My March Madness
So, another month ends again. What have I been up to?
Not a terrible lot, admittedly. But, this month heralded the release of two new games: Dragon Age 2 and Sims Medieval, so I've been enjoying those. I quite like both of them, although at times, I do find the art redesign for Dragon Age a bit unsettling. There are a number of familiar faces from the original games that show up, though usually as brief cameos (welcome back Keeper Marethari, Merrill, Flemeth, Bodahn, Sandal, Isabela, Anders, Justice (sorta, anyway), Cullen, Leliana, Zevran, Alistair, and Teagan, among others), but virtually everyone looks different in the new game. Sadly, it's rarely for the better. But it's still good fun.
Speaking of, I'm doing a Dragon Age-related project wherein I'm writing up a narrative-style walkthrough for all of the game material (as in, Origins, Awakenings, the DLC add-ons, and DA2) starting with a Human Noble Female Rogue of "good" alignment (for lack of better terminology). This includes every quest, every dialogue tree, every codex. I haven't gotten far (I'm still working on Chapter 7), but everyone who's been reading along so far has become a big fan of what I'm doing. If anyone else wants on the mailing list (you get a fresh copy as I complete each chapter), just let me know. Who knows, maybe if I become popular enough with it, someone like David Gaider might hire me on or something. Which would be infinitely cool. ^_^
As for Sims Medieval, it actually reminds me a bit more of the Urbz than the Sims, to be honest. But it's still very addictive, as it combines Sims with RPG elements (you get to build heroes, go on quests and level up).
I also continue to geek it up with my reading Lucan's Pharsalia in the original Latin, and well as with all the Gothic Lit I've been reading. Followers of my YouTube Channel probably noticed the recent upload of the little slideshow of sorts I put together for comparing Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein with an anonymous short story entitled "Monster Made By Man." It was fun, and you can take a look at it there if you're interested and haven't already. Also, in fact, my contribution to the Corvey Project should be published and copyrighted in my name within the the next 4-6 weeks, so that's exciting.
Andy and I celebrated our six-month anniversary this month, so that was nice. We're hoping that the next six months will be just as awesome, if not better. ^_^
Adrian is getting bigger all the time. I'm pretty sure he's having a growth spurt, in fact. He still hasn't hit 40 pounds yet, but he's over 43 inches tall--meaning he's outgrown most of his winter clothes. I'll have to make sure his dress shirts still fit okay before Easter gets here. At least with t-shirts and shorts, there's a bit more leeway.
Beyond that... Nothing really new to report. Still keeping on keeping on.
Not a terrible lot, admittedly. But, this month heralded the release of two new games: Dragon Age 2 and Sims Medieval, so I've been enjoying those. I quite like both of them, although at times, I do find the art redesign for Dragon Age a bit unsettling. There are a number of familiar faces from the original games that show up, though usually as brief cameos (welcome back Keeper Marethari, Merrill, Flemeth, Bodahn, Sandal, Isabela, Anders, Justice (sorta, anyway), Cullen, Leliana, Zevran, Alistair, and Teagan, among others), but virtually everyone looks different in the new game. Sadly, it's rarely for the better. But it's still good fun.
Speaking of, I'm doing a Dragon Age-related project wherein I'm writing up a narrative-style walkthrough for all of the game material (as in, Origins, Awakenings, the DLC add-ons, and DA2) starting with a Human Noble Female Rogue of "good" alignment (for lack of better terminology). This includes every quest, every dialogue tree, every codex. I haven't gotten far (I'm still working on Chapter 7), but everyone who's been reading along so far has become a big fan of what I'm doing. If anyone else wants on the mailing list (you get a fresh copy as I complete each chapter), just let me know. Who knows, maybe if I become popular enough with it, someone like David Gaider might hire me on or something. Which would be infinitely cool. ^_^
As for Sims Medieval, it actually reminds me a bit more of the Urbz than the Sims, to be honest. But it's still very addictive, as it combines Sims with RPG elements (you get to build heroes, go on quests and level up).
I also continue to geek it up with my reading Lucan's Pharsalia in the original Latin, and well as with all the Gothic Lit I've been reading. Followers of my YouTube Channel probably noticed the recent upload of the little slideshow of sorts I put together for comparing Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein with an anonymous short story entitled "Monster Made By Man." It was fun, and you can take a look at it there if you're interested and haven't already. Also, in fact, my contribution to the Corvey Project should be published and copyrighted in my name within the the next 4-6 weeks, so that's exciting.
Andy and I celebrated our six-month anniversary this month, so that was nice. We're hoping that the next six months will be just as awesome, if not better. ^_^
Adrian is getting bigger all the time. I'm pretty sure he's having a growth spurt, in fact. He still hasn't hit 40 pounds yet, but he's over 43 inches tall--meaning he's outgrown most of his winter clothes. I'll have to make sure his dress shirts still fit okay before Easter gets here. At least with t-shirts and shorts, there's a bit more leeway.
Beyond that... Nothing really new to report. Still keeping on keeping on.