Fable II: A Must Have for any Xbox 360 Owner

The original Fable which was released on the Xbox in September 2004 became the number one selling action RPG. The sequel lives up to that title. Today, I bought the Limited Collectors edition. This version came with a 48 hour xbox live card, a dvd of bonus content, a pretty nifty outer sleeve for the actual game case, the game, and a card that allows you to get bonus in game content. The bonus ingame content includes a special area, a sword that you must get from that area, and *drums roll* ,to please all of you Halo fanatics out there, the have Master Cheif armor and an energy sword. Sadly you can't has recon, but you can be the Cheif. You can even get the title of Master Cheif from a town crier.
Now onto gameplay. The game plays pretty much like the old game. You have the simple one button attack system and the magic menu has been changed for the better. In addition to guns, swords, and bows, this time around you can have guns. They are quite effective, but not my taste. I would rather go aroun hacking and slashing until my thumb falls off. Another aspect of the game that has changed is that you have to choice of being a boy or a girl. Pretty cool I guess, but I don't know what effects your sex will have. A new addition to the game this time around is your dog. You can do many things with your dog. You can teach it tricks, it can attack, it can sniff treasure, show you hidden items to dig for, and they can make for some good entertainment. Finally there are many changes to the game this time around. You can get jobs to earn money, you can level up anywhere, you can interact with people even more, and you don't have as many of those long loading screens. Oh yeah, one more thing, main quests don't give you money. 10/10
Now on to visuals. The graphics are great for such a massive game, although they could be better. I haven't plugged my xbox into my nice HDTV system, but once I do, I am sure it will be epic. 9/10
Now onto story line. So far the story seems great. *****Semi Spoiler Alert****** You start off as a young boy, just like the last game. You are in Bowerstowne, where you live with your sister. A trader comes into town with an assortment of "magical goods." One of the people in the crowd tells you to buy the music box that the guy has. So, you go around the town getting some gold and you buy the box. When you turn the key on the box, it begins to glow and suddenly dissapears. Later that night, people from the castle come and take you to the castle. The lord who lives their end up killing you and your sister, because you are the "fourth" hero. You, the main character, are cast out of the window and land on the street. While you are "dead" the lady who told you to buy the box and takes you to the hero camp. ******Spoilers Done*****
That is the intro. I cant wait until i get farther in the game. 10/10
Overall, this game is a great improvement to its predecessor and is a game that any RPG player should have in their collection. Go buy it today, but remember, get the Limited Collectors edition. You can be teh cheif!!!! 9.5/10

LHC delayed until spring 2009...

After the "failure" of the maiden voyage of the Large Hardon Collider (LHC) on September 10th of this year, CERN has scheduled a date for the relaunching of the LHC. That date will most likely be in April. Now, the failure was the fact that there was a helium leaking cause by a faulty connection between two of the magnets of this $10 billion dollar science experiment. It also had major overheating of the magnets which are scattered accross the LHC. The LHC will have to come back to room temperature before any maintanence can be done. This should take about a month becase the opperating temperature is -456.3 degrees Farenheit. That is pretty damn cold. After maintanence is done, the LHC will have to be brought back down to that same temperature.
Surely one of you is thinking "what in the world is the LHC?" The short answer to that is that it is super powered atom smasher. What this device does is send particles around a 17 mile (located under France and Switzerland) ring at close to the speed of light. Then, they make the particles collide. Scientists are hoping that it will bring us insight on how the universe was created and what exactly is dark matter. IF they get results, it will take close to a decade and the data will fill 10,000 CDs a day. Many think that there will be catastrophic events from the LHC. Some of these are a black hole engulfing the earth, alien races coming through a vortex and destroying mankind, and a huge explosion. The most realistic thing that could happen is the 17 mile ring exploding causing that part of France and Switzerland to explode. The reality is that the chances of anything bad happening are less that 0%. The number is somewhere around 0.00000000024%. Don't worry about the world ending or any catastrophic events ruining you weekend.
I can't wait for the project to be set off and will post on the blog about what happens.