Phail

Look at that. Isn't that hilarious? I took that picture myself. That was a sign outside a consrtuction site (heh heh) near a court house.

I wish I'd found out what company was working there...

Bioshock/Left 4 Dead

I got Bioshock with my Xbox 360 in December, and I hadn't been very excited about it. Of course, I'd wanted it, but not as much as other games.
It's only recently that I've realized how freaking great it is. It's got to be the most fun and original game I've ever played.
Originally, I was a bit adverse to playing it because I found it so freaky. I was always afraid of everything in it, because I didn't really get it. But now that the shops are relatively common place and I can hold my own, it's less terrifying as it is extremely exciting.

I got Left 4 Dead recently. It's also a very fun game. The co-op aspects are great, but the plot is nearly non-existent. There are four plot lines each with five levels, but these can't really be called plots. Each one is different from the last, the first plot being a city/hospital, the second rural, the third city/airport, and the fourth rural/farming. Each one consists of you rushing through to the next safe room in levels one through four, while the last level (the fifth) has you holed up in a defensive position waiting for a vehicle to come and save you.
Each plot lasts for about an hour, if you take your time. I've played all four plots on normal, so I tried playing on Expert for the achievements. There was a mistake.
There is a serious difficulty gulf between normal and expert. This is, of course, only to be expected. It took me three tries to get through the first level in the first plot, and I gave up after dying a second time in the second level. Obviously I'm going to need some practice before I can take on Expert, which should keep me playing for a while. (Probably only after I finish Bioshock, though.)
I also expect more replay value once I get Xbox Live, but I'll probably be playing other games like Halo 3 on it for a bit first.

Halo Wars

I got Halo Wars when it came out, and I didn't really feel the right amount of excitement. For a game like Halo Wars, I feel like I should be tearing into it. But for some reason, I feel kind of subdued about it. It might be because I'm worried about the replay value. I actually got the Limited Edition version, so I sunk about 75 dollars into it. Naturally, I feel like I should get the bang for the buck, you know? I mean, when I play it, I enjoy it. But I'm wondering how much play I'll get out of it.
I expect that I'd be supah excited about it if I had Xbox Live, because one of the best features of it is the multiplayer. But not only is it 40 bucks a month for Xbox Live, but we don't have a way to connect it to my internet. I am a mac user, so we can't use the wireless port thing that came with the Xbox, and it's on a seperate floor from my computer, so linking it with wires is out of the question. We would have to blow a hundred dollars on a bridge, plus pay $50 a year. Not that it wouldn't be worth it. It's just, the money factor is.... relatively large.
I currently own, for my Xbox 360:
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo Wars
Bioshock
Lego Indiana Jones/Kung Fu Panda (Came with it)
And my brother just ordered Left 4 Dead

I want to get:
Mass Effect
Resident Evil 5
Braid
Singularity

Introduction

ANUS
There. Pretty shocking, right? You weren't expecting a blog to begin with a naughty word. I just blew your mind. You're thinking,
"Why would he do that? Why would he begin a blog with the word anus? My entire existence is falling apart!"
And then you'd go cry yourself to sleep, even though you're reading this in the school library before first period begins. Then, after you woke up, it would be second period, and you'd cry yourself to sleep again, because your first period teacher had said that if you got one more tardy or unexcused absence, you would fail his class.

I like video games, reading, writing, Magic the Gathering, and Apple products. I like music too, and I'm getting into computer programming. You're probably jealous. You're saying to yourself,
"He likes all those things?! Why can't I like all of those things? What a jerk!"
Then you'd storm out of the room and punch somebody. But this is in the middle of third period by now, so you run into the principal and she's the person you punch. And you'd get detention, and you'd cry yourself to sleep because your mom said that if you got detention one more time, you were grounded. And you couldn't be grounded, because you're just about to go on an epic quest in World of Warcraft with your friends over the internet, and if you don't go then you won't get the pwnz0r l00tz and you'll cry yourself to sleep.

So yeah. You can expect me to: whine about things, post short stories, critique video games, or just write my political or religious views. (I am a liberal atheist-agnostic.)

If you enjoy my blog, link to it. Scribble the address on your desk in detention. Carve it into your forehead. If you hate my blog, and wish it didn't exist, complain about it everywhere and site it as the most retarded blog evar. Then carve it into your desk. If you're somewhere in the middle of those feelings, link to it anyway.