Giant Bomb is launched. Goodbye

First off: I guess it's kind of ironic that literally as soon as I step down from the leadership position at my union, seemingly about to abandon GS, I have a renewed interest and start posting more blogs within a couple weeks than I had in months. Funny. Anyway, as far as the title goes, Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice Of Darkness: Episode One (or PAA:OTRSPD:EO, for short) released today. There has been this trend lately with me where I have almost no interest at all in a game but out of nowhere I become a near-raving lunatic about it and absolutely cannot wait to get it. Case in point: Penny Arcade. Maybe because I, and what seems to be a numerous amount of other gamers, have gotten in the mood for a good old fashioned adventure game. Also, (and I came about buying Bioshock from almost the same spontaneous craving) I just seem to like entire vibe that I get from 1920s - 1940s themed subjects. The game is very enjoyable although the battles become more difficult a bit faster than I had expected they would. It is really not a problem, however, as your team (I hesitate to use the word "party") seems to completely heal in-between battles. All the token Penny Arcade humor is there, and it's good that I enjoy it because I hardly ever read the comic, though I know it's consistently funny. If it weren't for the 1600 point/ $20 price tag, along with the fact that this is only one of an as-yet-undetermined amount to come (meaning I will have to spend more money), I would say this purchase has been completely without anxiety, but I can't say I'm not glad I made it. Now, enough about that. I put this in the "Movies" category because A. I'm sick of putting it in the same two every time, and B. I saw the Death Note movie yesterday with some friends. Dubbed Japanese movies based on something that would still be considered to have a cult following in the U.S. do not get wide releases, so we had to go on a 2-hour drive to Knoxville, TN, to see it. Surprisingly, the theater was packed, and yes, there were cosplayers. Cosplayers. In Tennessee. Need less to say, not something you see everyday. I was in no way dressed up for the occasion, since I have never even seen Death Note, yet it has been strongly recommended. However, while leaving, one of my friends remarked that, had I worn a white t-shirt and jeans, I could have passed for L (the brilliant young detective, for those who haven't seen/read it). I proceeded to curse him for not thinking of it sooner. I got back about 11:30 at night, after having left school early. Good thing I didn't have to go in today. It's my first off

Well, seeing as how my mother is still adamant about not letting me get GTA IV, no matter how much I say in its favor, it appears I must settle for less. I've had the free downloadable version of GTA II from the Rockstar Classics site for a while, but didn't really like it that much and I can't remember if I just deleted it a little while ago or not. So last night, I got a sudden urge to play GTA III, or any GTA that I could get my hands on. I will just say that music is probably the greatest of stimuli to trigger memories (screw scent!), and so when I heard a song my friend played when I was trying out GTA III his house a few years ago, I had, absolutely had, to play the game again. Luckily, LimeWire proved its use once more, although the game's .exe file would not respond, thus the game would not launch, and I was once again GTA-less. So like any good deadbeat with a craving, I went to the Rockstar Classics site to get anything I could. This time I got the first, the original, game and was about to install it until my computer had another stupid error and shut down. Allow me to state that 512 MB of RAM is just $#!+ these days, and so when I do something too "strenuous" for my crap comp, it can't take it and buggers out. Piece of $#!+ ! Anyway, I was going to re-download GTA, until I went back to the III file I had and had a glorious revelation in which I realized I should run the Setup file, then voila!, it works. So now while everyone else in the world is playing Grand Theft Auto IV, and while everyone who really cares will already have beaten it, I will be playing Grand Theft Auto III. That is, until I get sixty bucks and my mom isn't home.............Hooray, summer vacation! (3 more days)