waiting for FallOut4....

It turns out that APB game servers closed down soon after I purchased that game on amazon.com, before it arrived.  Although the game was sold at high discount, that was paying for nothing.
Installed The Club: did not expect anything great from it...and did not experience anything great.  It's a plain shooting game for very young gamers.  Maybe good for teenagers....not for older gamers.
Mafia II was "born still".  Not playing at all.  Must be some Steam issues, because system fits parameters.  As I recalled, the original Mafia had too many bugs to be played on my computer as well....weird.

The only unopened game left is Fear 2.  Now I recalled why Fear was so familiar: I played it before, when it just came out...I guess it wasn't such a big deal for me, otherwise I would remember it and not buy it again.  If so, there is no rush to install Fear 2.  Unless it is like FallOut 3 to FallOut2... What is there left?  Only few more missions in Tropico 3... tired of it already, maybe later...  I guess I will play Fear 2 tomorrow...

 

 Took laundry back from the laundromat.  Had a lot of coffee...  visited parents.... tomorrow will see grandmother... or actually today..it's almost 5am... 

money lost..it seems...again...

Finished playing Bioshock2.  Beautifully done game, very exciting and unexpectedly thought-provoking, like Prey game.  Tried to play Multiplayer - nobody is on servers...maybe its time is over.  Installed MafiaII.  As soon as I started installing, saw the Steam icon....my heart went down...it's always a 50/50 chance that game won't play or have too many bugs to be enjoyed.   My feelings turned out to be correct:  it's not playing.  I will reinstall, but it didn't help with another game I purchased...so I am not very hopeful...  I already checked validity of files, running updates, fixes, but...
I THINK, AS  A GAMER, GAMES THAT ARE SOLD FOR A STEAM ACCOUNT SHOULD HAVE A WARNING LABEL ON THEM.  How was I supposed to know it was a Steam game?  If I know there is a high chance game won't play, I wouldn't pay as much for it...if the companies would put a label (ONLY ON STEAM) then maybe I would limit my budget on "risking it".  This thought will stay in my head regardless whether Mafia II will play after another reinstall...

BioShocked

This day I finished playing Bioshock 2 before 2am.  I am going to bed now.  I wouldn't have the will to stop playing if the game wouldn't collapsed after a bug.  Unfortunatelly, second version has more bugs then the first one, especially when picking up stuff from vending machines.  What a wonderful surprise these Bioshocks were: I did not expect this game series to be so well-thought and well-designed.  Even though I am still somewhere in the middle of game, I already want a sequel.
P.S. Today we ordered Thai food at work.  I recalled why I don't usually go to Thai restaurants: sweet rice noodles and super-spicy soups?  Nah.

I'm just chilling, with no feeling, slowly peeling as I'm wheeling...

Slow day at work...it was busier in the morning hours...First day with the sunshine after 6 days of rainy weather.  Yesterday I ordered the whole large vegan pizza...today I had split pea soup, boiled cauliflower, couscous and the usual Maki rolls (rice crackers in seaweed wrapper) with coffee.  Lots of coffee today.  I thought about something and I am getting a new attitude towards life... feels like I am getting old...just want to be alone and play computer games...and enjoy the food...in rational amounts, of course.

Smoking Gauloises Brunes

Busy day at work, but almost no drainage, so I did not get tired and was able to play games right after work. Played Warcraft III for few hours in a row until I got bored.  Today I received Bioshock2 and MafiaII, so I decided to take a break from Warcraft III and play Bioshock2.  It's still installing...it's been more than half-an-hour...  At work I ate boiled potatoes, broccoli and some pasta.  After coming home I had three packages of barley kasha with soy sauce, herbs, garlic salt and regular salt.  I thought it would fill me, but I was slightly hungry even after that...so I ate fried tofu.

The weather is amazing: it's been raining for five days, with very occasional sun showing.  Sometimes I doubt that winter will come, but it is noticeable that the weather is getting colder.  For example, I don't need to use air conditioning unit during evening anymore.  I sit at computer warmly dressed. I don't use the ventilator.  Clearly, it's not summer anymore.

Consecutive good night of sleeping!

So, the World of Warcraft, just as suspected, turned out to be a horrible children's game that I couldn't play for more than few hours.  However, same company Blizzard's game WarCraft III is now installed and I played it for two days.  It's ok.  The main character, so far, is a white blond prince (well, that is standard in games) that betrays his kingdom and kills his unsuspecting father The King, joining the forces of Undead after fighting with them, to have more power.  He hires mercs to help him with battle, than burns his ships to make sure the soldiers are not able to escape and are forced to fight his enemies, then blames the mercs for burning the ships and slays them with the angry soldiers, who think that mercs did it without his orders.  Not the usual noble character.  When you click on him to move him, he calls you a fool.  I am half through the game...wonder if he will drop his super special sword that doesn't really change much in the game and becomes "good" again.  But - it's a city/camp building elements game and that's what is great about it.  I love city-building games, with upgrades, etc.

By the way I couldn't wait and pre-purchased Fallout4: New Vegas.
The Bioshock 2 was also ordered and will come to me shortly.