She's Not Mobile She Just Watches Me

First: Might I Give "In Rainbows" the new album from Radiohead a hearty recommendation. "Reckoner" is a personal favorite.

Furthermore Big Team Battle on XBL with Halo 3 is fantastic.

I am a motha-frickin' grill master. I don't know if I could grill something not delicious even if I wanted to. Jokes.

November rapidly approaches... time to start laying out a plot for my book.

I'll let you all choose which plot... so yes... NEW POLL!

-Out

Got A Funny Feelin', You Don't Love Me Anymore

So Halo 3... that which moved me to tears in anticipation.

It is beat.

After a measly 5 hours of cooperative play. Wow. I was hoping for more. Given, we were rushing through at a break-neck pace. But even then... we really did it quickly. Normal: not hard.

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My rundown on Halo 3:

The campaign is fast paced... like, blisteringly so. Within... maybe... 10 minutes of turning the game on, you start shooting... and the bullet casings never really stop falling from there. The plot is just as fast paced, and largely relegated to the cut scenes... it is quite possible to actually lose track of things really quickly. The interruptions from Gravemind and Cortana are interesting, but disruptive and annoying at times. The Plot is brought to a very final close, and there is no thirst for more like in Halo 2. I personally, was mildly miffed at the ending.

The new additions are incredible. The updated armory really makes the game-play a lot less predictable. The new Assault Rifle is right between the BR and the SMG in power, with enough of a clip to kill someone in one clip if you're a great shot. Most of the time, it gets reduced to grenades and elbows after the clip. The new vehicles really round things out, and I'm happy to see a UNSC flyer. The Brute sandbox is fun and different, almost a fourth culture of equipment (Human, Covenant, Forerunner, Brute).

Multiplayer looks to be shaping up interestingly. The game is so beautiful that it almost gets distracting, even in Multiplayer. I've only played a little, but the mechanics are still being laid down. The AR really shakes things up, on maps where it is the starting weapon. Sniping is still fun if you're doing well, miserable if you're not. I'm not that great at MP, but it looks to be fun.

All in all, I was let down some by Halo 3. That's because I had ridiculous expectations. It really is a great game, props to Bungie. I just wish it hadn't had the hype.

Drowning In The Darkness of My Mind

Job interview at Best Buy today. That should be fantastic. And by should I mean, I mean, oh please God let it be.

Fathers are truly terrifying entities. I described my life as a ball of terror enclosed in bars of fear. It was near to the truth.

Less than a week left before it's all over.

Had lunch with sir Tony Dewan this... lunchtime... and it was cool. Seems to be doing alright for himself.

In other news: neeeeeeeeeeeeed sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

~Chow

You Bleed for Me I'll Bleed for You

Greetings. As per always, I am writing this under the influence of Pandora. And as always, I beseech thee to freaking give it a try. Eh?

I'm not a real dreamer... that's not my thing. Most nights I get through with nary a vision. Some nights, however, it happens. Last night was such a night.

They say there is no significance to dreams, but when you dream about freaking Halo 3... you've reached some critical point. Your skin begins to pale, you become myopic and need glasses, and braces are not far away. Might as well join the Chess Club now and buy a pocket protector. I mean seriously...

What's more is that in this dream, it was a Halo 3-reality cross over. I fought through Brutes... to get my copy of Halo 3. That makes no damn sense. That's like beating Voldemort's ass to get into the new Harry Potter movie.

What I'm getting at is this: my inner nerd is emerging. From the dark recesses of my soul, the quivering shade of my past springs forth. Who is to blame? Zach. Without a doubt he is the font from which my geekiness flows. I had largely forgotten Dungeons & Dragons before he reared his ferocious, maned visage. Now I am involved in two f*#$(**&@ campaigns, as well as another totally unrelated RPG. I am becoming... ridiculous.

God save my soul.

~Chow

Edit: Check the new Poll

And Did I Dissapoint You, Leave A Bad Taste In Your Mouth?

First, might I direct your attention to the right of this post? There is a poll there. I'd appreciate your taking it. Thank you.

In other news, I installed two gigabytes of fresh RAM in my laptop. You have to understand, this is an event. The world shakes, the foundation of the universe splits open and a cloud of fire is the only warning as a new kind of hell is born. I have never before modified the hardware of my electronics. Screwing with things I don't understand is fundamentally against standard operating procedure. But Zach, the bastard, has opened the door to my learning about the inside parts of a computer... and now... as I stated, a new hell is born.

Computer stuff be expensive. I am a poor college student eeking by at $400 a month, which covers eating and gasoline. I have money for nothing else. I am going to go hungry in order to pay for Halo 3. Which is okay. But I cannot go hungry in order to buy Video Cards and such non-sense. Stop this madness!

Other than that, though, life is good. Today is the end of the school week, hallelujah. I am very happy about this fact, let me say. It's been an odd week for some reason, and I'm ready for the fresh start next week is in my mind. Also, I'm going to be hanging with my main man Zach tomorrow. And Sunday, the wedding of Aaron Cutshaw and Calli Burton. W00t.

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In closing, I need a freakin' bagle. Come bring me one.

-Chow

Everymorning There's A Halo

A looming issue is emerging for me. That is the release of Halo 3 in about a month's time. I have purchased and X-box 360 Elite ($700) and a 32 inch LCD HDTV ($600) for no better purpose than to make this game ridiculous for me. I am accutely aware, in my rare lucid moments, that $1300 is a fairly ludicrous amount of money to spend on a game. (For the record, I went halvsies with Zach on all this stuff, I don't think he knows it's all for Halo 3, and am paying him back in both things purchased, and services rendered)

My first year at my first college, the illustrious Vincennes University, was nearly ruined by Halo 2. X-box Live made it possible for me to blow other people into steaming hunks of garbage at any hour, and I took full advantage. There were seriously nights were I was playing at... 3am... and I had class at 9am the next day. I was not... shall we say... aware of moderation.

So now we have this third one coming, promising to be as good as the first two combined. And I have to ask myself, should I just drop out now? Is that how this is going to go? I hope not, and I doubt it. It's just something that is worrisome. I know I would not be the first to succumb to Halo's enthralling nature.