Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Nothing much to report. I played some DX-Ball, always a great game to play when you have limited time on your hands. Also took care of 50-some snipers in 5 maps of the “Hunted” for TFC. I’ve been doing a crap load of scenario-editing and MOD tracking, though. So, look for more downloads from me in the future.

Did somebody say DX-Ball? Well, I definitely heard it, thanks to its awesome music (of MODs, I might add). Contrary to what you may think, the downloadable DX-Ball2 is not a demo, but actually the full version of the game. Last week, I said that I would get 150 boards for this insanely fun game. Well, I did. I bought Board Pack #1. Each board pack has 150 boards (there are 3 packs, so you can get a total of 450 boards!). It is very fun. I especially like being in cheat mode and holding down any key for a while as I play. Ka-ching! There really should be a level editor for this game. Damn.

I have also been playing “The Sims.” Sure, it gets old after a while, but I just love the atmosphere. It relaxes me after a hard day. My favorite pre-made families are the Goths and the Maximuses (the latter of which you have to download).

My playlist concludes with a pint of Roller Coaster Tycoon, a quart of Diablo, and a gallon of Chip’s Challenge.

Just like Snake, I am getting a tad bored with The Sims. Sure, the first time you play it, you’re amazed and think that the fun will be endless; but it’s not. I played for 6 hours the first day, then 3, and now I basically play every other day. There are major flaws with the game: you can’t go anywhere outside of your house, it takes way too long to do tasks, and it takes a very long time to load (well, at least on my bare-minimum PC). Unlike Snake, I have not experienced most of what the game has to offer, but that is mostly because I am not a “Psycho” who stays at home on the PC, playing Doom; but I just can’t stop coming back for more.

I have also been playing some Diablo. I beat the game with the Warrior, and now I’m gonna go through with the Rogue and Sorcerer. I will also try MP for it on Battle.net. Man, this game really lacks some things: only one town, not enough quests, Diablo is too easy to beat, and there are some other niggles. I have also been playing Doom II, utilizing Snake’s Matrix configuration file. But Doom is just getting old. Snake continues to obsess with it; he just got the ZDoom Launcher. But, again, I’m not a “Psycho” (WM Note: Um, excuse me, are you jackaling me, “Jackal”?) like him who just kills things all day.

DX-Ball2 finishes off my week of somewhat dormant gaming. This game is wicked, and I’m gonna buy 150 boards for it next week.

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I think i just figured something out…The Sims sucks! It was good at first, but when you play it so long (24 hours in 3 days), you’ve basically seen everything the game has to offer; especially if you cheat (I couldn’t help myself, damnit! The Plasma TV looked so good). Speaking of plasma (guns), Doom2 has really been my thing this week. I also gave up the old Doom95 for well…the aging Legacy (why doesn’t anybody tell me about these things). I just can’t stop playing Level 32: Grosse using Legacy with Gravity at 0.06; I call it “Matrix Doom”. The Nazis look so wicked exploding under the power of my fists and I can dodge the CyberDemons’ bullets…er, rockets!

Besides that, I might have played some DX-Ball2 earlier in the week; can’t remember. The carnage just floods my mind… well, that’s it this time, off to play TFC with Loogie and Gandalf.

“Come back here, you mofo CacoDemon!”

Whilst my parents were in the Bahamas, I had what will now be called the “Sim-Fest”; a festival of…well, playing “The Sims” for 26 Hours in three days (and I had school one of those days). The biggest chunk of my time, and probably the longest I’ve ever spent playing a game straight, was on Friday: 7:30pm to 6:30am; 11 hours! Everything you may have heard is true; this is an extremely addictive game. So far, “Chris” has a 7-room house, plasma TV, hot-tub, a job as a Lobbyist, and a hot wife, “Rebecca.”
But, “The Sims” has it’s share of niggles and obnoxious things; things that are present in the real world, but not the game. So, I went to the Longbow Digital Arts site and found an upgrade to one of my already favorite demos, DX-Ball2. Now it has in-game music, cooler boards, and multiplayer support (basically just a tourney on one system). It reignited my love of this “blockbusting” demo (they call it a full version with just 24 boards, though). And as always Loogie and I fragged our way through the zombie-filled multiplayer levels of Doom2 on Doom95, and I played a good many “Hunted” maps as the Prez in TFC. 300 points for the BodyGuards!

Damn Snipers!

After Snake stole my game, “The Sims,” because it was write-protected and therefore could not be copied on my CD-RW, I went through utter depression and denial. Meanwhile, I played some Diablo. I’m on level 13 of the church, officially in “Hell,” and it is getting rather boring. Kill some dudes, use up potions, duplicate town portal, go to town, get potions, repair weapons, talk to townspeople, go back to Hell, and kill the remaining dudes. Due to this boredom, I got “The Sims” Thursday, and it kicks ass. I played that for 4 hours straight Thursday, and I am just beginning. I downloaded some new houses, and now most of my vacant lots are gone (damnit). My small house is gorgeous, inside and out. I have made it through 3 days of living, with the Galpert family. My “Alan” is an Executive Assistant at his business, and I will soon get a maid and give my “Jenny” a job. It is very, very addictive, relaxing, and fun.

I have also been playing a little bit of Chip’s Challenge, a lot of DX-Ball2, and two games of DoomII on Doom95 with Snake.