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July 18, 2009

Grumbles…  I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve been spending way too much time at the Suttorps pad but damn, I’ve sure as heck been getting into a lot of trouble lately.  This is like the third strike.  I donno about you, but it looks like a good time to retreat to the dog house and stay there for a while until the coast is clear.  You’ll find me either doing econ paper, cleaning, GSI project, or doing laundry or job hunting or …

Review: Age of Conan July 13, 2009

WARNING:
I AM NOT A VIDEOGAMER.  I just do it for kicks?

First of all, I am a terrible gamer.  I have steep learning curves but bear with me.

With Age of Conan, firstly, when I started using the onscreen instructions manual, sometimes their instructions made absolutely no sense.  Like for example, when I wanted to use special combat combos, they would insert wordy explanations that would get me no where.  All I need is a one liner telling me which buttons to press. Same thing with defense.  If I want to defend myself, no where does it tell me that I need to be at a certain level before I can self-defend/block. 

The game was a bit laggy/glitchy during combat.  I’d find my character and its opponent frozen for a good 2 seconds while everything else in the background was moving.  Just the combat froze.  So I would have to wait a bit before I could resume fighting.

I understand the developers were trying to stay true to the novel’s depiction of women and their big breastesses, but I was rather disappointed that during character customization I couldn’t give myself a flat chest. Oh poo.

Other than horrible instructions, I really enjoyed the game actually.  I rather surprised myself because usually when I’m introduced  to a game, I’m very resistant and hesitant.  I clocked in about 3.5 hours and it was totally worth it.  I’m only up to level 7 however.  What I played was the demo and not the full version.  So perhaps the full version will do better justice.  I’ve yet to find out.  I’m unfamiliar with the MMO world, but I enjoy the fact that this game was a lot less intimidating than your standard FPS where you’re constantly hiding and shielding yourself from enemies.  My body is constantly tense.  With this game, it has its tense moments, but I find it totally relaxing and even a bit liberating after a hard day.  Like Mass Effect, you get to interact with certain characters in the game, and your story is affected by those decisions you make in your interaction with others.

If I had the money, it would definitely be a buy and a keeper.

July 10, 2009

So where to start.

Last week on Canada Day, I went out for lunch with Sandy Chu from high school and my old coworker Maria from Canadian Tire.  We went to the restaurant named, The Reef located on King Edward & Main St.  I ordered the Chicken Quesadilla and while everyone else loved it, I sorta didn’t really.  I thought it tasted too “sloshy”.  I didn’t taste much meat.  But rather I was eating a lot of smooshed up bean sauce.  Ick.  That’s really all I did in terms of being social on that Canadian holiday.  Otherwise, I was stressing away about doing my Economic Geography presentation on Bohemians.  Does everyone know what a Bohemian is?  I sure didn’t.  But NOW I DO.  They’re the people you find on Commercial Drive.  Laid back, don’t have a job in the corporate world.  Kinda hippy-like.  Anyways, I think I did ok.  Then I also had a late Economics paper to complete.  1000 words.  Not much right?  Well, I hate econ.  I HATE ECON.  Anthony says it will be beneficial for me to learn about it so that his farm will prosper.  I say, I have a hard time understanding the material.  I just hate it.  I did my paper on why Biotechnology was prosperous in the core region of Canada (Toronto & Montreal).  Anyhow, I handed the damned paper in 2 days late and guess what?!  I got the paper back the following Tuesday and I got an A- ?!  My TA marked the paper.  Wow, she must be super generous because, A-?!  When did I ever do well on papers??? Like never?!  I always got B’s or C’s.  A-?!  I think she must’ve lowered her standards because apparently there were people who were not citing properly and were just making up their own ways of citing sources.  Wow.  There was also an instance where someone used quotes on their entire paper.  Dude, this is a second year course… But thanks for lowering your standards because I could’ve sworn, my paper stank.

Other than that… I applied at a temp agency and the Waldorf on Hastings (Yes I’m desperate).  Well if there’s any justification, I’ve been to the Waldorf with Anthony one year and it seems like a decent place actually.

Last weekend, I spent @ the Suttorps.  Anthony has a sweet Media PC in the living room.  He’s been playing the Arma2 Demo. He was downloading the Conan demo on Sunday when I last saw him.  Anthony loves strategy games.  He bought Rome Total War, which he’s been devoting his free time to.  It’s a crazy game.  Paul and I won’t play it.  heh..  Anthony will pwn our butts.  We know just not to touch.  Btw Crystal, Anthony has Steam.

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