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No Food, No Drinks (And the Sign Says..)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 10:10:39 +0000

August 2023

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Ackee And Saltfish (Food and Eats)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 09:56:20 +0000

August 2023

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Aliens Colonial Marines on xbox 360 review (Video Games)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 11:05:52 +0000

Right off the bat the game feels like its a 2007 game but its actually came out in 2013. The game has alot of rough edges and the guns dont really feel punchy but the sound effects are good. Its really an A to B shooter that follows the movie a bit too closely. With just about an hour into the game I can safely say it is an ok movie game. We will see how it goes in my next play session. Right now I am jumping back into Thief. I may have mentioned that I am juggling 3 games at the same time with this being the 4th. Do not worry about my mental state as most of the controls are the same across many of these games.

So far this is a real "doors and corners" game. I am having fun trying to cheese the CPU aliens. You can get cornered pretty easily in this game and the life bar does not regenerate all the way so you can get into some dicey situations where the aliens will eat you alive. You will encounter human enemies but they are not as fun as the aliens because they hide and camp.

In my recent play session I got into the vibe of the game. I think this a game that you should play at night in a dark room if only to really feel the lonely empty space. Its fun, I am enjoying the game - still playing on easy mode.

I really enjoy the sections where you are fighting aliens. The humans are boring to fight.

Conclusion

I like the game. Its simple, pick up and play, go here, shoot that. The different between this and a COD game is that this is set in the Alien movie which is more fun than hunting terrorists. If you love the alien movies you will love play acting in these environments. The sound effects and music really sells the game. 8/10 - movie game.

After finishing the game I dropped my rating to 6/10. The game starts out really good then just divides into standard a-b shooter around 50% the way through. The first half is very good though so I would recommend it for just that half. I think I read somewhere that it fell into development hell and was actually worked on by two different teams.

Strategy

Of course I played on the easier difficulty and I cheese the enemies as much as possible with my back always to the wall or in a door way. Your NPC team mates are invincible so no need to worry about them.

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Jerk Fry chicken Lunch (Food and Eats)

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:09:16 +0000

Jack Sprat, St. Elizabeth. August 2023

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Amazing (And the Sign Says..)

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:41:53 +0000

August 2023

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Fish Soup (On the menu)

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:35:00 +0000

August 2023

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Video Games)

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:27:38 +0000

I never liked strategy games, especially grid based strategy RPGs. I like C&C Tiberan Sun on PC. Xcom is fancy but really slow - like really really slow. And I can already tell that there is going to be alot of little things to manage and organize. But I aint got time for it.

I was secretly hoping that the game was not too tactical, but it really is so if you like tactical games this one is for you.

Conclusion

Tactical board game. Not my kinda game so I will put it back into the pile and play something else. I might pick it up at some other point if I get bored of every other game in my collection.

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Pelican Bar, St. Elizabeth (The Jamaica photo project)

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:52:10 +0000

You visit to buy fried fish and hang out in the middle of the ocean. August 2023

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Skate 3 on xbox 360 review (Video Games)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 10:01:46 +0000

I got amazon "used game" scammed on the case and got the regular version. But thats not the main issue; the game is basically trash after you complete the tutorial you might as well just quit the game and never play it again. This was a random amazon purchase mainly because I wanted one of those cross-gen game cases that got released in the later part of the 360/Xbone cycle. Unfortunately no such luck.

Game play

I completed the tutorial and learned how to do some tricks before venturing into the open world which is mostly bland unless you are going down a nice hill. The open world doesnt seem to serve much purpose. I was not interested in building skate parks or doing trick challenges because I found that the player character would fall down too frequently on the slightest bump. It became super annoying finding good lines because it is so easy to get bounced around and knocked over. So I settled on playing through all the death race challenges. Going fast in a straight line is pretty much the only fun I could find in the game.

Conclusion

I pretty much quit the game after that. I had no other reason to play the game except to listen to the soundtrack which was a random mix of licensed songs in classic EA style. Luckily I got the game comparative cheap at $10. Its hard to get into and clunky. rating 5/10. Only play it if you must. Old Tony hawk is better.

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No Food (And the Sign Says..)

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:11:56 +0000

August 2023 Treasure Beach

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New Kingston, August 2023 (Street Photography)

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:47:01 +0000

Early morning in the streets

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Jakes Treasure Beach, Aug 2023 (Low Life)

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:07:08 +0000

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What do you collect? Games, music, key chains, clothes? (Questions)

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:04:45 +0000

everyone collects stuff. what is your horde?

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Jakes Treasure Beach (The shadow project)

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:50:51 +0000

August 2023

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Jakes Treasure Beach (Plant Life)

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:46:15 +0000

St Elizabeth, August 2023

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Lovers Leap (Street Photography)

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:07:54 +0000

August 2023. It most likely doesn't like like this anymore due to the hurricane last year.

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Salt Mackerel Run Down, Egg Bacon Sandwich (Food and Eats)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:24:58 +0000

Jakes Hotel, Treasure Beach, Jamaica August 2023

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Max Payne 3 on xbox360 review (Video Games)

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 20:44:24 +0000

I finished BioShock and jumped right into MP3. I had played the first 2 games long ago on PC. My memory of the prior games faint and disjointed. Right off the bat; it's a smooth game. It runs from scene to scene so seamlessly that I waited for an oppurtunity to save and quit it but it never came. it just kept going and going. If I died it would instantly restart without even loading. It is like some kind of new/old video game drug.

It is not as stylized as HitmanAB but it has a lot of texture and the story has excellent writing. The writing/narration is so dense that you want to see what happens after every scene. The dense writing is super saturated like a diamond soup from a distant planet made completely of diamond asteroids.

As usual with Rockstar this is an expensive production. Very linear game play, well crafted to a surgical level. I played on easy - no point in struggling through the tough spots = life is short. i can see the game getting real tedious on any other level. Many devs and artists must have died bringing this to market. The polygon work is complex, the environments a bit sparse but there is no real reason to stop and look around - keep moving. The entire game play just pushes you forever forward like a train on skates through a scenic ghetto of death and carnage.

The game crashed roughly 4 times during my play through. I sure it is pushing the 360 to the max even though I felt like I was watching cut-scenes half the time and redoing quicktime events another 25% but the gameplay is good and cutscenes reduce over time as the story unfolds.

Conclusion

Initial rating 9/10. Not for everyone, might hard crash your xbox360, some sequences are annoying, some bad fire fights with no easy way out except bullet time and tanking some shots. Play it on easy if you value your time. MP3 is a slick well polished game with lots of dialogue. Totally recommend. Must play.

Quick tips

The auto lock on feature is your friend. Use it often especially in those quick time events when you are not allowed to fail.

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No Leaning on Fence (And the Sign Says..)

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:46:41 +0000

Lovers Leap, August 2023

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Jakes Treasure Beach (Into the Blue)

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 08:31:22 +0000

August 2023

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Jakes Treasure Beach (On the menu)

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:10:26 +0000

August 2023

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Treasure Beach, August 2023 (Plant Life)

Wed, 28 May 2025 08:18:24 +0000

Jakes

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ChickenWrap and JakesBurger (Food and Eats)

Tue, 27 May 2025 10:10:30 +0000

Jakes Treasure Beach, Lunch, August 2023

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Jakes Treasure Beach (The Jamaica photo project)

Mon, 26 May 2025 08:35:44 +0000

August 2023

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Sabina Park Exteria (The high life)

Wed, 21 May 2025 07:42:20 +0000

Kingston, August 2023

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