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Zombie Talk

I just felt obligated to post this email chain

John Silva <john.m.silva@gmail.com>

Fwd: new left for dead level
20 messages

Matthew Schery

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:52 AM

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/left4dead2/news.html?sid=6237618&tag=topslot;title;1&mode=previews

swanrf

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:53 AM

http://www.break.com/game-trailers/game/left-4-dead-2/leaked-left-4-dead
-2-trailer—-zombie-survival-guide.html



 

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John Silva

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:31 PM

If I practice hard can I please be on your zombie team America???
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swanrf

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:31 PM

Chris Nachtrieb

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM

You have to pass the recruitment process

Christian



 

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John Silva

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:37 PM

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swanrf

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:41 PM

To: John Silva <john.m.silva@gmail.com>, Chris Nachtrieb <chris.nachtrieb@gmail.com>

Cc: Matthew Schery <matthewsch12@gmail.com>, David Abrams <dcabrams@gmail.com>

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Matthew Schery

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:59 PM

After your AWFUL showing on Buck Hunter 2: African Safari a few weeks
ago…I dont think you have what it takes….just get bitten and join
the crowds!

swanrf

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:21 PM

I think we should just call Silva “Zack” from now on.

John Silva

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:27 PM

I hate you guys.. Zombie apocolypse survival training is at least the third most important thing in my life

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swanrf

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:31 PM

You weren’t there on Schery Ridge when the hunters came… There is no
preparing for THAT.


 

David Abrams

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:31 PM

I don’t know if we could roll into the zombie apocalypse with Matt, he
hogs the Molotovs too much…

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Dave

John Silva

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:44 PM

I think matt would have a meltdown

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Matthew Schery

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM

It’s not called a melt-down Silva…it’s called “blood drunk”, and I
would harness the raging animal inside….while you are off shooting
the female water buffalo! Only shoot the ones WITH HORNS!

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swanrf

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:50 PM

Dave ‘off the handle’ Abrams
Matt ‘inflammable’ Schery
Christian ‘the professor’ Nachtrieb
John ‘meat’ Silva
Ryan ‘full metal jacket’ Swan


 
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David Abrams

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:52 PM

I feel like Matt would do something annoying, like insist we go into
the supermarket because he NEEDS to get some pretzel sticks, it would
be infested with zombies and we’d all die.

Dave

Matthew Schery

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:02 PM

“Dude, come on! I need some Doritos and beer…Oh yea? Ok? Ok? I will
go along than!”

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David Abrams

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:40 PM

LOL how many times in the zombie apocalypse would you say “Oh yeah?!
Yeah?!? OK, OK!!”

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Dave

Matthew Schery

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:51 PM

“Swan wants to check out that building….”

“Pffff let him go. We will drive off and teach him a lesson”!

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swanrf

Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:06 PM

Friendly Fire incidents:

Off the Handle-         23
Inflammable -   0
The Professor-  0
Meat-                   0
Full Metal Jacket- 0

 

Sour cream n onion chex mix

What I hate

When people walk in front of you on a narrow sidewalk, perfectly spaced out to block you, and you end up being stuck behind them.  They always walk very slow and never turn around, so you’re just kind of walking at a somewhat brisk pace 3 feet behind them trying to find holes to sneak through, and you end up just running in the street to pass them.  Assholes.

Live 2.0, and how its a step towards the future of entertainment.

So I fired up the ol’ 360 the other day to engage in some delicious chainsaw bayonet action with some friends on Gears of War 2, and to my surprise the new XBOX Live from Microsoft was online!  Let me start by saying that I’m streaming a movie right from netflix in crystal clear HD.  Let me also add that my XBOX live has been logged in for like 8 hours now.

I honestly believe this update is the first step to truly creating a total entertainment center.  Blu-Ray?  Whats the point if I can stream stuff already in HD?  Yes , I know our netflix movies are limited at the moment, however to really think that we’re going to be using physical media to entertain ourselves for the next 8 years is absolutely insane.

Ok, lets slow down here.  At the end of the day we’re just getting a very user friendly interface, some added features that have existed on other platforms, and now we have a few neato avatars of ourselves to mess with.  The key here though is how many users are being exposed to this product right now.  Even with it countless flaws, red rings of death, overheating, scratched disc issues, MS has still managed to shove this product down our throat.  I’m not saying thats a bad thing, because I like the way the XBOX tastes.

On the interface, it’s definitely cleaner and smarter.  It feels like I’m using an IPHONE when I surf around LIVE.  Say what you want but a user-friendly and sleek interface makes using anything a lot easier.  By the way, whats the deal with totally ripping off sounds effects from The Legend of Zelda?

Allowing installation of games onto the hard drive is a poor mans solution to the scratched disc problem we all deal with that MS has failed to acknowledge.  Google Xbox scratched disc, and you will see a host of people who’ve had similar issues.  I got so fed up with it I ripped my Xbox open and manually fixed it.  Regardless, It’s nice to be able to pre-install a game and have it load faster.

Netflix can be streamed now.  It’s absolutely flawless and amazing.  Works better than On Demand, and if Netflix expands this library available we’re in good shape to have an awesome library of instant gratification.

Now that I’ve cleared that off the plate I want to return to my main point.  The fact of the matter is that nobody is going to go out and buy a vudu box, or an apple tv, just to watch shows off the Internet.  I’m sorry.  I love those products but they’re not breaking into the living room of…ugh… Joe Six Pack.  Thats the only way I can put it.  Right now I have all my music I’ve ever owned accessible on my XBox, along with videos and photos.

At the end of the day its a prettier interface with some bells and whistles, but mark my words, this is the beginning of the average user starting to realize that DVDs are not the only way to enjoy movies.  Remember when the biggest add on to Nintendo was the light gun?  Now we’re adding even more, even if they’re just 1’s and 0’s.