So, yes, the holidays caused quite a slow down around here. I started working on a post about the massive ice storm that blew through Tulsa before Christmas, and you’ll get that soon, complete with some great pictures. In the meantime, I thought I’d put up an update to let all five of my readers know that I’m not disappearing again. Just so this post isn’t completely devoid of things you might actually enjoy reading, here’s a rundown of my gaming related Christmas and B-Day gifts (my birthday is December 20, by the way).
Rock Band — complete surprise gift from my mom. And before you ask, yes, I do know how to play a whole song on my guitar, even though it’s just four chords repeated over and over again. I’m not sure she knew that, but I’m not exactly complaining :)
Super Mario Galaxy — some of the purest fun I’ve had in a while. The only gift I really wanted this Christmas, and I got it. It’s Mario and it’s good. What more do you need?
Halo: Contact Harvest — the fifth book in the Halo series. So far, it’s excellent. Much, much better than the Mass Effect book, which I’ve yet to finish. If you enjoy reading about the interactions between the various races of the Covenant, I think you’ll enjoy it. For instance, if you know what a Huragok is, go get this book now.
That’s pretty much it. I’m currently awaiting Overlord from Gamefly, really looking forward to it.
Oh, and I should mention that the 50th episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast is now available and I’m really happy with it. It took a full two working days to put it together and I’m glad I’m done with it. Go check it out and let me know what you think [whoops, forgot to add a link. There you go]. Also, a sneak peek at some of the images coming your way from the Ice Storm of ’07:
My neighbor’s car
4 Chords being repeated? Isn’t that every rock song?
Hey-O! *rim-shot*
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I’ll show myself out.
Yes! Good to have you back. I was thinking about you when I heard about the icestorms (that’s not wierd right?) — Anyway, I had the same experience with Galaxy. I really, really just wanted to go buy it. It was from my Mom-in-law, but my wife actually bought it because my MIL doesn’t really know anything about video games. So what does my wife do? She puts the game next to all of my other games so she doesn’t “forget where it is.” How am I supposed to not open it? Well, I survived, but only because I opened Rock Band early which was my wife’s present to me. We made a deal– I got to open Rock Band, but I had to go Black Friday shopping at Midnight, and I wasn’t allowed to make any snide remarks OR roll my eyes. Fortunately, I made it!
Your neighbor looks like mine – sucker.
Dude, in all honesty, if you’ve played Mass Effect enough, you’ve read the book. You can get all the interesting bits out of Anderson, and the book is very generic. It’s a good read, and if you’re hard in to Mass Effect it’s totally worth your time, but otherwise, you’re really not missing much.
Thanks for the reminder about the show – I need to resubscribe on my brand new Dell. Woot.
I commented on the X3f blog, but I wanted to say it here too. The 50th episode was amazing. Very well done. You guys are on your way to being the best podcast out there. While the other guys are getting boring, you guys still innovate. Between that and the Joystiq podcast, I’m a happy game twice a week. Peace out!