Yes, it's been exactly one year and nineteen days today that I last had the chance to blog on GameSpot (see last blog entry below)!
Yes, I am still alive and no, I have not been incinerated, incarcerated or otherwise indisposed - I just haven't had any time to indulge in my favorite pastimes.
A week or so after my last blog entry in 2008, my life took somewhat of an unexpected turn when an opportunity to start a new business appeared out of thin air. Since this was the second time round that I would get myself into the "lets start a new business from scratch" thing (I sold the previous one off towards the end of 2005), I took a somewhat different approach than the first time round - let's say more cautious, now having two kids at school and all that to consider in my endeavors.
The good news is that things have panned out quite well up to now and things are looking even better for the medium-term to long-term future in spite of the lingering international economic climate that has had us breaking out in cold sweats at night for some time now.
Gaming in General
Enough with that part of my life, which funny enough seems to be integrating quite well with one of my passions in life - computer gaming (more about that in a later blog, once all the business plans are in place).
Although I didn't have any time to spend on blogging at GameSpot, I did manage salvage the odd hour here and there for private stuff, while keeping my game collection more or less on track and in accordance with my overall collection plans for 2009.
Here goes a list of some of my more noteworthy gaming acquisitions since February 2008 (in alphabetical order)
So, unfortunately not too many new additions to the collection, but then again, I only really focused on those titles that I felt were in line with the games I would like to have in my collection - no ad-hoc acquisitions in the past year.
The sad part is that, with the exception of a few really major titles here and there, I really haven't even had the chance to play most of them. I really did enjoy BioShock, Fable II and Fallout 3 though (still busy with the latter), and haven't done any reviews of them to date either. I hope to do so in the next few weeks.
On GameSpot
There hasn't been too much going on here for obvious reasons, but I have managed to level up to Level 24 - "I Feel Asleep!!", and I seem to be just at the point of going on to bigger and better things - Level 25 no less.
Other Noteworthy Events Up To February 2009
What better Christmas present than beating the Aussies in both the test and one-day cricket series in their own backyard! (I hope none of my Aussie friends take offence). Let's hope we can repeat this feat in our own backyard, albeit that we already conceded defeat in the first test in Johannesburg at the time of this blog.
On the home front, my son (turns 10 in March) was nominated as Junior Backline Player of the Year in rugby (plays scrumhalf), Junior Cricketer of the Year and finished fifth in the provincial 100m athletics trials. That's my boy!
Other than that, the Super 14 Rugby Series has begun, which means that it's braaivleis (barbeque for the rest of you), sunshine and rugby for the next fourteen weekends for us - and hopefully a few hours of solid gaming in between!
