Entries from October 2003

Ooops I did it again

Date October 31, 2003

NaNoWriMo starts in two hours and I have no idea what my novel is going to be about. This feels familiar.

Final Fantasy Indeed

Date October 30, 2003

Well, after the Star Wars annoyance — it’s not a finished game, things are kinda wonky, yadda yadda — I ordered Final Fantasy XI, which was released stateside on Tuesday. The game arrived in my hot little hands about 4:30 pm.
I’d love to give you my first impressions of the game, *but I’m still installing*. [...]

Zentime

Date October 30, 2003

Drop by and leave Donna a note; “she was in a car accident recently”:http://www.deliriouscool.org/archives/001288.php#001288. She’s fine, the other driver barely noticed, but apparently her Honda has been totaled.

I don’t have much room to talk

Date October 30, 2003

It’s not like my grammar and spelling are _perfect_, ya’ll, but I get a real kick out of reading product reviews anyway. Dig this review on “EBGames”:http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/editorial/reviews/reviews.asp?pf_id=226888&popf_id=226888 for an Atari 2600 Emulator:
bq. *AWSUM*
this rocks the games on here are better than the crabby voilent games we have today the sounds are diffrent but who cares [...]

Piracy and Community

Date October 29, 2003

I just recently recieved my copy of Poser 5, which has been out for awhile now. Poser 5 shipped with new, highly-intrusive and incredibly annoying anti-piracy features. You know, “product activation.” Poser 4 didn’t have this.
On one hand I understand the anti-piracy issue perfectly, especially for Poser. Poser’s a pretty complex program with a niche [...]