Video Games » Halo 4 review Xbox 360

written by owen, published 2026-Mar-15, comment

Right off the bat, Halo4 is certainly a pretty game. An "A to B to C" shooter with big set pieces and beautiful sky-boxes everywhere. From what I have played there is not much to it. I keep running out of ammo which forces me to pick up strange enemy guns. The vehicles are not fun to drive. Every texture is meticulously crafted but the game just sends me from place to place to push a button, shoot some baddies, press another button, watch a cut scene with in world babble then repeat. Things are happening and only this one guy and his Ai can stop it. Doesnt make much sense.

This is my first halo game so I have no reference point. This might be how they all are. I do get lost in some of the more open areas. Not sure if it is because of the seamless textures or poor level design but the solution seems to always involve going up to the highest point. I will have to see how the rest of the game unfolds.

Halo 4 is pretty but its not a fun shooter. 7 out of 10. I am going back to FarCry 3. Might come back to it later. This is when I started playing several games at a time because playing multiple levels of hal04 back to back can really numb your skull.

Picked this up again and it's still boring. At this point I try to avoid enemy waves by throwing a grenade then running past them. The UI message telling to swap to another weapon looks exactly like the pick up weapon message. So I end up confused with in a fire fight.

I will have to pull out a new game from the stack because this is not worth my time. Pretty but dumb sci-fi.

Conclusion

Boring game. I give it 5/10. Even playing on easy it was just like watching a movie with annoying shooty sections.

How it ended

I just stopped playing the game at a random level. I am not even sure how far I was into the game. I took the disk out and placed it back in storage. Maybe I need to play an earlier ODST, H3 or Reach.

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Into the Blue » Pelican Bar, St. Elizabeth

written by owen, published 2026-Mar-14, comment

August 2023

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Logbook » Help

written by owen, published 2026-Mar-06, comment

Do not let your self get stuck in a down mood for too long. There are things you cannot control. Forces that have no steering wheel and you are in the passenger seat. I just have to let it run its course while keeping track of everything else that needs to be done. There is always other things to do. Spinning things around in your head for too long is only going to make you forget the other things. It is a form of procrastination. Get other stuff done before they pile up. It will make you eel better and regain focus.

It seems like nowadays its much harder to be a true evil-evil group. A truly evil-evil person/group has to be devious and plan every aspect to avoid getting caught or just fkitall. While a Good-Evil group is legally evil, persistent and makes up all sorts of memes to justify the evil that they commit. If you are caught being evil-evil you go to jail. if you get caught doing good-evil you change the topic. Good-evil is at a epic high right now. You see it movies, Israel, foreign policy, Ai, its all over.

With all the terrible things happening in the world it is important to keep working on the things that you can control. Keep creating, keep moving forward. Stay in control of your reality. Sail your ship away from the rocks. You are your navigator. Even when everyone else is heading towards a precipice you do not have to follow the script. God and time.

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Movies » Zootopia 2 Review

written by owen, published 2026-Mar-04, comment

Its a fun family film with the usual ups and downs. I did not find the theme song very good. The audio in the first sections is on the loud side but it settles down after that.

Not much to say, the film progresses similar to the first movie with a few cameos. Modern movies try too hard to impress.

Conclusion

My rating 6/10. Jan thought the first movie was better. I thought it was ok.

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