Down Time...
Well, I've managed to go well over a week without an update. While not my intention, this does put me on par with about 99% of all blogs out there. The truth of the matter is simply this - I blog about gaming, and not a lot of gaming has gone on for me over the past week. My wife is out of town visiting her sister in New York City, and so I'm doing the solo-daddy thing, or at least semi-solo. My mom and dad are in town to help out, which makes taking care of the kids that much easier, but just shifts my job to taking care of the grandma and grandpa.
As I mentioned in my last post, I haven't been feeling too hot lately, which is the other thing that has bit into my gaming time. A couple of nights back this culminated with me in the emergency room getting all kinds of pokes, prods and scans. Turns out that I've got a monster stone in my gall bladder, and I'll probably get to have surgury soon to take that bad boy out. At least a few days laid up in bed means I have a good chance to finally finish Grandia III.
I picked up the Dawn of War "Game of the Year" edition at the start of last week. I've always had some interest in Warhammer 40K, although I've never played the table top game. I've seen the minis at the hobby store for years, and I've always found them incredibly compelling on a visual level - it's cool looking stuff. I'm only a few missions in to the video game version, and so far I'm having a blast. It's a great counterpoint to the slow and deliberate pace of Oblivion. The intro sequence is spectacular - even if you know nothing about the Warhammer 40K universe, I can't imagine not being hooked after that intro. Makes me want to pick up a rule book and check out the table top version.
As I mentioned in my last post, I haven't been feeling too hot lately, which is the other thing that has bit into my gaming time. A couple of nights back this culminated with me in the emergency room getting all kinds of pokes, prods and scans. Turns out that I've got a monster stone in my gall bladder, and I'll probably get to have surgury soon to take that bad boy out. At least a few days laid up in bed means I have a good chance to finally finish Grandia III.
I picked up the Dawn of War "Game of the Year" edition at the start of last week. I've always had some interest in Warhammer 40K, although I've never played the table top game. I've seen the minis at the hobby store for years, and I've always found them incredibly compelling on a visual level - it's cool looking stuff. I'm only a few missions in to the video game version, and so far I'm having a blast. It's a great counterpoint to the slow and deliberate pace of Oblivion. The intro sequence is spectacular - even if you know nothing about the Warhammer 40K universe, I can't imagine not being hooked after that intro. Makes me want to pick up a rule book and check out the table top version.
Labels: consoles, PC games, RPGs, Warhammer 40K
