Tommy Stephansen

Born in '84, I've always been a gamer at heart. My first gaming console was the Nintendo (NES), 8-bit system. I was sold from day one. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a SNES, but with patience came the PlayStation... The rest is pretty much history (for another time and place). Check out more about me on https://tommynation.com/about/

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Transformers Suit Up!

Former military pilot – current performer, suit builder and cosplayer Peter Kokis (49 – Brooklyn, New York), spent approximately 675 hours and thousands of dollars to make his latest Transformers suit, based on the character Iron Hide.

Peter explains that he has to work out to stay fit as he travels to different events to perform, as the suit weighs in at about 75 kilos, or 165 lbs, and doesn’t let alot of air in.

With his own company Brooklyn RobotWorks, Peter has made three other suits so far, namely Bumblebee, Iron Hide and The Terminator, all of which he has appeared in around the northeast USA.

All the suits are made mostly out of different household materials, such as cooking utensils and toy parts. All in all, the sheer number of small items that comprise each suite, makes them pretty expensive to make, at thousans of dollars – and that’s without counting the many manhours of labor.

Judging from the picture below, he sure seems to enjoy his new line of work. What cosplayer wouldn’t?

Here are some pictures, check out his website for more:

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Release Times

As Back to Karkand is being released today, the servers will be patched.

Downtime is estimated at one hour.

The PC release for Back to Karkand is 09:00 CET, 10:00 EET, 08:00 GMT (UK), 12 AM PST (US).

The Xbox 360 release for Back to Karkand is 10:00 CET, 11:00 EET, 09:00 GMT (UK), 1 AM PST (US).

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Confirmed Weapon List

These are the now confirmed weapons that will make an appearance in Back to Karkand as unlockable items by completing assignments:

 

HK53
L85A2
MK3A1 (Jackhammer)
L96
FAMAS
MG36
QBU-88 (Type 88)
QBZ-95B
QBB-95
PP-19

 

Battlefield 3: Caspian Border Antenna Tower Falling

After the recent patch, the antenna on Caspian Border will now fall and kill anyone “riding” it or standing underneath it when the losing team reaches only a few tickets left (approximately 15 tickets or so).

If we could only shoot it down ourselves…

Oh well, maybe next patch? 😉


 

Battlefield 3: More Mythbusters

Another Battlefield 3 Mythbusters video is out. I enjoyed it, and hope you will too.

“Battlefield 3 Myths Tested in This Episode:

Myth 1: You Can Shoot the Gunner out of a HMMV
Myth 2: Rockets are Able to Bounce Off Trees
Myth 3: C4 Can be Attached to the UAV & EOD Bot
Myth 4: Air Vehicles Can be Destroyed with Mortar Rounds
Myth 5: It’s Possible to Destroy an RPG with Bullets
Myth 6: It’s Possible to Destroy the Radio Tower on Caspian Border
Myth 7: You can Kill Someone with the Defibrillator
Myth 8: How Many People Can You Shoot Through with an M98B”

Click Continue reading “Battlefield 3: More Mythbusters” for previous episodes.

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Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Assignments Details

These are the requirements for the 10 different assignments that each unlock a new weapon in the upcoming Back to Karkand expansion for Battlefield 3:

FAMAS – “Best Friend Forever”
10 Revives
10 Heals

HK53 – “Fixing it”
10 Repairs
1 Kill with the repair tool

QBB-95 – “Let it rain”
20 Kills with Light Machine Guns
2 Mortar kills

QBU-88 – “Specops”
20 Kills with sniper
6 Laser designations

PP-19 – “Familiar Territory”
ARM 10 MCOM stations
10 Flag captures
2 Hours played on Strike at Karkand

L85A2 – “Professional Russian”
100 Assault rifle kills
20 Grenade launcher kills
Win 5 Squad Deathmatch rounds

QBZ-95B – “It goes Boom!”
50 Kills with AT rocket
1 Enemy vehicle destroyed using the repair tool
Win 5 Conquest rounds

MG36 – “Keep your head down”
100 Kills with Light MG
50 Suppression Assists
50 Ammo Resupply Assists

L96 – “Creeping Death”
50 Headshots
50 Spot Assists
5 Knife kills

MK3A1 – “Scarred Veteran”
10 Kills with the PP-19
6 Kills with the DPV Jeep
10 Kills with the BTR-90 APC
2 Hours played on Sharqi Peninsula
2 Hours played on Gulf of Oman