The Final Countdowwwwwwwwn!
I’ve updated my resume here on the blog so it looks a tad more professional, as opposed to its original catastrophic-atrocity form. That’s cool, but you don’t care. As I write this I’ve got Universe at War (360) on pause. It’s a cool game, and I’m enjoying it a lot. It drives me nuts waiting five minutes for a worker-unit - courtesy of the god-awful slowdown the game experiences when you’ve capped your buildings/units - but the controls are slick as hell, though there are a few things I miss. I don’t like that I can’t set “modes” for my dudes, like patrol, guard, or attack. I’d love to have them run full force to an objective as they blast everything along the way to hell, but they mosey on passed everything.
Also, If I hear “The unit Mirabel has been destroyed” one more time, I am friggin’ done. I hate babysitting Hero units, I’d rather build a base and wreck some alien invaders, but I’m forced to escort my giant anime robot to a beacon, or protect a human colony with her… But if she dies, it’s Game Over. I appreciate the addition of a PC-like save-anywhere option, it’s really come in handy. I’d recommend it, though only for the patient. I guess it’s an RTS, so you already know if you care about it or not.
It’s my birthday today, too, apparently. My sister walked in to my room and gave me a fifty-dollar filled birthday card - the card is the real gift. It’s an “A long time ago…” Star Wars-y card that friggin’ sings the theme song when opened. Holy shit. - which is a bonus. I can bank that cash for the New Zealand trip that’s coming up. Speaking of that, I’ll be taking a month long vacation to Peter Jackson-land, so if you want to know how that trip is going, we’re going to be blogging our antics at this blog. Check it out, it’ll be an interesting read. Less videogame talk, more “we got too drunk and went Zorbing”.
Sorry to DJDrastic, my one and only reader who comes here to read my reviews on a regular basis. I’m busy dude, so calm down, put down the knife and just keep makin’ your podcast for me to listen to. I’ll get a review or two up before I go I think. I’ve got to lay the beats on Escaflowne.
