tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:33:02 +0000linuxGuess Who's Back?GWJblogswordpressBill Slyngstad's thoughts on games, work and life. Usually sarcastic, sometimes cynical, and at times, funny.http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)Blogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-5853250885329663512Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:32:00 +00002010-10-30T23:32:51.372-05:00GamesDawn of War 2: Chaos RisingFinished this one up this week. Totally awesome experience. I can't recommend it highly enough. EnslavedStill making my way through this on hard. Some of the boss fights piss me off, bit the story keeps getting better. I hope to finish this up in the next day or two. Then I can move on to...Fable 3Once Enslaved is done, I'll be jumping into this one with both feet.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/dCNl_aVjUUA/week-in-review_30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/dCNl_aVjUUA" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-in-review_30.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-7745441101010698134Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:28:00 +00002010-10-24T13:28:20.122-05:00GamesDawn of War 2I finished this up this week and promptly moved to the Rise of Chaos expansion. This game is just excellent. I don't know if I like the added depth with the supplies, but it's quite a ride. If you can find this on sale, and that shouldn't be too hard, buy it. Enslaved: Odyssey to the WestAn excellent, extremely cinematic game. Fighting mechanics are very clunky, but worth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/86lP0lgKwLI/week-in-review_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/86lP0lgKwLI" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-in-review_24.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-2235209410467903768Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:44:00 +00002010-10-16T20:44:26.675-05:00My weekends tend to go like this:Wake up around 6:30 AMHave coffee/breakfastGo grocery shopping with the familyDo other miscellaneous shoppingDo laundryMake lunchFold laundryTake a nap (if I'm lucky)Run more errandsDinnerBathe kidsI don't know of it's me getting older or I've always been like this, but I prefer a routine. I like knowing what's coming up and I like to minimize any surprises. I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/R34LwRPCUN4/creature-of-habit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/R34LwRPCUN4" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/creature-of-habit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-3322271496809311097Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:52:00 +00002010-10-15T13:43:47.983-05:00I'm going to try and get these out on Friday. With that said, you get two this week.GamesDawn of War 2Still making my way through the campaign. Still crash prone between missions, but it's getting really good. I hope to finish it up this weekend.ComicsI do believe we've struck the motherload of comics for October this week. I don't know how in-depth I'll go, but I'll give it a shot.Booster Gold http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/pFOXEyQ64lY/week-in-review_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/pFOXEyQ64lY" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-in-review_15.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-6147102241200768557Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:35:00 +00002010-10-13T15:20:42.772-05:00I'll admit that I'm a bit of a homebody. Vacation to me means not being at work. It doesn't necessarily mean I have to go somewhere. Recently, I've had to travel a bit more frequently for work. This has led to my stunning conclusion presented as the title to this post.Air Travel SucksThe check in process if you have to check a bag is painful. I don't know why most travelers just walk up to the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/V7jjjLkn7Rc/air-travel-sucks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/V7jjjLkn7Rc" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/air-travel-sucks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-8585662638969912895Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:03:00 +00002010-10-12T12:03:16.772-05:00One of these will eventually got out on the weekly basis, like I intended. MoviesSuperman & Batman: ApocalypseI had read the original comic series by Loeb and Turner, and this is very faithful to the source material. They change up a few things, but overall, an excellent DC animated movie. DC really has the animated movies down. marvel should sit up and take notice, this is how you should do it. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/FnJrKz61euU/week-in-review_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/FnJrKz61euU" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-in-review_12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-2432497984892037680Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:13:00 +00002010-10-06T11:23:28.875-05:00We all had a really good time with little man's party. There wasn't a ton of people, so it was very relaxed. Matthew seemed to enjoy himself quite a bit.I've made a video of it and I'm going to post it here. I shot and edited the video all on my iPhone 4. I had to edit one photo to take the red eye out, but other than that, it was all on my freaking mobile phone.Edit - So, I can't seem to gethttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/Ftv-f3Kk_I0/matthews-birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/Ftv-f3Kk_I0" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/matthews-birthday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-1136782203457071498Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:31:00 +00002010-10-03T11:31:50.725-05:00It's only two weeks late, but here it is. GamesCivilization 5I wasn't going to pick this one up, but the reviews and word of mouth tapped into my peer pressure sensitive areas. Long story short, I picked it up at Direct2Drive with a $10 off coupon. I like the game, but I feel it's going to be like Civ 4, I'll play it for 5-8 hours and never pick it back up again. ComicsThis week sort of sucked. Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/loZtLb9RiI8/week-in-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/loZtLb9RiI8" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-in-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-8565692510775215160Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:36:00 +00002010-09-22T06:36:57.762-05:00So, when Hannah turned one we went all out for the birthday party. We probably spent $400 on food, drink and decorations. We had a bunch of people over and we all had a really good time, but it was really a lot of work. Flash forward to 2010, and Matthew is about to turn 1. This time around we're not going to do the big production. Matthew isn't in daycare, so there aren't a lot of "friends" to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/zDieIQc8qO8/of-children-and-birthdays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/zDieIQc8qO8" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/09/of-children-and-birthdays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-585032769743987847Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:27:00 +00002010-09-18T15:55:53.193-05:00I'm going to try and get some sort of regular items going here. Maybe it will get me in a routine. That seems to be the only way I'll do something regularly.GamesHalo ReachIt came out. I picked it up, but I haven't played it yet. I've been having too much fun with...Starcraft 2I'm in the top quarter of my bronze division. I'm hoping in the next week or two I can get into silver. This is the game http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/veSn0p0FgT4/weekly-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/veSn0p0FgT4" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/09/weekly-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-7845370127942928882Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:12:00 +00002010-09-15T21:34:17.627-05:00Anyone who has known me for a while will know that I was into comic books before I got into gaming. I had a collection through college of about 25 long boxes (some bagged/boarded, some not) of stuff I had picked up over the years. Most of it was stuff I wanted to read. As a result, a lot of it was worthless when I sold it.I started reading/collecting again when I started working for Citigroup.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/GDfPIcbKIHI/comic-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/GDfPIcbKIHI" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/09/comic-books.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-1041337994173247670Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:36:00 +00002010-09-15T19:45:09.886-05:00I still run a monthly thread over at Gamers with Jobs for the Pile of Shame. I also went and compiled a list of all the threads for the Pile. I've been doing this for over 3 years. I'm probably somewhere around 30% completion for the games I declare. Some of the other folks have awesome records for completing games. Someday I'll catch up, but for now, I need to finish Bioshock 2 this month.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/9CYuYBim4D8/still-running-pule-of-shame.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/9CYuYBim4D8" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/09/still-running-pule-of-shame.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-636244882862419739Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:25:00 +00002010-09-14T15:25:37.570-05:00I never would have thought I would get into league and ladder play in a realtime strategy game. Now, I find myself playing attach or 3 each evening and not playing any of the consoles. I'm firmly settled in the Bronze league, but I'm having fun and I think I'm getting a little better at. Part of the PC resurgence for me was that I bought a gaming laptop. I've got an Alienware M11xR2 and it is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/9UVbTFmqcYo/starcraft-2-has-grabbed-hold-of-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/9UVbTFmqcYo" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/09/starcraft-2-has-grabbed-hold-of-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-2304756843522027472Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:19:00 +00002010-09-14T11:19:19.977-05:00My 3G was crying after the OS4 update. I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to a 4. I have to say this phone is light years ahead of the 3G. Apps respond, calls can be answered, apps don't take a ridiculous amount of time to launch. All in all, a really solid upgrade. I think that was Apple's insidious plan all alonghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/DyWC4voHN9A/so-i-got-iphone-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/DyWC4voHN9A" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/09/so-i-got-iphone-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-3977384187229032741Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +00002010-09-14T10:30:28.603-05:00It finally dawned on me that there might be some Blogger apps available for the iPhone. So, maybe this will get me blogging a little more frequently. I'm pretty sure I've said this all before. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/MJHV7T14nUA/maybe-this-will-help.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/MJHV7T14nUA" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/09/maybe-this-will-help.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-7340495486425538227Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:45:00 +00002010-03-29T09:14:35.401-05:00This one is sort of a cheat, as my Twitter feed will get most of the info from Raptr, but whatever. I picked up a few games over the last couple of days. There's been some silly sales going on and my impulse control is weak when I've got gift cards and gift money laying around.Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ($20 - PC) - EA threw out a coupon code combined with $10 off this weekend to bring this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/2NJUhSvAQaY/status-update-gaming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/2NJUhSvAQaY" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/03/status-update-gaming.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-5179926064237180117Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:50:00 +00002010-03-14T21:55:20.129-05:00Yeah, Web 2.0, social networking, etc... I'm sort of tired of it all. I still dig Twitter, but I don't Tweet very often anymore. I'm about one obnoxious Facebook post from a "friend" away from deleting my account, and I'm too busy to keep a record of what I do, much less think about things, so MLR goes unnoticed.I think I might do some sort of grand purge and start from scratch. I just wrappedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/M7g9FGr2b5Y/still-here-sort-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/M7g9FGr2b5Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2010/03/still-here-sort-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-4958520106904243717Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:00:00 +00002009-08-19T10:04:05.981-05:00I've become addicted to finding clearance games at Target, or through Cheap Ass Gamer. I almost picked up Madworld for the Wii for $15, until it dawned on me that I probably wouldn't play it for more than 30 minutes. Dead Space is at $20 now. I will probably pick that one up after the next price drop. My backlog is strong and will keep me busy during the long dry spell that will arrive http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/VdZXjD6O9os/cheap-games.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/VdZXjD6O9os" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2009/08/cheap-games.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-9018656768794886404Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:32:00 +00002009-08-18T21:33:35.671-05:00Been using Twitter mainly these last few months, but I haven't forgotten about MLR.PSN finally got on the ball and let you setup a badge for similar to the Xbox Live ones. So, on your right, is my measly collection of PSN tropies. :)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/vIVG_9MPKpU/im-still-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/vIVG_9MPKpU" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2009/08/im-still-here.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-894966650214082294Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:28:00 +00002009-03-10T15:31:58.248-05:00I've been playing Crysis for the last two weeks (game time seems to be hard to come by). I sort of regret not picking this up when it first came out. What I don't regret is paying $5 for it at Circuit City ($40 price tag, 50% and a $10 gift card). :)I really want to pick up Dawn of War 2 and Empire: Total War, but I really want a price drop or sale. Steam has spoiled me with their weekend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/L1Cr72iPEUc/game-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/L1Cr72iPEUc" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2009/03/game-time.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-6038694440998895381Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:02:00 +00002009-03-10T09:04:36.848-05:00Well, I did. I figured out the issue. The Residential Gateway for Uverse doesn't like to route outside and then come back in. That's why I had the router behind a router message any time I tried to publish via WWW. So, Hemidal Doesn't Exist! is back in business. I'll probably be a little more tech, politics and crude over there. I'm going to keep this one more about gaming.Blog on!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/tVwZ-fWQ2Fs/whats-that-about-speaking-too-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/tVwZ-fWQ2Fs" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2009/03/whats-that-about-speaking-too-soon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-5398986868778060355Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:17:00 +00002009-03-09T20:23:11.086-05:00So, Hemidal Doesn't Exist is no more. I rebuilt the OpenSUSE box with Ubuntu and I've got a login for Hannah. I'm also having a beast of a time getting Uverse (switched from AT&T DSL) to pass traffic on port 80 and I'm not keen on throwing the box out in the DMZ (adds another firewall into the mix because I won't leave it out there exposed). So, we've got a local Wordpress Blog for our house. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/VoOk0sAvmig/short-lived.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/VoOk0sAvmig" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2009/03/short-lived.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-4136166851644125296Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:28:00 +00002009-01-30T11:28:13.524-06:00Penny Arcade! - The New HotnessYou know... I use a laptop and my HP can get God awful hot, but I don't think it's ever gotten quite this hot.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/jCeJyBC28Ik/penny-arcade-new-hotness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/jCeJyBC28Ik" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2009/01/penny-arcade-new-hotness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-8445640536747813962Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:51:00 +00002009-01-23T23:56:35.804-06:00I finished Beyond Good & Evil tonight. All in all, it was a fun game. I'm not sure it really deserved all of the critical praise it received. It's fun, but it's not going to light the world on fire. I'd give it a 7.5. The camera is wonky and the story is thin. The message is good, but it's obvious they wanted to set it up for a sequel, and while one was announced, the current state of that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/8b02BJ5PIQM/pile-of-shame-shrinks-by-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/8b02BJ5PIQM" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2009/01/pile-of-shame-shrinks-by-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665459.post-295170508451617418Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:31:00 +00002009-01-12T12:45:42.235-06:00I'm going to try harder this year to not buy games again. That being said, what does a die hard, tried and true gamer do for entertainment if he decides to not buy games? It's simple, I play the stuff I already have! What was otherwise known as the Pile of Shame (and still is, I do the monthly thread over at Gamers With Jobs) is what I'll be mining in 2009.I'm currently playing Beyond Good andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~3/JJ_TYSbSexg/what-im-playing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bill Slyngstad)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLucidRamblings/~4/JJ_TYSbSexg" height="1" width="1"/>http://mylucidramblings.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-im-playing.html