Day 20 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Today's work wasn't too bad. Although busy, nothing much happened that left me feeling like i want to beat the excrement out of something, which overall is a pretty good result.

At work we, and all other Singtel (Optus) internet customers in Australia, had some weird access issues for most of the morning as we couldn't access some overseas sites.

Also today, my Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance that I ordered from another Hong Kong-based online store, Play-Asia.com, arrived. I'm impressed by their service, delivery, and price, so i think i might start ordering from … Read more →

Day 19 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Tonight i finished Half Life: Episode 1, and consequently started Episode 2. Again, i don't know how people waited the time between the releases of these games. After i finish episode 2 i'm probably going to complain how much i won't be able to wait until Episode 3 (yet to be released) comes out.

Anywho, i'll try not to blog too much about Half Life any more.

Because i don't have anything to blog about today, i'll blog about yesterday. We went down the coast and met up with a cousin who is … Read more →

Day 18 of NaBloPoMo 2007

This morning i finished Half Life 2, and I've got to say, that game was awesome. I'm still struggling to comprehend how the heck i hadn't managed to play the game until now. It's quite baffling considering it's been three years since it was released and how many 'Game of the Year' awards it won, and also generally how awesome the game is.

Graphics wise, i think the game still holds its own even after three years; there's still a lot of shooters released recently that still don't match it.

The only downside … Read more →

Day 17 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Man, NaBloPoMo is starting to suck a bit, tonight is another night that I soooo wouldn't have normally done an entry for.

Nothing exciting today: still playing through Half Life 2, did the cleaning, went to Church and afterwards we went and ate seafood (eeek).

And now i'm back here playing Half Life 2 once again. 🙂… Read more →

Day 16 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Another quick one before midnight to fulfil my NaBloPoMo obligations.

Work this week was pretty miserable overall, but today wasn't too bad.

After tonight's game playing, i'm about half way through Half Life 2, some parts are pretty frustrating! Hopefully i'll be able to play a fair bit and finish it this weekend. The only thing that's definitely planned is Andrew's house-cooling, as it's a bye week for football.… Read more →

Day 15 of NaBloPoMo 2007

When it rains, it pours, at least when it comes to orange boxes! As it happens, after a whole month of it not arriving in the post, the first Orange Box that i ordered actually did arrive today: the day after the replacement one I ordered after thinking the original one was lost in the post showed up.

I'm sure the surprised look on my face when i opened the package was worth a thousand words.

I've started to play Half Life 2 for the first time, and visually i'm very impressed, especially considering how … Read more →

Day 14 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Finally! It should have been here almost a month ago, but today I finally got my Orange Box. I ended up getting a credit from the original store whose shipment did not arrive, and then eventually bought the game for a slightly more expensive price from a store on eBay.

The game itself is the Indian print (full English though), and it makes me somewhat nervous that is says on the back that This product is only for distribution in India. Distribution outside of India is Unlincensed., as i know Valve cancelled keys sold … Read more →

Day 13 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Nothing much happening today, so i'm going to go with one of my pre-prepared topics.

It's happened several times now over the years: people that i've just met remarking that I have a (usually) American accent, and asking where in North America am i from.

I don't really get it, i'm born and raised here in Brisbane, and I don't think i sound at all American. Especially when i was at uni at the start of a semester of tutorials, a fair few people tagged me as an overseas American student.

Just a few weeks … Read more →

Day 12 of NaBloPoMo 2007

Not much happening today. Finally the new system admin started at work today, so hopefully things should start returning to some kind of normalcy soon.

With the current election coming up, it's funny driving past Kevin Rudd's (our local representative and the current the Australian opposition leader and alternative Prime Minister at this election) office, as it's now not uncommon to see men in dark suits and Australian Federal Police standing outside the doors. Apparently once the election is called the Opposition Leader gets the special protective treatment.

One interesting feature of this election is … Read more →

Day 11 of NaBloPoMo 2007

I almost went to bed tonight before i remembered I had to post.

Anywho, today I woke up, got really impatient and re-emailed the people responsible for sending me The Orange Box. I asked for a refund, as i've had enough and was just going to get it elsewhere. Despite me asking for a refund, they conveniently ignored that and said they'd send another one out, despite the fact that they don't have it in stock nor even list it in their catalog any more. I'm now waiting for another reply *sigh* will i … Read more →