Cord’s Life

I am an avid fan of the Civilization series, so when I heard that there was a new Civ game coming out, I was happy. Civilization 4: Colonization is a remake of the 90’s cult classic, Colonization. They used the amazing Civ 4 engine and remade an old game with solid concepts and gameplay into a great new game.

I tried to play the game like it was a game of Civilization, but this is a totally different game, with it’s own strategies. I am very happy with this game, it has a lot of depth and concepts that work well in the game and make it fun, but are also based on actual events in history. The game developers made a game that works but is also fun and mostly historically accurate, fairly impressive! They also made the MSRP(price tag) a very reasonable $29.99, instead of $50.00 since it is based on an existing game engine and is a remake…very smart!

All-in-all, this is a great game at a great price! I highly recommend it!

I bought Star Wars: The Force Unleashed the day it came out, heck I even went to the midnight release, though I was worried whether this game woudl ive up to the hype, or if the reviews would be accurate. I was 100% right, and never should have invested the money….$60.00 plus tax plus gas is a lot to play a mediocre game.

I would rate it a 6 out of 10 at best, I woudl consider giving it a 5 actually. It has repetitive gameplay, glitches, non-fun sections that were hyped before release so they left it in, and broken instructions in-game….all-in-all a terrible showing for a game that is supposed to be great and a real part of the Star Wars universe…They should have just made Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 3 instead.

DON’T BUY THIS GAME, RENT IT!

A very funny blog post giving you possibly useful, very funny information about how to tell if your cat is actually from outer space.

I played a board game with my brother, my dad and my friend Noah this afternoon.  It has been awhile since I played Settlers of Catan, but as always it is an awesome game.  You trade with the other players on your island, while competing to see who can create the largest and most succesful nation.

I also recently bought a new copy of The Great Dalmuti, a very fun card game related/based on the game Asshole, a bar card game. I am hoping we will play that soon.

I have also been designing a campaign scenario for Magic the Gathering, which combines magic duel with a risk style campaign board and abilities reminiscent of Vanguard cards.

I have been very busy moving and dealing with a hectic period of my life, but that has settled down now!  I am moved in to my new place and even have high speed internet at home now so expect frequent posts again.