...I'm in florida

Yay...relaxing as much as possible...

...I've been busy

Work has picked up a bunch so I haven't had much time to update lately. Aside from work I've been spending some time working on a counterstrike level. Here's some pics of the work in progress:



















... the end.

...nerd alert

One of the greatest games ever.

...My vote for the worst band ever

Nickleback

...tis the season

Games, Games, Games...unfotunately always coincides with much work. Gears of War, Guitar Hero 2, Wii...not enough time!

...longer life from calorie restricted diets?

...currently playing

Bully on PS2
Splinter Cell on 360 (mercs vs. spies mostly)

...sorry

Haven't posted in awhile...been busy

...Bill Clinton

FTW!

...and now I can finally buy an ipod

"iLounge: iPod is getting enhanced today. 60% brighter with brighness control, 3.5 hours video playback (up from 2 hrs... big version goes to 6.5 hours), new headphones, gapless playback"

...Cache

See this dvd! An awesome thriller comparable to Hitchcock with a little David Lynch thrown in. You may hate the ending as it's left to you to decide what happened but otherwise it's a must see.

Cache on dvd

update: link fixed

...video of some of the video games I worked on

Check it out:

Youtube!

...I can listen to Jimi, but I can't hear him

I'm playing Dead Rising right now on my 360. Fanatastic game, with the worst saving system ever. I can see in theory why the structured the system as they did, but in practice it's terrible. I garuntee you will get screwed early and often...it's probably not a good thing when your game welcomes a new player with the first time he dies by making him lose hours of work...

In spite of this the game is phenominal! Can't wait for DR 2...

...dam pics

Trip was great...thanks to family and friends - and to the few poker books I've read :)


dad doesn;t look happy here, but he is


mom brought her most recent 20 or so paintings


ahh relaxing in the park


behind us english students (on vacation? school trip?) were drawing the trees...there were so many younger european high-school age people - a lot were unsupervised...what a cool place to go at a young age

mmm...this is the "creamy"...delicious fresh, raw, new herring


there's other seafoods there and drinks - but I come for one thing!


my room was small...and hot! damn mom and dad brought florida with them


yonce (sp?)...so cute


Henk and family with mom and dad...always show us a great time...thanks so much


Yonce eats well...


I'm not sure what this is


this is the shirt Anna-Sophie wants from the outlet stores in Florida


"the only english store in the village"


most stuff is so expensive after the switch to the Euro, but some stuff is really cheap...take for instance simple broodjes (sandwiches)...1.50!


more park...taught mom and Anna-Sophie how to play poker


under the bridge...riding the self-powered boats in the canals


my last night we had a nice dinner with friends

...Fun in the sun (amsterdam pt 1 and 2)

I'm a little more than halfway done with my trip to amsterdam...having a good time so far relaxing though I wish my sis or Tamsen was here to hand out with at night :)

The trip started off not so great as the plane I was on detoured to Las Vegas right away as some women was sick. 1 hour and 45 minutes later we took off with a landing time that was after my amsterdam flight was suppossed to take off! I landed at Houston's "George Bush" airport with apprehension not wanting to spend a whole night in Houston! (withing 2 minutes of landing I saw some girl wearing a we love george w. bush shirt - yuck). Anyhwo to my luck the amsterdam flight was delayed 3 hours :)

The trip has been good so far...chilling in the park with mom and dad...eating well, walking around, seeing paintings, eating delicious "new herring".

But the highlight so far was last night. Me and Dad entered a 80 person, 60 Euro (plus 1 hour rebuy) tournament. 6 hours later at 2 AM I was on the last table and won the entire thing! (wiht a pair of 2's). There were some good player from all over and I made some silly plays (folded out of turn once, string-bet once), but I am really happy with my play...

more later...

...Amsterdamage!

So I'm going to Amsterdam in a few days. I look forward to resting and NOT staring at a screen for 10 hours a day :)

...saturday

Went to yoga, party, and a concert last night...The concert was pretty decent (The Bronx, Wires on Fire, Priestess, and Riverboat Gamblers. The guys in the bands kept reassuring us that we had good taste in music - well duh!

...pics again finally (Scotts Wedding in NY, E3 2006)

Scott and Dana got married in N.Y.


Believe it or not,


Dance Dance Revolution was played at the reception,


which was part of Scott's perfect wedding dream...


Scott friends past and present argue who goes *last*


To be expected :)


Their immediate family gets together behind the fine Firaxis folks


The best I've ever seen Scott dance...though I don't approve of the song :P



Yes, Scott brought his Pac-man bag...but it's ok because I got it for him


Don't try and hide it!


:x


The statue of justice!


We were only in NYC for like 15 hours...



Now onto the long delayed E3 pics (in reverse chronological order)...first the obligitary Tamsen with many drink shot


No comment


Game of the show...LAME of the show...get it!?


Finally got in to see the Wii...oh boy 30-40 more minutes waiting in line...contrary to most reports this pissed me off at Nintendo and made me hate the Wii...for a couple days


Ok I'm finally in...


Suprisingly chipper even after waiting a couple hours...



This wall lady wanted me...I wasn't able to ask if she wanted to see my "wii" with Tamsen there


Oh wait this is GDC...crappy pic sorry...but I heart Iwata!


Girls butt in dickie pants...

...the end

...oh hell yeah TRON!

Click headline above...

Edit: Click here as well...they both rule but are too expensive...where's the 1980's prices!?

...E3 thoughts

Stealing the format from my friend Joe Wong, here are my thoughts on E3:

Most Anticipated: Dead Rising (360) - Capcom

- MA Runner Up: Assasin's Creed (Multi) - Ubisoft

Biggest Disappointment: Too Human (360) - Silicon Knights

- BD Runner Up: Line for the Wii

PS3 Impressive:

Heavenly Sword (PS3) - Ninja Theory / GoW clone

360 Impressive:

(Tie) Gears of War - Epic, Splinter Cell 4 - Ubisoft

Wii Impressive:

Smash Bros announcement!

PC Impressive:

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - Ubisoft

Other Cool Games:

Guitar Hero 2 (PS2)

Elite Beat Agents (DS)

Lego Star Wars 2 (Multi)

John Woo Stranglehold (360)

"Meh." :

Haze (?) – Ubisoft

Disappointments:

Superman (Multi) - EA

Madden 2007 (Multi) - EA

Warhawk (PS3) – Sony

PS3 Price - Sony

Jury's Still Out:

Crysis(PC) - EA

Viva Pinata(360) - Rare

"Fuck! I forgot to go see that..."

MGS 4 Video (PS3) - Konami

Stuff they showed VIPS that I was interested in!:

Assassin's Creed (Multi) - UbiSoft

Mass Effect (Xbox360) - Konami

Bioshock (PC) - Irrational Games / FPS RPG

Gears of War (playable 360) - Epic

Regret Not Waiting in Line For:

Wii Mario and Wii Red Steel

Biggest Trend:

Bad Framerate

... ...E3 is in less than a week (incomplete)

...pre-E3 - my checklist

EA - Crysis
Ubisoft - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Ubisoft - Splinter Cell Double Agent
Ubisoft - Rayman
Ubisoft - Red Steel
Nintendo - Smash Bros
Nintendo - New Miyamoto game
Midway - John Woo Stranglehold
Valve - Half-life 2: Episode 1
Rockstar - GTA 4
Atari - Alone in the Dark
Capcom - Resident Evil 5
Capcom - Dead Rising
Bungie - Halo 3
Konami - MGS 4
Stormfront (publisher =?) - Eragon

Holdovers from last year:
Valve - Team Fortress 2:
Nintendo - Wii System
Nintendo - New Mario
Sega - Virtua Fighter 5
Rockstar Vancouver - Bully

...yay is dead

Yay. My refused dvd shipped!

...playing soccer

I'm playing soccer with the shaba soccer team. It was my fifth (or so) time playing soccer in my life. If I had statistics (from 1-10) I'd be:

Shoot - 1
Pass - 2
Dribble - 1
Endurance - 1
Steal - 1

...GDC

Went to GDC (Game developers conference) last week. Saw some good talks, the best of which was from Iwata-san the president of Nintendo. By far the coolest company head this side of Steve Jobs. He had everyone in that hall at [bad joke]. But seriously I think everyone in that place was ready and willing to start making DS and Revolution games...unfrotunately I sense most are stuck making games for the other ones...

...long time no read

Sorry it's been so long...I moved to a new place, so I've been busy and had the internet down for awhile. New place is ok...upstairs newighbors are loud and I can hear the guy below me snore :( Anyone know any good sound machines?

...Look right

New reviews!

Also, getting my new car tommorow...pics up soon.

...Me, Me, Me...wow I'm really close on this one

...selling my civic

So I just spent an hour cleaning out my soon to be old car. My 1990 civic has been with me for a long time and I'll miss its idosyncracies (passenger related issues: date-rape door, non-working seatbelt, mysterious beep that never ends).

Pics of my new car as soon as it comes...

...best of 2005 [EDIT]

[EDIT] - oops forgot some things...

Here's my favorites for the year. Did I forget anything..any hidden gems I don't know about?

Music (includes releases from late 2004)
Top 5
Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
Nine Black Alps - Everything Is
Genghis Tron- Cloak of Love
Converge - You Fail Me
Torche - Torche

Honorable Mentions
The Bronx- The Bronx
The Rise - Reclamation Process
Big Business -Head For The Shallow
Open Hand - You and Me
Lightning Bolt- Hypermagic Mountain

Movies
Top 5
Sin City
Kung Foo Hustle
Old-Boy
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Constant Gardener

Games
Top 5
Resident Evil 4
F.E.A.R.
Battlefield 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Mario Kart DS

Honorable Mentions
Guitar Hero

...back in grey

Yo I'm back...Fl was fun...watching movies, eating food, reading, playing games (Shadow of the Colossus, Smackdown vs Raw, Guitar Hero) and hanging with the fam...my idea of fun these days. I'm working on my best of 2005 list which should be up soon-ish.