I didn’t want my readers to think I had dropped off the face of the planet, that happens next week, when the California Legislature decides to try and make a budget. With a $17 billion deficit and no one wanting to budge on whether to raise taxes or cut spending (I think both would be a good idea) it could be a long, poor summer…
Luckily, I get to be right in the middle of it! I can’t wait to see the floor sessions that go on for 9 hours! I’m sure it’s all hugs and kisses then…
I’m still in the middle of playing GTAIV which I’m enjoying but not as much as you would think seeing all those perfect review scores out there… My problem is that the missions in the game are the same ones I was undertaking in GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas. In fact, some of the things that made San Andreas have been taken out (working out, hair cuts, character customization). So far there is a stronger story but much of it seems blank and I have to wonder about Nikko’s decision to jump immediately into the crime world after traveling half-way around the world to escape it, seems to be a disconnect between what the character is saying and what you, the player, are having him do. I’m also not a big fan of the mini-dating simulator in the game, I bought GTAIV to steal cars and do crazy crimes in a big sandbox, not call fake friends on a fake phone and get fake drunk, or play fake pool, darts, bowling, etc… Look for my full review of the game next week (fingers crossed.)
I’m putting together a retrospective on DOS games as well, why they were awesome, some of the best, the trials of getting them to work, and what happened to DOS and its games… I don’t really know when that is going to happen.
I should stop boring you with the things I might be doing or am in the process of doing, you came here to be entertained… Sadly, I don’t have any of that right now stay tuned…
