This was a play from a game I played last night. The video didn't come out as well online, but it was awesome. I was controlling the safety and he came charging up and took the option pitch in mid air!
Took it back for 6. Awesome.
Showing posts with label Xbox 360. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A Great Day
My tv interview went very well. I was awfully nervous, but that faded away once I sat down and did the thing. Afterward the crew and producers were very nice and said I did a great job.
The crazy thing is that the person who was interviewing me had never heard of AVID before. She was on our school board for a few years, but had stepped down just as AVID was kicking up this year. I believe the night that we had kids present to the school board was the first night after she stepped down.
So considering that the interviewer was learning about AVID for the first time, it was great. After I got back to the car, the first thing I did was look back over my notes and my script. I was so worried that I might have forgotten to say something. But, I believe I mentioned everything.
We'll see. It will air during the month of August. I'll record it and post it here when it does. (as long as I don't look too stupid)
After the interview I had a nice treat. We went to Target and I purchased my new copy of NCAA Football 09. Wow, it is GREAT. I am loving this game. I played it for the past few weeks on Xbox360 demo and fell in love. Now that I have the full game... wow. It is intense. So many great tweaks and improvements from last year.
But, before I played any of the game, I went to visit a colleague and we went over a presentation that we are giving during our 2 days of summer professional development at our school. I am excited about it. Should be a great presentation. It is about Ken O'Connor's "Grading for Learning." I heard Ken give a seminar on this in Hawaii and I learned a lot. It will be nice to bring something 'useable' back to our faculty that they might be able to put to work in their classrooms this year.
The crazy thing is that the person who was interviewing me had never heard of AVID before. She was on our school board for a few years, but had stepped down just as AVID was kicking up this year. I believe the night that we had kids present to the school board was the first night after she stepped down.
So considering that the interviewer was learning about AVID for the first time, it was great. After I got back to the car, the first thing I did was look back over my notes and my script. I was so worried that I might have forgotten to say something. But, I believe I mentioned everything.
We'll see. It will air during the month of August. I'll record it and post it here when it does. (as long as I don't look too stupid)
After the interview I had a nice treat. We went to Target and I purchased my new copy of NCAA Football 09. Wow, it is GREAT. I am loving this game. I played it for the past few weeks on Xbox360 demo and fell in love. Now that I have the full game... wow. It is intense. So many great tweaks and improvements from last year.
But, before I played any of the game, I went to visit a colleague and we went over a presentation that we are giving during our 2 days of summer professional development at our school. I am excited about it. Should be a great presentation. It is about Ken O'Connor's "Grading for Learning." I heard Ken give a seminar on this in Hawaii and I learned a lot. It will be nice to bring something 'useable' back to our faculty that they might be able to put to work in their classrooms this year.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
The End... of Xbox 360
Well, I don't know. Maybe I am getting too old and this is a sign? My 360 died again today. This is #4. I don't really know if I want another one or not... but, I did pay good money for the thing.
I haven't played in MONTHS. Last night I booted it up and played a game of football and actually won. I was thinking, we'll looks like I'll play a bit over the holiday. Funny thing happened... the dvd-rom started making this TERRIBLE sound. I bumped it and it seemed to keep working ok.
Tonight I booted it up again. Terrible Sound again... then a horrible scraping noise. I popped the disc out and it was all scratched up in a circular pattern. Put the disc back in after shutting down and restarting - error "unplayable disc." So I figured my game disc is just shot. Put in another disc just to see what would happen - same error "unplayable disc." The drive will make this burping sound a couple of times and then - nothing. Unplayable.
I just don't have the energy or will to call 1-800-myxbox right now. Maybe tomorrow...
or maybe never.
I haven't played in MONTHS. Last night I booted it up and played a game of football and actually won. I was thinking, we'll looks like I'll play a bit over the holiday. Funny thing happened... the dvd-rom started making this TERRIBLE sound. I bumped it and it seemed to keep working ok.
Tonight I booted it up again. Terrible Sound again... then a horrible scraping noise. I popped the disc out and it was all scratched up in a circular pattern. Put the disc back in after shutting down and restarting - error "unplayable disc." So I figured my game disc is just shot. Put in another disc just to see what would happen - same error "unplayable disc." The drive will make this burping sound a couple of times and then - nothing. Unplayable.
I just don't have the energy or will to call 1-800-myxbox right now. Maybe tomorrow...
or maybe never.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Playing All-Pro Football 2K8
I have been real busy tonight playing my new Xbox360 football game: All-Pro Football 2K8. I am loving it. Great concept. Great game play. A lot of fun.
Creating your own team is neat. I made a team of all Steelers:
Gold - Lambert, Woodson
Silver - Lloyd, Dawson, Greenwood
Bronze - Green (TE), Hoge, Foster, Noll (LB), O'Donnell, Thigpen
Pretty neat to be able to change their uniform to match the Steelers. The name in the game is the Pittsburgh Ironmen. Neat stuff. I actually am pretty good running Barry Foster. The D is awesome with Greenwood on the line, Lloyd and Lambert at LB, and Woodson in the secondary. Sad thing is, Chuck Noll (the player, he played for the Browns, but coached the Steelers) doesn't get to play much because of the depth chart. I'll have to work on that.
Loving the game though. I have to relearn video football. I have been tainted these past couple of years with trying to convert to Madden. That's over. Thank God.
I saw this online tonight:
Definitely a sick part of the game. There is a team in the game called the "Slashers." If you put OJ on it... when he scores a TD he can do a celebration where he slashes across his throat. Not cool. IMHO they should have left OJ out.
Otherwise, I love what I see. I am forcing myself to go to bed now. Otherwise I might be up playing all night.
Creating your own team is neat. I made a team of all Steelers:
Gold - Lambert, Woodson
Silver - Lloyd, Dawson, Greenwood
Bronze - Green (TE), Hoge, Foster, Noll (LB), O'Donnell, Thigpen
Pretty neat to be able to change their uniform to match the Steelers. The name in the game is the Pittsburgh Ironmen. Neat stuff. I actually am pretty good running Barry Foster. The D is awesome with Greenwood on the line, Lloyd and Lambert at LB, and Woodson in the secondary. Sad thing is, Chuck Noll (the player, he played for the Browns, but coached the Steelers) doesn't get to play much because of the depth chart. I'll have to work on that.
Loving the game though. I have to relearn video football. I have been tainted these past couple of years with trying to convert to Madden. That's over. Thank God.
I saw this online tonight:
Definitely a sick part of the game. There is a team in the game called the "Slashers." If you put OJ on it... when he scores a TD he can do a celebration where he slashes across his throat. Not cool. IMHO they should have left OJ out.
Otherwise, I love what I see. I am forcing myself to go to bed now. Otherwise I might be up playing all night.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Friday, June 01, 2007
XBox 360 Dead Again
Earlier this week, celebrating my summer break from teaching, I turned on my Xbox 360. I was greeted with a lovely three flashing red lights on the ring of light. Yea! That means it's dead.
I made the service call to 1-800-myXbox and I am now waiting for the box they send me with the return service. Good thing is that it is still under warranty. Bad deal is that this is the 2nd time this has happened. They will send me a refurbished one. But, I am beginning to think this is ridiculous.
It is a real shame in this day and age that these kinds of problems occur. It's a great system. It has great games. I would not be happy with another product. But, these fried boxes are just absolutely stupid. Makes my head spin.
And to top it all off, we head to Pittsburgh on June 19th. So I will be hoping and praying I get the Xbox shipped here before we leave. Otherwise, I may not end up getting it. They could send it back! Very frustrating. We'll see. I'll call their service people if it is not here in time and maybe something can be worked out.
How stupid is it though that all spring I had NO TIME to play and now that I do... it's dead? Just my luck.
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I made the service call to 1-800-myXbox and I am now waiting for the box they send me with the return service. Good thing is that it is still under warranty. Bad deal is that this is the 2nd time this has happened. They will send me a refurbished one. But, I am beginning to think this is ridiculous.
It is a real shame in this day and age that these kinds of problems occur. It's a great system. It has great games. I would not be happy with another product. But, these fried boxes are just absolutely stupid. Makes my head spin.
And to top it all off, we head to Pittsburgh on June 19th. So I will be hoping and praying I get the Xbox shipped here before we leave. Otherwise, I may not end up getting it. They could send it back! Very frustrating. We'll see. I'll call their service people if it is not here in time and maybe something can be worked out.
How stupid is it though that all spring I had NO TIME to play and now that I do... it's dead? Just my luck.
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Thursday, December 28, 2006
XBOX 360 Headset
Tonight I decided to spend my Best Buy gift card from my "not so secret" Santa on a set of AWESOME Xbox 360 headphones: Turtle Beach Ear Force X1.
These are great. You can not only listen to the game audio on these things, but also do chat through Xbox 360 in game. Very cool. They should be here sometime next week.
This means I won't have to worry about turning down the audio on my tv when Aidan is sleeping. :)
Also, I am thinking about spending my Target gift card from my step-mom Fran on a set of wires to connect my 360 to the computer monitor and play HD quality games. My bro-in-law Brian says it is the only way to go. I just haven't had the balls to drop the money on it yet. The cable is 40 bucks. I just hate spending $ sometimes. But, this might be worth it... and it's not my money, really. It's a cool gift.
The gift of explosions, touchdowns, and online gaming. Awesome.
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These are great. You can not only listen to the game audio on these things, but also do chat through Xbox 360 in game. Very cool. They should be here sometime next week.
This means I won't have to worry about turning down the audio on my tv when Aidan is sleeping. :)
Also, I am thinking about spending my Target gift card from my step-mom Fran on a set of wires to connect my 360 to the computer monitor and play HD quality games. My bro-in-law Brian says it is the only way to go. I just haven't had the balls to drop the money on it yet. The cable is 40 bucks. I just hate spending $ sometimes. But, this might be worth it... and it's not my money, really. It's a cool gift.
The gift of explosions, touchdowns, and online gaming. Awesome.
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006
This Really Made My Day
Today was one of those "typical" days as a teacher. You say to yourself after a class like my seventh period, "Why do I do this again?" They were just plain rotten today. It just wears you out some days. My other classes are great, but 7th is a lower level class and they just grate on my last nerve some days.
So the bell rings and four of my video game club officers show up at my door. "Mr. D we have something serious to talk to you about, regarding video games." I worried right away. Now what? So I said, "OK, give it to me, what's the damage?" They said, "We need you to do something...
open this Christmas gift." (SMILES BEAMING)
So I look and it's obviously either a DVD or Video Game. As I open it I think to myself, "There is NO WAY this is "Gears of War" -- it's far too expensive." As I rip open the wrapping paper, there is the distinctive neon green Xbox 360 cover and YEP that's it, Gears. Amazing.
I couldn't believe it. The game is $65 bucks. I was planning on getting it with some Christmas money. They knew I had rented it and decided to chip in to get it for me. Very, very cool gift. I was so stunned that I forgot I had a technology committee meeting in the library and I was late. But, I just bragged about my gift when I got there and it was cool.
Somedays as a teacher you think that you must be one step from the looney bin to do the job. It really can be a challenge. Then you realize what an impact you have on these kids and it makes it all worth while. To think that they thought enough of me to do this really blew me away.
Now I get to blow away alien creatures tonight after I check essays :) Awesome.
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So the bell rings and four of my video game club officers show up at my door. "Mr. D we have something serious to talk to you about, regarding video games." I worried right away. Now what? So I said, "OK, give it to me, what's the damage?" They said, "We need you to do something...
open this Christmas gift." (SMILES BEAMING)
So I look and it's obviously either a DVD or Video Game. As I open it I think to myself, "There is NO WAY this is "Gears of War" -- it's far too expensive." As I rip open the wrapping paper, there is the distinctive neon green Xbox 360 cover and YEP that's it, Gears. Amazing.
I couldn't believe it. The game is $65 bucks. I was planning on getting it with some Christmas money. They knew I had rented it and decided to chip in to get it for me. Very, very cool gift. I was so stunned that I forgot I had a technology committee meeting in the library and I was late. But, I just bragged about my gift when I got there and it was cool.
Somedays as a teacher you think that you must be one step from the looney bin to do the job. It really can be a challenge. Then you realize what an impact you have on these kids and it makes it all worth while. To think that they thought enough of me to do this really blew me away.
Now I get to blow away alien creatures tonight after I check essays :) Awesome.
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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