Bargain Moose

I’m giving you advance warning of this freebie, so I can bump it up nearer to the date in question. ColdPlay are giving away a full album for free, which you will be able to download from their site on the 15^th of May 2009. The album is called LeftRightLeftRightLeft and will feature 9 tracks of live recordings of their songs, which were recorded on their Viva La Vida tour.

• Click here for more info on this free download offer from ColdPlay.
• DOWNLOAD LefRightLeftRight now!
  

Here is the full track listing:

1. Glass of Water
2. 42
3. Clocks
4. Strawberry Swing
5. The Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away
6. Viva La Vida
7. Death Will Never Conquer
8. Fix You
9. Death And All His Friends

Some good songs in there!

I’ve been a ColdPlay fan since their album, Parachutes. I think the first song I ever heard was “Yellow.” I’ve you’ve never really listened to ColdPlay, give that a try and see if you like it enough to download the new free album.

So write the date in your diary, set a reminder on your phone, or subscribe to my email alerts, and make sure you get the free music on the 15th!

I’m going to blog this! Some of you may not know, I’m a bit of a gamer! I don’t know how many lady gamers there are out there, but we seem to be few and far between!!

My fave type of games are action-packed first person shooters, and Left4Dead is exactly my cup of tea. This Friday, Steam are offering a free 24 hour trial of the game, you can download and play it for free!

Click here to see the details on Steam.

If you’re going to try it, I highly recommend pre-loading it and getting it ready to go ASAP. Then, it will be ready to play from 12am GMT – so somtime this evening for us Canadians. I think that Steam are doing this freaky Friday as they have just released the Survival pack, an add-on to the game. I haven’t tried it yet, but it seems that you are attacked by a constant stream of zombies and you have to stay alive as long as possible.

I first played Left4Dead a few months ago when Steam had a free trial, similar to this one. I was hooked right away!! I instantly bought it that weekend, through Steam.

Things I like:

Achievements: I love getting the achievements! Some of them are really difficult, if not impossible to achieve. There is no chance I will be able to play an entire campaign with no survivors taking friendly fire damage. I constantly shoot my team mates in the head. Not very friendly, I know!! Sometimes a random achievement pops up, and I have to go see what it is. I think “Brain Salad” was one of the recent ones… it’s pretty easy to get though, only 100 head shots!

Grenades: I love throwing a grenade when the horde is attacking! It’s such fun! See all the undead scamper to their deaths!! MWHhhhhaa haa!

Automatic shotgun: It really is my fave weapon. There is nothing more satisfying than shooting a zombie in the face and watching him die horribly in front of you. No? Maybe that’s just me then.

Unpredictability: The AI director for the zombies in Left4Dead is excellent. You never know where they are going to spawn, or when the horde will attack. This makes for excellent gameplay, and you can play the same levels over and over and never get bored.

Things I hate:

The Witch: That damn bitch! You don’t want to go near that straggly haired little munchkin! She’ll just bitch-whip you to death in an instant. You cannot run away, you cannot fight her off, it’s a no-win situation. That bitch.

Lack Of Ammo: Sometimes I’ve been over friendly with the bullet-love and I run out of ammo on my main gun, so I have to switch to dual pistols. That sucks.

When I first played Left4Dead, I played the single player campaigns. Since then, I’ve been playing it in co-op mode, sometimes with my partner here in the home office, sometimes with online friends. It is definitely much better in co-op mode. I don’t end up shouting at the AI! It’s much easier to co-ordinate who’s doing what, etc. For example, when we enter a new room, I always go left and my man always goes to the right to clear all the zombies. How romantic, eh?

I’m a bit late in posting this considering the deal went up on Friday, but I’ve been socializing a little bit too much – sorry for the delay!

Game-loving Bargainmoosers might be interested in this deal from Steam.com. They do a special deal every weekend, in which they heavily discount a particular game. This weekend, it’s the Valve software favorite, The Orange Box!! You can buy it for only $9.99US! This is an excellent price, IMO!!

• Click here to order your Orange Box PC game from Steam.

Contains:

• Half Life 2
• Half Life 2: Episode 1
• Half Life 2: Episode 2
• Lost Coast
• Portal
• Team Fortress 2

Personally, the Half Life series is one of my favorite of all time! The original Half Life PC game was one of the first computer games I ever played. I was forcibly introduced to it by an ex-boyfriend, and it kind of got under my skin. I was Gordon Freeman for hours upon hours. That crowbar was my best friend. Head crabs were in my thoughts and in my dreams. Zombies were hiding round every corner.

As graphics got better, computers got faster, and my disposable income increased, I went on to buy Half Life 2, then Episode 1, and then The Orange Box. Half Life 2 was simply excellent as well, following on from the great gameplay of the first in the series.

I remember I bought a new computer just because I knew Half Life 2 was coming out. Well, I kind of wanted a new computer anyway, and Half Life 2 was just a good excuse to treat myself!! I spent quite a lot of moolah on that graphics card! The first time I loaded up Half Life 2 and saw the rendering of the water in the boating levels, I was just gobsmacked. Again, I was lost to the world for at least a solid week while I played the game through from start to finish.

Episode 1 and 2 followed on with the excellent levels and gameplay. Superb. Check out this recent video I found on Youtube, Escape From City 17. It’s an excellent little video that some guys have put together on a minimal budget to mimic the game.

I don’t have much to say about Team Fortress 2, in that I’ve never really played it. I do know that there is a massive online community which simply adores that game.

Regarding Portal – this little game is just superb. The humor just hits the spot for me. I found it hilarious, especially GLaDOS’ encouraging comments. Plus, the theme tune is just the catchiest little number. Did you know that you can even buy your very own companion cube from the Valve store?

Remember everyone, The Cake Is A Lie.

This seems to be a joint promotion with emusic and pizza hut! It’s a sampler of some new artists. You can listen to the free tunes online, or you can download them from the special landing page on the emusic website here.

• Morning Is My Destination by Tift Merritt
• Scene of the Crime by Hot Little Hands
• Keep It Playa Feat. Ray J by Slim Thug Presents Boss Hogg Outlawz
• Let U Know by Plastilina Mosh
• Love Hangover ft. Estelle (clean) by Kidz In The Hall
• Goodnight by Zox
• Alias by In Flames
• The Grand Exposure by Return To Sender
• Don’t Be Late by The M’s
• Lullaby/Buttons by Sia
• Dear Honey by Dusty Rhodes And The River Band
• Till You’re Gone by The Gabe Dixon Band
• Dog Park by The Saturday Knights
• Lovers Prayers by Ida
• Bridge To Better Days by Joe Bonamassa
• Glue Girls by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
• Cherry Tulips by Headlights
• S.E.X.Y.R.O.B.O.T. by The Pinker Tones
• Go All Out (No Doubt!!!) ft. Carlitta Durand (Clean) by 9th Wonder and Buckshot
• Don’t Let Go by Pacha Massive
• Body Buzz by Aloha
• Pizza You by Shades Of Al Davis
• Lo Mejor Del Mundo by Señor Flavio
• Our Darkest Days and Nights by Love is Chemicals

I think they’re all new artists, I haven’t really heard of many of them. I may have heard of Estelle, and the Pinker Tones too. I listened to the first few bars of Scene of the Crime, it was very good, that’s my kind of music. Give them a listen, what do you think?

Thanks _dai_.