• 11Jun 08

  Nothin' but pics

  

  Metal Gear? One day early? Yes. Indeed.

  I won't spoil anything except the install time

  Officially 8 minutes. It felt more like four.

  Played for about 2 hours so far. Still getting used to the controls.

  But maybe I just suck

  • Posted Jun 11, 2008 10:09 am GMT
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• 29Apr 08

  Welcome to Hype City. Part 1

  Alarm goes of at 8 am. My initial reaction is to press, no, ram, the snooze button for another ten minutes. Then I realize what day it is. And why I set my alarm on a day off in the first place.

  It's the day I pick up my ticket to Liberty city. The the travel literature I had read about it made it seem like a perfect place. Well, sure if you were critical you could read in between the lines. Read about flaws it had. Flaws that would be a big problem in most other cases. But according to the reviewers non of it really mattered. Because it was so beautiful and fun there.

  So skeptical of the reviews, but excited non the less I got up for my morning routine. A shower and some coffee was all that was necessary to shake the tiredness I felt. Tiredness courtesy of two nights with half my normal amount of sleep in a row. While getting ready to pick up my ticket I kept trying to balance the almost insane hype amount of there was about the new and improved liberty city. And my skepticism towards it.
  

  Buy into the hype and I could be really disappointed if it's not met. However too cynical a look could ruin what could be a great experience when taken with a fresh perspective.
  

  The mental balancing act was momentarily interrupted on the way to the vendor by the sight of a young woman and an elderly man walking together. The way to the store went by an old peoples home. And the sight of what I assumed was a grand daughter taking her grand dad for a walk warmed my heart. I hope that one day I'll have grand children who'll do the same.
  

  That small moment of reality made me think about how much more important my life here was.

  All this time I had been so worried about whether I could even get into Liberty city. For a moment it put into perspective how little it all means. Whether or not fictional worlds live up to real world expectations. I would gladly give up going to Liberty City, Hyrule, the Mushroom Kingdom, Still Water and Valice ever again for one future sunny morning walk with my future grand daughter.
  

  That sentiment, while it did plant a seed in my mind, did not last long. As I got closer to the store my anticipation of what adventures awaited in Liberty City grew strong again. But in the back of my mind I knew the worst thing that could happen was that if I didn't get to buy Grand Theft Auto 4 today I'd have some extra money left to buy the potential future grand mother of my future grand children a drink.

  Now thats a win-win situation all around if you ask me.

  • Posted Apr 29, 2008 6:51 am GMT
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• 7Apr 08

  Won The War.

  That's right. I've finished Cal of Duty 2. A 360 launch game, that I got around launch.

  It only took me over 3 year . I just always lost interest in the game after playing it for a bit.

  So bit by bit I got to the end.

  I guess that's one unfinished game down, a heck of a lot more to go
  • Posted Apr 7, 2008 4:40 pm GMT
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