Good morning, happy campers.
I've been kind of slacking on the good morning posts recently. Fortunately dschultz and Spyder have been here to take up for my lazy ***. I've started taking college courses two nights a week so thats two less free evenings I have for gaming. On top of that I've got so many games right now demanding my attention that its rough to find time to sit down for quality EQ2 time. Most nights, like last night I do nothing more than log in to check the broker, maybe solo a writ or two then punch out for the night. I'll try to squeeze more time in. I promise.
Last night Bionic Woman was on, so I watched that with the wife. Neat story, decent supporting cast. The show would have the potential to be really good if the main actress didn't have the emotional range of a lima bean. Acting lessons ftw. To be fair, she emotes "confused" very well.
Rocked out on TF2 for some time. Got my rear-end trashed in Guilty Gear. Then I sat down and finally beat Portal. Without exaggeration, game of the year so far imo. It's clever, fun, and features some of the best writing I've seen in a video game in years. Some might complain about it's length (you can beat it in a couple of hours), I think it's the perfect length for what it is and is a wholly complete product. A side note about game length - If the game is a well made, complete experience, it matters little if it lasts one hour or is a 30+ hour behemoth. I keep hearing, "Portal was great but too short". Video gaming is the only entertainment industry I seem to hear such things in. Nobody ever goes, "Wow. Godfather was a really sweet film, but I wish it was 40 hours long". Portal does everything right and it does it in a compacy package that keeps it from getting stale by the end. If you have the means, acquire and play this game. Must.
How was your evening?