Mr Papa’s World

It’s shaping up to be an expensive fall for video games. There is a whole slate of promising video games coming out that I don’t know if I will be able to resist.

First, on September 25th, Halo 3 becomes available. As avid Halo fans that have finished the first two episodes many times over, Sean and I are very eagerly awaiting this release. This will be the final installment of the Halo series and should be quite the game. We still boot up Halo and Halo 2 to this day to play. The Halo series have all been first person shooters.

Then, in November, Call of Duty 4 releases. Again, Sean and I have been avid fans of the Call of Duty series and have played all of the previous versions. The previous versions dealt with the WWII era. For the first time, … READ MORE

Lately, I haven’t played much America’s Army (AA). In fact, I think I have played twice in the last six months. Most of this was due to internet issues with my provider. He panicked one day when he had some port scans going on and closed everything down. Ports required to be open for me to play AA (as well as some other internet applications) would no longer function correctly. It took me a couple of months to convince him that was the wrong approach and not acceptable. He got in some new equipment in and the problem was solved – I could again play AA. However, the damage was done and my interest waned during the down time. Couple that with several vacations this summer and AA dropped off my radar screen. I … READ MORE