BirthdayChristmas stuff and an idea.
So here I am, as a friend said "at the top of the hill." I'm 30 and right now, I only see it as a number. I'm the same as I was and don't see much out of it.
Birthday and Christmas was especially good to me. I spent time with family and friends, got more than a fair share of nice things including the following:
I also got a few checks from family members and was considering buying a PSP- first a PSP 2000 model for the ability to modify the system to how I wanted, then a PSP 3000 because it looks more crisp and I doubt I'd really play any emulation on the thing. And then it hit me. I have a LOT of stuff. I got a large backlog of games I barely stem off and while a PSP now fits my rule of five at least twice and it could fit that role of a portable MP3 player due to my loathing of iPods, there are plenty of things I want to do besides just play games and read stories.
I want to make them.
So, I'm going to work on a new concept: Start working out stories and parts of systems. When I get a good milestone into something, I earn the right to purchase a new game. I think this could work as a nice carrot. RE 5 and Star Ocean 4 are coming very very soon after all.
My friends and I finished our long campaign "The Divine Machine" and while it didn't quite work out all the time, I recall there was talk of a side story sometime down the line using another system and had a perfect character for it who could best well add in things I wanted while removing what I didn't care of the story. So here's hoping I'd some time be able to use Halley Preston- protector and guide.
Birthday and Christmas was especially good to me. I spent time with family and friends, got more than a fair share of nice things including the following:
- A really nice green jacket from Cabellas. Its warm, sturdy, keeps out the elements and I can lose one portion of it to make it a wind break or another to make it a fully functional vest.
- Black Lagoon's second season
- Code Geass parts 1&2
- The Girl who leaped through Time - a fantastic movie and a damn shame it didn't get a bigger theatrical release)
- Dresden Files Novels 2-6. I think I'm good on non-game recreational reading for a while. I'm right now going through book 3 when I can and so far I love this series.
- Xbox points. Because I can always use em. Know any good Xbox live arcade games?
- Gamestop gift card with a mystery value upon it. When I find time to present it to a store, I hope they don't ask me if I want to take the total on the card or trade it in for whats in the box that the disheveled co-worker is bringing out of the back right now.
- Castlevania: Order of Eclestia
- Dead Space - pretty fun, if not derivative. I wish they made better use of the supporting cast than what was laid out. It felt very lazy at points in both story and boss fights. (Hey, lookie... just use the pulse rifle!)
- Gloves
- A Nerf heavy machine gun. Perfect for when I decide Metal Slug isn't just enough to play it just on my DS.
- An RE themed gun housing for my Wii-motes.
- A friends collection of CCGs and a marble chess board. Seeing how I'm starting up a gaming club at my office, this is well timed and fortuitous.
- Homemade portable dice tower. The wrapping was great and I almost considered not opening it because of it. I saved the paper and would like to take some pictures of it. It has a swinging green felt gate for easy storage. I can see this baby getting a lot of use. Now to contact a friend to see if he can get vinyl decals made for the thing.
- Vexille - a CG movie from the guys who brought us those appleseed movies.
- Freakazoid season 1
- Fable 2
- Kings Blood - plays like UNO if you wanted real strategy in the thing.
- The Elements of Style - A practical gift I never knew existed. With my career choices, this is gonna come in handy. Threw me off with the Basset Hound cover though.
I also got a few checks from family members and was considering buying a PSP- first a PSP 2000 model for the ability to modify the system to how I wanted, then a PSP 3000 because it looks more crisp and I doubt I'd really play any emulation on the thing. And then it hit me. I have a LOT of stuff. I got a large backlog of games I barely stem off and while a PSP now fits my rule of five at least twice and it could fit that role of a portable MP3 player due to my loathing of iPods, there are plenty of things I want to do besides just play games and read stories.
I want to make them.
So, I'm going to work on a new concept: Start working out stories and parts of systems. When I get a good milestone into something, I earn the right to purchase a new game. I think this could work as a nice carrot. RE 5 and Star Ocean 4 are coming very very soon after all.
My friends and I finished our long campaign "The Divine Machine" and while it didn't quite work out all the time, I recall there was talk of a side story sometime down the line using another system and had a perfect character for it who could best well add in things I wanted while removing what I didn't care of the story. So here's hoping I'd some time be able to use Halley Preston- protector and guide.