- I've dropped playing my PS3 entirely of late... it's main use now is as my DVD/Blu-Ray player. Maybe, someday, Sony will make good on their sins... until then, well, they're pretty well dead to me.
- My Wii use is slacking off, too... as I guessed earlier, it's pretty well just some exercise equipment for me now. I know that because I switched to a backup wireless router after some odd behavior from my most recent router, which broke its Internet connection... and I just haven't been motivated enough to troubleshoot that problem. Maybe, when Kirby's Epic Yarn comes out, I'll give it some "real" use again, but we'll see.
- The Xbox360 has been good to me, but it's going to get less use for a little while... I finished the storyline on Viva Pinata and Just Cause 2 (both decent enough games... the story line on Just Cause 2 is good in a MST3K-meets-James-Bond sort of way, but the gameplay will keep me coming back for a bit longer), and I don't have any really consuming game needing played there. I suppose I would have gone for Fallout: New Vegas on that box, but...
- Just got me a new gaming computer. As a by-the-by, this is the first time I've bought a system pre-built, because I was able to find it online for less than the individual components would have cost me. "Shout out" to NewEgg and iBuyPower on this one... good price, and no issues beyond my own blindness... :)
- Of course, with a new computer, there must be a new game... so, I finally snagged Civilization 5. Interesting, what I've played of it so far... definitely a heavier tweak of the base mechanics since, well, Civ3, I believe, but I think we're going to get on just fine, based on the 7-8 hours of "just one more turn" that I endured last night.
- And, since I've got a new compy, and new games that Xfire hasn't updated to track, I've got a new widget on the sidebar from a group called Raptr. It should track not only my PC gaming, but any XBox360 stuff as well, in theory (heck, it could do PS3 as well, but, well, Sony and all that). If I were so inclined, I could rig it into Facebook, Twitter or the like... but I'm not quite up to that level of integration of online personalities at this point.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Out with the old shinies, in with the new
So, it's been a while since my last post... too much fun being had both at work and at play, I suppose. At any rate, here's a quick run-down of my gaming changes, and their effects on this site:
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Your new Raptr sidebar doesn't mention your new Civ 5 habit. Perhaps you'll be able to hide that from the world after all.
Oh, that's just because I didn't install Raptr until after I did my first (and so far only) play-session in Civ5. It'll show when I do... but, the suction power of Civ doesn't mix well with the work-week, so it'll be Friday at least before Civ5 starts showing up there. :)
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