Ryan's Travels

My names  Ryan Robinson, I am 7 years old and one sunny day I decided to take an adventure around my neighborhood.  I'm a shorter kid, and I have blonde hair.  There were 5 places I went to today.  These places I went to were the tool shed, the woods, visited Mrs. Remy unloading a truck, climbed a tree and walked on a fence then went to talk to Mr.  Remy while he was mowing his lawn.  Here's what happened.

The first spot I went to was my daddy's tool shed.  Its not that big, but its yellow with a blue roof.  Dad says that he has to duck to get into the shed, but not for me, I can fit right in!  I felt kind of scared to go in there, but that's what makes it exciting right?  The shed was full of tools like saws, hammers, screwdrivers, and there's this little table that I never understood what he used it for.  On my way into the shed I never noticed this tiny rake with a green head on it, kinda looked like a grass color green, anyway I tripper over it.  In the process of tripping I managed to knock over a shovel and every other tool in the shed decided to fall over, just like dominoes!  It made the loudest jumble of noises I've ever heard in my life, good thing I made it out of there with only a bruise on my knee.

I shortly decided after I destroyed pretty well everything in the shed that I should go to the woods, maybe dad wouldn't find me there if he was angry.  The woods was dark, really dark, even during the day time which made no sense to me.  Tall pine tree's surrounded me.  I didn't want to get my self lost in there, because that would be a racket, so I just stayed close enough to see the road.  I was just minding my own business when all of a sudden I see this hole in a tree.  I approached the hole and you'll never believe what I found in there.  I found two little dinky cars and four pieces of gum.  I didn't know if they were some other kids or not so I didn't touch the cars.  The gum on the other hand, well I'm sure the kid wouldn't mind sharing with me, I'm a pretty good lad.  I never noticed til later that there was a blue-ish purple colored house behind me, and in the window there was a kid.  I ran outta there as fast as I could screaming at the top of my lungs.

Mrs.  Remy was outside unloading a truck when she heard me screaming.  She kindly asked me what happened so I told her about my travel into the woods, I never told her about the shed because I didn't really think she'd be that interested in it.  Anyway I asked Mrs.  Remy what she was doing, she said that she ordered some new furniture and she had to unload it from the truck her self because the workers were on break and Mr.  Remy was doin' some yard work.  She has this little accent, not sure what kind it is but she pronounces words weird, I giggle to myself when I hear her say funny words.  I noticed some bubble wrap laying in the truck.  When Mrs.  Remy went in the house with furniture I executed my plan on the bubble wrap.  Mission "Go Get Bubble Wrap" was what I called it, and it must of been a successful name because my plan worked.  I escaped with some bubble wrap, although it didn't last very long, I can bust them pretty quick.  My mom calls me the Bubble Wrap Master because of how fast I can bust them.  I later on said my goodbye's to Mrs.  Remy and was on my way once again.

As I walked around Mrs.  Remy's front yard I noticed a ladder standing against the back of my daddy's shed.  Since I'm such an adventurous dare devil I decided to climb it, when I reached the top I realized that there wasn't anywhere else to go besides the yellow cement brick fence wall type thing.  The top of it looked wide enough to walk across, so I attempted it.  I then suddenly remembered that I wasn't very good with my balance.  This was not looking good for little Ryan.  I almost lost my balance with only a few more steps to go until I reached my next stop, the tree.  With regaining my balance I sprinted the rest of the way to the tree, and I just barely made it.  It wouldn't of have been so scary if I didn't pretend that there was lava at the bottom of the wall so if I fell I would die.  But I made it to the tree safe and sound.

I started my climb, the climb of a life time is what I decided to call it, cause lets face it, the tree was like twenty times my size.  It didn't have a lot of leaves which made the tree perfect for climbing.  On my way to the top of the tree I noticed a ruffling in a patch of leaves.  I approached my unknown enemy, pulled back the leaves and there sat a little brownish black squirrel with huge beady pitch black eyes.  He startelled me, almost lost my grip on the branch I was on, and if I had've fell at this height I would be a goner for sure.  But me and my new friend Thomas the squirrel were still safe on our branch.  Thomas wouldn't share any of his acorns with me so I picked my own.  Later I said my goodbye's to Thomas, gave him my acorns and started back down the tree.  Once again I was on my way.

I ended up in the back yard of Mr and Mrs.  Remy, which was the last spot I visited.  This was not where I intended to end up but half way down the tree my calculations must have messed up, cause here I was in their back yard.  So I decided I might as well make the most of it one way or another.  Mr.  Remy was still at his yard work, just like Mrs.  Remy had said earlier.  He must've been pretty tired cause he was working for a long time.  Mr.  Remy at the time was mowing his really big back yard with this little brand new shiny red push mower.  It was a pretty snazzy looking rig.  I went to go say hi, but I ended up on the side where the cut grass comes out, and when you're my size that's the last place you want to be.  A whirlwind of just freshly cut damp green grass stuck to my whole body.  This angered me so I left as fast as I could so I could get cleaned up.  What a day I had today in my neighborhood, I can't wait to see what tomorrow has in store.

Grammar Exercises

1- The team won (its) (it's) game. Did you win (yours)

(your's), (to)(too) (two)?

The team won its game.  Did you win yours too?

2- They left (their) (there) books (there) (their)

(they're).

They left their books there.

3- I hear (your) (you're) about to graduate.

I hear you're about to graduate.

4- (Its) (It's) nice that (there) (their) (they're)

friendly.

It's nice that they're friendly.

5- Although I get (alot) (a lot) of colds, I feel

(all right)(alright)now.

Although I get a lot of colds, I feel alright now.

6- (Whose) (Who's) prettier (then) (than) you?

Who's prettier than you?

7- Are you tired? I'm out of (breathe) (breath),

(too) (to) (two).

Are you tired?  I'm out of breath, too.

8- Run back and (fourth) (forth) from (hear) (here) to

(their) (there).

Run back and forth from here to there.

9- (Your) (You're) about to (loose) (lose) (your)

(you're) book.

You're about to lose your book.

10- Everyone will (accept) (except) the prize (accept)

(except) you.

Everyone will accept the prize except you.

11- Do you know (weather) (whether) or not he will give

me the prize.

Do you know whether or not he will give me the prize.

12- Many people (choose) (chose) to live in large cities.

Many people choose to live in large cities.

13- Is the doctor (through) (thorough) (threw) with my

exam?

Is the doctor through with my exam?

14- What (affect) (effect) does the school (principle)

(principal) have on you?

What affect does the school principal have on you?

15- What did he (advice) (advise) you to do? Did you take

his (advice)(advise)?

What did he advise you to do?  Did you take his advice?

16- (There) (Their) (They're) are (alot) (a lot) of (your)

you're) friends in the boat.

There are a lot of your friends in the boat.

17- I will (buy) (by) a book (buy) (by) Ray Bradbury.

I will buy a book by Ray Bradbury.

Exercise #2: 60%

Exercise #3: 38/40

The 5 Best Xbox 360 Action Games

My favorite hobby is gaming.  So I did the 5 best action Xbox 360 games because I have a lot of favorite games that belong into this category.  Most people base a good game off of the graphics or just the action within and don't pay any attention to the other aspects, like music, smoothness of gameplay, storytelling, difficulty and most importantly how the game is organized and brought together.  The action games that I'm about to talk about consist of super heros, cowboys and streches into the olden days of Babylon with a famous assassin.  Action games have no limit in the gaming world. 

Number 5 in this category starts in Babylon with your action packed game Prince Of Persia, developed by Ubisoft Montreal.  This game will have you fighting for your life and running and jumping off walls, literally.  In this game you play as the Prince of Persia, occompanied by the Princess Elika restoring the land of the kingdom lost to the evil god of darkness, Ahriman.  I myself have not yet tried this game, but I have followed the game since it was announced, I would really like to play it because I was a huge fan of the other ones, and this one is supposed to be great.  From reviews I've read the only weak aspects to the game is the difficulty and the storytelling.  The story telling bothers me cause this game has a huge story and I hope it was able to keep there action packed story alive for one more game.  The strong aspects to the game is the beautiful graphics, great music and acessible gameplay.  The game is said to have a great new story but less combat than the others, all in all from the reviews I've read on this game I cant wait to play it and get witness first hand how they layed out this game.  This game although has no multiplayer, it is strictly a single player, story telling game.  I'm giving this the number 5 spot because of great reviews, the amazing series and the pure fun it brings to the table.

In the number 4 spot we travel into the life of Rico Rodriguez, the mercenary spy, in the do it yourself action movie called Just Cause 2, developed by Avalanche Studios.  In this game you are fighting against a corrupt govenrment.  This game is a free roam do as you wish style of game that allows you to do things you could only dream of ever wanting to do.  Like for example how many people grapple hook onto a airplane and then parachute off it into a high case scene landing on top of a car then hijacking the car from the driver?  Only Rico Rodriguez.  I have infact played Just Cause 2 but although I never got to try the story, mostly when I played it I just fooled around and did crazy stunts, which is probably the best aspect to the game.  I do agree with people giving it the number 4 spot, and heres why.  Even though the game has some very strong aspects like; great graphics, new helpful gadgets, huge world to explore and its untimely amount of fun the game also suffers some serious weak aspects.  Some of these aspects are wonky controls, glitchy gameplay and the world may be too big for the game to handle, causing these problems.  I haven't played this games multiplayer but reviews tell me it is really fun.  Its basically free roam do what ever you want style of multiplayer allowing for anything, and I mean anything to happen in the world of Just Cause 2.  I think this game does deserve the 4th spot because of the amount of fun you can have, from experience in playing it and with the great reviews.

Moving on to the 3rd best action game brings us to the brutally gory zombie slaying nonsencial game known as Dead Rising 2 developed by Blue Castle Games.  In this game you follow the life of Chuck Greene and his daughter Katey in the apocoliptic world.  Katey has been bitten by a zombie, but the medication is keeping the disease from evolving.  Chuck is blamed for an outbreak while trying to get money for his daughter and now only has 72 hours to clear his name and wait for rescue.  I have played a Dead Rising game in the series but it hasn't been this game.  The game lets you explore a zombie infested town and have all the zombie slaying fun you wish.  This game has way more stong aspects than weak, which I love to see in games.  The stronger aspects are the new combos/weaponary, nice presentation, brutal gameplay, huge open world to explore and it maintains to keep that Dead Rising feel that players came to love.  The game of this series I did get the chance to play, I can strongly say that Blue Castle Games have the ability to make great and amusing zombie games.  Although it does suffer from some weak aspects, and the most major one is the clunky controls and long loading screens.  No gamer wants to spend 5 to 10 mintues on a loading screen, they want to be right in the action, killing off zombies and enjoy it.  This game also consists of a multiplayer feature allowing you and your friend to team up and fight zombies together having much more fun.  This game is awarded number 3 because of its gameplay, presentation, ability to make an excellent and amusing zombie style game. 

The runner up contender will no doubt go to the action packed western game Red Dead Redempetion, developed and published by Rockstar San Diego.  The life of ex gang member John Marston isn't easy, trying to provide for his family, keep his farm and hunt down his other gang members, to save his own life.  John travels from the state of New Austin to Mexico insearch for his former gang members encountering troubles along the way.  I have played and beaten Red Dead Redemption and its many DLC's (downloadable content; like Undead Nightmare) and I can honestly say that it is the funest and most excellent third person western shooter I've ever played.  The way this story is presented is by far amazingly well done, although about 3/4 into the game the story starts to lose interest, but gains interest very quickly again.  There are many very, very strong aspects to this game like amazing story and character developement, solid voice acting protrayed, well designed free open world and very fun gameplay.  Even though this game is almost perfect it still suffers from too downsides with is glitchy gameplay and off pace story near the end.  This games multiplayer allows the game to be taken to a whole different level.  Allowing to play with friends and do co-op missions, go hunting cougars or bears or raid forts for loot.  This game gives you unlimited options wether by yourself or with your posse.  Red Dead Redemption has won the title of Game Of The Year in 2010.  No other game could be worth the runner up spot for best Xbox 360 action game besides this one.

Now the moment we've all been waiting for, the number one best Xbox 360 action game goes to none other than the amazing third person fighting game sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City developed by Rocksteady.  About.com states that "More than any other game before, Arkham City makes you truly feel like Batman, and that is pretty awesome," and boy are they right.  I'm a big fan of this 2 part series, I loved the first one and the second one was just icing on the cake; it simply blew me away.  There's honestly parts in this game wether you're fighting for dear life against a boss or free roaming the city and stoping crime, that will take your breath away.  It happened to me numerous times.

In Batman: Arkham Asylum you play as Batman in the Arkham Asylum.  While putting Joker behind bars, he escapes, taking over the entire asylum unleashing this Titan gas which was used to create Bane's monsterous figure.  This gas is basically a preformance enhancer gone through the roof.  You go through the asylum facing the many bosses that stand in your way like; Bane, Killer Croc, Scare Crow, Posion Ivy to reach The Joker.  In the end you end up defeating the Joker like always and the Titan gas is taken undercontrol, atleast thats what you think, until you see one of the major bosses hand sticks out of the water (depending on what difficulty you beat the game on).

In Batman: Arkham City you continue playing as Bruce Wayne aka Batman, but instead of evil terrorizing the asylum, the Joker has taken it to a whole new level, he's taken control of Arkham City (a large walled off area in Gotham).  The world to explore is now bigger which means more activities to do, more secrets to find, and more bosses to fight.  New additional bosses that were added into this game are as followed; Mr. Freeze, Two-Face, Penguin, Solomon Grundy, Clayface, and the two russian henchmen twins.  Not only do you play the role of the dark knight Batman, you also get to see the life of Selina aka Catwomen, which adds a new and neat aspect to the game.  Bruce has been thrown into Arkham as a prisoner, he esacpes and recieves his Batman equipment so he can find out what is really going on inside this corrupt city.

Batman: Arkham City is by far the best action game I've ever played.  It has all the great aspects to make a game; freedom to move around the city as you wish, a great action filled story which also has some tragic moments, lots of collectibles to find, combat moves fluently with no flaws what so ever, and the addition of Catwomen allows a whole new point of view to be played.  Although with every amazing game, there always has to be a flaw, and in this case its easy boss fights.  I dont find this a bad con though, I mean no one wants to spend hours on end trying to beat a boss, you want them to be fun, action filled and you want to be amazed at the end of them and this is exactly how Rocksteady presents their boss fights.  For gamers that haven't yet played this game I strongly recommend this game.  In my opinion it gets 10/10 overall, the game masters every aspect to a great action game.  This game will be a hard game to beat out of its number 1 spot for newer action games, and in my opinion it'll stay number 1, because it's just that amazing.