Bit Behind...

Things are finally pretty much squared away here with the ol puter. Ended up with both a new hd and cdr/dvd combo drive, although as it turned out the only thing that actually required replacing initially was an IDE cable. Strangely enough halfway troubleshooting that problem and planning on buying a new hd thinking that was the issue, my cd began to die and eventually went kerplunk. The majority of the machine was put together the night before September 11th, so as computers go it had been getting pretty old anyway. So having to replace a hd although unnecessary at the time might have become necessary when it crashed and I lost everything in the near future. Least that's what I'm telling myself to avoid thinking I actually wasted money. It also gave me double the storage of the old one anyway.

Well lets go ahead and get all the geeky stuff out of the way in one post. Those not interested read no further. Ok on the computer game front I finished a couple more just for kicks. Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy was more of the same for Star Wars buffs. Basically any game that lets you twirl around a light saber satisfies many a little boy's desires. This one actually took it a step further and later in the game lets you choose from a single saber, two sabers with one in each hand, or the double bladed saber made popular by Darth Maul in Episode I. Compared with Jedi Knight 2 however, not much by way of any new gameplay. Actually the former was much lengthier and more fun in my opinion, even without the double saber. For those who want more of the same though and can never get enough, or the diehard fans, this one might be worth entertaining yourself with.

Next we have my preferred game out of all those I've played recently, that being Call of Duty. This is probably the only one I'll actually reinstall now that I've started with a fresh hd. Another first person shooter, another game where you shoot up Germans. That seems like it's a storyline that will never get old. This has a lot of things going for it though. It's a spinoff of the Q3 engine, which frequent readers will know is my alltime favorite at the moment. This means anyone can adjust their mouse sensitivity to their preferred setting through the console, and not worry about trying to get it right by guessing and checking. Being able to instantly zoom in on a bad guys head without over or under correcting is quite handy in fast paced shooters, this one being no exception. This game has an extra kick if you've seen the movie Enemy at the Gates. This is a dramatic movie, and some of the most dramatic scenes are actually replicated in the Russian missions of Call of Duty. The fact that gameplay has evolved enough to include scenes which are basically cinematic is a pretty nifty thing. You really feel like you're living the movie in this one. As a whole, very thorough entertainment. This is the first game I've actually considered purchasing for the multiplayer aspect, depending on what kinds of mods develop and what the player base is like. Either way I'll probably play through it again on a harder difficulty level. Neither of these games was over eight hours btw, don't remember the exact lengths. Sadly I've heard from early reviews of the Deus Ex sequel that it is much shorter than it's predecessor. That's a real shame, since that is probably the last good really long game I played. Games that enterain for more than a day or two are always welcome.

Think that's all the geeky stuff for now. Major things happening on the military aspect of things, and I'll have to update the NIFT journal part of this blog before it becomes a JSUNT journal. Will try to get back on the daily deal here. Actually was staying up tonight waiting for a call back, I'd called someone on their birthday earlier today and they said they'd call me back later tonight, and didn't thus far. Well the night isn't over yet I suppose.

Computer Issues...

What appeared to be a big problem turns out isn't quite so big. But it took a long time to get to that point. Turns out I'll be doing a clean XP install anyway. Lots to blab/whine about though, and plenty of interesting happenings going on, will post when I get things set up again.