huh? who’s there?
What? You’re still around? Oh. Well… thanks.
But don’t expect my writing to pick up here anytime soon.
Been A While
Haven’t posted here for a while. I’ve registered for the 2008 Dream Build Play competition, where they give you three and a half months to make a game for the Xbox 360 using XNA. I have two buddies who will help me, but I’ll need to find someone for the 3D art/animation and someone for sound. I have a good concept for the game now, though.
Assassin’s Creed: My Thoughts
I finally finished Assassin’s Creed a few days ago after not having played it for months, and I have to say I greatly enjoyed it. Genetic memories may not be good science, but who cares? It’s an alternate universe anyway–you have to suspend disbelief in exactly the same way for even wackier things in movies all the time. I really liked the story and I think the ending was perfect.
Why do we stay?
What do we do about all the small disasters in life? Sometimes they seem so close together, like a concerted team of tragedies. There are so many opportunities to give up, to break down. So many constant, small signs any one of which would be a fine incentive to say, “I’ve had enough.” To give up, to let go, to despair. Why don’t we? Of course some do; some leave another mess behind to return to that home we can’t really remember, where it’s easy to look at things from a different point of view.
Capital Expenditures
I got a DS on Friday (making me the last one in the house to get one), and two games, Rune Factory and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates. Haven’t started Ring of Fates yet, but I’m having fun with Rune Factory. I’ve slowed down a little bit on playing My Life as a King, but I still think it’s a lot of fun. Also picked up Boom Blox, which hasn’t yet been unpackaged. On the list for this week are also Wii Fit and On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 1. And on top of that, I picked up Age of Gods and Colossal Arena on Sunday because the best board game shop I’ve found in the area was closing that location (while keeping another location which isn’t nearly as nice) and had everything 30% off.
My Life as a King
I’m having a lot of fun with the game. Last night I almost bought some of the extra stuff, even though I don’t think I’m far enough along in the game yet to take advantage of any of it. But in almost buying it, I looked more closely at the descriptions (in the game) of what the content packs contain.
The Wii Hours: Dawn of the Beginning
WiiWare is now available in the US (as of yesterday). If you don’t already know, that means there are now original titles that can be purchased online and downloaded for the Wii. You can see the list here. Last night I purchased Defend your Castle and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, and played a little bit of each.
Book Review: Soon I Will Be Invincible
I’ve just finished reading Soon I Will Be Invincible, by Austin Grossman. It was an enjoyable read, but it left me disappointed.
Breach of Unconfidence
I have the itch to be elsewhere, in a story, and deep down I know it is to be in a story of my own creation, rather than that of another. I have been reading to quell the pang, but I know it has only been putting off what I really need to be doing: writing a story.
The Amazing Compute-o-Matic
This is awesome.
Amazon Kindle
On Monday I received my Kindle, after waiting three weeks. Yesterday I finished reading Small Favor on it, and I’m really liking it. Of course, I knew I would. And it seems they are caught up on the supply now; a coworker ordered one yesterday after I showed it to him, and his is being shipped to him now (to arrive tomorrow).
What? Someone’s being logical about this?
Two Harvard Psychologists are saying that boys who play no video games at all are more likely to get in trouble than boys who play some video games.
Lord of the Rings, D&D Style
I found this blog from a comment on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and just started reading his webcomic. It gets pretty funny; you should check it out.
More Links
- Get ready for the wave of the past: the Apple IIgs laptop!
- Tetris + arm wrestling = win!
- Can’t get your software to work? Try a clean install!
- And this one is less funny: stupidity + sensitive personal information = worse than failure.
Eye Candy
There’s a new post on Click Nothing which links to some really cool stuff. Worth a look.
What would you do if you lived life from a third-person perspective?
It’s kind of an interesting and silly question. And I find it pretty funny (and cool) that this guy went so far to find out the answer.
Penny Arcade WoW Contest
Penny Arcade is having a contest to write a short (10-word) story set in World of Warcraft. The prize is figuratively (or literally? I am not privy to that information) a metric ton of WoW cardgame-related goodies. I entered for the fun of it, and submitted only one entry; it requried some research on my part as I no longer play WoW.
Long Overdue Pictures
Well, I took these a few months ago, but have just now gotten around to getting them off the camera and putting them up here. This is my MINI. Of course, I love it.
Some links from Dave Barry’s blog
- This policy is certainly very… progressive.
- I wouldn’t really call it an “air freshener.”
- He isn’t just happy to see you.
- Let us observe a moment of silence. Or sexual harassment, your choice.
