Nate's Journey Through WoW - Journal Entry 2

Level: 3
Race: Orc
Name: Boypride
Class: Warrior
Quests Completed: Lazy Peons
Zones Discovered: The Cape of Stranglehorn, Durotar
Levels gained: none

Last Wednesday Teh geekopedia published my first entry, (the one that involved Napoleon, Marion Jones, Lance Armstrong, King Kong, The Incredible Hulk and Mikey Jackson).
Since then I have been waiting to see if the site views have gone up. And sure enough.... IT DID, YES YES YES!!!! Okay, sorry for that.

*cough cough*

Anyways, the views only went up like 20 more viewers per-day, but I'll take it as all of you telling me,


"Nate, you make the best blogs ever please make more!" So, I'm making more.

After killing a few hogs, I decided to read my first entry to see what I did last.
Right away I saw the words The Hidden Path. That was it. I was going to explore The Hidden Path, I had my axe to destroy enemy and my Hearth Stone to well, ditch the whole thing all together. When I finally got to The Hidden Path, I took an bathroom break expecting this to be a momentous journey.

Done with my break, that ended up taking 15 min (I read PC Gamer) I ran up the path, trying to jump on every ledge hoping I would discover a new zone. Then suddenly, I am looking into a huge body of water and a little village,
After almost falling over the edge, I took a few screen shots for you guys. (I bet you already explored the hidden path, and the little village but what the heck).
Realizing that there was no other way to get to the village, I made a leap of faith, falling into the water. (faith that my hearth stone could bail me out after I landed)

Disappointed in the fact that my Orc didn't make that big of a splash, I swam until I saw a big blue crab/lobster thing. I thought if I taunted big-bad-blue-boy it would make some sweet screenshots. Not a good idea, with one strike I was dead. (why does some kind of high level NPC/Char always have to kill me?)
So instead of sweet screen shots of me taunting big-bad-blue-boy, I got lame screen shots of me being killed by big-bad-blue-boy.

I re spawned in the village! But, I was in ghost form. Deciding that it would be a better idea to run back to my dead corpse, rather than talking to the Spirit Healer, I began the normally boring run back to my dead corpse. When I got to the shore line I was prepared to swim, but instead my Orc ran on top of the water! Excited, I took more screen shots.

Then, I saw something:
something bigger than King Kong on Nintendo and The Incredible Hulk when hes angry,
faster than Marion Jones plus steroids and Lance Armstrong when he's wearing yellow and ridding on something with two wheels,
and scarier than Napoleon's French army and being with Mikey Jackson alone.
It was a boat. Yes, a boat. Okay, maybe it doesn't live up to the hype, so shoot me.

Well, the boat was coming right at me. Figuring I was invisible since I was in ghost form, I started taking screen shots.

First, it was just coming my direction. Then, it was coming right at me. And finally, it was on me. Now, frantically pressing the "PrtScnSysRq" botton, a map showed up on my screen, I wondered what it meant. When I arrived at a new location, I knew the boat had taken me to some place, far far away.
Then I realized, I was still in ghost form! I had to find a Spirit Healer!.

Two hours later.
I was still looking for a Spirit Healer and I still hadn't found a one.
Bored, like Mikey Jackson without young children.... Okay, that was bad, lets just say.... Bored, like emo's without razor blades... Okay, that wasn't good either, lets try this again.... Bored, like The Incredible Hulk without things to crush. There. (when in doubt say something about Hulk). I decided to put a frozen pizza in the toaster.

Thirty min later.
I had finished munching on my pizza, (California Pizza Kitchen: tomato and cheese) and I was not as bored. (Bored, like me without pizza to munch on. I'm not fat, so it's not that bored.)
Then, without warning, I had yet again, another light bulb moment. (This time, I imagined a light bulb above my head)
I should just use my Hearth Stone!

Five min later.
I was still clicking on my Hearth Stone, and getting some weird red text. Then, I actually read the red text.
It said something like, "You cannot use this item while in ghost form."
Right then, my imaginative light bulb shattered. (I was not harmed)

Thinking hard, I closed my eyes wondering if my Nate's Journey Through WoW was ruined. Opening my eyes I saw it,
it was bigger than Donkey Kong.... Okay, I won't go off on that again, basically I saw a Spirit Healer! Yes! How did I miss it?
Right then I could of swore that an angel was watching after me*.
After gaining XP for exploring The Cape of Stranglehorn, I saw a high lvl female* Warlock. I said hi, she responded in some type of European language. When I finally finished watching her and her shadow pet guy kill a bunch of enemy I said goodbye.

I clicked on my Hearthstone. And this time, it worked.
When I returned to my home base I was excited and my Orc was exhausted.

I saw a few hogs sniffing around, it was the first time I was glad to see those little level 2 hogs.

*Freaky fact: When I was reviewing my screen shots I saw that the high lvl female char was not a Horde loving Orc, but an Alliance loving human. Funny thing is, that she never attacked me. Maybe she was the angel?

*I called him/her a she because he/she had a female char.

Nate's Journey Through WoW - Journal Entry 1: The Screenies

Napoleon/Marion Jones/ Lance Armstrong

Orc Porn

What I do in ghost form....

HULK!!!!

Game Review: Project Snowblind 1.5/5 stars

1.5/5 stars

Project Snowblind is somewhat similar to Bioshock, in how you can pick up cool weps, and your body is mutated. But, here is where it falters, the game is too "shoot em up", it's like an arcade game: Run forward to where your troops point you to go. Get there. Shoot the enemy that jumps over wall (in an infinite amount). And keep shooting them, until you are directed to move or kill some robot like boss.

Also, the game is too structured, you must follow your way point, and you must get to the way point in the way the creators of Project Snowblind want you to. Which is total junk.

The game's graphics are alright, but it's no where near today's generation of game graphics.

The storyline in this game is horrific. It's about Nathan Frost (you), and how he dives to protect one of this teammates, to protect him from a bomb. But instead Nathan Frost gets hit by the bomb. And gains mutation powers. (The powers are junk)

Final Conclusion: Do not buy this game that runs like an arcade game. The graphics are bad, the storyline is junk, and the gameplay is too "shoot em up"/"wack-a-mole". It's a waste of money.

Screenie of teh week: week 7

The leetest time.

Nate's Journey Through WoW - Journal Entry 1

District: Blade's Edge
Race: Orc
Class: Warrior
New explored zones: The Den, The Hidden Path and The Valley of Trails
Quests Completed: Your Place In The Wolrd, Cutting Teeth, Simple Parchment, Glagar's Cactus Apple Suprise

After sheathing and unsheathing my axe for a few minutes, I talked to the ugly/balding orc with a yellow ! levitating above his head.
He gave me a quest to talk to another orc, this time orc number 2 had a yellow ? levitating above his head. Then, I received another quest.... okay, you probably don't want to read a WoW quest diary, so leave out the boring quest diary and get to my 'quirky dorky' diary. *clears throat* While attempting to complete the Cutting Teeth quest I saw a sweet looking mount, with a not so sweet looking rider. Well, he had sweet armor, but his face.... it... it looked like his name should be Napoleon, and to top it off, he only speaks french,
"Nostyec bur endrivis ras ash." he says. I have absolutely no idea what that reads. Okay, maybe that isn't french but it isn't English, Looks like some sort of European language.
After I finish marveling at how European this guys face looks like, he challenges me to a duel. He is a mage or warlock I'm not sure which one, but he still dominates me.
Licking my wounds from defeat I decide to get back at him. But how? I read the manual on the Human race and the Orc race.
I sat and compared the two in my mind, then I had a shall we say, 'light bulb moment' (without the light bulb).
I remembered that Orcs are a part of the Horde faction and the Humans are a part of the Alliance faction. That means my NPCs will attack Napoleon (high level European dude*). This time I challenge him to a duel, when the duel starts I make sure i'm near an Orc Grunt. After killing me with one of his spells he realizes that the Orc Grunt is attacking him. What happens the next few mins I didn't catch, mainly because I was jumping up and down in ghost form taking screen shots, but also because I couldn't find my body until I figured out that the gold arrow is my dead corpse.
Once i respawn I saw him running away from the Orc Grunt and two other Orc NPCs. (Those two lvl 35 orcs that ride on their wolfs and say, "You're annoying my dog!" and "What's that smell? Oh bad dog!").
Napoleon was making a run for it, big time, like, if this wasn't WoW he would be the male Marion Jones minus the steroids.
As he ran by a sleeping Lazy Peon the two 'Dog Riders' gave up, the grunt was chasing, but looked like he would give up soon too. So after a couple seconds of pumping myself up (faking my Orc was The Incredible Hulk) I ran infront of Napoleon/Marion Jones. With one incredible swing of my axe he was dead! (the NPCs got him down to 4 hp, but I still killed him).
After doing a few rounds of dancing and more Hulk impersonations, Napoleon/Marion Jones was back, but this time he brought his high level Night Elf friend. Night Elf and Napoleon/Marion Jones killed me for 5 min.
Feeling like Donkey Kong, (Partly because I am big and boofy, and partly because I am dying and respawning) I decided that Donkey Kong wasn't going to die again. So, i talked to the Spirit Healer, and respawned away from the two bullies.
Feeling pumped after killing a few boars, (like The Incredible Hulk that just swung a tank above his head then threw it into neverland*) I challenged a level 3 troll to a duel. In my constant attempt to look more Hulk-ish I took off all my armor. Realizing that no armor = more damage I feared that my Donkey Kong side would show. (you know the dead and respawning side) But luckily my Hulk-ness shined through. I won the duel and took some screen shots of me in Hulk form (armor-less).
As I was about to explore a new zone (The Hidden Path) i saw a sweet looking flaming horse pass me by. With once again a not so sweet rider, it was Napoleon/ Marion Jones. Then he did the "/pity" emote. I wildly charge at his horse but he got away. So in the end he is Napoleon/Marion Jones/Lance Armstrong.

The little * on the (high level European dude) statement is there so i can tell you guys that i am not hating on Europeans.
The little * on (like The Incredible Hulk that just swung a tank above his head then threw it into neverland*) statement is there so i can tell you that neverland is not related to a person with the last name Jackson.
No, I'm not afraid to get sued. REALLY, I'm NOT.

How to put Alt Codes in your name (e.g. ĵÕšĦŵĦā7.)

Have you seen people in Halo, CoD, CSS and other games, with their names spelled out in crazy letters? For example: ĵÕšĦŵĦā7 Well, those crazy letters are made up from Alt Codes. Why are they named "Alt Codes"? Because, the way you get those crazy letters is by, holding down [alt] and simultaneously typing numbers on your 10 key. And once you release your hold on the [alt] key, your crazy letter should appear.

Here is a step-by-step on how to get those crazy letters.

Step 1. Click [Start]

Step 2. Click [Run]

Step 3. Type in: charmap

Step 4. Now you should have the Character Map window pop up.

Step 5. Look around and find what you like best.

Step 6. Once you have found the letters you would like to use. Click on each one of them, and write down the Alt Code for each one, that should appear at the bottom right corner of your Character Map window. (Not all letters have an Alt Code.)

Step 7. Now when you name your character or account, simply hold down [alt] and copy the Alt Codes you wrote down earlier. And there you go! :D

(For games you will have to manually type in unique alt code to make each unique letter. Therefore, make sure the letters you choose show an Alt Code, because if they don't you wont be able to use them. But if you plan on using the letters for somewhere else like, Myspace, Facebook or xfire, simply copying and pasting works.)

(Also, you can just hold down [alt] and go crazy punching numbers on your 10 key, and just see what you get. It's a good thing to do when you're bored.)

Announcing: Nate's Journey Through WoW™

We have created a new section called Nate's Journey Through WoW ™, which will soon be publish and featured here at www.tehgeekopedia.blogspot.com. We will observe Boypride (Nate) transform from a noobie level 1 Orc, to a pro level 70 Orc. We will follow him as he; levels up, learns the game, obtains new skills, struggles with hard quests, discovers new zones (at least to him), acquires new armor/weapons, makes new friends, makes new enemies, and everything else in between. We will even document his, thoughts on how things are going.
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Nate's Journey Through WoW will make it's debut in less than a week, so keep checking back.
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Thanks for reading,

- Joshwhat
"I'm the unprofessional professional."

Related Blog Entries: Gamer Spotlight: Nate

Commenly used keyboard and mouse controls for FPS games

Movement
W Move forward
A Move left
D Move right
S Move back

↑Move forward
← Move left
→ Move Right
↓Move back

Q Lean left
E Lean right

Left Shift Sprint
Space bar Jump

Stance Control
C or Ctrl Crouch
Press C Twice Prone
Space bar Stand

Action
R or Z Reload
G Grenade
F or Left Shift Melee

Mouse Controls

Right Click Zoom or Grenade

Left Click Fire

Scroll Wheel Weapon slots

Screenie of teh week: week 6

Game Review: Secret Files Tunguska 3/5 stars

This game is mainly geared to people who are new to; problem solving, detective and mystery type games. Due to the fact that not everything means something, not as much decoding of codes, and most of the problem solving work is just figuring out riddles, rather than decoding pictures statues etc...

Secret Files Tunguska is not your typical problem solver game. Why? Because not everything means something. For example, you are trying to decode the code to open a box, but can't seem to get the right code. Then you see a picture of some person hanging on the wall right above the box you are trying to open, holding 5 flowers in one hand, and 3 in the other. Automatically you would think, "hey this picture must be here to give me some kind of hint or clue to get into this box." But in this game, that picture don't mean nothin.
Therefore, this game gets boring fast, due to it's low difficulty level and shallow game play.

The storyline runs like a movie going through haunted house. It follows a European girl or guy (you) depending on which you choose. You will run into ghosts, a guy all in black who hits you in the back of the head etc... The cut scenes are rather dramatic, with sudden loud noises, jerking camera etc.... For example, in one of the cut sences you ride your motorcycle home. You walk in, and you call out saying "anyone home? hello?" but hear nothing in return all you hear is silence, then you walk up the stairs, and you hear some craking wood as if someone's right behind you. (very cliche) Then BOOM! The camera jerks back and you see a hooded man, and almost immediately you see red fading into your screen. End of cut scene.

The graphics in this game are average, nothing special but nothing awful. But probably not as good as your typical adventure game's graphics.


For what you get in Secret Files Tunguska, it is also very overpriced at $29.99. In my mind, it is probably worth $14.99.

Final conclusion: Secret Files Tunguska is geared mainly toward beginner detective/problem solver. But even for them, this game can get boring real fast. I do not recommend this game, to anyone who has experience with detective/problem solver type games. But if you are looking for a more advanced detective/problem solver, I would suggest the Traitor's Gate games.

Back from vacation

Hey all,

I'm back from my "blogging break"! Therefore, the Teh Geekopedia will again be updated daily. With gaming; tips, tricks, game reviews, game matchups, Screenie of teh week, Gamer Spotlight and more!

Thanks for reading,

- Joshwhat
"I'm the unprofessional professional."

We hit 1,000 views today!

We've hit 1,000 clicks today! WOOOT!

Thank you, to all of you Teh Geekopedia readers. We couldn't do it without ya.

Don't forget to keep visiting this blog for gaming: tips, tricks, game reviews, game match ups, gaming news and more! And of course, all of that is delivered in a way that only gamers can. :)

Have a good day,

- Joshwhat
"I'm the unprofessional professional."

Gamer Spotlight: Ashwen

Names:
Ashley + Wendy = Ashwen

Been a gamer since: 2007

Quotes: "n0rcal rox my sox"

Currently Playing:
WarRock.....WarRock and more WarRock.

Usernames:
WarRock: ashwen, ashwen07

Online:
Usually during the times of 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Tips:
Watch, ask and practice with the best, or anyone that will take the time for you.


Do you want to be in our next Gamer Spotlight? Just let us know by mentioning in your comment, that you would like to enroll for our next Gamer Spotlight.

Screenie of teh week: week 5

" Yo, I'm the coolest lamb in town!"

Game Review: World at Conflict 4.5/5 stars

4.5/5 stars

It has been said that World at Conflict is better than C&C, Dawn of War and even Supreme Commander! Does it live up to the hype? Is it really all that? Well, here's our take on this game World at Conflict.

If there was a word that was the opposite of, "a boring RTS game" it would be "World at Conflict" The game play is awesome! It's fast paced, on the move and adrenaline pumping fun. WaC makes you feel like you're actually the commander/Sgt. Parker.



You'll never get bored, nuking an enemy massing, bombarding your enemy's drop in point, calling in air strikes on enemy tanks, sending your foot soldier to deliver a lethal punch from behind enemy lines, or just sending in the Calvary and destroying everything in your path!
WaC also eliminates the boring and tedious things like: building and fortifying your base, and gathering resources. Because in WaC, all your units are parachuted into combat. And the way your gather resources is by destroying your enemy. (1 tip: don't ever keep your units in one spot, keep them moving, or your units will be turned into ruble by an enemy air strike, nuke or artillery.)


The multi player game play is fun and well made. The campaign is also fun and has a realistic and imaginable storyline. The WaC storyline is made in a way that you can actually imagine it happening America.

The graphics in this game are awe striking especially for a RTS. I mean, sometimes I get confused if the games graphics are actually film/pictures or not. XD



The view is close to the action (the view is adjustable) making the game even enjoyable for mainly FPS players too who require alot of stimulation. Also when you hear the voices of your units screaming at you to help them or whatever, it makes you feel just that much more; in charge, realistic and in the moment.

The only thing I would change about this game is, the speed of your unit movement. But if they made them move faster, it might make it too hard to hit units with artillery strikes etc...



Final conclusion: Yes, World at Conflict lived up to the hype and to all of my expectations.
World at Conflict is a must buy for any gamer who enjoys a good game with: Great graphics and flat out awesome game play.

Game Review: Bioshock 3.5/5 Stars

Bioshock: 3.5/5 stars

Bioshock has been one of the most; talked about, hyped up highly rated PC games of 2007. But now we here at Teh Geekopedia, will give you our perspective on this hyped up and popular game. ("..In a way, that only gamers can deliver it".)

Bioshock has a great variety of weapons mutation powers, and ways to defeat your enemy.
For example: You can use your wrench and go hand to hand with enemy. Or you can use a mutation power and then finish off your now weakened and dazed enemy. Or you can brainwash them to work for you.... The list goes on and on.
Bioshock also has, top of the line graphics especially with dx10.
Which makes the game just that much more fun. Although you may think graphics don't mean much. Once you play a high level graphic game like this, you won't want to go back. (This game might be worth buying just to see the water graphics alone. :O)

The storyline is basically a underwater society gone bad...terribly bad. The enemy you go against does not change, it stays with a few types of enemy, making it sort of boring at times. Most of the type of enemy you'll face are deformed/zombie/undead, humans screaming anything from, "you killed my johnny!" to "F**k you!", which is personally not my cup of tea.

Second, The weapons in this game are not really all that great. I mean yea they're cool, but not as cool as they can get. And the fact that you have to manually reload your weapons, just isn't super fun.

Third, The mutations you can apply to yourself are sweet. Because, they are effective and with the graphic level in this game, they look super cool!
The only downside to the mutations is:
The mutation don't recharge automatically. Therefore, you cannot run around spamming your mutation powers. :( You have to find kits to recharge your mutation powers after every couple uses by finding and using kits that recharge your powers. Which can get very frustrating and inconvenient, when in the middle of battle.

Fourth, Although, Bioshock says,

"Explore an incredible and unique art deco world hidden deep under the ocean."

There really isn't alot of "explore" in this game. You basically have to follow the track the makers of Bioshock want you to go to get through this game, rather than taking alternative routes to get your objective done. For example: Rooms usually only have 1 way to get out, rather than 3 ways to get out. Which, forces you to have to go the way they want you to go.

Finally, since you are in an underwater society, there isn't much light there. Therefore you are basically always in dark rooms, with 1930s-1950s advertisements and pictures on the wall, which again is not my cup of tea.

Bioshock is a good FPS, with a great variety of weapons and mutations and ways to kill your enemy. But, there isn't enough exploring in this game, the enemy does not change, instead you just go against a few generic types of enemy, manually reloading your weapons can get kind of old, the ligting in this game is always dark and depressing.

Final Conclusion: Bioshock is a good game to buy, but the quality of game play does not match up to the hype.

Gamer Name Ideas

1st Place Names
PowOwner

RoxzorDaPwnzor

EinstianIsNub

UniquelyRandom

RandomlyUnique

Loolerskates

RoflcopterCoPilot

RoflcopterGunner

RoflcopterDown

YesYouAreNub
YesYouAreFat
MoldyCheeze

2nd Place Names

BrownSmellyStuff

WierdYellowLiquid

WiseOne

LeetBeat

Immortal Wimp
BioBoy
WindowsVisa

Loolerblades

Loolerboard

CheesePie

CookiePie

3rd Place Names

[Your Name] The Devourer

JoyfulRage

DontKite
LilFireball
DidYouSeeThat
Chubs
FearThis
NoIDontHax
IRoxUrWorld
NerdRage

Some of these names may be already in use by other players.

Leetbea7 has a Myspace!

Hey all,

Leetbea7 is one of the co-founders, and mastermind of this blog, and now he's got a Myspace!

Check it out, here's the url: www.myspace.com/tehgeekopedia_leetbea7

Also a quick reminder, check out my Myspace, here's the url: www.myspace.com/tehgeekopedia_joshwhat

Aight have a good day all!

- Joshwhat
"The unprofessional professional."

Geek Speak - MMORPG Abbreviations

gtg
Meaning: "got to go", or "good to go"
"dinner i gtg laterz :("
"i'm gtg, lets go!"

klol
Meaning: "kool lol"
Player 1: "I just unlocked this sweet map."
Player 2: "klol"

AoE
Meaning: "Area of Effect."
"Meteor Showers has high AoE"

AE
Meaning: "Area Effect."
"That has high AE."

LFG
Meaning: Looking for group.
"lvl 31 Druid LFG"

LF
Meaning: "Looking for"
"LF level 40+ Mage."

GLF
Meaning: Group Looking For
"GLF 1 tank, 1 Mage and 1 Priest for mission."

BRT
Meaning: Be right there
"After I finish this mission I'll brt."

Rez
Meaning: Any skill that resurrects or revives it's target.
"Rez me!!"

PK/PKer/PKed
Meaning: "Player kill" or "player killer".
"You got Pked"
"Pk"
"Ima Pker"

GM
Meaning: Game Master. Who are people who work for the game, kind of like game moderators or admins.
"I know GM!!!"

Jammed my thumb...

Arrgh hey all!

Last night, I jammed my thumb trying to turn off our central vacuum. It really hurt, I had to take an Advil :( Therefore, there will be no real blog entry today. But tomorrow I'll be back in full force, blog entries and all!! Rawr.. lol

Have a good one,

- Joshwhat
"I'm the unprofessional professional."

P.S. Hey please take the poll I added today.