Of gates and Portals
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So I gave my final presentation last night in class and all I have left is to finish up my final paper and exam - them I am done done done with my BS in IT.
Since I’m in wind-down-and-don’t-give-a-crap mode I’ve been playing a few games as well.
First off I’ve been playing Magic: the Gathering again. I can finally afford to get enough card to build more than one or two decks at a time and I’m finding that an abundance of cards actually makes the process more difficult! But I’m having fun and have actually got Dot to play now and again:)
Second thing I did was picked up the Orange Box and played Portal. Wow, that’s the most fun I’ve had on a puzzle game since Myst! Unfortunately it is rather short, but I did play an evening ofHalflife2 as well and that was fun.
Sunday night I went to my friend’s house and we played M:tG for about 5 hours, then he showed me Hellgate: London. It is open beta and man - this game is pretty. Basically a Diablo-type game with a bit of MMO thrown in (MMO common areas, and instanced adventure zones, like in Guild Wars). Hellgate: London releases on Halloween and I intend to play the hell out of it for a week or two. One thing that makes me happy to be alive right now is how the download of the installer went. Yesterday morning at 8am I saw I had my key to get into beta. 4.3GB download… So I set it to Download and went to take my shower. By 9:15 I had downloaded and unpacked the whole thing. Yay CDN and Dual Core processors!
Ok, back to work!