The best way to waste time in between Bad Company 2 sessions since Bad Company 2. (continue reading…)

Last month Gizmodo interviewed the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, and he dropped word of a Blu-ray add-on coming to Xbox.

When asked about putting Blu-ray drives in the consoles he said:

Well I don’t know if we need to put Blu-ray in there—you’ll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories.

You can see the interview here.  Where he also talks about plans for Project Natal.

Let’s hope he wasn’t just throwing out his own thoughts on the subject, and knows for sure it’s coming.  If Microsoft wants to keep calling the Xbox 360 a media center, and not just a gaming console, Blu-ray is a must. Unfortunately I think Microsoft is a day late and a dollar short on this.  Many people have already gotten a stand alone Blu-ray player, or even sprung for a PS3 when Sony dropped the price.  I wonder how much money Microsoft could have made if they would have released an external Blu-ray player last year around the holidays.

As for me, since they have no official word on a release date for the Blu-ray add-on, Microsoft has already lost me as a potential Blu-ray customer.  I plan on buying a player in a few weeks for less than $100 when black friday hits.

Okay now that I have blood shot eyes after 2 straight days of gaming, it might be time to write my review of this game.  Infinity Ward and Activision have done what they do best.  Two years after the release of COD4 they have decided to make a follow up to one of the greatest games made for any console.  Not since Bungie released Halo in 2001 have so many gamers loved one franchise as much as they have this one.  COD4:MW was pure bliss and the Multi-player was amazing to most gamers out there.  There was only one major complaint of the original and that was that there was no co-op in any aspect of the game. Now after a brief history of the game lets go to the review.  PURE EYE CANDY!!  This game is a great continuation of the original.  This series of games is one of the few that my palms sweat while I am playing because it is so intense.  This the only game I have ever heard of that allowed you to skip a mission because it might be too disturbing.  Let me list just a few things you get to do:  Drive a snowmobile, ice climb, drive a boat, a couple of sniper missions, and siege a castle.  The campaign is brilliant and it is great fighting through Washington DC.  The A.I. soldiers fighting belong side you aren’t much help at all.  The A.I. shooting at you, however, are usually pretty difficult depending on the mission.  The sound as usual is crisp and well timed. The new addition to the game is the Co-op Spec Ops mode.  You and a friend can play through several challenges to earn stars and unlock more challenges.  These include sniping missions, Snowmobile races, bomb disarming, and several other styles of games.  These games can also be played Solo. The only real problem I have with this game is the lack of Co-op Campaign.  The Spec Ops option is cool, but it isn’t the same.

- High quality graphics and sound

- Very-high replay value

- Great control system

- Great story line with a twist

9.5/10

Time for some more gamin’ folks, later!!  Oh and Happy Veterans day!!

Master Black offers up his opinion on this week’s selection of new releases. (continue reading…)

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Sorry, other guy that reviewed this. Let the REAL Ghostbusters handle this one.

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