Friday Thread of Doom: 2/3/2012Follow

Two hours and fifteen minutes to go until quittin' time.

Tonight will find me in attendance to a martini party of one, possibly finishing up Morrowind*, and eating delicious left-overs. Much of the same tomorrow. Sunday, I'll probably watch that football game that's on, but honestly I couldn't care less who wins so long as it's not that unscrupulous cheater legendary coach Bill Belichik.

Whatcha got goin' on this weekend?

* Playing so much Skyrim got me nostalgic for Morrowind, which I have concluded is a better game in nearly every way, but particularly because there's no fast-travel system. This might sound silly, but forcing you to walk everywhere makes the game world seem expansive and dangerous, and gives you the joy of exploring. Conversely, jumping all over the map in seconds makes Skyrim feel like an endless series of underground dungeons broken up only by the occasional dragon fight.

Edited, Feb 3rd 2012 2:50pm by Demea

We're doin' the game in NYC with a few friends at a bar. Definitely looking forward to it, and I'm expecting a good game.

Sat. dinner with the fiance's parents for her dad's b-day. Should be the usual mildly awkward affair, but they like me a lot and hey, free food. If there's time afterwards, then UFC at whatever nearby bar is showing it. God, I hope that Nick Diaz gets whupped. Ugh...the Diaz brothers. Srsly haet those guys.

Tonight, I can't remember. Movie, maybe? I've got a redboxed copy of 50/50 that we really should have watched like 3 days ago. It's just been sitting there wasting cash.


Other than that some writing. I'm now officially probably going to E3! Have to apply for a press pass, but I've been assured that it should be a sure thing. All the same, I put in for the vacation days from work, but I won't be booking any flight just yet. I'm supposed to do a couple reviews in between now and then to make sure of things. Think I'll be reviewing Syndicate, SSX, Shank 2, and perhaps the latest UFC game. We'll see though.

I'd like to put in some time with the Syndicate & Twisted Metal demos, on that note.

Edited, Feb 3rd 2012 3:59pm by Eske

I've got a decision to make, which will have some implications. I really am not sure what I'm going to do yet. But thats my task for today. and yes, there is a reason I'm being so vague about it here.

I know my title is a very big decision for you, but I don't want you to stress out too much about it.

Funny, because depending on the meaning of "jumping" this describes either game. XD

I've got a triple birthday party thing on Sunday. Will catch a bit of the game after that, then play my Sunday RPG. Saturday will consist of buying gifts/supplies for Sunday.

Oh. And I pulled out a bag of frozen turkey left over from Thanksgiving (cause I cooked one all for myself). Made some stuffing (like totally from scratch even!) and gravy and have been enjoying yummy turkey dinner. I'll do more of that!

Accompanying my girlfriend to a Ballroom & Latin dance competition in which she is competing on Sunday.

Other than that I'll be finishing A Feast For Crows and playing a little Skyward Sword.


Perhaps joining a few friends for some drinks on Sunday after the dancing.

Still trying to get over the fact that another hospital was stupid enough to let us take home another brand new baby. This weekend will be getting re-acquainted with such mundane tasks as gaming with an infant sleeping in a chest-sling.

Oh yeah, there's still a football game left. I guess it's just an excuse to order some pizzas and wings, though we usually don't need any excuses for that.

Thanks to a thread over in =5 I've been reading The Dresden Files. The first couple of books were a bit rocky, but I've stuck with them and they actually get pretty decent by book four. I'm on book six now, so I'll probably be reading that a good bit this weekend. I also have L.A. Noire and Saint's Row the Third I picked during the Christmas sale on Steam to play. Not to mention, it's finally time to use that Starhawk Beta code I picked up when I bought Uncharted 3. I've also got a craving for Chinese food, so I'll probably go out to dinner on Saturday. Basically, I'm going to be doing as much as I can to pretend that the Superbowl doesn't exist.

Edited, Feb 3rd 2012 6:24pm by Turin

I'm still slogging away in a fairly difficult, highly modded game of Oblivion.

I think we should find our disks tomorrow and meander through it some more, then!

You're going to want to continue eating past Tuesday.

Erm, not continuously.

My wife will be accompanying me to the 'Roo ancestral home where my family will yell at a television for 3 hours. Hannah will be there as well, I hope the Patriots win so she isn't disappointed.

It's been 4 long years, almost half her life, since two Boston sports teams both held world championships. It makes me sad that she probably doesn't even remember. Hopefully our long regional nightmare will finally be over and she can rest easy again.

Two teams? Who's the other one this year?

I'm a little late to the Friday thread, but dammit I've had an interesting week.

I spent the first two days of the week (9 hours each day) recording my first album in an honest to George professional recording studio. I just have to tie up some loose ends to get it up on iTunes/Amazon/all the other smaller music sites. I've already managed to sell 11 physical CD's. This excitement came crashing down on Wednesday when I managed to absolutely butcher every song I did in a particular performance. Not a good followup. Tonight saw a bonfire, which started great but ended terribly, and the rest of the weekend will be filled with attempts to squeeze some time in with the lady friend while avoiding being productive as much as possible.

It's all acoustic stuff. I'll probably post the info when it gets in the online stores, but I really hate the necessity of attention whoring in music. I always feel like I'm bothering people if I mention the stuff.

Holy shit. Roll out!

Yeah, yeah. I figure Friday threads are fair game. :) I just don't want to go all Myspace band and spam a bunch of people with information they care very little about. There's all the difference in the world between letting someone know and trying to let them know every hour of the day!

Post it on youtube and I'll make a badly spelled comment comparing you and Justin Bieber that's really just a badly disguised way of telling the world that I think he's gay.

That story is a lot less kinky than I thought, given the lead-in.

If you think innuendo the entire time only the last sentence is out of place, really.

Well the experience was stimulating - heightened the senses. But my heart was racing in a panicky way, not in an orgasmic way.