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Dead Battery Leads to Encounter with Sketchy AAA Repairman

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Posted by Rob on March 9, 2011 – 11:51 pm
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I went outside this morning to get the car warmed up and the ice melted off before heading to the grocery store. I was shocked to find that the battery had died, as the car wouldn’t turn on, the headlights would light up, and the locks on the door couldn’t be opened manually. Seeing how I bought the car new in 2004 and never replaced the battery, I figured that after six and a half years it was past it’s time for sure. I jumped online to double check that AAA would come out to do a jump start, and I think I googled something like “will AAA jump your battery.” What came up surprised me, as it was a bunch of different websites with people complaining about the “scam” that AAA would pull in that they would offer to install a cruddy battery right there, but the battery would be an inferior product. So after scraping the ice off the hood, I gave AAA a call to come give me a jump so that I could drive down to an auto store and get a new battery (I didn’t like what I heard about the AAA battery replacement.)

When I first called, I apparently called the wrong number, as the AAA agent I contacted did not service my area. After figuring out that part, he gave me the number for my local AAA station. This guy was a lot better, and told me that a repairman would be there in an hour. I figured I would take a shower, and about five minutes after getting out (about twenty minutes after I hung up with the AAA guy on the phone), I got a call telling me the repairman would be there momentarily. I quickly ran about getting dressed, and by the time I pulled my sweater on and grabbed my keys I saw the AAA truck next to my car in the parking lot, and I ran down to meet him as he was calling me from his cell phone. Read More »

PS3 Review: Transformers: War for Cybertron

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Posted by Rob on July 8, 2010 – 8:31 am
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First off, yes, I know the above image is for the 360. Oddly enough, it was the best picture I could find for the game’s cover art, so I had to make due. But enough of that…onto the review!

When I first heard about the game, I was nervous. There had been a few Transformers games previously, and they all sucked. I assumed that this one would also. Then I heard that it was an original story, independent of the films, and set before the Transformers ever set foot on Earth. That was interesting, and got my attention. Then I heard that there was going to be co-op and other multiplayer modes, and I made sure that my Gamefly queue was totally empty so that I could have it shipped out release date. In the end, Transformers: War for Cybertron totally lives up as a great, engaging game and also removes the stain left by previous movie-based games. I can only hope this is the start of a whole new series of games!

War for Cybertron is a third-person shooter which takes place exclusively on Cybertron, thus there are no humans to be seen…only awesome robots. The game’s campaign mode is short but very, very sweet. There are ten chapters, and each chapter has a several sub-chapters, and each chapter ends with a boss battle. The first five levels are Decepticon levels, where you control Megatron and his minions as they strive to develop the ultimate weapon, kicking Autobot butt along the way. The fifth chapter ends with Megatron acquiring his weapon, and it appearing that all is lost…until a new hero emerges. Chapters six through ten of the game are played from the Autobot point of view, as Optimus Prime and his allies fight to stop Megatron’s plans by staging a series of counter-attacks. It is done very well, in that there are two totally different campaigns (not just different versions of the same stage for each side.)

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