Wheatley's Betrayal

Special Note: This post contains a minor spoiler for the game Portal 2. If you have not played the game and do not want to be spoiled, DO NOT READ FURTHER.   

What the heck! Wheatley, I loved you! We had an arrangement! Me and you were going to change the world! Overtake GLaDOS and move right along with our lives! WHEATLEY! WHAT HAPPENED?! I THOUGHT WE WERE COOL, BRO?! I thought we were...

So, Wheatley betrayed me. The wedding is off, Steve Merchant! OFF! What am I supposed to do now? I loved this game. I can't play on, can I? With Wheatley as a big traitor? Ugh. What to do?

On a lighter note, though, GLaDOS is now a potato. Cool.

Oh yeah. Got two more rejections in the mail today. That leaves 5 more letters out there, awaiting response.

To be continued...

Wheatley, My Love

An interesting chain of events has occured.

First, I completed Cabela's Trophy Bucks. I'm now up to 12 retail games. This brought me to starting the other Blockbuster game in the house, Portal 2.

Oh man. My life has changed.

1) I am in love with Wheatley, the amusing little bot. I'm not sure how yet, but I WILL marry this guy someday. He's voiced by Stephen Merchant, who isn't bad looking, and is only 37. He co-wrote The Office. He's funny, he's multifunctional, and he will someday be mine.

  

2)  My gamerscore is currently 39391. I'm about to hit the 40k, baby! So excited. Standby for my 40k post and the achievement that got me there.

3) Portal 2 is just the most amazing game. It's got the best script I ever could imagine. Sarcasm, wit, clever remarks, the cold hate that drips from GLaDOS' every word... Oh man. Between her and Wheatley, this could be my favorite game ever. We're going to have to look into buying it. Renting just isn't enough for this bad boy.

Hmm...two numbers on Portal 2? Is that okay? Well, it's my blog. I can do what I want.

'Completing' vs. 'Finishing'

It occurred to me that some people might not know what I mean by 'completing' a game. Since there's a difference between 'completing' and 'finishing' or 'beating', I thought I would spell it out for you here.

Finishing or beating a game means completing the storyline (if there is one). This generally nets you a decent amount of gamerscore, depending on the game.

My goal, however, is to complete games. This means not only finishing the storyline, but every side quest, collection quest, and quirky task to get 100% of the gamerscore in the game. For those unfamiliar, gamerscore comes from achievements, and achievements are earned by doing a variety of things (i.e. in Red Dead Redemption, you get an achievement for hogtying a woman and putting her on the train tracks, assuming she gets hit by a train). Sometimes achievements are easy, and sometimes they aren't. Completing a game is a bigger task than simply going in and beating a game.

This is why I'll be posting excitedly whenever I 'complete' a game. Hopefully this all makes sense.

The following are the games I've completed to date. Hover over the thumbnail to see the title of the game. Enjoy!

My Life Has Ended: Netflix Version

...what?

So, I just finished season 7 of The Office. I clicked 'a' on my Xbox controller, ready for the next episode...and it took me to a new show. That was it -- Netflix only has it through season 7. What the hell am I supposed to do now? Have free time? Game? BE PRODUCTIVE? This is madness.

On that note, where is The Simpsons? That show has 20+ seasons, makes decent money for Fox (otherwise they'd have been kicked long ago), and yet is nowhere to be found on Netflix. Why? It isn't just Fox, because Bob's Burgers is available. It isn't just Matt Groening either, because Futurama is available. So what's the deal? What's the freakin' deal?

Someone please tell me. Or get The Simpsons put on Netflix. I'll give you a dollar.