High Scores
Music right now: Suffragette City - David Bowie
Add more arcade games to the list. I called-in to J. Keith Van Straaten's "Game Show Radio Game Show" and won some "Starcade" schwag, so I went over to the site to check out the new shows. Based on those, I downloaded Amidar. What an interesting game. I'm getting to the second go-round for the collecting of dots before I die. Too bad the ROM won't hold high scores.
I've been playing a lot of Asteroids Deluxe and Crystal Castles as well. Some of those "Starcade" shows had CC on them - and wow. It's a trackball game. Having played with my D-pad on the keyboard here only, I was surprised to not only see the kids have incredible control, but going right into harm's way before pulling back into safety. The way they just zigged and zagged through levels with precision amazed me.
Ken & Cott came as advertised yesterday and we farted around the casino like usual. Wescott did modestly well over video poker and the "Star Wars" penny slot while Ken lost something around $20 between those games plus the pick 6 wheel, which happened to be running. At the blackjack table, I stopped $50 up. I pointed out Jay Leno was coming to the casino in March, and given the high praise those two gave his stop at MSU, I used my winnings to buy tickets. Should be a good night of fun at least. They gave us $20 slot credit for buying the tickets.
Speaking of money, I went back after they had to go home and managed a big win night after a streak of losses or piddly profits. I had a $40 stake. Every time I had over $50, I'd turn one of my $25 stacks into a green $25 chip and pocket it. As the night rolled on, I had $100, then $125, and so on up to $175 in guarantee money in my pocket, and was risking stacks between 25 and $50. Of course, there was a kid who just turned 18 down the table who was gracious in accepting my help, but blabbed at least twice "hey, this kid's got like $200 in his pocket!" Cue the clearing of Jason's throat. I tipped about $10 throughout the night, gave $5 to a girl down on her luck and out of money looking to double down and still ended up with $220 total when it was all said and done.
The money'll come in handy. I went to visit the "QuizBusters" set again last week and ended up filling in doing the back-up score keeping as well as running one of the podiums' scoreboard during the lightning round. With me having no Wednesday classes, and them apparently being short on a regular basis, I offered to come in any Tuesday they needed me. It's 120 miles on the car, but it sure as heck beats sitting here waiting for my Palace access to return. I'll bring in my digicam next time I go to fill up a ScrapBook gallery.
Plan tonight is awesome. I'll eat lunch here, then jet to Ken & John's apartment, where we will eventually eat at Buffalo Wild Wings over the Royal Rumble. I was originally going to have to cancel on account of my audio lab time being tonight, but I managed to finish that after class Friday in about an hour. It was a live 2-3 minute newscast. I did about 6 takes, 3 that went to the disc, and it came down to two where I thought they were mechanically sound. I opted for the one in which I did not audibly hear phlegm in my throat. Eew. Anyway, the Rumble - tonight!
Add more arcade games to the list. I called-in to J. Keith Van Straaten's "Game Show Radio Game Show" and won some "Starcade" schwag, so I went over to the site to check out the new shows. Based on those, I downloaded Amidar. What an interesting game. I'm getting to the second go-round for the collecting of dots before I die. Too bad the ROM won't hold high scores.
I've been playing a lot of Asteroids Deluxe and Crystal Castles as well. Some of those "Starcade" shows had CC on them - and wow. It's a trackball game. Having played with my D-pad on the keyboard here only, I was surprised to not only see the kids have incredible control, but going right into harm's way before pulling back into safety. The way they just zigged and zagged through levels with precision amazed me.
Ken & Cott came as advertised yesterday and we farted around the casino like usual. Wescott did modestly well over video poker and the "Star Wars" penny slot while Ken lost something around $20 between those games plus the pick 6 wheel, which happened to be running. At the blackjack table, I stopped $50 up. I pointed out Jay Leno was coming to the casino in March, and given the high praise those two gave his stop at MSU, I used my winnings to buy tickets. Should be a good night of fun at least. They gave us $20 slot credit for buying the tickets.
Speaking of money, I went back after they had to go home and managed a big win night after a streak of losses or piddly profits. I had a $40 stake. Every time I had over $50, I'd turn one of my $25 stacks into a green $25 chip and pocket it. As the night rolled on, I had $100, then $125, and so on up to $175 in guarantee money in my pocket, and was risking stacks between 25 and $50. Of course, there was a kid who just turned 18 down the table who was gracious in accepting my help, but blabbed at least twice "hey, this kid's got like $200 in his pocket!" Cue the clearing of Jason's throat. I tipped about $10 throughout the night, gave $5 to a girl down on her luck and out of money looking to double down and still ended up with $220 total when it was all said and done.
The money'll come in handy. I went to visit the "QuizBusters" set again last week and ended up filling in doing the back-up score keeping as well as running one of the podiums' scoreboard during the lightning round. With me having no Wednesday classes, and them apparently being short on a regular basis, I offered to come in any Tuesday they needed me. It's 120 miles on the car, but it sure as heck beats sitting here waiting for my Palace access to return. I'll bring in my digicam next time I go to fill up a ScrapBook gallery.
Plan tonight is awesome. I'll eat lunch here, then jet to Ken & John's apartment, where we will eventually eat at Buffalo Wild Wings over the Royal Rumble. I was originally going to have to cancel on account of my audio lab time being tonight, but I managed to finish that after class Friday in about an hour. It was a live 2-3 minute newscast. I did about 6 takes, 3 that went to the disc, and it came down to two where I thought they were mechanically sound. I opted for the one in which I did not audibly hear phlegm in my throat. Eew. Anyway, the Rumble - tonight!