My pre-order of Mass Effect Limited Collector’s Edition (and accompaning bonus DVD) arrived today and now I’m looking forward to spending the rest of the evening lost in a futuristic, sci-fi epic. Seth is dropping by later to check it out. Here’s hoping it lives up to my expectations!
I’ve been a console gamer for over twenty years now and I must admit that 2007 has been a particularly great year to be a gamer. There have been more fantastic games released in this one year than any other I can remember. So many in fact that I’ve had to actually adjust my finances from time to time in order to pick up everything I want to play. This month alone has been flooded with a slew of critically acclaimed titles.
Looking back, it all started in Februrary with the releases of both Sonic and the Secret Rings for the Wii and the super addictive Crackdown for the Xbox 360 which were both released on the same day. Crackdown in particular I played for months following its release. March broght Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 for the 360 which was so much fun I went back and got the original. That game was followed in the same month by the Shivering Isles expansion pack for Oblivion which rekindled my year long addiction to that role playing game for several more months. Damn you, Bethesda! Read on for how the year only got even more exciting for this serious gamer.
Designers of the world will appreciate the following tongue-in-cheek advertisement. It’s for a cream that magically “makes your logo bigger!”, a common request made by those stubborn clients who have no design sense what-so-ever. If this stuff was real, I fear it would be a hot seller among middle management. I especially have to laugh at the included “White Space Remover” spray. If you ever find yourself asking a professional designer for any of the things that these products are selling, please… don’t. We’ll thank you for it.
This blog covers the life and pastimes of a modest web developer and damn proud geek who goes by the handle "ckohler". A long time Internet user, he's into video games, movies, computers and technology so expect to see a lot of that here. Just don't expect a lot of excitement. He lives a modest, mundane but otherwise rewarding existence.