Grades, books, gaming
Managed to get an 'A' in all my classes. Woo!
Started playing in a friend's Star Wars game, which has done wonders for my writer's block. I felt very fluid and reactive last game, and enjoyed it immensely. The plot is moving forward. With a bit of prodding, the party is moving in the right direction. Huzzah!
K got all of the Buffy she was missing at Wal-Mart on Black Friday. Thankfully, I am a resourceful bean and have managed to find some other presents. Most of my shopping is done (which is good, because I'm running out of moolah).
K did spring to get us an awesome external 1TB hard drive, which I used to back up all my crap so I could do a fresh install of Windows 7.
Firstly, I love how a 1TB hard drive, external, no less, is affordable.
Secondly, I like Windows 7. Big surprise, I know. It's pretty much Vista that doesn't suck. I want to say more about it, but that's really the big picture.
Beat Borderlands with the Hunter. It was a fun game, overall. Is The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned out yet for PC? 'Cause I can't frickin' find it anywhere. Bastiches.
ALSO finished Tales of Monkey Island. Overall, wonderful. The last installment left me with much of the same feelings as every Monkey Island post 2. Basically, the end was rushed. It's really a shame. With all the wonderful dialogue and possibilities, I feel like they really dropped the ball on the last one. Ah well.
Books!
Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers
Until I read this book, I had never heard of Tim Akers. Now I am hunting down all of his short stories.
The first thing you must know about heart of Veridon is that it is awesome. If you like troubled protagonists with metal eyes, crazy spider-people, technology scavenged from gods, and possibly the best MacGuffin since the One Ring, you should read this book.
The world is painted vividly, the characters come to life, and the action is packed. Like action. In a pack.
I would recommend this book to anyone I know and care about. A+
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
A Discworld book. That might tell you already whether you will like it or not.
Mostly about Foot the Ball (soccer), mob mentality (especially with regard to sports), and prejudice. A lot of the Unseen University wizards in this one, mostly Archchancellor Ridcully and Ponder Stibbons. Rincewind makes some very minor appearances. Vetinari shows up a lot in this one and is in good form.
This one started out a bit clumsy, but soon recovered well enough to stand beside the majority of the Discworld books. Certainly not the best, but had some decent new characters, did justice to returning ones, and was overall, a book by Terry Pratchett.
I enjoyed it quite a bit for a book that is, basically, about a sport I don't care about. B
Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams
This book starts off as what seems like a standard fantasy with Arabian Nights flair, and then goes through at least two other genres. And it does it WELL. Great pacing, likable post-human characters, cool supercomputers, named magical weapons, wormhole technology, and all kinds of awesome stuff.
And, y'know, a talking cat. Normally, not a big fan of the talking cat. Overdone. But it works pretty well here.
Solid A
And finally, thanks to spartydragon, I present you with THE TETRIS GOD!
Started playing in a friend's Star Wars game, which has done wonders for my writer's block. I felt very fluid and reactive last game, and enjoyed it immensely. The plot is moving forward. With a bit of prodding, the party is moving in the right direction. Huzzah!
K got all of the Buffy she was missing at Wal-Mart on Black Friday. Thankfully, I am a resourceful bean and have managed to find some other presents. Most of my shopping is done (which is good, because I'm running out of moolah).
K did spring to get us an awesome external 1TB hard drive, which I used to back up all my crap so I could do a fresh install of Windows 7.
Firstly, I love how a 1TB hard drive, external, no less, is affordable.
Secondly, I like Windows 7. Big surprise, I know. It's pretty much Vista that doesn't suck. I want to say more about it, but that's really the big picture.
Beat Borderlands with the Hunter. It was a fun game, overall. Is The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned out yet for PC? 'Cause I can't frickin' find it anywhere. Bastiches.
ALSO finished Tales of Monkey Island. Overall, wonderful. The last installment left me with much of the same feelings as every Monkey Island post 2. Basically, the end was rushed. It's really a shame. With all the wonderful dialogue and possibilities, I feel like they really dropped the ball on the last one. Ah well.
Books!
Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers
Until I read this book, I had never heard of Tim Akers. Now I am hunting down all of his short stories.
The first thing you must know about heart of Veridon is that it is awesome. If you like troubled protagonists with metal eyes, crazy spider-people, technology scavenged from gods, and possibly the best MacGuffin since the One Ring, you should read this book.
The world is painted vividly, the characters come to life, and the action is packed. Like action. In a pack.
I would recommend this book to anyone I know and care about. A+
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
A Discworld book. That might tell you already whether you will like it or not.
Mostly about Foot the Ball (soccer), mob mentality (especially with regard to sports), and prejudice. A lot of the Unseen University wizards in this one, mostly Archchancellor Ridcully and Ponder Stibbons. Rincewind makes some very minor appearances. Vetinari shows up a lot in this one and is in good form.
This one started out a bit clumsy, but soon recovered well enough to stand beside the majority of the Discworld books. Certainly not the best, but had some decent new characters, did justice to returning ones, and was overall, a book by Terry Pratchett.
I enjoyed it quite a bit for a book that is, basically, about a sport I don't care about. B
Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams
This book starts off as what seems like a standard fantasy with Arabian Nights flair, and then goes through at least two other genres. And it does it WELL. Great pacing, likable post-human characters, cool supercomputers, named magical weapons, wormhole technology, and all kinds of awesome stuff.
And, y'know, a talking cat. Normally, not a big fan of the talking cat. Overdone. But it works pretty well here.
Solid A
And finally, thanks to spartydragon, I present you with THE TETRIS GOD!