Finished.
Complete.
I beat The Force Unleashed.
It's still really cool.
I think I'm gonna play some more even though I finished the story... And the story! It is a fantastic story.
This whole game takes place between episodes 3 and 4. You get to find out what happened after Anakin became Vader and before Luke and Leia became significant.
Awesome.
Awesome.
Take it easy.
-- Mr. W
9.23.2008
9.21.2008
A post
I was just poking around the blogs that I try to stay current on, and I realized that I have, once again, not posted for a long time.
The reality is, I write lots of email at work. Also, my job basically consists of typing all day. When I get home I'm not especially enthusiastic about the prospect of typing some more.
So I don't.
Sometimes I send an email or two. Actually I recently happened upon an old friend from college, and I've written several fairly long emails to them. That makes it even less likely that I will make any further contributions to this blog. because, again, TOO MUCH TYPING!!!
But it's Sunday.
So here I am.
I recently decided that I would join a science fiction book club. Then I did.
Now there are a whole bunch of books headed my direction. And to fulfill my obligation to the club all I have to do is buy 2 more books. I think I should do that right away. And then cancel it. Because apparently there is a yearly fee, so if I wait too long I will be charged. And this is exactly the kind of thing I will forget about. So even though I have 9 books headed my way I should buy 2 more... Anyone have any ideas? I used up all of mine on the first 9. By the way, the first nine are:
THE GHOST BRIGADES
by John Scalzi
THE LAST COLONY
by John Scalzi
EMPIRE
by Orson Scott Card
SPOOK COUNTRY
by William Gibson
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
edited by Gardner Dozois
STAR WARS®: LEGACY OF THE FORCE: INVINCIBLE
by Troy Denning
WATCHMEN
by Alan Moore; illustrated by Dave Gibbons
SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE
by Austin Grossman
THE DARK ELF TRILOGY (3-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore
I've never tried reading a Star Wars book before or a Dragonlance/Dark Realms book like The Dark Elf Trilogy, but I'm hopeful that they'll be entertaining.
I suppose whats missing here is something by Neil Gaiman-- I read American Gods and I thought it was fantastic. Is there another Gaiman book like that one? Or really any other sci-fi book that I should check out?
Also, I have been playing the PS3 game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
IT IS AWESOME!
Sure, it has some playability problems, some of the controls are difficult to use correctly. But that doesn't matter. I love Star Wars, and this game fills in a whole lot of what happens between episode 3 and 4. And it is a cool story. You play as the secret apprentice of Darth Vader, a young man who is VERY powerful in his use of the force. And there are many other more familiar characters involved, including Leia, Darth Maul, Shaak Ti, Bale Organa and others. It's really cool, and really fun. I USED THE FORCE TO MAKE A STAR DESTROYER CRASH INTO A PLANET!!!! This game makes you feel POWERFUL!
It's awesome.
Period.
huh? Oh, I'm hungry.
Time to go.
Have fun everybody!
--Mr. W.
The reality is, I write lots of email at work. Also, my job basically consists of typing all day. When I get home I'm not especially enthusiastic about the prospect of typing some more.
So I don't.
Sometimes I send an email or two. Actually I recently happened upon an old friend from college, and I've written several fairly long emails to them. That makes it even less likely that I will make any further contributions to this blog. because, again, TOO MUCH TYPING!!!
But it's Sunday.
So here I am.
I recently decided that I would join a science fiction book club. Then I did.
Now there are a whole bunch of books headed my direction. And to fulfill my obligation to the club all I have to do is buy 2 more books. I think I should do that right away. And then cancel it. Because apparently there is a yearly fee, so if I wait too long I will be charged. And this is exactly the kind of thing I will forget about. So even though I have 9 books headed my way I should buy 2 more... Anyone have any ideas? I used up all of mine on the first 9. By the way, the first nine are:
THE GHOST BRIGADES
by John Scalzi
THE LAST COLONY
by John Scalzi
EMPIRE
by Orson Scott Card
SPOOK COUNTRY
by William Gibson
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
edited by Gardner Dozois
STAR WARS®: LEGACY OF THE FORCE: INVINCIBLE
by Troy Denning
WATCHMEN
by Alan Moore; illustrated by Dave Gibbons
SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE
by Austin Grossman
THE DARK ELF TRILOGY (3-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore
I've never tried reading a Star Wars book before or a Dragonlance/Dark Realms book like The Dark Elf Trilogy, but I'm hopeful that they'll be entertaining.
I suppose whats missing here is something by Neil Gaiman-- I read American Gods and I thought it was fantastic. Is there another Gaiman book like that one? Or really any other sci-fi book that I should check out?
Also, I have been playing the PS3 game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
IT IS AWESOME!
Sure, it has some playability problems, some of the controls are difficult to use correctly. But that doesn't matter. I love Star Wars, and this game fills in a whole lot of what happens between episode 3 and 4. And it is a cool story. You play as the secret apprentice of Darth Vader, a young man who is VERY powerful in his use of the force. And there are many other more familiar characters involved, including Leia, Darth Maul, Shaak Ti, Bale Organa and others. It's really cool, and really fun. I USED THE FORCE TO MAKE A STAR DESTROYER CRASH INTO A PLANET!!!! This game makes you feel POWERFUL!
It's awesome.
Period.
huh? Oh, I'm hungry.
Time to go.
Have fun everybody!
--Mr. W.
9.09.2008
New Post!
Look!
It's a new post!
So that big project I was working on got launched into QA testing just in time for Labor Day weekend. PERFECT!
I finally had a chance to relax and anjoy a weekend without having to go into work! For several weeks leading up to then I ended up working on Sundays because I wanted to make sure that I would not be the reason that we fell behind schedule.
And we didn't!
For Labor Day weekend I spent a lot of time with little Hailey and her family. That was cool. Then on Labor Day itself I went to visit my pal Ryan and his kids. We played some Soul Calibur 4 and had a good time. That was cool too.
Then I had an unremarkable short week at work.
Last weekend I, again, had a chance to hang out with Hailey and her family. But I also went to see Ron White at Treasure Island. He put on a great show. Quite the funny fellow is that Ron White. Even cooler, I had a chance to meet him after the show. I got to shake his hand and personally express my appreciation of his comedy. He was clearly more interested in doing other things, but he was gracious enough to greet and interact with some folks that he really didn't have to. It's cool when famous folks don't take their fans for granted. Now I'm an even bigger fan. RON WHITE RULES!
Ok, I'm hungry enough that I really have to do something about it. Bye blog! I'll see you later!
--Mr. W
It's a new post!
So that big project I was working on got launched into QA testing just in time for Labor Day weekend. PERFECT!
I finally had a chance to relax and anjoy a weekend without having to go into work! For several weeks leading up to then I ended up working on Sundays because I wanted to make sure that I would not be the reason that we fell behind schedule.
And we didn't!
For Labor Day weekend I spent a lot of time with little Hailey and her family. That was cool. Then on Labor Day itself I went to visit my pal Ryan and his kids. We played some Soul Calibur 4 and had a good time. That was cool too.
Then I had an unremarkable short week at work.
Last weekend I, again, had a chance to hang out with Hailey and her family. But I also went to see Ron White at Treasure Island. He put on a great show. Quite the funny fellow is that Ron White. Even cooler, I had a chance to meet him after the show. I got to shake his hand and personally express my appreciation of his comedy. He was clearly more interested in doing other things, but he was gracious enough to greet and interact with some folks that he really didn't have to. It's cool when famous folks don't take their fans for granted. Now I'm an even bigger fan. RON WHITE RULES!
Ok, I'm hungry enough that I really have to do something about it. Bye blog! I'll see you later!
--Mr. W
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