Nick Postagulous
Friday, October 29, 2004
Rethinking GTA:SA
Well, I’m a little less bitter against GTA:SA today, mainly because I found some information at Gamefaqs.com. Remember my money problems, or maybe I was ranting about what a crap neighborhood I live in, but there are drug dealers to shoot and take their cash. Usually about $2000 each. I also have the location of a bullet proof vest. However, the best news is that the guy I’ve been working for, and getting no money at all for missions, well, I’m on his last mission. I still have to work for the random thugs that are allegedly my friends, but later on after I take over some major gang territories, then I get more entrepreneurial.
Front Mission 3 Does, In Fact, Totally Rock
Yesterday, I got sick of being a big old loser in GTA and started playing Front Mission 3. After Nina went to bed I also got to playing it again. Great plot, great mechs (though I still don’t have too many customization options really), and very theatrical renditions of the battles. It’s turn based strategy, a genre that I’ve ignored but I’ve found out I really like.
Other Aspects of Life
My car is filthy. Since being a father, I don’t really have too much time. I think Alison has negative time. The only way she doesn’t turn into a zombie is that the baby takes up so much of her time that she’s actually traveling backward in time slightly. But now that the rainy season is starting again, my black car is getting worse and worse looking as dirty water keeps getting splashed on it. I’ll take it by a spray-it-off car wash on the way home and spray it off.
Tantrumy Kid
Nina is now throwing around six to ten tantrums a day. This would be a horrible thing if she had any idea of how to throw a decent tantrum. In fact, Alison has managed to get Nina to laugh during one of her more pathetic performances. The last tantrum Nina threw directed toward me was when I tried to allow her to have a bottle. Before that, though, it was a more tantrum worthy moment, when I wouldn’t let her open and close the garage door with the remote in the Miata. I should have never let her know what that thing did (aka, I should have never let her play with it for 20 minutes.)
Back to Video Games
I’ve got my PS2 back downstairs after setting up the spare TV in the library. I’ll need to run a CAT5 cable down to it from the computer in the loft so that I can play online Ratchet & Clank III death matches. Though, sometimes that kind of thing lets you know how much you really suck at a game. But, really, the game I’m looking forward to the most, and is the Juan Come Lately, is The Urbz. I really hope it lives up to the superhype that I’ve generated all by myself in my little mind.
