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Video Games, Websites, etc.

February 14, 2009 at 1:10 am | Life, Video Games, Web Development | 1 comment

I downloaded the demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam a couple weeks ago and just played through it for the first time tonight. I must say, I was pretty impressed with what I saw. I hadn’t played any of the F.E.A.R. expansions that followed the original F.E.A.R. (I lost count of how many there were), so I don’t know how this ranks among them. Regardless, the atmosphere was terrific and graphics were great. It did seem very similar to the first in the series, but I guess no surprise there. I read that the main gripes with the game  were A.I. (which I did pick up on a bit through the brief demo), lack of innovation (as I mentioned), level designs, weak game ending and weak multiplayer. I probably won’t be picking it up unless it goes on sale during one of Steam’s weekend sales (Left 4 Dead is on sale for 50% off this weekend–that’s $25 savings! Too bad I already have it). Mainly due to the fact that I just don’t have much time for gaming nowadays. (more…)

Completed!

January 27, 2009 at 10:16 pm | Life, Meta | No comments

This website is now completed. I finally finished up on the “about” page and added the “work” pages. “Work” includes a portfolio of some of the websites I’ve done, some of the graphic design and print design I’ve done, and some of my articles. Go check it out! Although I have to admit I haven’t cleared up the IE6 issues yet (IE is such a headache). Also, the second part of that Java tutorial might not be going up as soon as I hoped, but my goal is to get it up by the weekend. I’m also planning a full-fledged website tutorial that will take you through the process of designing a website, coding it, etc. I’ve been thinking of doing a 3DS Max tutorial as well. Who knows when I’ll actually start working on either of those though. The past two weeks have been pretty busy for me.

F.Y.I.

January 15, 2009 at 3:23 pm | Life | No comments

Let it be known that my package actually showed up today! It only took over two weeks via first class US Mail, but hey, it beats taking another 30 days.

Also, my friend the Algerian invited me to a random group chat on MSN yesterday with a bunch of people speaking his crazy language. Needless to say I was annoyed, and I shall be dropping the block-hammer on him should he even talk to me again.

Anyways, that’s all I have for right now. Just thought I’d bring you up to speed on the insignificant details of my life story.

Why I Don’t Speak French and Why I Hate the USPS

January 13, 2009 at 8:24 pm | Life, Movies/TV | 4 comments

So I was confronted on MSN Messenger by someone claiming to be Algerian. I don’t know how they found me (it always seems like these type of people never answer the question of “how did you get my screenname?”), but they greeted me in French and asked me if I spoke the language. I of course said no, so they proceeded to speak in broken English. (more…)