2010 is the year when all of technology fails me, I swear.
So I made it through this fucking shitty week in part because I kept telling myself that at the end of it I would finally get to play Mass Effect 2, and that that would make all my struggles okay.
Today, I finally had time to start playing. I'd held off on even installing the game because I hadn't wanted to get tempted when I needed to get work done. LONG story short, it all started with an attempt to install extra RAM to ensure the game would run smoothly (I had 1GB which was the minimum system requirement; tried to upgrade to 3GB). In an epic misadventure akin to this xkcd, it ended up to where I can't even boot into Windows anymore.
So, I've declared this PC to be a lost cause (okay, it's been struggling for a while but I really didn't think it was quite this bad) and have spent the past few hours researching Newegg for parts to build a new one. I'm not especially excited to shell out $500 for a new computer when I just spent $350+ on the PS3 and game, but I am justifying the purchase to myself with the knowledge that my laptop is also slowly dying, and it's important to have a reliable back-up in case it does fail before I have a chance to replace it. (I'm hoping to put graduation money toward a new laptop.)
At one point I was so frustrated and miserable I was nearly in tears, though. It's unusual for me to be so completely in love with a game to go to the expense of pre-ordering it and making sure I get it right when it comes out. And now, I still haven't gotten to play it.
Today, I finally had time to start playing. I'd held off on even installing the game because I hadn't wanted to get tempted when I needed to get work done. LONG story short, it all started with an attempt to install extra RAM to ensure the game would run smoothly (I had 1GB which was the minimum system requirement; tried to upgrade to 3GB). In an epic misadventure akin to this xkcd, it ended up to where I can't even boot into Windows anymore.
So, I've declared this PC to be a lost cause (okay, it's been struggling for a while but I really didn't think it was quite this bad) and have spent the past few hours researching Newegg for parts to build a new one. I'm not especially excited to shell out $500 for a new computer when I just spent $350+ on the PS3 and game, but I am justifying the purchase to myself with the knowledge that my laptop is also slowly dying, and it's important to have a reliable back-up in case it does fail before I have a chance to replace it. (I'm hoping to put graduation money toward a new laptop.)
At one point I was so frustrated and miserable I was nearly in tears, though. It's unusual for me to be so completely in love with a game to go to the expense of pre-ordering it and making sure I get it right when it comes out. And now, I still haven't gotten to play it.