Operation Rolling Hell

November 30, 2011

Caspian Border – Northern Iranian Coast near the Caspian Sea

“For a few brief moments, we were the war, and the war was us” – Sergeant 3rd Star Jon Bloodspray

Operation Rolling Hell took place on the 30th of November, 2011. First Sergeant Andy Dixon, Sergeant 3rd Star Jon Bloodspray and Chief Warrant Officer ChillyBilly belonged to Hotel Company 1337. Hotel Company was to be part of a larger squad sent in to protect valuable assets (M-COMM Station A and M-COMM Station B) which were invaluable to the United States Military Intelligence.



The Caspian Border had been home to many battles over the years, being located at the Northern Coast of the Iranian Sea; it was a strategic point for the U.S. Navy. The base of operations was surrounded by the Alborz Mountains, which meant an assault by opposing forces would have to come through a narrow roadway which led directly through the border check point put in place by the United States Military.

On the morning of November 30th, 2011 First Sergeant Andy Dixon, Sergeant 3rd Star Jon Bloodspray and Chief Warrant Officer ChillyBilly were assigned to watch over M-COMM Station A and B which were located directly behind the Caspian Border checkpoint. All seemed business as usual until 09:30 AM when a Russian single seat Su-35BM Flanker-E was spotted flying overhead. First Sergeant Andy Dixon was the first to notice the Russian Jet and radioed headquarters as to its presence.



At exactly 09:40 AM, ten minutes after the Su-35BM had been spotted; two T-90 Battle Tanks were seen flanking the checkpoint on the left hand side, before any soldiers could cover the left flank, shells from the T-90 tanks started pounding the building which housed M-COMM station A. Sergeant Bloodspray immediately headed towards M-COMM A and mounted the BGM-71 TOW which was strategically placed just one building to the front of where M-COMM station A was housed. Sergeant Bloodspray unloaded several missiles on to one of the T-90’s rendering it inoperable and eventually destroying it completely.

Officer ChillyBilly however had a different idea on how to handle the second tank, which was also advancing on M-COMM A. Officer ChillyBilly, ran along the back wall behind M-COMM A and crawled his way to a clearing just behind the enemy T-90. After carefully approaching the tank the unseen Officer placed three C-4 charges on the backside of the enemy tank and ran towards cover. Once in the clear Officer ChillyBilly depressed the C-4 plunger and destroyed the last remaining Russian tank, killing all the soldiers inside.



At approximately 10:15AM Sergeant Andy Dixon was seen jumping inside of an M 1A2 Abrams tank. Sergeant Dixon then proceeded to roll towards the main checkpoint where two VDV Buggies filled with Russian soldiers were heading. After a couple of close misses Sergeant Dixon landed a devastating blow to one of the VDV Buggies, destroying the vehicle and killing everyone aboard. Unfortunately one buggy was able to avoid contact and flanked right towards M-COMM Station B.

Despite several attempts, no U.S. Soldiers were able to disarm the explosive device which the Russian army was able to attach to M-COMM B and after a few moments of tense fighting the M-COMM Station was destroyed. All eyes were now turned on M-COMM Station A, as any attempt to arm would need to be met with aggressive fire.



Sergeant Dixon, still manning the M 1A2 Abrams headed towards M-COMM A to provide backup support. While making his way through the debris and rubble Sergeant Dixon was alerted to the SU-35BM which had locked on to his tank. Quickly, Sergeant Dixon escaped from the M 1A2 Abrams and narrowly escaped before the Russian jet launched a missile which completely destroyed the vehicle.
After several minutes of heavy gunfire and after numerous losses on both sides, the enemy forces planted a charge on M-COMM A and eventually destroyed it, forcing the U.S. Soldiers to retreat to the second pair of M-COMM Stations, located in a small outpost surrounded by hilly terrain and dense trees.



After losing control of the first pair of M-COMM stations, First Sergeant Mr. Andy Dixon, Sergeant 3rd Star Jon Bloodspray and Chief Warrant Officer ChillyBilly made a hasty retreat to the rally point. Luckily for Hotel Company the second M-COMM base was not only surrounded by rough terrain it was also surrounded by several derelict buildings, perfect for ambushes as well as cover in the event that fighting became too much for the trio and their fellow soldiers to handle. Fearing that the advancing Russian forces would soon overtake the rally point, Sergeants Dixon and Bloodspray along with Officer ChillyBilly made a daring, tactical decision that not only took their squad by surprise but completely baffled enemy troops.



Hidden behind cover was an M 1A2 Abrams Tank which was quickly requisitioned by Hotel Company. Not wanting to give their position away the trio sat in the tank and awaited the arrival of the enemy team. At roughly 11:35 AM the enemy forces arrived at the second command post. Advancing slowly they took their time trying to locate the M-COMM Stations. Before the Russian army was able to locate the M-COMM Stations “Operation Rolling Hell” finally took effect.

The tank that housed the three brave soldiers charged in to battle, unleashing what can only be described as “firepower from the devil himself” on the ill prepared enemy force. Buildings, abandoned cars and large gas containers exploded in a violent rage of burning hellfire as the M 1A2 Abrams spit out round after round. With Warrant Officer ChillyBilly at the wheel and Sergeants Dixon and Bloodspray manning the 120 mm L44 smoothbore cannon and M240 Co-axial Machine Gun respectively, Hotel was able to control the base completely by themselves for several minutes before reinforcements from the advancing Russian forces arrived.

The Russian forces made one last attempt to take both M-COMM Stations, the enemy troops pushed hard from the left flank, via the mountainside and thick tree line. With so many enemy soldiers advancing at once, Hotel Company had no choice but to leave the M 1A2 tank due to heavy RPG fire. Not wanting to leave themselves exposed to enemy gun fire, Hotel quickly ran for an abandoned building adjacent to M-COMM Station B where they mounted one of the fiercest defenses of the entire war. After what can only be described as a gunfight akin to the famous “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” Hotel Company held off the advancing Russian army and saving M-COMM B.



With M-COMM A being safely protected by Foxtrot and Delta Companies, the skirmish at Caspian Border finally came to an end, albeit bloody and with heavy casualties. Sergeants Dixon and Bloodspray along with Officer ChillyBilly were awarded several medals and ribbons for their bravery that day and stories of their victory quickly spread throughout the ranks, boosting moral for the other soldiers fighting their own wars elsewhere.

When asked about the battle Sergeant Bloodspray only had this to say “For a few brief moments, we were the war, and the war was us”. No one in Hotel Company could imagine how true those words would ring, as the three set off on their next adventure in hopes of ending the long and drawn out war once and for all.


Hotel Company 1337

Here’s the deal. I love Battlefield 3. I cannot hide this fact nor do I want to. Battlefield 3 is, without a doubt my favorite multiplayer game ever. You read that right, I said “ever” and according to RAPTR I have played a total of 106 hours so far (even though Battlelog shows a total of 69H 48M).

Now, I’ve played a ton of multiplayer games in my time, and I’ve enjoyed most of them, hell the only other multiplayer game that I’ve played more of (total hours played) is Black Ops and I have a feeling that Battlefield 3 will be taking that top spot soon enough.

The Battlefield series is definitely not for everyone, there is a fairly steep learning curve, the game relies very heavily on teamwork over “lone wolf” game play, the vehicle combat can be and often becomes very overwhelming at times and at the end of the day your Kill/Death ratio really doesn’t matter (unless you’re playing Team Death Match). This is what turns a lot of people off from the Battlefield series, for me however the reasons above are exactly why I prefer the multiplayer in Battlefield over the others currently on the market.

I’m not going to get in to comparisons to other FPS games and I don’t want to talk about the single player campaign for Battlefield 3 (which I thought was very good), instead I want to talk about my time with the multiplayer portion of the game and the elements that have completely won me over.


BATTLELOG



The first thing I want to talk about is “Battlelog”.

Battlelog is basically a one stop shop for everything Battlefield 3 MP related. On the Battlelog website I can join or form my own platoon, create my platoon emblem, track my stats, learn more about maps, guns and vehicles and organize play times with friends or other people who belong to the same platoon as me.

Now, Battlelog has been compared to the “Elite” service offered by Infinity Ward for the Call of Duty series but unfortunately I have not spent enough time with Elite to give a solid opinion on which I enjoy more. I’m sure that both services are comparable and offer everything that the player would need to keep track of their playtime with their respective game.


My accuracy may be shit but at least I have more wins than losses =)

As you can see in the picture above all of my stats are right there for me to look at. The nice thing about Battlelog is that it tracks everything in real time. If I have Battlelog open on my PC while I am playing I can hear it making noises as it updates with games won/games lost as well as messages or comments that people may be leaving.

Another nice feature of Battlelog is the platoon section. Platoons are basically “clans” that you set up for people to join. Obviously if you’re going to join a platoon the Destructoid platoon is the best. One of the cool features on the platoon page is the stats link (on the left under Mr. Destructoids helmet) here you can see how you stack up against other people in your platoon. (see pics below)


The main page for the Destructoid Xbox 360 Platoon


Some stats from our platoon (XBOX 360)

*Side Note: Before logging in to Battlelog (at least on the 360) you need to put your game disc in and link the game to your EA account. This is a small annoyance but an annoyance nonetheless.


MAPS



When I first started playing the multiplayer I was a bit overwhelmed. Now, I had played Bad Company 1 & 2’s MP as well as Battlefield 1943 so I knew what to expect but Battlefield 3 puts all the other iterations to shame. The sheer size and scope of the multiplayer maps are in a word, amazing. Unlike Call of Duty (the game that Battlefield is most compared to) the maps do not feel cramped or too small, on the contrary the maps in Battlefield can and are often one of the reasons why many people shy away from the series. As far as I’m concerned the maps (and their size) are one of the major draws for me. I love being able to flank an enemy tank by running behind a hillside and then slowly creeping up on him, planting my C4 and then watching that tank blow sky high, especially when you know that they never saw it coming.

Out of the box you get a total of nine maps; Seine Crossing, Demavand Peak, Operation Metro (map from the beta), Grand Bazaar, Caspian Border, Operation Firestorm, Tehran Highway, Noshahr Canals and Kharg Island. Now, nine maps may not seem like a whole hell of a lot but no worries, coming sometime this December DICE is releasing the Back to Karkand map pack (free for those who bought the limited edition) which will include 4 new maps bringing the total number of maps to 13.



If I had to pick a favorite map I would have to go with Grand Bazaar, lots of choke points, lots of hidden passageways for flanking and definitely enough room to drive a tank straight in to the heart of the enemy base. As far as the biggest of the maps I would definitely have to say that Caspian Border takes the cake. I accidentally spawned at the starting point during a round of Rush the other day and decided to hoof it to the last set of points. Needless to say that I never made it before the match was over (I ran for a good 5 minutes).

Oh and one last thing before I move on, when playing Rush on Demavand Peak you have the ability to “base jump” off of a mountain top, free fall for several seconds and then deploy your chute before slamming in to the ground. This never gets old and is definitely one of my favorite moments of the game and is definitely something that has to be played to be truly appreciated.


VEHICLES

Vehicles are, without a doubt one of the major draws (as well as drawbacks for many people) in the Battlefield series. Tanks, Humvees, AMTRACS, Fighter Jets and Helicopters, plenty of choices for those daring enough to try their hand at vehicle combat (32 total vehicles at launch). Personally I stick with the vehicles that have four wheels or two treads; I’m no good at the aerial stuff. That’s not to say that I haven’t at least tried flying a fighter jet or attack helicopter. My limited time piloting a helicopter was met with mixed results as I only lasted a few minutes before being shot down by multiple rockets. My time spent piloting a fighter jet is even more limited as the only time that I attempted to fly around was met with me crashing in to a cell phone tower (epically I might add, just ask Mr. Andy Dixon, he was there for the whole thing).


I'd rather plant some C4 on the side of a tank than drive it.

Personally I love the vehicle combat; it adds a whole new layer as well as new tactics that need to be employed in order to be successful. Thankfully DICE has given the player plenty of options for fighting back against vehicles, from tank mines to RPGs, C4 to SAM Missiles no vehicle is safe from an experienced player.


*Not pictured: Me flying in to some random object and dying a horrible death


WEAPONS & UPGRADES

What multiplayer shooter would be complete without weapon choices and upgrades? Thankfully for us DICE has decided to shower us with so many weapon and equipment choices that you may very well find it difficult to keep track. Every class (minus support and recon) has eleven main unlocks which include various weapons and equipment such as EOD BOTS (for arming and disarming M-COMM Stations), defibrillators, land mines, claymores, mortars, portable spawn stations and more. Seriously, the sheer amount of unlocks alone will keep you busy for hours trying to unlock them all.



My gun of choice would definitely have to be the M249 with IRNV scope, fore grip and extended mag, the IRNV scope makes it seem almost unfair as it acts as a thermal scope during night or daytime play. DICE has already said that they plan on nerfing the IRNV scope to make it more balanced although no further details have yet surfaced as to what exactly this means. Whatever your play style though there is definitely something for everyone. Prefer close quarter combat? There’s a gun and loadout for that, long range support more your thing? There’s plenty to choose from to get the job done.

THE OTHER STUFF (TL;DR)

I could literally go on and on about my love for Battlefield 3 but I’ll try to wrap it up here with some final thoughts and a couple of favorite moments.

Battlefield is not for everyone, if you didn’t care for the previous versions then there’s a good chance that you won’t care for this one. The maps are huge, the destruction is massive, the vehicles can and will be a nuisance and the action is fast and violent.
The matchmaking has been greatly improved and as of this blog I have had zero issues getting in to a game either by myself or with a squad. Things were pretty rough at the beginning but things seem to be running just fine now. I’ve only been kicked from a game once and I rarely experience any lag issues.

I have no intentions on slowing down, I plan on unlocking everything that can possibly be unlocked, whether that be a weapon or dog tag, I will not stop until everything is mine! Hopefully I’ll see some of you on the Battlefield with me, if you can get though the first few levels and learn the intricacies that make Battlefield what it is then I truly believe that you will find a game that is both enjoyable and fulfilling. If you have the game and haven’t joined a platoon yet feel free to join the Destructoid Xbox 360 Platoon and if you plan on picking the game up at a later date we’d love to have you as part of our team.

BONUS FAVORITE MOMENTS

Favorite Moment Number One: Trying to fly a fighter jet only to find myself flying face first in to a cell phone tower. The explosion I caused and the falling debris of the jet was absolutely ridiculous and hilarious at the same time.

Favorite Moment Number Two: Playing Rush on Tehrahn Highway. Defending the last M-COMM Station I saw three enemies hiding behind a brick wall (saw their tags on my mini map) with no way to shoot them I pulled out my RPG, blew a hole in the brick wall and then unloaded on all three with my SCAR-H, killing all of them and ending the match with a win.


Who needs doors? We make our own in Battlefield 3!

Favorite Moment Number 3: Base jumping off the mountain top on Demavand Peak for the first time. It was so epic that I forgot to deploy my parachute and ended up as a small crater and wet spot on the ground.


See that cliff right there? yea, you get to jump off that sucker.


And it looks something like this.

Favorite Moment Number Four: During a game of rush on Caspian Border I planted C4 and destroyed six enemy tanks during one round, stopping the enemy forces from taking either of the first two points.

Thanks for reading and see you on the Battlefield!

~ChillyBilly

That's right! We want you! To join one of our Destructoid Battlefield 3 Platoons. Joining is easy, here's all the information you need (This will be a pretty short blog).



Battlelog is Battlefield 3's way of tracking stats, forming platoons and ultimately helping Battlefield 3 players find and connect with friends to play online with. Since Destructoid is all about the community (because let's be honest, we have the best damn community ever here) Battlelog now makes it easier than ever to hook up with your fellow Dtoiders for some serious carnage.

Finding platoons in Battlelog is pretty basic and Destructoid gives you a whopping three options to choose from. Here they are in no particular order.

First we have the PC Platoon:


Destructoid PC Battlefield 3 Platoon (must be logged in to Battlelog in order for the link to work).

If for whatever reason you're unable to locate the Destructoid PC platoon you can look up Swishiee (founder) or DtoidShark(leader) and that should get you to the right spot.

Next up is the PS3 Platoon:


Destructoid PS3 Battlefield 3 Platoon (must be logged in to Battlelog in order for the link to work).

If for whatever reason you're unable to locate the Destructoid PS3 platoon you can look up Revolutionaire (founder) and that should get you to the correct platoon.

And last but not least the Xbox 360 Platoon:


Destructoid Xbox 360 Battlefield 3 Platoon (must be logged in to Battlelog in order for the link to work)

If for whatever reason you're unable to locate the Destructoid Xbox 360 platoon you can look up Chillybilly (founder) or MrAndyDixon (leader).

So that's pretty much the gist of it, simply log in to Battlelog and search for Destructoid in the "Platoons" section or search for one of the above Founders or Leaders.

You can also feel free to leave your Origin name in the comments below so that other Origin Dtoiders can add you as friends.

We look forward to seeing all of you on the battlefield.

HOOAH!

I've said it before and I'll say it again; the Destructoid community is the greatest community ever!

Don't believe me? Want proof? Do I need to post a bunch of pictures with descriptions under each one and then thank the person who sent the stuff to me???

IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE YOU ALL BELIEVE ME?!!?

Well OK then, that's what I'll do.

In this week's episode of ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles we bring you three strange tales...tales so strange that they were taken directly out of the Strange Tales Encyclopedia, which you can own for only six easy payments of $39.99.

Our first episode of the evening stars OccamsElectricToothbrush, or as I like to call him, Occams.

Occams and I decided to strike a deal on some games a little while back and I finally decided to get off my lazy ass and post some pictures. If you've never had the chance to chat with Occams or interact with him in any way, you should. Seriously, he's a super cool guy who loves Darksiders and is TOTALLY stoked for the sequel, Darksiders 2: The Darkside of Wal-Mart. (I know this because of his tweets).

Anyway, he sent me some games, and these are the pictures of said games.


First up we have some NES games. Now, some collectors are purists, they wont buy any old games with writing or stickers on them, I, on the other hand love that stuff. I love when old NES games have names or initials or old video game store stickers on them. To me it gives them a more personal feel, they have a story, you know someone, somewhere owned this game and played it, they liked it enough to initial it so that their friends couldn't claim it as their own.


Next we have Street Fighter II for the Genesis and Mario Paint & Super Off-Road for the SNES. Super-Off-Road is one of my all time favorite SNES games.


Here we have some original Xbox games, Serious Sam (love it), Guilty Gear (who want's to fight?) and Oddworld: Strangers Wrath


Moving on we see some Playstation 2 games: Galerians: Ash, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence & Castlevania: Curse of Darkness


Continuing the PS2 love we have copies of; Silpheed, MDK2 & Soul Reaver 2 (someone totally needs to bring the Legacy of Kain games back in HD)


Speaking of Legacy of Kain here we see Blood Omen 2 squeezed in between Dreamfall and Wizardry


Rounding out the PS2 section we have Onimusha 1-3 and Onimusha Dawn of Dreams. I wanted these games to go with my awesome Onimusha Katana that I featured a few blogs back. (Scroll down when you get there)


And last but not least we have these Onimusha 2 Game guide as well as the still sealed MadWorld game guide.

Thanks again, Occams. All of this goodness is making my collection that much better, and it's all thanks to you!

Our next episode of the evening stars that lovable scamp;GarethxxGod

Now Gareth knows that I love Nintendo. I don't just love Nintendo I like, LOVE Nintendo. Since Gareth knows this and is such a cool fella he decided to send me a box, full of Nintendo goodness.

The first thing you'll notice is that Gareth sent this package all the way from Cananadia. How do I know that? It's obvious, check out the box it came in:


It clearly states that it's from Cananadia. And you can tell that it's totally not shopped.


The first thing that I noticed about Gareth's package (hehehe) was that everything enclosed was "Occams Approved". This seal of quality means that you are getting the best of the best. Obviously.


"No matter who wins, we lose". These are the words that will haunt me for the rest of my life, because truer words have never been spoken. I also like how both games are wearing dresses and stockings. So hot.


Now it's quite obvious that Gareth knows what I like. It's so damn obvious that he included the above news article (cleverly disguised as packing paper) for me to read. Hehe, brothel. Legal prostitution is cool. Oh and NOBODY puts drummer boy in the corner....


Bob Hoskins once said that the Super Mario movie he made was the worst film that he has ever been involved with. You know what though? I aint mad. Because just look how fucking awesome he looks as the action figure version of himself playing Mario. It's beautiful.


Anyone remember these? I absolutely LOVED these cards as a kid. And now that I have a whole box to myself, well hell, my game collection is now damn near complete.


Check those bad boy and girls out. All yellow and red with Mario and Link all on display.


These cards were pretty wicked. Each card was basically a game. You had little circles to scratch off to complete the picture. Of course I always scratched every circle because that's how I roll. I scratch everything.

Everything.


The backs of the card were pretty boss as well, they had special tips and tricks on how to beat different NES games.


Oh yea, each pack also came with two stickers. Two sweet, awesome and amazing stickers.

To Gareth; thanks man. Really. These cards and action figure are the absolute perfect compliment to my game collection. You're a pretty righteous dude.

Our last episode of the evening stars LawOfThermalDynamics. Now some of you may (or may not) know this but Law went to PAX, I on the other hand, did not. Law is such a cool guy though that he totally snagged me a bunch of PAX swag. "What sorta swag did he score", you ask?

This kind:


Buttons? BUTTONS!!! Seriously, when I was a kid (in the late 70's, early 80's) buttons were all the rage. I had every kind of button imaginable. It was so awesome to get these in the mail, made me feel all nostalgic and junk. Also, sticker and inflatable Omni Blade from Mass Effect 3.


So like, there's this guy named Suda. He makes some quirky video games. You may have heard of him. If so you may have heard of his next smash hit Lollypop Chainsaw. What better way to support a game about a cheerleader killing zombies with a chainsaw than to give away foam chainsaws decked out in pink and skulls. I wanted one of these soooooo bad when I started seeing the pics from PAX pouring in and Law didn't let me down.


You know who loves The Darkness? SuperMonk4Ever. Know who's gonna be super jealous after seeing this and the next pic? Yep, you guessed it, SuperMonk4Ever. Oh hey look Monk, it's even signed. =)


Oh, what do you know. This Darkness II mask is signed as well. Pretty neat, huh Monk? =)


Now if you've played with me on Live you probably know that one of my most anticipated games of the year is Rage. I'm so damn excited for this game that I can hardly contain myself. Imagine how friggin happy I was when I saw that Law snagged me a Rage t-shirt. Trust me, I was pretty happy.


Last but not least is my absolute favorite thing out of the whole package. I'll let you just stare in awe, as I did at the awesomeness that is Bastion. Bastion is without a doubt one of my favorite games of the year, and anything Bastion related is 100% A-OK in my book. Oh and if you look closely you will see a Rage Xbox Live avatar item. Awesome.

Thanks Law, for going out of your way to snag me so much cool stuff, you are definitely the man.

Well that's it for me. Thanks again to Occams, Gareth and Law. The Destructoid community never ceases to amaze me with how fucking awesome it really is.

Have a great night and thanks for stopping by.

~ChillyBilly

I'm surprised that one of these hasn't popped up yet, what with PAX being right around the corner and all. So here it is, I want someone to adopt my avatar so that I can vicariously live all of the drunken debauchery and good times that is PAX (also because I'm super jealous of everyone going, all of you suck).

Take a look, for a moment, in to the eye's of my sad avatar:



Look at those eye's, sad, lonely....longing for the touch of someone attending PAX. Don't you want to see those eye's full of life again? Don't you want to know that you can sleep a little better at night because you helped a zombie with 80's metal clothing and an Afro fulfill one of his life long dreams?

Here are some compelling reasons why you YES YOU should adopt ChillyBilly's avatar for PAX:

1. My avatar is a zombie. In case you hadn't heard, zombies are the "it" thing right now. Whether you like it or not they aren't going away any time soon.

2. My avatar has both Afro and 80's metal clothing. Because of the clothing and Afro my avatar transcends cultures, it is and has become, it's own culture. Wouldn't you want to carry around something so culturetastic?

3. I'm insanely jealous of everyone going to PAX. While carrying around my avatar you could mock it and remind it of how awesome you are and how lame his owner is, thus making you feel superior the entire time you are at PAX.

Eleventeen: My avatar is no good with numbers and counting, as seen by this list of reasons. (seriously, "eleventeen"? That's not even a number)

6. Because this is the first time that I have officially asked for my avatar to be taken to PAX. Think about it, you would have the honor of breaking my avatar at PAX cherry. Imagine all the tail you'll get after telling people about that one!

And last but not least number 7. Here is a picture of my daughter:



Look at her. She loves video games and she LOVES Mario. Can you imagine the smile on her face when she hears that someone is taking her dad's avatar to PAX?!?!? Can you imagine the excitement that she will be filled with knowing that her dad's avatar may pass by someone who is cosplaying as Mario or Luigi?

Imagine.........

Thank you for taking the time to read my plea, hopefully there is a kind soul amongst you, kind enough to take my avatar to PAX, kind enough to make this poster happy and kind enough not to let a little 6 year old girl who loves video games down.

Hey everyone! Been to the c-blogs lately? Yea, pretty ugly huh, all that spam and nonsense....ugh, my brain hurts....

I am posting this, against my better judgement because I have the feeling that it may end up a couple pages back in an hour or so, if the blogs keep going the way they are going.

In keeping with tradition I will be posting my haul from oldest to newest, well as close to that as I can.

On with the show!

The first item on our stop (pretend with me that we are on some magical train or something) is;

SHINNING FORCE THE SWORD OF HAJYA

This is one of the more difficult to find Game Gear games so to say that I was excited when I found it would be a HUGE understatement, and the fact that it still in it's original box (which is in great shape) just makes it that much better.

Next up we have;

GAME BOY COLOR CARRYING BAG
I don't really know why I keep buying these, I have this weird thing for Game Boy cases, I must have like, 20 now or something, all different. Weird. Maybe I should talk to someone about this....

Hey, who here likes Pokemon?

POKEMON SNAP

Here we have Pokemon Snap for the Nintendo 64. I don't know where I got this or why I bought it but I'm sure it was cheap, or in some bundle...I don't know..

I found these next few games all wrapped together at Goodwill (minus Bully, that's another story), they had a price tag of $2.99 on them so I figured what the hell.

PLAYSTATION 2 GAMES

GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS, CONFLICT DESERT STORM, JAK AND DAXTER, BULLY & CONFLICT GLOBAL TERROR
The Bully game that you see there was actually bought at GameStop during their buy 2 get 1 free sale on all PS2 and GameCube games.

Now this next picture actually has some relevance since a new Hitman game was officially announced;

HITMAN TRILOGY

This was also found at Goodwill for a cool $5.00 bucks. Have I mentioned just how much I love Goodwill?

Speaking of games in box sets!

MORTAL KOMBAT KOLLECTION

I bought this because I wanted to put them in between the wicked Mortal Kombat bookends that I got with the new Mortal Kombat game that was just released (pics down below)

Oh I also bought these to go with those;

MORTAL KOMBAT DEADLY ALLIANCE & MORTAL KOMBAT DECEPTION

I probably wouldn't have bought that version of Deception if I had talked to Funktastic beforehand since I didn't realize that it was supposed to come with a bunch of stuff. Oh well, live and learn I guess.

OMFG! A PLAYSTATION 2 GAMETAP!

Yea, I don't really have anything more to add to that.

So I know that like, everyone and their brother is excited that Valve put out another Portal game and all but seriously, they really need to continue or finish this series;

HALF-LIFE 2

Still sealed, found at Goodwill, 2 bucks. I really love the Half-Life series and feel like Valve is kinda shitting on one of it's most beloved games, I get it, people like Portal and yes, people like Left 4 Dead but guess what Valve? People like Half-Life too! Get on it Gabe.

So at the recommendation of our pal SuperMonk4Ever I decided to pick up this next item;

DJ HERO 2 BUNDLE

Yea so, I tried this game, and let me just say for the record, I suck at it. I'm great on easy but once I move to medium, forget it. I like the music though and it seems like it would be pretty fun in a group setting. Oh and it was only $29.00 bucks new, can't beat that.

Now I haven't tried this next one yet (as of this post) but people seem to be very mixed about it;

BRINK

I was super excited to get this and despite the reviews I am still excited to try it out. I'm sure that there will be issued and bugs that will need to be ironed out but that's true for pretty much every game released these days.

It wouldn't be a ChillyBilly haul post with a few Nintendo DS games right? Right?

ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT, THOR & BRAIN AGE 2

Thor is actually quite fun, if you like side scrolling beat 'em up's and Mortal Kombat is well, Mortal Kombat.

Oh hey, more DS games!

So um, anyone here heard of this series? I heard that it was a pretty big deal...

PHOENIX WRIGHT ACE ATTORNEY, and JUSTICE FOR ALL, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS & APOLLO JUSTICE

These are just, phenomenal games, a must play/own for any DS owner.

So Brink wasn't the only game that came out today;

LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

These are just great fun games and they look awesome on the 3DS. Highly recommended for any 3DS owner out there. Oh and if you preordered it you also got a cool Jack Sparrow Lego figure.

OBLIGATORY XBOX 360 GAME PICTURE!

DJ HERO 2, LEGO ROCK BAND & MORTAL KOMBAT

Another recommendation from SuperMonk4Ever was that Lego Rock Band up there, you can pick it up pretty cheap these days and it is quite fun.

Now this next item is something that I am super proud of, and I need to give big thanks to my girlfriend and to Funktastic for talking me in to going back to the store and picking this bad boy up;

MARVEL vs CAPCOM ARCADE FIGHTSTICK TOURNAMANT EDITION!



I almost didn't buy this, I wasn't sure if I was getting a good deal or not based on how much it was, turns out I did. My girlfriend kept telling me to go back and get it because she knows me, she knows that if I didn't go back I would regret it, and Funk was kind enough to tell me that the asking price was MORE than fair for this beauty.

Oh so, remember those Mortal Kombat games I posted earlier? Remember how I mentioned that I bought them to put in between these wicked Mortal Kombat bookends that I just got? Yea, these are those bookends;

MORTAL KOMBAT KOLLECTOR'S EDITION



I love this thing, seriously, it has become one of my favorite collectors items to date. Oh and it looks even cooler with games between Scorpion and Sub-Zero.

You know what else is cool? Wii games...

LITTLE KINGS STORY, CONDUIT 2 & TRAUMA CENTER NEW BLOOD

For the record, Conduit 2 is actually a very good game, one of the best shooters for the Wii (in my opinion).

Ok, the rest of this blog is just gonna be some promo stuff that I have acquired over the past month or so, I'm just gonna post pics with a very brief description of each item.


HYPERDIMENSION NEPTUNIA ART BOOK


SOCOM 4 WRIST BANDS


THOR / SEGA / GAMESTOP 3D GLASSES


PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN PROMO POSTER


RECORD OF AGAREST WAR & L.A. NOIRE GAMESTOP PROMO POSTERS


INFAMOUS & L.A. NOIRE GAMESTOP OVERSIZED GAME BOX DISPLAYS


RED FACTION ARMAGEDDON, CHILD OF EDEN & CARS 2 GAMESTOP OVERSIZED GAME BOX DISPLAYS


NASCAR 2011 GAMESTOP PROMO POSTERS (hard plastic)


LEGO STAR WARS III & SOCOM 4 GAMESTOP PROMO POSTERS (hard plastic)


PILOTWINGS RESORT 3D & SSFIV 3DS PROMO POSTERS (hard plastic)

So that about wraps it up for this latest haul post. Before I go though I have one last picture, it is totally not game related but it is awesome nonetheless;

ULTRAMAN THE COMPLETE SERIES

I absolutely LOVED this show when I was a kid, I remember sitting in front of the T.V with my friends in absolute awe at how awesome Ultraman was. Amazon had these on sale for $6.99 about a month ago and for that price I couldn't resist.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and look at my wares and I hope you all have a great night!

Until next time!

~ChillyBilly