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All right, FG II installed. Just need to figure out how to, you know...
...use it.
Using it is pretty simple. I've been looking over the documentation for programming it (located at the FG website), and it's now very clear that reprogramming it to handle Shadowrun or Serenity will take...
... some work.
Oi.
I tried to re-install bootcamp so I could install FG. No luck (some details in technology). Uggg. Me wants to play!
that is awesome. The ladies comments, HILARIOUS!
So megan is in town for a visit, and there is supposed to be game playing today.
I have two shows today. I'm not sure I'll be seeing megan for more than about five minutes.
Sad now.
A little bit last week, and now some more today, I've been playing Tomb Raider: Anniversary, finally.
I haven't done more than complete Croft Manor, the training level (and that was with walkthrough). The graphics, movement and animation are all absolutely stunning. And if the training level is any indication, the levels are al going to be pretty huge. The jumping/climbing is all very similar to previous Tomb Raiders.
Basically on the positive side, this game really fulfills the promise of all the earlier titles, using the full extent of today's hardware.
On the negative side, the controls are also pretty much the same as previous versions of the game, which means that, while functional, they're not always great, and sometimes they just flat out suck.
Sean, it's a really fun game. I finished it when it first came out, and though the controls do suck at times (especially with some of the ridiculous jumps you have to do), it's well worth it.
I've been a Tomb Raider fan since the first game, and I love that this is basically a full re-imagining of the original game, on a scale worthy of today's platform capabilities. Frankly, the only passable control interface just kind of comes with the Tomb Raider territory, so I'm willing to overlook it to wander in the lush scenery, and make gravity defying Lara Croft jumps and flips while blasting beasties and solving absurd and improbably convoluted puzzles to open doors and free Atlantean relics.
I ... I played a video game last night.
Yes, friends of mine badgered me into playing Rock Band. I sang. I didn't sing as well as *I* felt I should, but I did pretty well for the most part. (Except for "Celebrity Skin" by Hole. I always knew I disliked Courtney Love. But I got 100% on "Teenage Labotomy" by the Ramones!)
My friends found the way to keep me motivated to play the game. I HATED the outfit my character started out with, and was compelled to earn money so she could have proper clothing. Pete found this hysterical.
Pete found this hysterical.
He's not alone.
I mean.... *probably*. Probably not alone. *Some*body else would probably find that really funny.
Hypothetically speaking.