Mistakes Every Gamer/Single Parent Makes

I've been playing Xbox Live, mostly COD with my clan for years. Before my 3 kids were born. My oldest is now 8. Ever since me and their mother divorced, I've made the same mistake that I swore I wouldn't. I've tried to game the way I use to do in my early years. Even before the divorce and baby number 2 gaming all night was going out of the window due to increasing responsibilities at work and my body telling me, "You're Not In Your Twenties Anymore". Every now and then one of the guys will scream out the old battle cry. . ."TILL SIX IN THE MORNING". This was a nod to an old R. Kelly song and something we use to do a lot. Ummm, gaming not that other thing he did.

You see, back then, it was nothing. We'd be on a winning streak, 32 rounds won in a row on my birthday is still the current record we've never broken. All hopped up on red bull and twinkies. It became so important we had to have little games within the game to stay on edge. If we won a round, who ever had 20 or more kills we would call that "Twanky" if the 3 or more of us on the squad had reached Twanky kills, we would call that Hostess since we were stocking up like the factory. We then had to eat a twinkie. We later shortened it to Host Twank. That began to become a problem the day we won 32 rounds in a row. There were a lot of sick soldiers that day. But still, we killed noobs till 6 in the morning.

Its now Christmas vacation in 2018 and the new game that we're addicted to is Players Unknown's Battleground or PUBG for short. Its impossible to win that many matches in a row since we're in a lobby with up to 100 players trying to kill you but we love this game. We haven't gone till 6 in the morning in years but 3 in the morning has become the new target. Last night, I made it to the milestone. We had fun. We all also had work in the morning. I am a Real Estate broker, so is another member and one guy works on boats. Even though I did not physically have to go to any homes or meet clients, I was in between a few deals that needed my attention online or on the phone. My fiancee was pulling a double so from 9 in the morning when I attempted to sleep past till 1 in the afternoon I was all alone. Even with her help, I try not to put off my responsibilities. I'm their father and they need to know I'm there for them.

Oh, i forgot to mention, I also do movie reviews and i thought it to be a brilliant idea to finish watching the new movie on Netflix, Bird Box staring Sandra Bullock (who is so damn fine) and record my review on my youtube channel T3Medias (please subscribe). That had me up past 4 a.m.

38 years old, I tried to keep the room as dark as possible so that the kids would still think it night time. First mistakes. My oldest wanted to watch cartoons, I let him. My other two joined him and watched the tv and me sleep. When I know they are all up, my instincts take over and sleep, no matter how tired, is impossible. I'm too much of a paranoid person to let them roam around. Being a single dad is more about staying out of trouble and gloating when your ex messes up. I don't know when I finished breakfast and I felt the pain of bad eating move from my feet to my brain the whole day. The juice was not worth the squeeze at this very moment but when I was in the moment earlier it felt good.

Your ability to give your kids the attention and patience they deserve is limited even more in this state. I constantly had to keep my emotions in check.I just gave love advise to a friend of mine who's dating a single dad who also loves his gaming. She doesn't understand it. From what I could tell, he puts gaming to high up on and too close on the priority board next to his children. That's not good for anyone.

Eat right, stay fight and sleep. When my gamer pals are done for the night we shout out "I'm Calling It" say Good Games and log off. Don't wait till you have a few bad rounds to call it a night, when your body has had enough, you may be able to push through but if you are a single parent or a parent in a marraige about to watch the kids by yourself in the morning, give up the ghost.

But who the hell are we kidding, we both know you're not going to listen. ONE MORE ROUND!

Black Ops 3 DLC Eclipse

The fun factor is back in Black Ops 3. I'm happy that the price for DLC is lower than it use to be. We're getting a lot of quality game play and these maps are gourgous.

Here is a statement that comes from playstationlifestyle.net written by Chandler Wood

Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s second DLC map pack is out now, giving players four new multiplayer maps and a brand new zombies campaign to play. I’ve spent the last five days playing each level extensively in a variety of multiplayer modes to find the highs and lows of Eclipse.

Compared to the first DLC pack Awakening, which had some very obvious misses and low points for me, Eclipse fares much better under first impressions. Not only does it come with a variety of aesthetic stylings, but play style and strategy must change for each new map as well as you learn the nuances of the corridors and how to best navigate with the movement system. Though I certainly did find some lows, it was more to do with my own individual play style than a factor of bad map design. 

Rift

Rift reminds me a lot of Rise from the first map pack, though it’s Rise done right both in layout and overall look. Though Rift isn’t anything too special to look at overall, it’s less cluttered, with more clean lines than Rise had. Where Rise had a series of befuddling side paths that allowed enemies to easily get behind you, Rift cleans up the layout to promote more forward movement and face to face encounters throughout the level.

Clever players can still find great ways to move around behind the enemy though, which makes Rift a great map for teams with good strategy, rather than a map that feels exploitable. Rift primarily advocates a lot of wall running over open pits that will drop players into the boiling caldera below if they fail. Along the side paths, the long sight lines are disrupted by small barriers that lead to close encounters, so it’s best to check your corners before you go barreling around them. A lot of the action is funneled towards the middle which I would recommend approaching cautiously if you want to avoid another death on your record. 

Spire

Spire has a clean modern look, taking place in a futuristic sub-orbital airport. It’s lanes are far more open than any of the other maps, and as a player who lacks the patience to check that I am clear before running out into the line of fire, it does not fit well to my play style. Most of the kill cams that I have seen on Spire show that this is a map where snipers can really shine. Even the broad side lanes lack much more than some waist high cover meaning that players who like to hang back can get a good view from almost anywhere. 

One outside edge of the map is a lane featuring wall runs over open air that funnel into the middle, similar to Combine from the base game. Most players have learned to avoid the middle however, unless it is required for an objective based mode like Domination, so these outer paths are rarely utilized unless absolutely necessary. This lack of players on the outside does have it’s advantages though, as they can be used to get behind the enemy spawn point if utilized unnoticed.

Verge

Verge is apparently a remake of a map from Call of Duty: World at War, which I didn’t play, so I can’t say how it compares to the original. What I do notice is that the map has the same kind of character that one might expect from Borderlands, albeit a little more realistic in its theme. Neon signs and ramshackle huts hobbled together from old wreckage in a post-apocalyptic wasteland underscore a stalemate between two factions battling over a water source that is the centerpiece for Verge. 

Each of its three lanes cater to a distinct and different play style. The mines along one side are long and narrow, with few side paths and only the curvature of the cavern providing a defense against snipers. Encounters in here are pretty much do or die as you can only move forward or back in these tight areas. The center bridge area is a little more open, though it’s obstructed by a lot of debris. This is my playing field. Plenty of opportunities for escapes, sneak attacks, and frenetic encounters make it a zone that is very hard to hold down but fun to play in. The side opposite the mines is far more open above the water source. If you want to get tricky you can try using the water to sneak up, but sniper overwatch here can make it difficult.

Knockout

Visually bright and appealing, Knockout takes places in a Shaolin temple. It’s primary lanes are much less obvious, the map being peppered with both indoor and outdoor areas that snake throughout the landscape. It’s perhaps one of the hardest maps to get used to, due to the need to constantly change play style dependent on where you are. One moment you could be running along a wall over a pit of bamboo spikes, in clear and open view of snipers, while the next you’ll be inside a small room that will funnel you to the middle area if you cant make it through alive. 

This juxtaposition of open areas and tight corridors is what makes the map fun to play once you get used to them. It’s really the map that lends itself the best to all game modes, making anything played here fun and interesting whether it’s an objective based mode or a kill based mode. It’s hard to pick a favorite map, but I would think that it would either be this one or Verge given the sheer variety within each of them. 

Zetsubou No Shima

Finally there’s Eclipse’s addition to the Zombies campaign, Zetsubou No Shima. This campaign continues to follow the characters from The Giant and Der Eisendrache as they end up shipwrecked on a pacific island filled with overgrowth, lab facilities, dangerous plants, and of course, even more zombies. While I do miss the characters from Shadows of Evil and find this particular cast to be a bit less interesting, the gameplay for Zetsubou No Shima is a lot of fun, mostly due to the compelling design of the area and the secrets that can be unlocked throughout.

Eclipse didn’t do the two things that I was hoping for the most after I played Awakening (more focus on water in multiplayer and a return to the Shadows of Evil cast in Zombies), but Treyarch still managed to put together on awesome package with the maps that they included. While I’m still crossing my fingers that my wishlist will be fulfilled in one of the two upcoming packs, Eclipse is an excellent content offering that doesn’t harbor any significant negatives. If you’ve been holding out on the Season Pass waiting for Treyarch to prove themselves, I think we can be pretty certain that they’ll deliver. 

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Game Play Reaction

I'm an average gamer. I think that I have a healthy love for the art of gaming. There is a new game on the horizon known as Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. This is the third installment of the Black Ops franchise made by the company Treyarch, a sub-company under Activision. The Call of Duty team has broken all kinds of records when they came out with part two. To this day, just last night, I was playing Black Ops 2 with my close friends along with 50,000 other people online. 

The love for this game is still strong. There has been two games since Ops 2 came out from Call of Duty yet the majority of gameplay is given to Ops 2. Call of Duty Ghost, the next game since Black Ops 2 was not well received and Call of Duty Advance Warfare is only a slight step up, which makes the game adequate. 

With two games in a row not as well received as  the Black Ops games it made since that they go back to the well and create the 3rd of a series that shows nothing but excellence. But. . .we better test it out. I'm sure that Activision were worried that maybe the tide was turning. So lets put out a Beta and test this bad boy out. 

Guys, when I say this game is awesome, its an understatement. I'm not saying this game will surpass part two in game sells but it doesn't have to. It just has to be good. It has to make an impact. It has to be better than the last two pieces of of garbage. I will. The controls of the game play and the over all action is great. I really feel the recoil and believe they've perfected the overall feel of the game. The colors the maps and the definition of the characters were also beautifully done. 

November can't come soon enough. 

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Black Ops 3 Multiplayer Trailer Action ReAction: DEEP VERSION!

Sean and I go super deep in this reaction for the upcoming Black Ops 3 set to drop on the world in November. This trailer makes to game look like a lot of fun. A lot of Treyarch purist are still at arms about the exosuites even though there are options to play without them in the multi-player mode. I think if you're going to be a mega fanboy and never want games to change then don't buy them. Just play moder warefare 2 with the other 100 or so people left on it and let the rest of normal society try out something new. 

Not saying that BO3 will be better than its predicesors but if you're not willing to try it out before you bash it then you're just a label worshiper who will always make excuses for sucky games like Halo even though its the same damn thing over and over. There I said it. Enjoy the trailer and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel Here.