Savior of the Universe!
My computer is finally fixed! ...kinda. Several corruptions (HAHA, good thing I have no androids around the house and never play chess! oh god) and re-installations later, it's back home sporting a fetching white CD drive that quite nicely contrasts the black of the rest of the tower.
Also, I have to re-install all my programs. And, uh, find out where all my bookmarks went.
I've been replaying Prince of Persia, again. I have a few gripes with it -- I can barely hear what anybody's saying, despite messing around with the Options, the fighting feels kind of slow to me and I don't know whether it's my PS2 or the fact that I've been playing God of War II recently, and, uh, I keep forgetting that L1 is not the way to block and then I swear because I just wasted all the sand.
But! I just got past the part where we fight the Prince's dad, and I was reminded all over again of how much I love the Prince and Farah's relationship. His whining about her! Her little comments about being careful! And keeping up! ♥
I'm also playing God of War II. OH MAN YOU GET TO FLY. Well, okay, it's more like soaring but whatever! The buttons weren't really intuitive for me -- Kratos had a very long learning curve that consisted of a lot of falling on his face and manly gruntings. But it's spoiling me so much for basically every other fighting game ever. I'm sorry, but the fighting in Prince of Persia feels so slow and -- well, uh, kind of boring after Kratos and his glowing Athena's blades.
Oh! And I have some serious love for the Golden Fleece. There is little that is as satisfying as blocking at the correct moment and having their spell turn on them. ...unless you count the feeling of massacring a group of enemies or doing some kickass finishing moves. Or beating up the Sirens and listening to them sing as you beat their heads into the floors.
I AM NOT A TERRIBLE PERSON, FOR SERIOUS.
thebaconfat and I were talking about it, actually, and speculating as to why ripping people's heads off is so fun in God of War, inspite the huge amounts of blood, when playing Silent Hill, with its crappy graphics and monsters feels so wrong and leaves you feeling kind of unclean.
transnomad, thebaconfat, and I watched the opening episode of the new Flash Gordon series. It was disappointingly mediocre. I don't know what I was hoping for more; that it would be really good or really bad. Either way, it was kind of "enh" with a side helping of "eh." The highlight of the show was when Flash's mom, under some kind of alien robot control, offered Flash some pie. Or maybe it was the opening sequence, when the credits flashed out of his crotch. WHO KNOWS. FEWER CARE.
Also, I have to re-install all my programs. And, uh, find out where all my bookmarks went.
I've been replaying Prince of Persia, again. I have a few gripes with it -- I can barely hear what anybody's saying, despite messing around with the Options, the fighting feels kind of slow to me and I don't know whether it's my PS2 or the fact that I've been playing God of War II recently, and, uh, I keep forgetting that L1 is not the way to block and then I swear because I just wasted all the sand.
But! I just got past the part where we fight the Prince's dad, and I was reminded all over again of how much I love the Prince and Farah's relationship. His whining about her! Her little comments about being careful! And keeping up! ♥
I'm also playing God of War II. OH MAN YOU GET TO FLY. Well, okay, it's more like soaring but whatever! The buttons weren't really intuitive for me -- Kratos had a very long learning curve that consisted of a lot of falling on his face and manly gruntings. But it's spoiling me so much for basically every other fighting game ever. I'm sorry, but the fighting in Prince of Persia feels so slow and -- well, uh, kind of boring after Kratos and his glowing Athena's blades.
Oh! And I have some serious love for the Golden Fleece. There is little that is as satisfying as blocking at the correct moment and having their spell turn on them. ...unless you count the feeling of massacring a group of enemies or doing some kickass finishing moves. Or beating up the Sirens and listening to them sing as you beat their heads into the floors.
I AM NOT A TERRIBLE PERSON, FOR SERIOUS.
thebaconfat and I were talking about it, actually, and speculating as to why ripping people's heads off is so fun in God of War, inspite the huge amounts of blood, when playing Silent Hill, with its crappy graphics and monsters feels so wrong and leaves you feeling kind of unclean.
transnomad, thebaconfat, and I watched the opening episode of the new Flash Gordon series. It was disappointingly mediocre. I don't know what I was hoping for more; that it would be really good or really bad. Either way, it was kind of "enh" with a side helping of "eh." The highlight of the show was when Flash's mom, under some kind of alien robot control, offered Flash some pie. Or maybe it was the opening sequence, when the credits flashed out of his crotch. WHO KNOWS. FEWER CARE.