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Things are a-changin', that's for sure. More on that after it happens, though. This is a public blog, after all.

I picked up Mass Effect from Wal Mart today after a guy at work said it's "all I play anymore". Usually, that's a good recommendation.

It's actually darned fun. It's a FPS-based RPG, so it's a bit of a combination of questing, exploring, and fearsome battling with guns. My only complaints after a few hours of gameplay are a strange bit of bugginess with the AI (your computer-controlled teammates will sort of warp around instead of walking sometimes, for example) and occasional graphical sputterings, even on the 360. There's no excuse for poor performance on a console. None.

Like I said, though, it's a darned good game overall. I haven't played enough to get very far into the storyline, but even after a few hours, I'm already pretty well engrossed. The gunfights feel great, and while they're not nearly as tactile or explosive as a well-polished FPS like FEAR, the ability to use cover and control your AI teammates' actions adds a fun (albeit a little frustrating, considering some minor AI problems) dimension to strategy. The many available classes also add a good bit of replayability, too, I'd imagine.

In other news, freakin' yay! I'll be posting more on the "yay" stuff in a couple weeks. Just. Yay.

Squeeee!

*aherm*

Pardon me. I just stumbled upon Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.

"That's... weird. I ordered one frozen yogurt and they made me two. You don't... happen to like frozen yogurt, do you?"

"I love it."

"You're kidding! What a crazy, random happenstance!"

Brilliance!

New Art?

I've made another one. I'm getting better at this GIMP thing.



Stores don't sell 8"x12" frames, so I hope it'll hold up to the cropping an 8"x10" frame will require. I hadn't the heart to crop it -- it actually came out of the camera so nicely.

Pictures From Home

I've decided not to spend hundreds of dollars on original artwork. Instead, I'm making my own.

Observe:



Next, I think I'm gonna try a grainy black-and-white (stupid no lights) of mah ratter:



At about $20 apiece to make, these sure are better than the $150 they'd cost to buy. They're so much more personal this way, too.

As a bonus, for your amusement only, I'm including the raw shot of the photograph last in the sequence the one above is part of:



Yup. She jumped. Right at me. Rats really can't see very well -- she was about four feet away, and three above the ground. At least she came to a soft landing on my shirt.