Just wishing my boyfriend Steve a Happy 26th Birthday!
Author: Jordan
Displaying posts for current day using a query
For the last week I’ve been working on a new project of mine that is a heavily modified calendar theme for WordPress that displays video game releases. The original concept of mine was using an actual calendar but after having some issues with how it displayed (basically just bad UX/UI) I nixed that idea. I decided that I would rather display all current releases for the current day.
So here’s the custom query to display posts for the current day. You can edit the query parameters to be as specific (or general) as you need them to be.
<ul>
<?php
$today = getdate();
query_posts('showposts=-1&post_status=publish,future&year=' .$today["year"] .'&monthnum=' .$today["mon"] .'&day=' .$today["mday"] );
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
Black Ops: Achievements Leaked
Earlier today all achievements for Black Ops were leaked. In total there are 50 achievements (or PS3 Trophies) to obtain that are worth 1000 
. Of those 50 achievements, 1 is worth 100 (or a 
) that you will receive upon completing the game in hardened or veteran mode. There are currently 3 secret achievements that are worth 45 (or 3 
.)
Black Ops Achievements
Sacrifice 10
Ensure your squad escapes safely from Cuba
Death to Dictators 15
Use a single round to bring down Castro
Vehicular Slaughter 25 
Destroy all enemies on vehicles during the prison break
Give me liberty, or give me death 10
Escape Vorkuta
Slingshot Kid 15
Destroy all slingshot targets in 3 attempts
VIP 10
Receive orders from Lancer
A safer place 10
Sabatoge the Soviet space program
Tough Economy 15
Use no more than 6 TOW guided missiles to destroy the tanks in the defense of Khe Sanh
Looks don’t count 10
Break the seige in the battle of Khe Sanh
SOG Rules 10
Retrieve the dossier and the defector from Hue City
Raining Pain 15
Rack up a bodycount of 20 NVA using air support in Hue City
The Dragon Within 15
Kill 10 NVA with Dragon’s Breath rounds
Heavy Hand 15
Use the Grim Reaper to destroy the MG emplacement
Up Close and Personal 15
Silently take out 3 VC
Double Trouble 10
Use only dual wield weapons to escape Kowloon
Broken English 10
Escape Kowloon
Lord Nelson 25
Destroy all targets and structures while making your way up the river
Never get off the boat 10
Find the Soviet connection in Laos
Pathfinder 50
Guide the squad through the Soviet outpost without them getting killed
Mr. Black OP 50
Enter the Soviet relay station undetected
With Extreme Prejudice 25
Get to the POW compound in the Hind using only rockets
Russian Bar-B-Q 15
Incinerate 10 enemies with the flamethrower attachment in the POW compound
Light Foot 30
Escape the ship with 2:15 left on the timer in Veteran.
Some Wounds Never Heal 10
Escape the past
I Hate Monkeys 15
Kill 7 monkeys in under 10 seconds in the Rebirth labs
No Leaks 50
Make it through the NOVA 6 gas without dying on Rebirth Island
Clarity 10
Crack the code
Double Whammy 15
Destroy both helicopters with one TOW guided missile from the deck of the ship
BLACK OP MASTER 100
Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty
Stand Down 35
Complete the campaign on any difficulty
Frag Master 15
Kill 5 enemies with a single frag grenade
Sally Likes Blood 15
Demonstrate killer economic sensibilities by taking down 3 enemies with a single bullet
Unconventional Warfare 15
Use the explosive bolts to kill 30 enemies
Down and Dirty 25
Complete “SOG” and “The Defector” on Veteran difficulty
It’s Your Funeral 25
Complete “Numbers,” “Project Nova” and “Victor Charlie” on Veteran difficulty
Cold Warrior 25
Complete “Operation 40“, “Vorkuta“, and “Executive Order” on Veteran difficulty
Not Today 25
Complete “Crash Site,” “WMD” and “Payback” on Veteran difficulty
Burn Notice 25
Complete “Rebirth” and “Redemption” on Veteran difficulty
Closer Analysis 15
Find all the hidden intel
Matinee 15
Watch a film or clip with a friend
Gamblin’ Fool 20
Finish 5 Wager Matches “in the money”
You Can Do It 15
Reach rank 10 in Basic Training
The Collector 20
In Zombie mode, buy every weapon off the walls in a single game
Hands Off the Merchandise 20
Kill the Pentagon thief before it can steal your load-out
Sacrificial Lamb 15
Kill 6 zombies after getting shot by a Pack-a-Punched Crossbow bolt
“Insert Coin” 10
Access the terminal and battle the forces of the Cosmic Silverback in Dead Ops Arcade
Easy Rhino 5
In Dead Ops Arcade, use a Speed Boost to blast through 20 or more enemies at one time
Secret Achievement 15
Secret Achievement 15
Secret Achievement 15
Temple of Light Walkthrough
This video is for a walkthrough for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on the first level “Temple of Light.” You will end up doing about two walkthroughs for this level (and probably for the others as well) as your first one will require you to get 7 of the 8 challenges completed. Because you’ll be going for all challenges it will take you longer than 6 minutes to run through it this why you need to play through it twice. The last challenge you’ll get will be to play it within 6 minutes or less.
This level is fairly easy in terms of the puzzles you need to solve but as you progress in the ‘story,’ they will become a little more difficult and require you to put a little more thought into solving the puzzles as well as mapping out your gameplay throughout.
You will also receive three achievements during your playthrough:
Overachiever 15
Complete any level-specific Reward Challenge
Breadwinner 25
Earn the top score objective in any level
Seeing Red 20
Collect all 10 red skulls in any single level
Razer made me loyal again
Update 10/14/10: I decided that I am no longer going to use the Lycosa. Even with the new model (MT10) that Razer sent me I still experience the same issues with the keys randomly dying and/or ghost sticking on me. I’ve got the latest drivers for Windows 7 64bit and nothing helps. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not the keyboard itself but the horribly crappy drivers for the Lycosa. I’ll still purchase other Razer products but as far as their keyboard line goes: hell no.
A few weeks I wrote about how I was disappointed with Razer and their Lycosa. I was holding off on buying a new keyboard when I ended up receiving a message from cultofrazer on my Youtube account. Hilmar ‘Razer|Water’ Hahn, a Product Evangelist at Razer, handles the Razer Lycosa and contacted me after seeing my blog post about the issues I’ve been having. He wanted to make it up to me and renew the relationship. As a result he wanted to send me a replacement Razer Lycosa and send me a free Razer Orca as he thought it would be perfect for me.
Needless to say I was extremely grateful to see that a Razer employee has gone out of his way to ensure that I am once again a satisfied customer! This positive response from them definitely guarantees that I will no doubt continue using and purchasing Razer products. In fact I’m finally going to replace my poor, dirty, worn out Goliathis for a new Goliathus Fragged Control Edition surface pad… Now if only they’d release their damn Onza controller that I’ve been waiting on for eons!