I can't quit the world for five days. Blehg. Now I get to sit down and play. I asked my wife, "What should I start with? Final Fantasy or Bulletstorm?" Her response?

"Bulletstorm. That way you can get more achievements before Josh wants it back."

Gamer-wife-who-understands-achievements ftw.

Day Two.

She was a beaut. I woke up and played FF XIII for 8 hours to start my day. Really, does it get better than that? That game is legendary. I'm glad I'm playing it, but achievements DO NOT HAPPEN. It takes forever. Foreeeever. Soooo....

I played some Madden 10 online. This was my first foray into online matches with a partner to get achievements. I posted my plight on xbox360a and Bobalue1 from Vermont responded. He set the game up (All-Pro, 5 min quarters) and we went to town. We got the first 2 easy. Then it got rough. You have to complete a pass, user to user, which scores, while playing against an All-Pro defense. Some people can do that with ease.

I am not one of those people.

We tried everything. Fake punts on first down. Fake field goals. Posts. Slants. Curls. Straights. Everything. We got lucky on a fake field goal pass. Boom. Touchdown.

No achievement.

Dismayed, but not crushed, we pressed on. We got nowhere. We were down 52-7. Then it happened.

Philip Rivers to Antonio Gates. 42 yards. Hall of Fame moment. Boom. We got it. When the game was over, you get the last achievement. He sends me a message. "100% bro! Thanks for the help. See you later!"

The achievement didn't work for me. Ef. Word. Now I have to go back online and do another game.

Today, we have Madden, Bulletstorm, Final Fantasy XIII, and hopefully a Gamefly game en route. Gear up. It's going to be a good day.

Day One.

Holy butt. I'm so excited for this week. I have 5 days off, starting today. Gamefly game came in the mail. I rationed up. Out of the $110 of groceries I bought, I got --

-8 Powerades
-12 Fat Tires
-1 Rotisserie Chicken

What more does a man need?

I'll update when I 1k my game. I'll break 20k today. So. Pumped. For this week. Games games games games.

And Joseph sucks. Get ready to be in last, Joe. Josh is coming for you.

UPDATE: 2:10 PM: I'm down one bottle of gatorade, one rotisserie chicken, but up 520 gamerscore. I can taste 20k. Also, Backyard Sandlot Sluggers is more entertaining than Madden. That makes me laugh. Loalwlal.

UUUUPDATE: 2:18 PM: I started story mode. Of course, I tried to name my character Butt Face (Who wouldn't?) This is what happened.


"BAD WORD USED. PLEASE ENTER A DIFFERENT NAME"

- What?!?? A profanity filter?!? I tricked the game by naming my guy Butthol. I'm such a child.

UPDAIT: 3:52 PM: I, Jesse Wayne McDonald, have broke 20k. I'm the best at anything, ever, of all time.

UP DATE: 4:34 PM: Butthol Player has an astonishing career. 23/25, 14 HR, 18 RBI, and 0 losses. Hall of Fame numbers? You tell me. 3 Achievements left. I'll mop up after drug testing.

Final Update: 11:13 PM: I got it completed. I did some Halo with the bros. I think Sluggers took about 4 hours of gameplay to 1k. Some of the final achievements were tricky, and had to be done in the bottom of the 9th inning, which made things suck if you messed up. (Which I did.) Today was a big day. I broke 20k. I'm now the highest gamerscored person out of my friends. I passed Sam up today. Also, last but not least...

Josh is THIRTY points behind Joe. Joe, prepare to eat last place. It doesn't taste good.

Way last update: 12:35 AM: Josh is now in second. Boom

The Oracle

So it begins.

Seeing Jesse pick up Final Fantasy 13 and start playing it reignited my interest for the game, So I picked up disc two (Jesse and I are using the same copy, he's on disc 1, Im now on Disc 2, Thank you Square Enix)and started playing again

It was a rough start.

Not remembering any guys abilities, or paradigms or anything I was overtaken by the easiest of foes, but fight after fight, try after try I finally started to regain my stride and dominate enemies again. But another problem arose

Barthandulus

The reason that I quit the game in the first time was the impossible boss I got stuck on in the next room, so I set my feet, and grinded.

And grinded and grinded and grinded.

Soon after hours of grinding I decided to fight the boss again

Killed after 5 minutes

Grind, Grind, Grind, Cry, Grind Grind, Lunch, Grind, Grind

2nd fight success.

But it was too close. I knew that if I was going to be successful in this game I was going to have to get help, I was going to have to see an expert, I was going to have to see

The Oracle

He hails from Portland, Oregon with his wife and 3 kids, and Has put over 7 millon hours into Final Fantasy games since the first one came out.

So I climbed the highest mountain to get cell phone service, and called him

After hours of talking and debating and comparing and laughing, and consolidating we came to an agreement

Everything I was doing was wrong.

Now with a new team, new set of paradigms, and a new battle plan I now am fully equipped to take on this game,

Jesse you suck


here we go.



P.S Jesses tattoo ideas are gay, in fact I came up with one of my own, so picture this, after you read Jesses half baked Idea about some not funny tattoo, you read mine that says

"At least Im not a wanted animal rapist"

Boom