Ty’s Weblog

Well, Granstream Saga is disapointing so far. Of course, it’s a game I got several years ago and I’m just now getting around to playing. So ignoring technical issues (like the characters have no faces), I can safely say that the plot is very disapointing. It jumps around with very little connectivity. It makes the assumption that your character is a hero without explaing why he is. I guess I’m a little used to Final Fantasy/Chrono Cross/Lunar kinds of games that have deep plots. I think most of the problem is that this game is aimed at a younger age group than mine. I’ll finish the game because I’m sturbon, but that’s about the only reason.

It’s been a long week at the Warren household

Kate’s grandmother passed away last Tuesday. So I spent the week at home with her. No service till the beginning of July, which makes things a little bit tougher. On the upside, I got to spend a week at home with my family, which, while the reason wasn’t the best, was nice.

Finished Myst III. Also finished Lunar 2. Both are great games. Myst III was a little shorter than I’d thought it would be. So I went out and got realMyst this weekend to see how it was. I does seem like it’s easier than I remember it being way back when, so maybe Myst III is along the same lines with it.

I also picked up Crusaders of Might and Magic (since it was $8) and Dracula Ressurection since I’d heard it was worth the $20 they charge for it and it is the same kind of game as Myst. I’ve only played about 30 minutes of Dracula Ressurection, but so far it looks pretty good.

My Mom and sister were up to visit the last few days. I belive a good time was had by all. Xander escaped with only minor injuries. (He fell once and scraped his head on the side of the couch.) I’m sorry they couldn’t stay longer, and that I couldn’t take off work yesterday to see them more.

In other news, did I mention how much fun SSX is? Yeah, I know I did, but let me say it again. This is a great game. I’m having a blast playing it. And hopefully I’ll get a change to play more more Myst III this weekend as well.

So E3 time is here again, and once again, I’m not there. I need to find a way to become a professional from the industry. Gamespot has some good coverage and video from the conference.

So I bought two games this weekend

First I bought SSX, which was one of the PS2 release games. I’d been avoiding it despite the rave reviews because, let’s face it, it’s a snowboarding game. So I’m over at Mike’s house Monday and he has it and we end up playing it, and I fell in love with it. It really is an incredible game. The graphics and the game play are both amazing. My heart actually beats faster when I’m playing, it’s that much of a rush. So anyway, I picked it up on Friday.

So yesterday I picked up the Collector’s Edition of Myst III: Exile. So far so good. I managed to get to the first of three Ages last night. Took about 3 hours, I guess. I think that the central Age is easier than the other ages. Or maybe I just solved the easiest puzzle first and that’s why I’m in the Age I am now. In any case, I had a blast doing it, I just hope the game doesn’t run out on me too soon. If you enjoyed Myst and/or Riven, you’ll want to pick this one up

Douglas Adams is dead.

I know, Kate and I are in shock too. We’re both sad about this, as he was a great writer who gave us both lots of joy. I suspect it’ll be a while before we can listen to him read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on a car trip again.

What a weekend.

Parent’s were up Thursday night and Friday to help get stuff done around the house and see Xander. Got lots done and we all had a good time. Went to First Friday in Leesburg, lots of fun. We were sorry they had to leave so soon.

Xander is a walking machine now. He’s now to the point where he not only can walk, he wants to walk. This is the first of the “I can do it myself” things that he has done. I’m so proud of him, but I kinda miss my baby too. Then we went walking to the end of the street Saturday morning to look at yard sales. Like I said, he’s a walking machine now.

We did some actual landscaping this weekend. Kate and I went to the farmer’s market in Leesburg on Saturday and picked out two flowers and some herbs to put in the yard. They are replacing the spidery grass blooming thingies that we don’t know what they are but we know we don’t like them. Got them planted on Sunday, now we just have to hope we don’t kill them.