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l33tminion) wrote2008-10-13 01:00 am
l33tminion) wrote2008-10-13 01:00 am
Weekend Fun and Anticipation
I found a used copy of Snow Crash, so I'm rereading that. Good times.
Saturday evening, I went to karaoke (Japanese style, your group in a private room) with friends (Xave, Neruson, Ginneh, DJ, and Kelcy). Was a ton of fun. I'd never done karaoke before (not counting with marketing class in Japan when we toured that record label's studio), and I'll have to do it more often in the future. I really don't sing much these days, hadn't realized that was something I missed.
Today, Xave's TV got repossessed by the friend he was borrowing it from, and I found a new one for cheap on Craigslist. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite fit in our TV cabinet. On the plus side, this is because the TV was even larger than advertised, and it seems to work perfectly. We were still able to set up the TV in a decent spot, even though the arrangement is aesthetically sub-optimal.
I counted my spare change jar (actually a plastic bag), so I have some money to donate to charity. I asked this before, but if you didn't have a response then (or if you did but have a different one now or want to repeat your previous one), any suggestions for where my funds might do the most good?
I've also ordered an XBox360 for the sake of preordering Fallout 3. I loved the first two games in the series, and the next one looks extremely promising. I'm going with the console release because I don't want the experience marred by computer hardware troubles and because there are some other games drawing me to the 360 as well (this one just pushes that incentive over the required threshold). I hope that the game won't be a disappointment. Some fans are worried about the transition from 3/4 overhead turn-based tactical combat to a hybrid turn-based and first-person system, but I'm less concerned about mechanics than world-building and story. Maybe the game won't live up to the originals, but I'm glad that Bethesda picked up the series rather than let it die an ignominious death.
Saturday evening, I went to karaoke (Japanese style, your group in a private room) with friends (Xave, Neruson, Ginneh, DJ, and Kelcy). Was a ton of fun. I'd never done karaoke before (not counting with marketing class in Japan when we toured that record label's studio), and I'll have to do it more often in the future. I really don't sing much these days, hadn't realized that was something I missed.
Today, Xave's TV got repossessed by the friend he was borrowing it from, and I found a new one for cheap on Craigslist. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite fit in our TV cabinet. On the plus side, this is because the TV was even larger than advertised, and it seems to work perfectly. We were still able to set up the TV in a decent spot, even though the arrangement is aesthetically sub-optimal.
I counted my spare change jar (actually a plastic bag), so I have some money to donate to charity. I asked this before, but if you didn't have a response then (or if you did but have a different one now or want to repeat your previous one), any suggestions for where my funds might do the most good?
I've also ordered an XBox360 for the sake of preordering Fallout 3. I loved the first two games in the series, and the next one looks extremely promising. I'm going with the console release because I don't want the experience marred by computer hardware troubles and because there are some other games drawing me to the 360 as well (this one just pushes that incentive over the required threshold). I hope that the game won't be a disappointment. Some fans are worried about the transition from 3/4 overhead turn-based tactical combat to a hybrid turn-based and first-person system, but I'm less concerned about mechanics than world-building and story. Maybe the game won't live up to the originals, but I'm glad that Bethesda picked up the series rather than let it die an ignominious death.
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I took a look at it, it seems to be a good game by it self.
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Then again, I've also seen hybrid turn-based systems done really badly in sequels to turn-based games that I loved (although I still liked that one in turn-based mode, it wasn't nearly as good as the original, and many of the detrimental changes were made to support real-time strategy play). Guess I'll see how well the new Fallout gameplay mechanics work in practice in a bit.
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Of course, if Bethesda dropped the ball, that would be ignominious, too, but I'm certainly not sad to see them trying. And what I've seen seems promising, although I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high. Even if it doesn't live up to the standard, the originals will still be there. (Especially since they're back up for sale.)
I'd never heard of Space Quest until just now.