Someone threw a cinder block through the front window of my house at 1:30 in the morning on St. Patrick’s Day (well, technically, the day after St. Patrick’s Day, when everyone was thoroughly wasted).

Two of my roommates (the ones you know) stumbled back from the bars. The other two were ready for sleep. I was listening to an online lecture, and Katie was going to brush her teeth when we heard a crash. I assumed that someone was a little two tipsy and pulled over the dish drainer (not my problem, I dry my dishes and put them immediately in the cupboard). Katie said it sounded like a window.

So, I went to investigate, thinking that someone was breaking in. Discovered the cinder block and huge glass shards all over the couch. This was extremely dangerous and reckless of whoever did it, not just because they broke a window, but because usually when Jenny (a friend of the roomies) stays over, she spends the night on that couch (where a cinder block was occupying the same space as her stomach and a glass shard the size of my forearm was occupying the same space as her head). And, on St. Patrick’s Day, when lots of people go and get drunk and pass out on unfamiliar couches, the odds were even higher that she would have been there.

Risky risky stuff.

Got the game working again.

My review is up and coming.

Wow. So, Bioshock 2 has dropped some info about new features, including a new enemy known as the Big Sister (entirely replacing the Big Daddy), and 2 player co-op for the campaign.

On Kotaku, there is a stream of comments that indicate people are not impressed.

If this becomes a co-op game like resident evil 5, I swear I’m turning in my mainstream gamer card.

God, I hate this co-op crap. GIVE ME A GOOD SINGLE PLAYER GAME! Jesus, there’s a place for everything, and this is just wrong.

What’s bad about co-op, at least when it’s integrated into the main game, is that it punishes people who don’t play games multiplayer. I have live, but I don’t really play games with people. I like single player experiences. I don’t have gamers in my area, and I don’t have (nor am looking for) a regular online game partner. I want my games to be just me, doing what I want, for as long as I feel like doing it.

In a game like Resident Evil 5, which is the big offender here, if you don’t want to play with a partner the game forces you to babysit the AI for the entire game. It’s an essentially broken experience, because it requires multiplayer to complete the main story mode of the game.

That’s not Resident Evil, and that’s not Bio-Shock. I hope, hope, hope this is simply a tacked on mode, because I will NOT purchase this if it has any lame forced sidekick thing.

This is interesting, because it shows that: 1. People seem to be opposed to communicating/collaborating with others to enjoy a shared game experience (read: these people have no friends) 2. Everyone is dissing RE5 for having Sheva come with you through most of the game. However, RE4 had Ashley - the President’s daughter - accompany you through most of the game. But in RE4, you had to protect her useless moronic ass from being captured at all costs. At least in RE5, the AI can carry a gun, and will help you out. I don’t see what the big deal is. It is a different kind of shooter experience, and the vocal hardcore gamers seem afraid of that.

I think more games should contain co-op. Some of the most fun I’ve had was playing the Challenge mode in Pikmin 2 or beating the campaign in Timesplitters with a friend. Why would people want to pass that fun up?

Seems like the movie isn’t up to snuff with most fans/people.

So, David Hayter - one of the writers of the screenplay - sent out this open letter to everyone. Somewhat interesting. Now movie directors and producers who make a movie that isn’t immediately approachable (apparently) are going to be whining to everyone about helping them out and giving them a second chance?

Ugh…the problem with the movie is that it isn’t the same as the comic book. The comic book you can re-read multiple times without repaying them. You cannot make a movie that needs to be watched half a dozen times to “get” it. If people don’t like it enough the first time, they are not going to pay full ticket price to see it multiple times.

I feel like not seeing it in theatres just because of how desperate and pathetic I find this letter.

Alright. I said I wouldn’t use it. But since Brian and Brendon and Binks…and…Fej and Klaver use it, I keep going back anyway just to check up on things. Plus it is useful for stalking Felicia Day (I kid, I kid).

Anyway, yeah. I am sort of on Twitter. I make the occasional update, but I cannot be sucked into it. Too much to do, too little time.

(And now, to study Confidence Intervals in Statistics…barf)

I mean…so many people I know have multiple good quality computers (or have had multiple good quality computers in their lifetime). Everyone I know (including all my siblings) have cell phones. So many people I know have better televisions or game systems than I do. And so many people also have mp3 players, and have cycled through many in the past little while.

Where is everyone getting their money? I mean…I have no urgent need for a cellphone, mp3 player, video game system, computer, LCD TV, etc, etc. But I don’t understand where everyone else gets the funds to afford all this stuff, while I am so incredibly broke. :S