Entries from October 2005 ↓

Yesterday saw the release of ‘Rag Doll Kung Fu’ ( http://www.ragdollkungfu.com/ ) on Valves’s Steam ( http://www.steampowered.com/ ). I had a chance to check it out on Monday and it just wasn’t my cup of tea I guess. Well, it is true that RDKF is a new and interesting concept it just doesn’t feel that fun. I was only about to keep myself playing for about a half an hour before I called it quits. The games starts out with a training level so Master can teach you the basics. I heard that multiplayer was the best part of the game but I didn’t get a chance to check it out. Not that I wanted to anyway.

Is it worth 14.95? Not to me but I really suggest trying it out – oh that’s right there is no trial version. To make a long story short – there are much better games to be found over at the indie site Game Tunnel ( http://www.gametunnel.com/ ).

This is an old story of theft ( http://www.mmodig.com/?p=155 ) but it helped get me interested in ‘Eve Online’
( http://www.eve-online.com ). I signed up for the 14 day trial last night and this morning at work I’ve finished the tutorial and have started on the first of the training missions. I was just going to skip out of them but I was told they are worth the effort.

And these missions are great for doing during work since I’ve got the three computers in my ‘cube’! I can just set my way points and hit auto pilot. It takes a little while to travel so I can work well that’s going on. So now I’m blasting back and forth through space basically delivering stuff like a courier. But it’s getting me some good funds and allowing me to train up my skills. Of course I’m currently training a skill that will take 16 hours to complete. It’s cool though cause when it finishes I’ll be able to buy a new ship some time tomorrow.

Well, I finished ‘The Ares Operation’ missions and now it’s time to look for some more…

Over the weekend the second series of Trexi ( http://www.playimaginative.com/ ) figures were released in Singapore. A bit out of my way. Well, that is until I realized that I know someone in Singapore who could drop in and grab some figures on the quick for me. So, I dropped my friend Ranvier a note and asked him to score some figures for me. I wish I had prepared better I would have Paypaled him some money up front so I could get the ‘release party’ limited edition figure. Oh well.

*edit for spelling*

My season so far? 5-0-0-0 That’s five wins. And I’m not just talking wins I’m talking crushing victories! I think I need to up the difficulty a bit whatever the default is seems to be too easy. That brings me to another flaw in the game so far (well it’s a flaw in my eyes anyway). After every game you are asked to save your profile. Well, just look at the picture.

That’s right it saves the profile, which as far as I can tell is only your controller settings and maybe your X-box Live info. You then have to navigate out of the season calendar and find your way into an options menu over to a save/load menu and finally to save season. Not a very intuitive interface if you ask me. I should really check out the current EA NHL game and see if it’s any good. But if it’s anything like another of the sports games they put out
( http://www.penny-arcade.com/news.php?date=2005-10-06 ) then I should probably avoid it. Oh well, we’ll see…