Finals are finally over (early compared to my classmates, but that's the mad fortune of being an English major -- useless, but done early), and I'm blearily wondering what I should do with all the free time I've got on my hands right about now. So far I've been charging around in my favourite old videogame, Diablo II, and getting trained up on Starcraft.
I've also started playing a new MMORPG, Allods Online, a free MMO set in a steampunkesque fantasy 'verse. It's set up very similarly to WoW (which I SO can't afford to play, so this is a positive development), and I've built myself two characters already, though I've only got one through the tutorial so far. My League character, Kallyndria is an Elven Mage and my Empire character Syrania is an Arisen Summoner (Arisen are basically undead with mechanical enhancements). I hope to have some fun with them in the coming weeks. So far I'm already really enjoying the graphics and style of the game, but the interface is really different from DDO, so it's taking some getting used to. Jeff's the one who pointed it out to me, so we'll hopefully get the chance to play together while we're in separate cities most of the summer.
There's also a chance I'll be getting a Starcraft II Beta key in the not too distant future, since Jeff might have an extra one coming to him through his pre-order. He's highly enthused about the thought of being able to play his favourite game with his girlfriend - that and teaching me to pwn people ("you can be all like 'oh, I's a newb and a girl' and your opponent will be all 'hah, I don't have to try' and then you can go 'HAH!' and rape them and they'll go 'what the hell? I just got beat by a girl?" I like the way he thinks).
Clearly I've got a good summer of gaming looming ahead of me. Among other things I'm hoping to take a crack at Dragon Age: Origins on my laptop (I've played a bit on the 360 but the controls are a pain in the ass), and Jeff is procrastinating his philosophy papers by making a list of games he wants to throw at me. I'm not going to complain - recommendations are helpful, and if I'm lucky I won't have to spend a ridiculous amount of money to get the games I want to play.
So that's my general post about gaming and such. I'm about to head into act IV of Nightmare in Diablo II and I'm still slogging through the Terran Campaign in Starcraft (I'm not bad at the RTS style, but it's still new to me and I'm taking a while to adjust). I'm also enjoying Pokemon Heartgold on my DS, though rather slowly since I've been doing all manner of other things in the gaming realm.
In non-gaming related news, my other summer projects include getting down to it on the next novel - that and cleaning up the old one. I'm also taking up piano again - It's been a couple years since I stopped playing and I want to get back up to my old standards. So I'm learning a few Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead songs on my crappy old keyboard in my spare time.
And as for TV, starting next week I'm hoping to begin borrowing Star Trek: The Next Generation from Amy to watch. Mmm, delicious Picard-y goodness.
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