While I'm only in the way beginning, I am loving Assassin's Creed 2 way more than the first one. They really expanded on the gameplay a lot (I love that you can throw money in the street to cause an obstruction from greedy peasants, or pay whores to distract guards), and things like item equipping and a purchasing system were added to the menu. The UI, as to be expected, is slick as hell, and it's good that it picks up where the last one left off since I never beat the first one out of boredom. The plot seems so damn cool in retrospect, and if anything, AC3 will be epic and ballin as fuck, moreso than this one.
The controls are a lot more fluid, but are gonna take me time to get used to. The memory you play as is a lot more upbeat and likeable than the last soulless jerk. I haven't killed anyone yet but I've been thuggin' around Florence, it's like Assassin's Theft Auto
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Thanks for the Christmas card Whaler!
Ugh. Back safe in Austin. Was going to do a bunch of stuff today but really I think I should just order a pizza and coke out to Assassin's Creed 2 (more games to play but never finish this season, yaaaay). I am burnt. I remember when I couldn't sleep on planes, now it's easy as breathin (when you're pushed). Might run up the road to Planet K and get some e-cig juice though.
Regarding the whole drama involving Rob, I don't see why everyone's all "yeah thanks for inviting your friend along" when it's not like I've ever said "there's this great forum I post on, you should post there!" I talk about the forums offline and get ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ffgamegirl caught up on drama and he's in the room and decides to start some shit. Same as every year.
But then again I keep forgetting I got banned for something I didn't post before so precedent woop woop
edit: I will be snarky about that until the end of time because I didn't earn that ban at all
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I've also always tried to review at least one major book in the field each fall and spring, usually those that publishers think of as 'breakout books.' More often than not though, I seem — regretfully — to have given many of them mixed reviews. I admired but had cavils or, in some instances, serious reservations about Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, Neal Stephenson's Anathem. Anathem, for instance, won the Locus Award, and a lot of people obviously love the book, but it didn't work for me. I found it too long, too slow-moving, too heavy.
Of course, I could be dead wrong about Stephenson's novel. The books we can't make sense of, that knock us off-kilter, that we don't accept readily, will often be the books that matter most to the next generation. In fact, that's generally the sign of a really important book: it doesn't fit into our received expectations, it bothers us, it 'doesn't work.' Sometimes an ambitious failure is more worth having than a successful little novel that is perfectly well done.
http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2009/12/michael-dirda-dashing-international-man.html
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They say you can judge a man by his drinks of choice.
I wonder what straight tequila shots, hard granny smith cider and pina colada say about me.
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Oh and for NYE, while I'd like to do the WWII game, I've been busy enough that I'm not sure I'll be able to whip something up so soon. If not, I found my old copy of Stupor Powers, which is a superhero game wherein all the players have redundant, useless powers (mostly). Like Nacho Downpour, Summon Mariachi Band, Move Somebody's Erogenous Zones Anywhere Else, Create 3 Cubic Inches Of Mashed Potatoes, and Induce Vietnam Flashbacks. And my favorite, Shut Up The Most Talkative Player For Five Minutes (real time).
Here's some other rules that make this game awesome:
The "Now That's Comedy" Clause: Is a player performs an action that elicits UPROARIOUS LAUGHTER from the group, this action succeeds automatically - no ifs, ands, buts, rocks, papers, scissors, or coins.
INTERPOL WARNING: Quoting Monty Python and The Holy Grail durign the gaming session is in strict violation of the Geneva Convention.
Also half of the character sheet is taking from a 1040EZ tax form. Literally, there's a checkbox on it asking if you want to donate $3 to the Presidential election Campaign Fund and lines 7-10 refer to deductions.
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Started snowing a lot today, left early so I didn't leave when it got worse.
At first I was miffed about leaving but now I can't fucking wait. Fuck snow.
Went to a place that Opus would die to go to, sold tons of different imported beers. Was tempted to get a Shiner to be classy, but went with Hoegaarden since I only have it once a year or less. I also had two Yuenglings yesterday and damn that is some good stuff. I am full as fuck and should have not finished my fries, as delicious as they were. Prior to that we were dicking about on the internet out of boredom and being silly in general.
Finished packing everything but the laptop. Out of all the old stuff I saw here I'm only taking the MST3k episode guide back with me. A lot of it if I really want to I can buy down there. although I got a litle nostalgic in that my ticket to see Hitchiker's Guide is still a bookmark in dad's beat up copy I've read so many time, barely readable.
Maybe I'll grab a few of my Robert Rankin or Discworld books I haven't read yet from the basement.
Edit: It has come to my attention I own way too many hardcover Pratchett books and one of these years I am going t ship all the bastards to Texas
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I'm "forcing" Buzzard and build me a star into a 2-day marathon of all three seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender starting tonight.
THERE WILL BE MANY YIP YIPS
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Check this shit out: http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Trespasser/
The Vimeo links don't work but the Viddler ones do, plus these are on youtube somewhere.
I don't care much for Let's Plays but this guy owns. He breaks stuff down instead of just playing with HURPADURP I DIED LOL commentary, and he sounds like Sam Eliot. So imagine Sam Eliot telling you all about Jurassic Park and game development.
What interests me more about this LP less so than it being an abortion of a game is the technology used in it. This is the QUAKE 1 ENGINE. Yet there's expansive outdoor environments, dinosaur AI, a lack of a HUD, and moveable objects like crates/barrels/planks of wood and whatnot. The ability to control the main character's arm in just about any position, realistic or otherwise, is just fascinating. This game was doing shit unheard of for the engine and unheard of until years later.
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Pretty damn epic, the ending kinda fell apart on me, ( Read more... )
Not much else going on, back to work tomorrow, oh well.
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I'm out the door to pick up fish from the Airport!
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( Here is a copy paste of an e-mail I just received from LJ in German )
The funniest part is that it looks (and probably is) legit. Meaning some German dude wants my old, unused LJ. You would think Germans have better things to do with their time, like go to industrial raves and watch David Hasselhoff movies.
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That was a wacky batshit game but I loved it nonetheless. It was an amazing experience, and I'll work to upload the photos and video I have ASAP.
The lady next to me started off the first interception of the game by high-fiving me after I shouted RUN YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD. There were many more high-fives to come, from her and from random drunks on my way out of the stadium. Everyone around me was cool, shit was LOUD, oh god there are so many steps
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Man, Torchlight is even more fun than I thought it would be. Running around with dual pistols, blasting zombies, using my gigantic mechanical hand to bitchslap anyting that gets close, summoning astral imps out of the corpses of the slain, pettin' my cat.
It's like they made the alchemist class just for me.
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So my grandmother's gift to me, on hearing me bemoan my lack of laptop, became the funds to purchase one. Now I'm facing the task of finding one that fits my needs, which is proving relatively complex. I don't need one that can play games, my needs on that front are fulfilled. It basically just needs to connect to the net in a variety of ways, be hardy enough to travel, light enough to carry, and comfortable to type on. I am somewhat intrigued by the litl, but the lack of wired Internet option puts me off, after my past week of wired only hotel Internet. However getting an older model of laptop promises to be large and outdated. I'd like something I can use with a minimum of fuss on the go without a lot of setup or file shuffling, the laptop equivalent of an iPhone. I just don't know what that would be! Posted via LiveJournal.app.
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Prince of Persia themed lego sets on the way
You corporate sons of bitches, I was making PoP levels when all I had to work with were the Black Knight and Forester themes. Where were you then. Where were you.
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I think I'm due for a name change on the forums.
Was thinking Beep Beep Ribby Ribby, or Black Shark's Eyes.
Pondered a Boosh reference but I know Pinata Full of Semen would be rejected immediately.
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excited
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indescribable
