09.04.06
Ready…. Aim…
Finished up my current project for Unbelievers just a few minutes ago. I’m waiting to hear back from my counterpoint person to post it; but the verdict in a nutshell is that WoW could be fun if I knew more people. So, sionce I’ve reconnected with the Erie folks who are playing, I’m going to re-start on their server and enjoy myself a bit more. It could be fun but it takes a little work to get to the fun.
I also added the XFire thingy above. I play a lot of PC games lately, more than console games, but that’s partly because I have a decent gaming PC now. (To say nothing of my snazzy desk… man, I am still proud of it even after all weekend.) As of right now it shows… no games played. This may have something to do with the fact that I only installed it after I finished my CoH session for the night. I am, however, going to get on WoW and set up a character on the Erie crew’s server. But that’s it.
My next project for Unbelievers is sure to make Jack Thompson cream his shorts. That’s right, I’m opening fire on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game’s in my media rack right now, untouched since I picked it up; I’m taking a week or so off from writing, before I start a new project. Oh yeah, and to finish my run through Star Fox Command for the ‘Jak. Short story on that one is that it could have been good if Nintendo hadn’t screwed up the controls.
Finally, in a wonderful act of procrastination, I went to see Crank this afternoon. I liked it– it was a decent enough “kill stuff” flick, and the plot was just flimsy enough to be relevant yet enjoyable. The gags flowed freely, and I really liked some of the more subtle ones, like the elevator guy’s subtitles, and “do I look like I have c*** written all over my forehead?” when in fact that word did appear on his head for that sentence. It looked and felt a lot like, well, a session of Grand Theft Auto. Which is always good for visceral thrills.
Incidentally, that Coke commercial starring a clone of “the GTA guy” still is damn disturbing to watch.
Good night, all. Hopefully there will be very good news this week.