Mood: Pretty happy, actually.
Music: NWA - Greatest Hits.
I don't respond to comments...because basically it's not fair. I can edit theirs and respond at will, and they can't edit mine.
But I don't want folks to think I'm not reading the comments...because I am, and it's actually really gratifying to know that people are reading this, and care enough to write something back. So:
Paul: You're right. I forgot all about it. I started it up again just for you.
Andy: While I've been seriously jonesing for a new FPS, and I admit I'm playing it more than I care to admit just because it's new and because I need FPS goodness, it's somewhat less than satisfying. There aren't huge onslaughts of these things...and when there are, my machine chugs along like it's a 286. Performance is getting slightly better...but I've set the thing down to like "Stupid computer mode" which is still a less than year old Alienware. Doom may be your bitch...but I tend to think you're John Carmack's bitch. Love ya.
Fookus: Love you! Have a great time at the Faire!
Maria: Yes, anything is better than Dubya...but not always much better. How do you run a campaign on a platform of "I'm not Bush?"
Now, back to our regularly scheduled blogging:
Can I just say that I love FreshDirect? I haven't ordered out in almost two weeks. I've discovered that by having food in the house, I'm much more likely to cook dinner than order too much food that isn't good for me. And it's cheaper, of course. And I'm a pretty good cook, actually.
Today, for lunch, I think I'm going to have a lamb salad with soy-ginger viniagrette. Easy enough to make, plenty healthy, and very tasty.
I've heard such mixed responses to D3. I haven't picked it up yet. I want to though; I think it's more of a factor of free time than desire (or curiosity) -- the whole transition from freelance to full time is kicking my ass due to the lingering freelance clients.
Not to mention my new passion:
http://www.automotivetrends.com/2004vwr32review.htm
Good to have a response. I'm still digging Doom, but maybe this is because I only play it in hour long segments. Little snippets of gaming here and there when I can grab the time rather than 7 hours straight mindless blasting. I continue to believe the atmosphere is very involving though, and the audio is spot-on. The evil laughs make me wet my pants from time to time.
Posted by: Catspit at August 9, 2004 09:53 AMI have found Doom to be a good, but not great, game. I, too, am only playing it in brief stints so my progress isn't that fast. I also have a great machine that chunks in certain spots. I look more forward to the games created on this engine than this game itself.
I am also even more excited for HL2 knowing that a lot more comes in that box as compared to Doom3 which at this point counts on the modding community to do something interesting as opposed to the developers themselves.
Thanks for re-adding the music/mood stuff! :)
Posted by: Paul at August 9, 2004 01:58 PM