Reasons for “Living”: Weeks in the making!

July 28, 2008

It’s not like there isn’t stuff goin’ down all up in the geekosphere these days, it’s just that time has been at a premium. Here’s some recent things that bring joy to heart:

• I rarely click Google ads, but this one was quite a surprise (seeing as I has searching for something else with geek in the title): Newegg is coming to Canada! If south of the border buzz is to be believed, Newegg has been delivering the best online prices on PC hardware matched with excellent customer service for years. My dormant PC enthusiasm has been revitalized and makes the possibility of an upgrade in the future much more likely.
• Speaking of upgrades, my nerd wardrobe needed a shot in the arm, so I picked up some clothes from the Penny Arcade store. My Heroism hat is a perfect fit, and my Shoot Him First and Petra Ad Ininitum
  shirts are pretty well made.
• Thank goodness for obsessive nerds. I’m always on the lookout for resources to help speed game prep as well as actual play at the table, and the fine folks on the ENworld forums have done all the work for me. Particularly, this subforum is chock full of useful stuff, particularly Erlanter’s Power Cards. I’ve also just started creating my own colour cardstock paper miniatures. It’s time consuming, but will pay off in terms of time saving in the future.
• As I’ve had little time to play much other than TF2 of late, I did take some time to get back to where I stalled out in MGS 4: the beginning of act 3. The informant tailing portion did not take anywhere near as long as I had feared, but the cutscene with Big Mama afterwards ate up a bunch of my available time. The resulting motorcycle chase and shootout was more than worth it, even if my son hadn’t decided to turn off the triple just as I started the fight with Raging Raven.

Written by kingmob | Filed under: 4E DnD, MGS 4, Reasons for "Living" |