This is a game that really looks like it could be a lot of fun. I hadn't paid any attention to this until watching a couple of trailers. I'm intrigued by the sense of humor showcased in the trailers, and the game's genre is right up my alley (appears to be like Diablo/Torchlight). It comes out on XBLA on Wednesday, and should provide a nice distraction to the incredible heatwave here on the East Coast.
Showing posts with label Anticipation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anticipation. Show all posts
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Could Be a Rough Weekend
Day 8 of NaBloPoMo...Wow, have I really made it this far? I'm quite certain that there's never been a time in my existence that I've blogged for 8 consecutive days. Too bad it feels like I'm running out of things to say. This turns out to be a hodge-podge of unrelated topics that just jumped out of my head onto the screen.
After a rather uneventful but tiring day at work, which included multiple morning meetings followed by a trip to a job site that was over an hour each way, I arrived home to find my poor wife in the early throes of a cold. Normally this would be a simple inconvenience, but in a household with two adults and three young children, it becomes an emergency. The primary caregiver (let's face it, I'm borderline useless without her) could be out of commission soon, leaving me to hold down the fort. This is analogous to the Hans Brinker story, where the little Dutch boy plugged up the dyke with his finger, averting a catastrophe? Now imagine, in the Grant family, the little boy represents me, while the dyke is the relative balance and operation of our family unit, and hole to be plugged, representing the chaos that will ensue if Mom goes down with a cold, instead of being finger-sized is something large enough for a semi to pass through. Yea, it could get ugly...
On the upside, there's the chance that we'll bundle up this family of ours, throw them into the minivan, and troop them to my office sometime this weekend. It may seem strange to say that, or even be something to get excited about, but the twins have been there a few time and have an absolute ball there. There are so many new things to explore and look at, and what must seem to them to be endless hallways to run up and down. One area of our office hasn't been built out yet, and might as well be considered an arena for their antics. Here's to hoping we don't disturb any people there trying to do some real work.
The first of the final three episodes of Dollhouse just ended, and the only question I have is this: Why did they save writing and drama like this for the series as it ends? If only the writers had been able to pull together some story lines with the impact of the type we're seeing now, maybe the series wouldn't be ending. Hopefully my frustration comes through when talking about this, because the series had such potential, with a cast and characters that I cared about, and a premise that offered such promise. It's just too bad to see it end, but at least it's going out with a bang.
I'm somewhat ashamed to admit this, but it was difficult for me to sleep last night thinking about the fact that I would soon own an iPhone. It's been easy to downplay how much not having this shiny little technological bauble bothered me, when there was no real possibility of having one (due to financial reasons). Now that the dream is about to become a reality, I'm like the little boy waiting for Christmas day to finally arrive. The e-mail confirming my order and the shipment of the unit came this afternoon, indicating that the iPhone shipped from Texas today. With any luck, it should be here by Monday. You know what? Having been primarily around toddlers for the past couple of years, and seeing the unbridled and guilt-free joy they experience, I've vowed to try to grab onto feelings like that as much as I possibly can, because (as we all know) once you become an adult with real responsibilities, those feelings and moments can be hard to come by.
One last item of note, as least for me anyway. While packing up to leave the office and come home, my mind was humming away about how to approach the creation of standardized design documents, a task I've been wrestling with for a while. Just as I was walking out of the office, an epiphany hit me, one that I hope to follow up on. It has the potential to be just what we've needed for some time, and I'm ashamed that it hadn't come to me before this. The reason why I'm writing about it here is that it felt so good to come up with it, after agonizing over the same issues for so long, I just had to share it with someone else.
Well, there you have it, a veritable brain dump of the scary mess that floats around in my oversized dome. Feel free to leave a comment about anything you've read here, and hope to see you here again soon.
After a rather uneventful but tiring day at work, which included multiple morning meetings followed by a trip to a job site that was over an hour each way, I arrived home to find my poor wife in the early throes of a cold. Normally this would be a simple inconvenience, but in a household with two adults and three young children, it becomes an emergency. The primary caregiver (let's face it, I'm borderline useless without her) could be out of commission soon, leaving me to hold down the fort. This is analogous to the Hans Brinker story, where the little Dutch boy plugged up the dyke with his finger, averting a catastrophe? Now imagine, in the Grant family, the little boy represents me, while the dyke is the relative balance and operation of our family unit, and hole to be plugged, representing the chaos that will ensue if Mom goes down with a cold, instead of being finger-sized is something large enough for a semi to pass through. Yea, it could get ugly...
On the upside, there's the chance that we'll bundle up this family of ours, throw them into the minivan, and troop them to my office sometime this weekend. It may seem strange to say that, or even be something to get excited about, but the twins have been there a few time and have an absolute ball there. There are so many new things to explore and look at, and what must seem to them to be endless hallways to run up and down. One area of our office hasn't been built out yet, and might as well be considered an arena for their antics. Here's to hoping we don't disturb any people there trying to do some real work.
The first of the final three episodes of Dollhouse just ended, and the only question I have is this: Why did they save writing and drama like this for the series as it ends? If only the writers had been able to pull together some story lines with the impact of the type we're seeing now, maybe the series wouldn't be ending. Hopefully my frustration comes through when talking about this, because the series had such potential, with a cast and characters that I cared about, and a premise that offered such promise. It's just too bad to see it end, but at least it's going out with a bang.
I'm somewhat ashamed to admit this, but it was difficult for me to sleep last night thinking about the fact that I would soon own an iPhone. It's been easy to downplay how much not having this shiny little technological bauble bothered me, when there was no real possibility of having one (due to financial reasons). Now that the dream is about to become a reality, I'm like the little boy waiting for Christmas day to finally arrive. The e-mail confirming my order and the shipment of the unit came this afternoon, indicating that the iPhone shipped from Texas today. With any luck, it should be here by Monday. You know what? Having been primarily around toddlers for the past couple of years, and seeing the unbridled and guilt-free joy they experience, I've vowed to try to grab onto feelings like that as much as I possibly can, because (as we all know) once you become an adult with real responsibilities, those feelings and moments can be hard to come by.
One last item of note, as least for me anyway. While packing up to leave the office and come home, my mind was humming away about how to approach the creation of standardized design documents, a task I've been wrestling with for a while. Just as I was walking out of the office, an epiphany hit me, one that I hope to follow up on. It has the potential to be just what we've needed for some time, and I'm ashamed that it hadn't come to me before this. The reason why I'm writing about it here is that it felt so good to come up with it, after agonizing over the same issues for so long, I just had to share it with someone else.
Well, there you have it, a veritable brain dump of the scary mess that floats around in my oversized dome. Feel free to leave a comment about anything you've read here, and hope to see you here again soon.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Joining the iPhone Masses
Day 7 of NaBloPoMo finds me excited about my soon-to-be received technological upgrade.
After what feels like waiting forever, I can finally say that I am the proud owner of an iPhone. Well, at least I can when it arrives in 3-5 days. After examining my options in the company cell phone policy, I felt it was time to opt out of the company's plan and try to have a personal phone reimbursed. This move will allow me more freedom in choosing my phone hardware, and protect my privacy better, since the company no longer will have records of my phone calls. Mind you, I have nothing to hide in that respect, but you can never be too careful these days with who has access to your personal information or records. I had also been told that by accepting a reimbursement to pay for personal cell phone use for work purposes (a flat amount every month, with no regard to how much you pay for minutes or data), the company financial burden is reduced. If this choice allows me the freedom to choose the tech I carry around, and it saves the company money in the process, both sides win.
There is the potential for me to incur overages if I happen to have a particularly busy month of business calls, but as my wife is adding me as a line to her existing plan, I should have access to her stash of almost 3700 unused rollover minutes (at least, I think that's what will happen). All in all, it feels like a good move.
And I get to have an iPhone! It's definitely an impulse buy, and it wasn't necessary, but I've had gadget envy for so long, the urge just couldn't be resisted any more. Before long, I'll be able to play in the world of iPhone apps that I could only read about or listen to people talk about. Here's to hoping it's all I think it will be, because there will be one disappointed tech nerd if it's not. If anyone out there has any recommendations of cool apps and/or games that they want to pass along, I'm all ears. It's a big ocean, and I haven't even dipped my toes in yet.
With that, I'm going to sign off for the evening, to go and let visions of iPhone games and apps dance in my head. Maybe it will get delivered early, maybe it will come over the weekend, so I'll have something to play with, maybe...I'll just have to wait until some time next week to play with my new toy. Sigh...
After what feels like waiting forever, I can finally say that I am the proud owner of an iPhone. Well, at least I can when it arrives in 3-5 days. After examining my options in the company cell phone policy, I felt it was time to opt out of the company's plan and try to have a personal phone reimbursed. This move will allow me more freedom in choosing my phone hardware, and protect my privacy better, since the company no longer will have records of my phone calls. Mind you, I have nothing to hide in that respect, but you can never be too careful these days with who has access to your personal information or records. I had also been told that by accepting a reimbursement to pay for personal cell phone use for work purposes (a flat amount every month, with no regard to how much you pay for minutes or data), the company financial burden is reduced. If this choice allows me the freedom to choose the tech I carry around, and it saves the company money in the process, both sides win.
There is the potential for me to incur overages if I happen to have a particularly busy month of business calls, but as my wife is adding me as a line to her existing plan, I should have access to her stash of almost 3700 unused rollover minutes (at least, I think that's what will happen). All in all, it feels like a good move.
And I get to have an iPhone! It's definitely an impulse buy, and it wasn't necessary, but I've had gadget envy for so long, the urge just couldn't be resisted any more. Before long, I'll be able to play in the world of iPhone apps that I could only read about or listen to people talk about. Here's to hoping it's all I think it will be, because there will be one disappointed tech nerd if it's not. If anyone out there has any recommendations of cool apps and/or games that they want to pass along, I'm all ears. It's a big ocean, and I haven't even dipped my toes in yet.
With that, I'm going to sign off for the evening, to go and let visions of iPhone games and apps dance in my head. Maybe it will get delivered early, maybe it will come over the weekend, so I'll have something to play with, maybe...I'll just have to wait until some time next week to play with my new toy. Sigh...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Anticipation
Currently, I'm sitting at work, trying to stay focused. There are forces against me, though. Those forces consist of the fact that I have Dragon Age: Origins preloaded on my PC at home, and it officially becomes playable at 3pm EST. The stack of drawings I need to review and edit? They hold no joy or interest for me. The e-mails I need to write? They don't hold a candle to the thought of playing a new Bioware RPG. Even the latest gaming obsession I find myself hooked on, Borderlands? It's going to have to take a backseat to DA:O, as all the cool kids are referring to it.
(Oh, and if you're wondering, I am really looking forward to the birth of our third child in a couple of weeks. It's just that thinking about, and getting excited about, video games is one way that I attempt to stay sane throughout all of the madness. Let's just say that 21-month old twins and a very pregnant and tired wife to come home to every day is not a good recipe for calm and peace. A video game that I can turn on and off as I wish, regardless of the potential gaming anxiety it may cause, gives me an illusion of control in the chaos that my life has become. I guess that's what 3 kids under the age of 2 will do for you.)
I now return you to your regularly scheduled day.
(Oh, and if you're wondering, I am really looking forward to the birth of our third child in a couple of weeks. It's just that thinking about, and getting excited about, video games is one way that I attempt to stay sane throughout all of the madness. Let's just say that 21-month old twins and a very pregnant and tired wife to come home to every day is not a good recipe for calm and peace. A video game that I can turn on and off as I wish, regardless of the potential gaming anxiety it may cause, gives me an illusion of control in the chaos that my life has become. I guess that's what 3 kids under the age of 2 will do for you.)
I now return you to your regularly scheduled day.
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