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Attention, family members who have been asking me about my wish lists:
I have now vetted my Amazon.com and Thinkgeek.com wish lists. They now contain nothing that I already own.
Yay!
Monthly Archive for November, 2008
Full Title – Mirror’s Edge: I Hope You Like Falling To Your Death. Repeatedly.
You know how First Person Shooter games sometimes have jumping puzzles in them? And they’re really hard, because you can’t see your body? And a high-definition screen and surround sound does not really make up for the lack of depth perception and proprioception?
Mirror’s Edge is all those stupid jumping puzzles made into a game. I’m going to keep trying to make this work, but I can’t help wondering: Did DICE make this game because they found a way to make this into a good idea, or because console gamers don’t play a lot of FPSes, and don’t already know this is a terrible idea?
If it’s the former, then I need to practice, because my current gaming skills aren’t giving me “awesome first-person running and jumping” except in very short spurts. The sense of speed in straightaways is breathtaking, but I think I’ve gotten more sense of speed in the race to terminal velocity and sudden, terminal deceleration.
If it’s the latter… well, I knew this game would be a gamble going into it, but I’d still miss those sixty bucks.
I’ve made my list and checked it twice, and I’m ready to go. Are you? Even if you know who you’re voting for in the presidential, legislative and other local races, the best way to avoid Voter’s Remorse is to double-check where the candidates stand according to their records. After all, who can keep track of everything they’ve been willing to say (then clarify, and refute, and finally restate) while they’re on the trail?
Here’s my formula: Grab a voter guide from a source you trust[1]. Verify where the candidates stand on those issues you count as important. Then, vote your principles and conscience.
Oh, and get in early, to avoid the rush! :)
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- Or, even better, get a few guides to compare. [↩]
I’m really enjoying Fallout 3, but I guess the musical score isn’t very memorable. I say this because, even though I played it for several hours this afternoon, it’s still the music from church this morning that is playing in my head. On the other hand, it’s almost certainly unfair to expect ambient video game music to stand up to full-blown hymns.
But no, even trying to recall it only brings to mind that there is a low electronic beeping somewhere in the Megaton theme song that always makes me think of computers, even though Megaton itself seems far more “wild west” to me.
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