10/30/07
Dear blog,
I was going to write a post on the Redskins game from last weekend on my sports blog, but I recalled that I hadn't updated this blog in a long time. So, that's my task for tonight.
The two biggest events in my life in the last couple of months have been a) my purchase of the two-year old remake of the 1986 classic computer game, Sid Meir's Pirates! and the airing of the forst two seasons of The Wire on HBO On Demand.
Pirates! recently came in at number 3 on IGN's list of the greatest computer games of all time. It's a combination RPG, action/adventure game, with elements of turn-based strategy and some fun mini-games. Oh, and like the Grand Theft Auto series, it's entirely open-ended. There are plenty of quests to go on if that's what you want to do, but if you want to ignore all of that and just concentrate on the pirating, that's an option, too. It was a terrific game back when I first played it as a boy, and now it's even better as an updated version. Pure fun.
The Wire, on the other hand, that's some heavy shit. If you haven't seen this series, dude, you gotta get on it. Buy, don't rent, the first season on DVD. If it's not the best shit you've ever seen, let me know so I can cross you off my list of friends. Consider it a cross between Law and Order and The Sopranos, only set in Baltimore and about 50x better than either of those shows.
And not that those aren't high-quality shows, as they are, but The Wire blows them away. It's a joke that this show hasn't even gotten an Emmy nomination yet, but the inferior Sopranos wins the award consistently. I don't know, nor know of, anybody who has ever watched The Wire and not been instantly converted. Join in the fun - I swear you will thank me.
Well, I'm a bit tired, so I'm going to get to bed. I have a lot of stuff on my plate right now. More frequent updates for a while - I promise!
Later...
I was going to write a post on the Redskins game from last weekend on my sports blog, but I recalled that I hadn't updated this blog in a long time. So, that's my task for tonight.
The two biggest events in my life in the last couple of months have been a) my purchase of the two-year old remake of the 1986 classic computer game, Sid Meir's Pirates! and the airing of the forst two seasons of The Wire on HBO On Demand.
Pirates! recently came in at number 3 on IGN's list of the greatest computer games of all time. It's a combination RPG, action/adventure game, with elements of turn-based strategy and some fun mini-games. Oh, and like the Grand Theft Auto series, it's entirely open-ended. There are plenty of quests to go on if that's what you want to do, but if you want to ignore all of that and just concentrate on the pirating, that's an option, too. It was a terrific game back when I first played it as a boy, and now it's even better as an updated version. Pure fun.
The Wire, on the other hand, that's some heavy shit. If you haven't seen this series, dude, you gotta get on it. Buy, don't rent, the first season on DVD. If it's not the best shit you've ever seen, let me know so I can cross you off my list of friends. Consider it a cross between Law and Order and The Sopranos, only set in Baltimore and about 50x better than either of those shows.
And not that those aren't high-quality shows, as they are, but The Wire blows them away. It's a joke that this show hasn't even gotten an Emmy nomination yet, but the inferior Sopranos wins the award consistently. I don't know, nor know of, anybody who has ever watched The Wire and not been instantly converted. Join in the fun - I swear you will thank me.
Well, I'm a bit tired, so I'm going to get to bed. I have a lot of stuff on my plate right now. More frequent updates for a while - I promise!
Later...
posted by k - L - g | 5:09 AM
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