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Long Weekend

Right now, I’m just amazed at the amount of planning that has to be done for a wedding*, and glad that I’m going to sleep at a relatively decent hour.

* Not mine.

The appeal of Rock Band

Rock Band, appeals because of its cooperative gameplay.  You can play just one instrument, but that isn’t the point.  In all, it is when you are in a room with three other people, performing a song is where the game truly comes into its core experience.

Yeah, we rocked out again tonight.

I’m hoping for groupies at some point.

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Rocking out on a Friday night

Too busy playing Rock Band to get a proper post up.

Seriously.

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On Conyers, GA

The South.

My brother had this to say about it:

You know, I’ve been to Communist China, and the South still scares me.

And I can understand his fear.  Still, that wasn’t my experience when I went to The South (Proper caps) exactly one year ago.

The South still has a public relations nightmare to clean up after that whole state’s rights issue that got blown way out of proportion. Then, as usual, the only people you see on the television are folks that appear to be straight out of Deliverance. Continue reading

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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

FACT: Joss Whedon is currently reimagining Indiana Jones, starring Nathan Fillion in the starring role!

No, not really. But if there was a movie with the above concept, then Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune would be the videogame adaptation of that movie.

Circuitious introduction aside, when I first saw previews of Uncharted, I blew it off as a Tomb Raider clone with a male protagonist. Granted, the previews were all based on a very early build of the title that even Naughty Dog (the developers) admit was shown too early. I lost interest and it fell off my radar, as many games do.

I didn’t think about it again until the demo showed up on the PSN Store on the PS3.

I watched the first cutscene and I was hooked. After playing it, I was sold. In fact, I went out and bought it on release day. Continue reading

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