barely fatal

What a week, my biorhythm has been running circles … around my head.

I usually don’t swear a lot. Okay, that’s not true in the sense of … oh fuck it, I’ve been an annoying office mate these days. Complaining about everything, but then I still think there’s been a lot to complain about! Deutsche Bahn (no need to explain…), unstable test systems at work, less-than-considerate colleagues, the Deutsche Post (no need to explain…), my bank, my eye doctor, and many others. Most of all though my own inaptitude to accept and forget about the countless small nuisances.

Usually I’m a rather relaxed type of guy, but the last couple days I’ve felt very much alive – and angry. It’s the perfect time to start a new project. Or to get up early. It’s scary, I gotta tone down my inner rage next week or else my colleagues will flee the office or start throwing things. Back to witty remarks.

Maybe I should start drinking smoking playing an MMO … I have no idea. It’s probably gonna be over when the temperatures are above Zero again. Superconductive brains, maybe, or something.

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CrispyGamer will no longer publish comics. Go read Backwards Compatible as long as it’s still on there.

Still playing the Star Trek Online beta. Liking it a lot when it doesn’t crash, or is buggy, or laggy, or annoys with loading screens and unfinished content. No idea about the longevity, though. Will (at minimum) wait until the release rush is over and servers have stabilized. Also, MMOs need special consideration, they basically force you to forfeit playing any other games … and that would be so sad, considering the March line up.

It’s been a while that I played a game demo. Tonight I tried Bayonetta and Dante’s Inferno on the PS3, and what can I say: Thank you, thank you for these demos, as they saved me a lot of money and brain cells.

Bayonetta is everything I hate about Japanese action games. Yes, you may call me conservative, boring and European, but I like stories and characters that make sense, thank you very much. The graphics are technically up-to-date. However I can’t stand the style, or the  walking/running/fighting animations. And the music is unbearable.

Dante’s Inferno is a God Of War clone (and that coming from someone who has never played GOW) with some terribly obnoxious design problems. Timed scripts that you can’t know to be timed the first time you play are always an endless supply of agony, especially when the checkpoint of course lies before the last horde of imps you slew. I won the boss fight in the demo by holding Block 98% of the time. And it’s not even that pretty.

I think I’ll wait for the God Of War 3 trilogy ultimate HD prestige collection edition or whatever they’ll call it.

Oh the demo for Lost Planet 2 was dull at first, but the boss fight really was a giant boss fight – you could get swallowed – and keep fighting inside. Shame I didn’t understand the rest, is that a single player, skirmish, coop, or multiplayer only game?

My DVD rental wish list is running dry again. Any “must-see” movies or shows you can recommend?