January 2010 Archives
There isn't a whole lot on the horizon that appeals, but that's alright - I'm glad to not be enthralled by games!
(1/27/10) edit: Oh dear. Some more interesting games have appeared.
- Battlefield Bad Company 2 - I did enjoy BF2. I wonder how this will be.
- Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening - Expansion pack. I loved DA:O.
Considering a new graphics card, and wanting an HD 5770 - but there seems to be a lot of issues with the card and drivers right now. Best to wait, anyway. I had finally come away from being engrossed in games only to get drawn back in. It'd be a pity, right?
- Lost Planet 2 - Sometime later 2010. Seems to expand on co-op and RPG options. Uses MT-Framework 2.0
- Mass Effect 2 - January of 2010. Seems like an improvement, but it can wait until Dragon Age is done.
- Splinter Cell: Conviction
And that's all I can think of at the moment. I'll amend it later if something else cool comes up.
Retro Game Watch 2009
A-List
Resident Evil 5- Released for PC in late 2009. It's awesome, and still fun.Borderlands- Released late 2009. It was fun for some time, but ultimately lacking in depth.- Lost Planet 2 - Not yet released. Delayed to avoid early 2010 competition.
- Starcraft II - No update.
Dragon Age: Origins- Released late 2009. I enjoyed the little bit I played, then I went to Taiwan.- Mass Effect 2 - Not yet released.
B-List
- Global Agenda - February 2010 release. Limited to 10v10 battles, disappointing news.
- Max Payne 3 - No news.
KOF 12- Released. Not much to say. Played it for about 3 days, then never again.L4D2- Released late 2009. Not interested.
Distant Future Games
- APB - No update
- Jumpgate Evolution - No update
- Diablo III - No update
- Deus Ex 3 - No update
- Tomb Raider - No update
- The Agency - No update
Of everything that was on the list for 2009, five games have been released. Of those five, three were disappointments, and two were amazing. Since the time of the last Game Watch, I didn't imagine that I'd feel so apathetic. It's good though - I'm excited to start learning guitar! And I came up with some cool grandiose chords for the chorus of Mighty to Save. Just the chorus though ...
D4 D4/E Dsus/F# G2
It's a mess. haha. It's basically the same thing on top, playing a repeating motif of 4315 downwards on D scale, with the bottom chords moving up... D, E, F#, G. It kind of works with the chorus melody, but I have no idea how to connect it to the verses. Just a bit of fun!
I got back from Taiwan at around 1PM yesterday. It was such a blast! Leaving for Taiwan on the 17th, I felt like the trip might be a waste of money, and that I'd just come back after a long vacation feeling like it was just a long weekend.
But... it's been the best trip back to Taiwan I've had. I've come to really love and appreciate my family back there. I'm well rested (sort of. Jet lagged and sleepy-but-can't-sleep right now), and ready to live out loud, so that I can りっぱな人になる and bring back good stories for them next time (and a girlfriend, since I kind of promised like, 3 different people).
On the flip side, now that I'm back here... I feel like I'm in a fugue. The only game that's even vaguely interesting to me anymore is RE5, but games in general aren't attractive at the moment. I want to actually start getting done all the stuff I've wanted to.
This isn't a New Year's Resolution, because it isn't caused by the coming of a New Year. Seeing how warm my family in Taiwan has been, I want to experience that here in the US. These things will take time.
I brought back an Erhu. I'm going to learn how to play it.
I'm going to build up EFCA's Music Ministry.
I'm going to write Type 37.
I'm going to look good.
I'm going to learn to take care of my home.
I'm going to build up Voxelation.
I'm going to get photos of the trip from Betty and Thourn, then possibly create a section of Voxelation dedicated to it. =] I've written the events of most of the trip on a notebook, which I'll expand into blog posts - the exception being the last 3 days in Taipei, as the notebook was packed away by then.
