Because of DJ and Holly's honeymoon, I was left to manage the softball game tonight. You would think that the two would leave us to get crushed but believe it or not we had a great game; a loss, but a great game.
We started off poorly- down 8-1 going into the bottom of the third- but we got our act together and tied the game in that bottom half. After four, we were up 11-8. However, we couldn't get anything going after that inning. It was 11-9 going into the top of the seventh and I (and probably most of the team) thought the game was ours. However, it was incredibly hard to see and our defense suffered, giving up 8 runs on probably 4 or 5 errors. These errors though were caused by the darkness, not ineptitude. In the bottom of the seventh we went down 1-2-3 to lose 17-11.
I honestly believe the darkness cost us the game but our umpire didn't help us at all either. He made some bad calls that I think cost us too. Like Sam hilariously said, "His strike zone is bigger than Chewbacca." Although I walked my first time up, as the game went on it was quite obvious this quote was 100% true. After the sixth, the umpire should have called the game. Our last game was called when it was lighter out than it was for tonight's seventh inning. This is more of a bad "no-call" but whatever. Then within one minute in the seventh, the umpire made two terrible calls. First, I threw a guy out at second base and the umpire called him safe when he was out by a decent amount. Then, that player was allowed a courtesy runner when (to my knowledge) you are only allowed a courtesy runner at first base barring injury (which he wasn't).
My stats for the game
Batting: 2-3, BB, 2 R
Fielding: at 2B- 2 PO, 2 A
Season stats
Batting
12-27, BB, 2 FC, 2B, GIDP, K, RBI, 7 R
Fielding
1B: 4 PO, 1 E, 1 A
2B: 17 PO, 3 E, 2 A
SS: 1 PO, 1 A
Shortfield: 1 PO
LF: 3 PO
RCF: 1 PO
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
LA Noire= GTA: LA Justice
I rented LA Noire yesterday (along with Deus Ex) and so far it has been a decent rental. I bought it thinking it would be like a 40s version of CSI but it's actually like Grand Theft Auto, but on the side of justice.
There are three facets of the game that need to be looked at: Backstory and backstory of the character, driving to destinations, and the detective work.
The backstory is very realistic and historically accurate. There are zero anachronistic features that I've seen so far. The character, Cole Phelps, has a backstory that is played between every case he/you are given and it seems pretty interesting so far.
To get around, you need to drive. Driving is fairly difficult and is reminiscent of GTA with the amount of crashing into things I do. The one workaround however is that you can have your partner drive (unless the objective requires driving) so that's what I've decided to do so I don't have to hit cars and buildings constantly.
The detective work leaves a tad to be desired. Reading facial cues on suspects is quite ingenious but if you can't tell if they are lying or not, the game tells you that you were wrong. If the real world was like that, we'd need more prisons. There already has been a fair amount of shooting but the shooting is quite old school and doesn't feel realistic. Granted, that may just be because of the era I'm in.
Overall, the game is fine but I don't see myself purchasing the game when my rental is finished. I will however, keep playing until I have to bring it back. If I had to give the game a grade, it would be a C+.
There are three facets of the game that need to be looked at: Backstory and backstory of the character, driving to destinations, and the detective work.
The backstory is very realistic and historically accurate. There are zero anachronistic features that I've seen so far. The character, Cole Phelps, has a backstory that is played between every case he/you are given and it seems pretty interesting so far.
To get around, you need to drive. Driving is fairly difficult and is reminiscent of GTA with the amount of crashing into things I do. The one workaround however is that you can have your partner drive (unless the objective requires driving) so that's what I've decided to do so I don't have to hit cars and buildings constantly.
The detective work leaves a tad to be desired. Reading facial cues on suspects is quite ingenious but if you can't tell if they are lying or not, the game tells you that you were wrong. If the real world was like that, we'd need more prisons. There already has been a fair amount of shooting but the shooting is quite old school and doesn't feel realistic. Granted, that may just be because of the era I'm in.
Overall, the game is fine but I don't see myself purchasing the game when my rental is finished. I will however, keep playing until I have to bring it back. If I had to give the game a grade, it would be a C+.
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