All My Broken, Expensive Toys
My 7 year old Civic was side swiped a few Friday nights ago when I was inside my house. Knocked off my mirror, paint scratch, dents, and some internal damage to my window. That damage, plus the $1000 cost of fixing my AC has made my cars problems worth more than the car itself. So this weekend I'll be buying my first car. New Civic, naturally.
And my poor console.
My 360 is quite dead. I haven't called Microsoft (again) because their customer service is painful and I just have a hard time bringing myself to sitting on hold for an hour. I should do it, though, because the next month+ onslaught of games is quite tasty. Let's see, there's:
Bioshock. If Irrational pulls off half of what Ken Levine has been talking about I'll be so damn happy.
Stranglehold. I probably won't buy but might give it a look if the reviews are solid. I never saw the original film and the gameplay trailer I saw the other day really wasn't that awesome.
Medal of Honor: Airborne. Hopefully this will be a revival for the series. Call of Duty slapped the hell out of MoH. I really hope the open-ended nature of Airborne brings something new to the table.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. I honestly think this will be a disappointment, but we'll see. I never liked the feeling of Quake III and I don't like the idea of Battlefield classes, vehicles and weaponry on a game mode like assault. Just seems so limiting and this multiplayer only game has taken a really long time to make. We'll see.
Skate. I might finally play a skateboarding game again. This looks really cool and the $20 corporate price only sweetens the deal.
So I should get on fixing that. Thankfully my PC RTS games are still fun. Relic is full of goddamn geniuses.
(posted by grant at 8/01/2007)
