on multimedia...
Oct. 8th, 2008 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grindmonkehI downloaded the Zombie Panic! HL2 mod from Steam yesterday evening to kill some time with. It's good fun for a while...especially for the month of October...in which you're immersed in Night of the Living Dead online multiplayer scenarios where you are either on the human team or (once killed or infected) the zombie team.
Books read thus far this year...
The Star Wars Vault: Thirty Years of Treasures... - Stephen Sansweet
Transitions I: The Orc King - R.A. Salvatore
Lord of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground - by Michael Moynihan, Didrik Soderlind
Books of Blood - by Clive Barker
Duma Key - by Stephen King
The Road - by Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men - by Cormac McCarthy
Roomanitarian - Henry Rollins
Armageddon in Retrospect - Kurt Vonnegut
Mister B. Gone - Clive Barker
Reign in Blood (33 1/3) - D.X. Ferris
Voices in the Street - Philip K. Dick (...currently in the midst of this one.)
I've been itching to game lately. I was just looking at these photos from Chernobyl and was reminded how phenomenally S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl pulled off not only the accuracy of the landmarks and buildings, but the complete atmosphere of the game as well. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky was just released a few weeks ago, but at this point all the reviews indicate that it is seriously buggy and that patches are necessary to make it worth buying. I'm sure that I'll need a major system upgrade anyhow since they've improved upon the demanding visuals of the first game, and every other current game I've tried has been one taxing or nonplayable bastard. I have several older games I need to play first before I think about spending the money anyhow.
Okay...I never (read: NEVER) run an antivirus program on my home computer, and I've had only had one incident of infection 8 years ago from a game (Red Faction) that someone gave me (thanks Loki!). I've been asked over and over and over lately to fix fucked up systems because people think it's a great idea to use the Google to find free smut and music. You don't get MSFUCK put in your startup items without some serious trying. Bill Gates didn't put it there and it doesn't magically fucking appear.
On the topic of music, my friend Damon and I drove to St. Louis and saw Zak Stevens (Circle II Circle), John Oliva, and Manticora. All put on a great performance...Manticora likely the most solid. We had the chance to hang out with them while John Oliva was on stage, talked metal, and had them sign a couple of cd's we picked up at the show. They're very genuine and talented guys who will have a hard time finding a market for their power/progressive thrash in the United States. The drive home was awful, as fog limited the nighttime visibility to about 25 feet.
We bought tickets to see the Chicago Festival Ballet's The Nutcracker in December. Schweet. It'll be festive for the Holidays.
Books read thus far this year...
The Star Wars Vault: Thirty Years of Treasures... - Stephen Sansweet
Transitions I: The Orc King - R.A. Salvatore
Lord of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground - by Michael Moynihan, Didrik Soderlind
Books of Blood - by Clive Barker
Duma Key - by Stephen King
The Road - by Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men - by Cormac McCarthy
Roomanitarian - Henry Rollins
Armageddon in Retrospect - Kurt Vonnegut
Mister B. Gone - Clive Barker
Reign in Blood (33 1/3) - D.X. Ferris
Voices in the Street - Philip K. Dick (...currently in the midst of this one.)
I've been itching to game lately. I was just looking at these photos from Chernobyl and was reminded how phenomenally S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl pulled off not only the accuracy of the landmarks and buildings, but the complete atmosphere of the game as well. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky was just released a few weeks ago, but at this point all the reviews indicate that it is seriously buggy and that patches are necessary to make it worth buying. I'm sure that I'll need a major system upgrade anyhow since they've improved upon the demanding visuals of the first game, and every other current game I've tried has been one taxing or nonplayable bastard. I have several older games I need to play first before I think about spending the money anyhow.
Okay...I never (read: NEVER) run an antivirus program on my home computer, and I've had only had one incident of infection 8 years ago from a game (Red Faction) that someone gave me (thanks Loki!). I've been asked over and over and over lately to fix fucked up systems because people think it's a great idea to use the Google to find free smut and music. You don't get MSFUCK put in your startup items without some serious trying. Bill Gates didn't put it there and it doesn't magically fucking appear.
On the topic of music, my friend Damon and I drove to St. Louis and saw Zak Stevens (Circle II Circle), John Oliva, and Manticora. All put on a great performance...Manticora likely the most solid. We had the chance to hang out with them while John Oliva was on stage, talked metal, and had them sign a couple of cd's we picked up at the show. They're very genuine and talented guys who will have a hard time finding a market for their power/progressive thrash in the United States. The drive home was awful, as fog limited the nighttime visibility to about 25 feet.
We bought tickets to see the Chicago Festival Ballet's The Nutcracker in December. Schweet. It'll be festive for the Holidays.