You stupid monkey!
Phew! Times get hard. My wife's still looking for work and now it looks like my job might be in trouble also. It's not a good time to be working for a bank that owns a lot of real estate and according to the papers my bank is on its last legs (note to those who know where I work: I do not have any internal info, just what the papers say). I guess on the bright side there's nothing tying us to Kansas since we rent our apartment and it might be a good opportunity to move to San Fran, if I can find work before I move.
I remember being told by Aaron Thomas:
"The biggest thing I did was move to the San Francisco area. Almost all of the websites/magazines are based out here (I think Game Informer is in Minnesota though), so since this is where the jobs are, it's important to live out here."
Either way, I'm trying to focus on the positive and looking at this as a potential opportunity,who knows, perhaps nothing will happen at all but none the less I've been working hard putting my work on http://www.madelk.co.ukto make sure I'm prepared should things go south.
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Anyway, enough doom 'n' gloom, I figure I'll do something I haven't done in a while: Talk about what I've actually been up to.
Chrono Trigger is still a go-to game for me, I really can't stress how great of an RPG it is, it makes me really wonder why they never thought to release it in the UK.
I've had a very Batman weekend, I've played through Arkham Asylum and retrieved all items from the storyline, then I watched all six Batman movies. I forgot how good the early Batman movies were before they started to get goofy, heck they even have sound effects that sound like they came from a cartoon. As for the game, it's pretty rad, I stunned that I can't find much history about the developers except that one of them did work on Little Big Adventure - which is awesome.
I also played through both Wolfenstein and Shadow Complex during the week. It's quite bananas that Wolfenstein is a $60 game where as Shadow Complex is just $15. Now I'm not saying that Wolfenstein is a terrible game, I'd rate it about average, but an average generic FPS gets beaten down by a well executed Castlevania/Metroid type game any day.
Finally, I think my Wii drive is starting to give up the ghost. It seems that it'll only read disks about every other time, fortunately it only took a couple of minutes to hack the thing and softmod it. Perhaps this will keep the drive alive for longer if the only thing I use it for will be for copying my new games onto a USB hard drive.
Thanks for reading guys and gurls, I've kicked in and started back commenting again, so look for the Elk invading your GameSpot blog soon!
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As a dear friend o' mine recently said : "If we don' have money unleast we have fun".
I've tried a few lens cleaners but sadly no joy. Hopefully it'll hobble along for long enough that I won't need to replace it for a while.
I still need to get myself Chrono Trigger after I save up some money. It looks like a fantastic game and you liking it certainly helps
Shadow Complex looks great, I'll definitely purchase it if I ever get myself an Xbox 360 (which I hope I do).
.Chrono Trigger is a great game. How far are you on it?
If I had a 360 I would definitely try Arkham and Shadow Complex - great looking games. From the older Batman movies the one I like most is Returns - Michelle and the snow look beautiful.
Chrono Trigger is an awesome RPG, but I think it's starting to show its age...
trying Oklahoma, illinois and stuff... also manhattan) wondering if I can get somewhere near manhattan new york and I can then atleast see one gaming convention in my life maybe if I get a nice job there itself, I will try to come over to sanfran hehe..MUST VISIT GB HQ!!!!!!!!!
The big problem is that a new startup won't make anywhere near enough money to keep me in new shoes here in KS, let alone CA. I'd have to find a wealthy and flamboyant venture capitalist.
Our of all the old Batman movies I think I'd have to agree and say that Returns is my favorite too meow.
The problem with a lot of the newer RPGs is they seem to have become infinitely more complex. I don't mind complexity, but I seem to stumble over the ones that behave more like a championship manager spreadsheet that an RPG.
Still looking for colleges in Manhattan and New York.. if something good thats acceptable for me, Me take! If only E3 was open to all Maybe i will come during one PAX or just randomly at some holiday, but will visit that place thats for sure! My brother went on a road trip from Illinois to Grand Canyon, so i guess me and he can do a similar trip to San Fran too... lol..(both were fans of Jeff etc when we were kids) ahh.. lets just think of the more important things first.. I guess..also.. How did you make a move totally from UK to US??? I mean, its usually like people when they are given accomodation and stuff via job they come to US from other countries right? I am guessing there is some great adventure or some special story relating to how and why you came over to that place
have you written it anywhere?
Speaking of goofy - I still love the old Adam West/Burt Ward shows - for me, most of those particular villanous performances provided the definitive roles.
Especially Julie Newmar ...
rowr!
My move from the UK, isn't a secret, but it sure has been one of the most requested blog topics, perhaps I haven't written it yet because I don't feel I could do the story justice. Tell you what, when I get a post written I'll Twitter @ you so you can find it
I'll be waiting for that entry! Quite curious how you are able to visit so many places and its been like what? max 2yrs since you've been in the US.. no?
SomeOddGuy
Most unfortunate about the plausibility of your current job going into the ditch... Hopefully tings don't happen like so and you'll be able to keep your current job, still in pursuit of something in your interests. Chrono Trigger is an amazing game! I've heard great things about Arkham Asylum, though I have yet the chance to play it... I'd really love to... As in the same boat as Batman, I'm also incapable of purchasing Shadow Complex due to the fact most of my friends that I went over to play their 360 are moving away...
I had issues try to play Metroid Prime Trilogy when I popped it into my Wii. I thought I might have recieved a defective copy of the game, but it was suspicious that the game would interrupt just as soon as I started one of the games... I popped in my unused Wii Lens cleaner, followed procedure, and found out that's all my Wii needed... It works perfectly fine now, which actually makes me happy.
Anywho, hope things work wonderfully for you.