I almost never do these things, but I cound’t resist this one. I knew this a long time ago, but this test really spells it out:
As expected, I’m a science/math/technology/computer nerd. Not too into sci-fi or comics, although I dabble. I really don’t like History much, although I enjoy good books (mostly fiction though), and I’m not too terribly dorky or awkward. Yeah, that sounds about right.
I had a baby, that’s mine. Well technically Kassy had the baby, but still I’ve had a lot to do. We’ve posted lots of photos of the little guy, hopefully some more soon. I’ve even edited two videos of him. That was a ton of fun, I can’t wait to do another. This post is more or less to get back on the bandwagon again.
I’ve recently realized that I’ve become a fanboy again. I had forgotten just exactly how much of a Nintendo freak I was as a kid, I suppose. Anyway, I’ve really been enjoying the Wii, I recently traded in both “WarioWare: Smooth Moves” and “Excite Truck” for “Super Paper Mario.”
This game has a great appeal. I hadn’t played, truly played that is, a Mario platform game since “Super Mario Bros. 3″. This game still has all of the fun action/puzzle elements you’d expect, and a lot more substance than the original games. I’ve completed the “main story”, aka “beat the game,” and yet I still find myself enjoying the hunt for treasure, and additional Pixls.
Paper Mario’s ability to flip into 3D is a fun asset, and a valuable ally in the game, as there are constantly things in yourway that flipping to 3D makes it very easy to get around. The story had some interesting characters, and fun plot twists, and they do a great job of having you exercise each of the four main characters fairly regularly, as well as most of the Pixls as well.
Most of all the game is very simple. It’s easy to pick up and paly for only a few minutes, and then be done. Now that I’ve more or less completed the game, I’m hoping to pick back up “Oblivion,” although with the impending release of Halo 3, and eventually Starcraft 2, I don’t know if I’m going to get too much futher into “Oblivion” to be honest. I never finished the central storyline in that one. I guess it’s time I laid it to rest.
Sorry abou that. Yeah, Halo 2 hit, and hit hardcore. I went into Halo 2 mode a little more than a week before the release, especially with the dramatic conclusion of I Love Bees. As Dustin & Jessie have mentioned, yes, we got to go to a special “Training Event”, and yes it was very fun. Joel obviously didn’t think it fun, or newsworthy enough to blog about it, but he was there too. I’m still somewhat surprised they held it here in Austin, but hey, who freaking cares, we got to play Halo 2 before it was released.
Ultimately, it was a very good conclusion to an incredible experiment in Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) and gaming communities. Although I lurked through most of the game, I was very wrapped up the in the storyline, which for those interested is downloadable from humptydumpty.html on the I Love Bees site. It’s a couple of hours of wav files, so if you know anyone else who was participating, and got their hands on one of the DVDs they gave out, I’d recommend going that route instead.
Anyway, I wanted to continue to give this blogging thing a shot, so I decided I’d better get back into it, otherwise I’ll quit. Much like exercising. It’s very easy to stop, and once you’ve stepped off the bandwagon, it’s pretty darn hard to start back up again, meh, but more on that later…Back to Halo 2.
