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Street Fighter IV: Nine hours later

It’s still very good.  I managed to get into a match earlier this evening and the latency was yellow.

Still, the experience of fighting another person was still in there.  So much better than fighting the computer, there were tactics and trickery involved and it was just very exciting.

Good stuff, and I’m looking forward to mixing it up a bit more.

It has been nine hours later, and I’ve unlocked all the characters and unlocked a few more achievements and titles for myself.  I currently have an icon of a bean sprout and my title is, “Not the face.”

Which is great.

I’m enjoying the complexity of the title and really getting into Abel and Ryu, they’re just fun to play.

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Call of Duty: World at War was another World War II game.

I know, everytime I say I’m done with World War II as a setting, they come out with another WWII game and I pick it up.  This one, I picked up because it was on sale, and it has a cooperative game mode wherein you fight an unending horde of zombies until you are overwhelmed.

There is no “winning” this mode.  Eventually the undead will outnumber you and you can’t hold them back any longer.

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50mm

I favor the 50mm when I’m shooting portraits with the D70, mainly because it’s fast.  I do have a tendency to shoot wide open, which sometimes leads to some focusing issues, but then I’ve learned to compensate for that.  At least for now.  Shooting the 50mm with a DX format camera means I’m shooting at 75mm equivalent after the 1.5x multiplier.

75mm means I don’t have to be right in my subject’s face if I’m shooting portraits.  I’m a good comfortable distance away, and I can chat without feeling like I’m invading personal space.  Right now, I’m waiting on an 18-55mm VR (Vibration Reduction) lens that I’m hopeful will act like a good walk around lens.

Wide enough so I don’t have to constantly mind my distance if I want to take a crowd shot, but enough zoom for me to get in close if I need to.  The VR should in theory allow me to shoot with longer exposures without too much camera shake, which should allow me to shoot indoors without flash and without a tripod.  This is all conjecture on my part, although the research I’ve done on this particular lens seems to indicate that it’s exactly what I’ve been looking for if I just want to walk around and shoot.

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GiantBomb.com

Is going to destroy me.

I spent way too much time editing the “stealth concept” article.  So, visit GiantBomb.com and be sure to listen to the podcast.

Those guys are great.

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Also, Happy Valentine's Day

Or something sappy like that.

I’d participate, but I’ve yet to get chocolate March 14th.

So it’s kind of vicious cycle.