Cocaine on a disc!

Before you say all the compliments on my title, I didn't come up with it. My friend homeslice did. But I have to write it because that is how i'm feeling right now about Bioshock 2. I wish I had more time to play it, but when I get to it's awesome! It feels more fun then the first one.

I love the pattern of finding Little Sisters, gathering and continuing on. It's addictive and rewarding to look and find things such as tonics and plasmids. The system just feels better then it was in the first game.

Confronted Grace - 10G - Confronted Lamb's lieutenant in Pauper's Drop
I graciously (pun!) let her live despite the fact she tried to kill me.

Defeated the Preacher - 20G - Defeated the Preacher
It's kind of lame that the boss was just another Spider Splicer with more health




Fully Upgraded a Weapon - 10G - Installed the third upgrade to a weapon
The title says it all



One Research Track - 20G - Maxed out one Research Track
They did the same thing, telling it all in the title




Bought a Slot - 5G - Bought one Plasmid or Tonic Slot at a Gatherer's Garden
You would think the title would be more clever, but they're just giving it to you right then and there


Big Spender - 15G - Spent 2000 dollars at Vending Machines
Spending like it's going out of style




Master Gatherer - 30G - Gathered 600 ADAM with Little Sisters

No surprise I got this, I did take every opportunity to gather ADAM

Total this post: 110 G

New Gamerscore: 45 165 G

To Go: 4 835 G

Big Daddy = Bomberman?

When looking at the cover of Bioshock 2, I can't help thinking that it's Bomberman. Just look at it! They're the same!

Besides comparing the obvious, I started playing Bioshock 2 and I have a hard time putting it down. It's extremely addictive, which is weird because I just thought the first one was OK and this is more of the same. Regardless, it's working for me now and I should be happy about it.

Am I crazy? Look at them!

Daddy's Home - 10G - Found your way back into the ruins of Rapture

Protector - 20G - Defended yourself against Lamb's assault in the train station

Sinclair's Solution - 20G - Joined forces with Sinclair in Ryan Amusements

As you can guess, these are story achievements

Distance Hacker - 5G - Used the Hack Tool to hack an object at a distance

A new feature in this game is distance hacking. You get a gun that shoots a spike that you can use to shoot devices and then you hack them with a color choosing mini-game. Guess it's better then the pipe dream thing they had in the first.

Prolific Hacker - 20G - Hacked one of each kind of machine
It won't take long to get this, don't worry.

Upgraded a Weapon - 10G- Upgraded a weapon at a Power of the People Station
You can upgrade weapons using stations. Good times!

Adopted a Little Sister - 5G - Adopted a new Little Sister for the first time
You get to be a Big Daddy this game, which means you have to protect little sisters from ravenous splicers!

9-Irony - 5G - Paid your respects to the founder of Rapture
It's great to bash Andrew Ryan with a golf club, again!

Unbreakable - 20G - Defended yourself against the Big Sister without dying
Keep popping health kits during the fight and you'll be fine.

First Research - 5G - Researched a Splicer with the Research Camera

Remember taking pictures in the first game? Now you can film stuff.

Total this post: 120 G

New Gamerscore: 45 055 G

To Go: 4 945 G

Tom Reed is a dick!!!

I finished up Splinter Cell Conviction and I've got to say it went pretty quickly. And ended abruptly. Can't say i'm big on the story, but then I've never really liked the story of any Splinter Cell game. It's funny how if the Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid series merged, you would have both good gameplay and story. Anyway, gameplay is more important then story so Splinter Cell wins.

In other gamerscore whoring, I've been working on Lego Indiana Jones. All that's left is less interesting, grinding achievements that are a little long but not too ridiculous.

Michigan Ave. Reservoir - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Michigan Ave. Reservoir" on any difficulty

Downtown District - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Downtown District" on any difficulty

White House - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "White House" on any difficulty

The last story based achievements of the game

Man of Conviction - 10G - Allow Tom Reed to live

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Judge, Jury and Executioner - 10G - Take down Tom Reed




Tom Reed is a dick! Everything about him, from the way he talks to what he wears, screams out douchebag. At the end of the game, you get to choose whether or not you kill him. In the end, it doesn't really matter because if you don't shoot him, Grim does.

Gadgets Expert - 20G - Purchase both upgrades for all gadgets

We go for a ride - 20G - Perform 250 whip swings in the game
Find an Indy swing spot and press B, then B again, and again....

Throw me the idol - 20G - Perform 150 whip grabs in the game
Go to the bar in Raiders and keep grabing chairs and bottles till you get it

I can't believe what you did! - 20G - Disarm 100 enemies with the whip
Go to the last level and keep disarming respawning enemies. Rinse, repeat.

Blow it up! - 40G - Blow up 5 enemies with 1 explosion
I tried this for a while and gave up, but then I went back another day and got it on the first try :S

Show a little backbone will ya? - 20G - Destroy 100 snakes
Go to the well of souls and to the room where snakes fall out of a hole and keep respawning. Keep killing until you get this. Noticing a patern with all these achievements?

Total this post: 220 G

New Gamerscore: 44 935 G

To Go:5 065 G

How to tack on a dragon

I finished Dark Void and the last boss is.... a robotic dragon. Out of nowhere, we're assaulting this portal and a dragon shows up. No explanation of why, where it came, it's just there. So anyway, you fight this terminator dragon and he's pretty easy. Then you have this obvious ending you can see coming a mile away. I guess you could say the ending fits the game. An ok ending for an ok game. Nothing amazing and nothing horrible.

The next game I started is Splinter Cell Conviction. It's very different from the other Splinter Cell games, but it's still pretty good. I'll get more into it in a later post.

Defending the Ark - 15G - Complete Defending the Ark

The Collector - 15G - Complete The Collector

The Revolt - 15G - Complete The Revolt

Tower of Return - 30G - Complete Tower of Return

Dark Void - 100G - Complete Dark Void

Story related achievements

Cleanup on Aisle Three - 15G - Kill 100 enemies with headshots
This took much long er then I anticipated.

Terminal Velocity - 15G - Free fall for 10 seconds
After I finished the game I went to the Dragon level, flew up really high and just fell for a while.

Merchant's Str eet Market - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Merchant's Street Market" on any difficulty

Kobin's Mansion - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Kobin's Mansion" on any difficulty

Price Airfield - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Price Airfield" on any difficulty

Diwaniya, Iraq - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Diwaniya, Iraq" on any difficulty

Washington Monument - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Washington Monument" on any difficulty

White Box Laboratories - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "White Box Laboratories" on any difficulty

Lincoln Memorial - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Lincoln Memorial" on any difficulty

Revelations - 10G - Discover Anna Grimsdottir's dark secret

Third Echelon HQ - 20G - Complete Single Player Story "Third Echelon HQ" on any difficulty

You guessed it, story related achievements

Weapon Upgrade - 10G - Purchase all 3 upgrades for any 1 weapon

Gadget Upgrade - 10G - Purchase both upgrades for any 1 gadget

Splinter Cell Conviction comes with a nice system that rewards you for doing certain things, like kills from a ledge and such. You get points and you can use these to buy weapon and gadget upgrades. Cool stuff!

Variety - 10G - Purchase any 1 uniform
Still haven't really checked out what the whole uniform thing is about yet.



Total this post: 405 G
New Gamerscore: 44 715 G
To Go: 5 285 G