Gamer's Getaway - COD

The Video Game craze is upon us and teens are engrossed in there virtual war. Whether its PC, Xbox 360, or PS3 everyone knows the Call of Duty series.

The original Modern Warfare of the COD franchise in my opinion is where the series took off. The game was well balanced and could literally be played for hours on end. This online multiplayer is simple you play objective game types such as Team Death-match (TDM), Domination (Dom), Search & Destroy (S&D), Demolition (Demo), and many others.
This game followed simple kill-streaks, killing enemy players
3 kills - UAV
5 kills - Air Strike
7 kills - Helicopter 


The more popular the game more time people would play on the game. However the game records the time you play on online in games, and for the case of several of my friends it totaled 22 to 24 days! Talk about an addiction.

An Ohio teen know how exactly addicting COD can become. CBS has the story of Tyler Rigsby - Article - he collapsed from dehydration after playing for  to 5 days straight. His mother said that he only came out of his room to use the bathroom or for a quick snack. He was so engrossed by the game that he simply forgot to drink. 
A parent might be considered that their child maybe playing to much video games, especially when they hear about cases like Tyler. I would say that they are overreacting. Most teens are just regular gamers they know when their hungry and they will go and get food and drink liquids nonetheless. But, can you really the blame the child for playing too much COD. They grew up in a technical age and they choose to 'play' the most of it.

Call of Duties that followed the Modern Warfare were as follows...

Call of Duty: World at War                         November 11, 2008          (5th)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2  (MW2)    November 10, 2009          (6th)
Call of Duty: Black Ops                              November 9, 2010            (7th)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (MW3)    November 8, 2011            (8th)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II                          November 13, 2012           (9th)

This Black Ops II is the newest Cod available. It offers online multiplayer, and zombies, which was originally seen in World at War. The objective game types are all still present which a few new ones like Party Games (gun game, sticks and stones, one in the chamber, and sharpshooter), Hardpoint, and Multi-team. Also starting in MW2 the kill streaks changed, and in this Black Ops there based on points not kills now called Score-streaks.
They are as follows...

A A.G.R. C Care Package Counter-UAV D Death Machine Dogs E EMP Escort Drone G Guardian

H Hellstorm Missile Hunter Killer Drone L Lightning Strike Lodestar M MQ-27 Dragonfire O Orbital VSAT R RC-XD S Scorestreak

S cont. Sentry Gun Stealth Chopper Swarm U UAV Recon V VTOL Warship W War Machine Warthog

The games create new weapons, and new maps with each game. I'm personally hooked on the series and go to the midnight release for the new COD every year. More people join Xbox Live (online multiplayer) and PS3 yearly, and with 11 million copies of Black Ops II sold in the first week, Call of Duty really is the video game to have.   


   

College Cash - Gas Station

Gas Station 

After searching to find a job during winter break, in my home town, i finally landed  a job working at a local gas station. I figured will is not the worst thing in the entire world and I'll satisfy the need for quick cash at college. I can now say that working a register is CONFUSING!! Not until do i have to put gas on the pumps and ring people out, but there are two hard parts to the job...

1.) Lottery...
The machine is behind the counter and trying to listen to a little old lady list off number Mid/Eve or Backup/box/Straight/etc. number of draws, number of tickets, number of plays and there's 8 different kind of tickets. It's awful!

2.) Cigarettes...
THERE IS A MILLION DIFFERENT KINDS!!!
Marlboro, Marlboro light, ultra light, menthol, menthol light, southern cut, red label, blacks, blacks menthol, smooths, 27's, 72's, 83's, skyline,.... and that's only one brand. Oh and not mentioning regular or 100's of the different types of the brand.

For someone who doesn't smoke it can be very aggravating and confusing to say the least. But, at least its some cash to spend. With all the work, it's really not that bad of a job, especially since minimum wage just increased to $7.85.