If you give a Kate a tv...
Are there any games for the xbox that I need to play? Or should I throw this one out? xbox, not xbox 360. In packing my brother's old, shared apt, my father found his roommate's abandoned system and bc he is unable to throw anything away, he packed it too, even though he has never touched a video game in his life. Being his daughter, I was unable to let my brother toss it from the tv box until I'd checked with y'all.
I have a PS2 for which I have still-unwrapped games I bought: I expect they'll be much more interesting on the new-to-me tv. Maybe someday I'll lure TRQ to my apt so she can explain Katamari Damacy to me, possibly in exchange for explaining asset allocation. Which for the record is way easier. I wish I'd saved the post I found somewhere about being bad at video games, bc it was such a relief to discover that some people are just really bad at them. Which is sort of embarrassing considering how addicted I've been: I used to get home from work at 1 and play Diablo II for 2 hours before having to be back at work by 7. oops. I also really appreciated the review I found on Amazon for some game where the second most helpful review was from a gamer widow who described how much she enjoyed watching the game. I wonder why I'm more ok with watching video games but not sports, but I liked giving verbal encouragement to Bm when he played GTA far more than playing myself. I =really= want to watch someone else play Kingdom Hearts more than I want to play it myself, but alas my favorite little gamer doesn't seem to have taken to it, alas. That said, would I like Shin Megami Tensei?
Are there any good xbox 360 games other than Dance Central? theferrett's descriptions make it sound unbelievably awesome, but mostly as a party game. (I am carefully ignoring the PS3, bc I'm still a bit bitter about TRQ recommending God of War 3 when I had no gaming systems but mostly bc I haven't come across any other interesting games.) Whereas there are a bazillion Wii games that sound fun, esp. this one and of course, Epic Mickey. Unfortunately, I feel vaguely wasteful buying a Wii, even though it's the cheapest of the 3 current systems and even though I wouldn't be buying it, bc my future gaming buddy is getting one in a few months and I'm still having fun with the novelty of having a tv at all.
Last night I discovered the copy of Gettysburg that Netflix sent me is cracked, so instead of watching a movie, I programmed the TV Guide app to list only those channels I get for free. Which also made it clear there's nothing on. We can discuss my money bulimia in the shiny post I'll be writing real soon now, but to make a long story short, I've been angsting over upgrading my Netflix from my current (grandfathered) $5/month for more dvd's than I can watch plan to, um, the $10/month plan bc zomg I'll never get the old plan back and zomg I'll be wasting $5.43 (including tax) every month. (There's a reason my ex suggests Xanax.) On the other hand, if I spent $100 on a Roku (fixed costs are ok), I could start watching the Tudors ON MY TV. I still can't believe how much better tv is on a tv: maybe if I'd regularly used one since college I wouldn't've spent so much time arguing that my computer monitor is just as good. May I never use a Kindle. I briefly considered Hulu Plus, but (a) it's $8 and even with my issues I recognize that's more money to preserve a silly option and (b) I'm two seasons behind on House and actually prefer canceled/ended tv shows. Should I be considering anything other than a Roku? I know madbard ultimately chose the Apple TV, but I'm a PC gal and I don't buy video on iTunes. The other next step of course is coming up with a reason why I deserve this treat, bc I've been feeling spoiled lately.
See, this is why I knew a free-to-me tv would be expensive.
I have a PS2 for which I have still-unwrapped games I bought: I expect they'll be much more interesting on the new-to-me tv. Maybe someday I'll lure TRQ to my apt so she can explain Katamari Damacy to me, possibly in exchange for explaining asset allocation. Which for the record is way easier. I wish I'd saved the post I found somewhere about being bad at video games, bc it was such a relief to discover that some people are just really bad at them. Which is sort of embarrassing considering how addicted I've been: I used to get home from work at 1 and play Diablo II for 2 hours before having to be back at work by 7. oops. I also really appreciated the review I found on Amazon for some game where the second most helpful review was from a gamer widow who described how much she enjoyed watching the game. I wonder why I'm more ok with watching video games but not sports, but I liked giving verbal encouragement to Bm when he played GTA far more than playing myself. I =really= want to watch someone else play Kingdom Hearts more than I want to play it myself, but alas my favorite little gamer doesn't seem to have taken to it, alas. That said, would I like Shin Megami Tensei?
Are there any good xbox 360 games other than Dance Central? theferrett's descriptions make it sound unbelievably awesome, but mostly as a party game. (I am carefully ignoring the PS3, bc I'm still a bit bitter about TRQ recommending God of War 3 when I had no gaming systems but mostly bc I haven't come across any other interesting games.) Whereas there are a bazillion Wii games that sound fun, esp. this one and of course, Epic Mickey. Unfortunately, I feel vaguely wasteful buying a Wii, even though it's the cheapest of the 3 current systems and even though I wouldn't be buying it, bc my future gaming buddy is getting one in a few months and I'm still having fun with the novelty of having a tv at all.
Last night I discovered the copy of Gettysburg that Netflix sent me is cracked, so instead of watching a movie, I programmed the TV Guide app to list only those channels I get for free. Which also made it clear there's nothing on. We can discuss my money bulimia in the shiny post I'll be writing real soon now, but to make a long story short, I've been angsting over upgrading my Netflix from my current (grandfathered) $5/month for more dvd's than I can watch plan to, um, the $10/month plan bc zomg I'll never get the old plan back and zomg I'll be wasting $5.43 (including tax) every month. (There's a reason my ex suggests Xanax.) On the other hand, if I spent $100 on a Roku (fixed costs are ok), I could start watching the Tudors ON MY TV. I still can't believe how much better tv is on a tv: maybe if I'd regularly used one since college I wouldn't've spent so much time arguing that my computer monitor is just as good. May I never use a Kindle. I briefly considered Hulu Plus, but (a) it's $8 and even with my issues I recognize that's more money to preserve a silly option and (b) I'm two seasons behind on House and actually prefer canceled/ended tv shows. Should I be considering anything other than a Roku? I know madbard ultimately chose the Apple TV, but I'm a PC gal and I don't buy video on iTunes. The other next step of course is coming up with a reason why I deserve this treat, bc I've been feeling spoiled lately.
See, this is why I knew a free-to-me tv would be expensive.