stealth toilet
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I know most of you have heard me complain, on numerous accounts, about the lack of split screen multiplayer found in today's average game. I understand that online is a much more convenient way to play, but other options of playing the game should always be included, just in case the opportunity to take advantage of those options arises.
Such was the case today with Gears of War 2. With no less than 4 TV's, 4 360's, 4 copies of Gears 2, and 8 controllers, my friends and I managed to assemble for a day of LANtastic awesomeness. We played Guardian, mixing and matching teams and arenas, for about 10 hours straight, and the intensity never lessened throughout. It was easily one of the most fun times I've ever had playing video games, multiplayer or otherwise. One round of victory would bring excessive feelings of comradery and jubilation, while the next crushing defeat would bring bouts of cursing in between heavy moments of silence. Taunts and insults were thrown around liberally, strategies and opponent positions were yelled out with frequency, fisticuffs were threatened, rewards offered, and so on, for hour after hour.
This day, alone, made the 2 player splitscreen LAN option on Gears 2 well worth the price of the game (or in the case of my friends who took on the burden of obtaining the fourth copy, well worth the price of 2 games), and if ever there has been evidence of a need to include this option in more games, this day was it.
Yes there are people who will go to the excessive lengths needed in order to organize a gaming-fest of this magnitude, and we do this because it is simply the best way to play multiplayer games.
Good God that was fun.
Such was the case today with Gears of War 2. With no less than 4 TV's, 4 360's, 4 copies of Gears 2, and 8 controllers, my friends and I managed to assemble for a day of LANtastic awesomeness. We played Guardian, mixing and matching teams and arenas, for about 10 hours straight, and the intensity never lessened throughout. It was easily one of the most fun times I've ever had playing video games, multiplayer or otherwise. One round of victory would bring excessive feelings of comradery and jubilation, while the next crushing defeat would bring bouts of cursing in between heavy moments of silence. Taunts and insults were thrown around liberally, strategies and opponent positions were yelled out with frequency, fisticuffs were threatened, rewards offered, and so on, for hour after hour.
This day, alone, made the 2 player splitscreen LAN option on Gears 2 well worth the price of the game (or in the case of my friends who took on the burden of obtaining the fourth copy, well worth the price of 2 games), and if ever there has been evidence of a need to include this option in more games, this day was it.
Yes there are people who will go to the excessive lengths needed in order to organize a gaming-fest of this magnitude, and we do this because it is simply the best way to play multiplayer games.
Good God that was fun.
