Hadaway Wishes A Happy New Year!

2 | January 1st, 2009 | Posted in Life

2008 has been a hectic year.

Some people lost loved ones. Some people gained a new treasure in their heart. People lived, people fought, people loved, people died, people learn and experience. For the best or the worst from others. From themselves. Presidental Elections. Weather Crisis. New ways to experience things in life. New abilities and talents. Technology revolutionized. History always changing and making a severe impact for every individual who walk in the world.

…Yeah, 2008 was a lively, burstful year….

Yet now, we must move on. Welcome to 2009, everyone.

Each of us getting a little older, gaining new responsibilies, more choices in life. New Friends. New Brothers and Sisters. New Role Models. New Students. New Enemies. We will all meet new people in this year, even if you knew them all of your lifetime or just an unknown shadow of a person. But what would you do for this new year? Would you change? Any new resolutions or goals? Never set yourself as average, and always do your best. No matter how corny it may sound. You will be challenged harder, and more difficult choices are on the road ahead. Are you ready? Hee hee hee.

Without further ado…

Congratulations for making it to 2009! Grow and develop better as a person, as you grow more responsible this new year!

~ Rio and the Staff of Hadaway

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3 Games for the Big 3

1 | December 4th, 2008 | Posted in Video Games

-by ShadowDragon720-

Well KM and me decided that it’d be ok if I do a bi-monthly article on 3 games, well, for the Big 3.

Halo 3 - Xbox 360

GameSpot’s Score: 9.5 | IGN’s Score: 9.5 | Press Average: 9.4

Halo 3 is a first person shooter developed by Bungie, once again pitting Master Chief and the Arbiter against the forces of the Covenant and the Flood. You play on 9 action-packed levels by yourself, or with four friends. “Halo 3 manages to feel familiar while also packing in a good amount of material,” says GameSpot in their review. I agree because you still have the same universe, the same enjoyableness and multiplayer has Halo 2, but Forge mode and the deeply integrated online and Bnet also. “My father once told me, “Never start a fight you don’t intend to finish.” Master Chief’s pappy must have said something similar to him long before John-117 became a Spartan, because in Halo 3, the iconic action hero does indeed finish the fight,” quoted from IGN’s review of Halo 3. And in this game you do finish the fight with a great campaign and kick-ass final mission.

Super Smash Bros Brawl - Wii

GameSpot’s Score: 9.5 | IGN’s Score: 9.5 | Press Average: 9.3

Nintendo’s latest installment in the Super Smash Brothers series features an in-depth adventure mode, called the Subspace Emissary. It takes you all the way through many levels that you can play with a friend (locally) all the way until you get to the finall boss. There are 35 characters this time around, along with those dreaded clones. There are 41 stock stages in all, but since there is the feature of custom stages, you could build your own crazy concoctions for stickers and trophies, or just to have fun with friends. “Metal Gear? It can’t be!” cries GameSpot in their review. Yes, this time around there are two third-party characters to play with, Sonic and Solid Snake. “Meanwhile, if you’re a longtime Nintendo fan, you will be amazed by the presentation of the story sequences in Brawl’s unnecessary, but nevertheless lengthy (eight-plus hours) single-player mode, known as the Subspace Emissary,” says IGN, and this is true. It’s a worthy addition to the fighter series. This is the best Smash Bros game, and whether you’re duking it out with friends, or are by yourself, it’s one hell of a fun time.

Rock Band 2 - PS3

GameSpot’s Score: 8.5 | IGN’s Score: 9.0 | Press Average: 9.2

Harmonix has done it again with multi-platform phenemenon Rock Band 2. Allowing you to play on the guitar, drums and vocals hasn’t gotten even the least bit old. With a whopping 84 tracks right on the disc you’ll have a great time, even without DLC. Well, speaking of DLC, you can import all but 3 songs onto Rock Band 2 from Rock Band 1 for only 5 bucks. So that means you get Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns n Roses, AC/DC, Tenacious D, and many others on one disc. Also, by the end of the year, Rock Band will have over 500 songs to pick from. Also, there are many different in-store DLC also, like the AC/DC Rock Band Live Track Pack. It has 18 songs to choose from so you better get Thunderstruck on the Highway to Hell. There’s also a new no-fail setting if you’re playing with someone who sucks, you won’t lose. And as GameSpot says, “That’s no longer a problem thanks to the no-fail setting, which will let you continue rocking even if your band is so awful it makes Paris Hilton seem like a talented musician.” That is a quote for truth. “Conceivably, you could boot up Rock Band 2 for the first time and have more than 300 songs available. That’s pretty awesome,” says IGN, and this is right because as I mentioned before, the weekly DLC will make Rock Band 2’s setlist topple 500 songs.

Well, that’s it for this bi-monthly edition of “3 Games for the Big 3.”

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PSP 3000 - Slim 2.0?

0 | September 15th, 2008 | Posted in Hadaway News

–By Boredfanboy–

  About a month ago Sony announced a new PSP, “PSP 3000,” will be hitting the markets in October.  Here’s a chunk from the official site:

“Tokyo, August 21, 2008 - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that it would launch a new PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-3000) featuring an advanced LCD that further improves the very popular, high resolution PSP display. The new PSP will be available in stores in Japan, Asia, North America and Europe from October 2008.

While inheriting the basic design and functionality of the current “slim and light” PSP, the image quality on the new LCD screen is dramatically enhanced, and a built-in microphone is added to meet the PSP users’ demand to enjoy games and content with voice input functionality without the use of a separate microphone.”

Sounds . . . . interesting, right?  The basic question in the face of this press release is this: “Why?”

Is the lack of a microphone really the element keeping the PSP from racking up sales?  Are gamers really demanding a higher resolution?  We know that Sony has been pushing the PSP as more of a multimedia device instead of just a gaming handheld, but is a higher resolution rate really going to help the system in the face of the almost complete failure of the UMD format? 

It seems that for gamers, the problem is finding enough great games to play on the little system.  One wonders if this move isn’t more directed toward the other hemisphere; sales in Japan for the first eight months were nearly doubled from last year. 

But another new PSP?  Is this where Sony should have directed its funds to keep momentum up?  This gamer thinks rerouting those funds into a greater game suite, or perhaps even greater functionality in the form of newer applications, would have better assisted this system.  Sony claims that users are increasingly using the PSP to surf the internet: The 4.05 update didn’t do much for the browser; you’re still going to get plenty of low memory alerts after surfing for more than 5 minutes, even with all cache and memory options customized.

The news of the new model certainly hasn’t made a big splash.  One has to wonder- What market is Sony actually going after with this device?  It plays games like the DS but is touted for it’s multimedia capabilities.  With the addition of Skype phone functionality in the latest update, perhaps Sony is trying to point its product toward competition with certain Apple products.  They could certainly take a few ideas from the iPod and iPhone market.

Hadaway’s September Newsletter

0 | September 4th, 2008 | Posted in Hadaway News

Well, September has come and Hadaway’s still around if you’ve forgotten. ;p

With that I dive into the announcements!

School has started! And with that comes homework unfortunetly. Well, having trouble with that stubborn math problem or want to know how something works in science class? Well, come over to the newly pinned “Homework Help Thread!” on the General Discussion Board (The Wall). Here you can help tutor people having a bit of trouble in school or get help yourself, it’s win win!

Another new and promising thread we have is Deezlink’s new “Band of the Week” thread! So come nominate your favorite bands and then votes for the best! Fun for all, and it’ll help you discover new artists and bands.

So, although the dull life of School has crept up upon us, Hadaway stands strong and is lively as ever!

Current stats: 259 members
56199 posts

Hadaway’s August Newsletter

0 | August 19th, 2008 | Posted in Hadaway News

It’s time for the second installment of Hadaway’s newsletter, this month: August!

I’ll just briefly go over some things Hadaway has done since last month:

First off, our homepage, which made its second debut last month, is running in full swing! We have great writers posting articles that range from music to gaming with everything in between. So check it often and see what’s there!

Secondly, the Wii Points Contest is still going strong! So far Kenny1264 is in the lead with 330 points with PFM in second with 320, so it’s going to be a close one!

Well, it’s been a slow month for forums everywhere and Hadaway has conquered the Summer Blues and hopefully will pick up more speed with the school year.

I leave you with some recent Hadaway stats:

Total Posts: 49489
Total Members: 248

And for the month of July we had;

265 new threads, 5584 new posts, and 10 new members.

Here’s to a great August month,
The Hadaway! Team.

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