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Well, we finally got our little blurb on CGW.  You can view it here.  Pretty sweet!  More exposure!

Besides that, not a whole lot has been happening lately.  Jeremy Birn released a new lighting challenge today, so I’ll be working hard on that and his previous ones until classes start on the 15th.  More outdoor lighting, which means more practice before I dive into my outdoor environment, professor willing.  It’s funny.  I’ve been anticipating and preparing to start this project for weeks, but I still don’t know if the professor will approve it.  Eh, I might come up with a backup plan just in case.  Might.

I’m also working on effects these next two weeks.  Unreal 3’s Cascade editor is pretty cool.  Steam, small explosions, and rain are all within my grasp.  Bwahahaha!  But enough evil genious talk.

I played Metal Gear Solid 3 for hours on end last night.  PS3 backwards-compatibility is nice, but without a special adapter, you can’t hook up your memory cards.  Starting over from the beginning was a pain, but it did give me a chance to re-live some classic MGS3 moments.  Ocelot’s pansey call for help:  “Mrwawr!”, Snake’s constant staring and taste for every animal in the entire jungle: “Yea, yea, but how’s it taste?”, and who can forget the cheezy 007-esque “Snake Eater” opening sequence…45 minutes (if you’re slow, like me) into the game?

Well, done, Kojima.  Classic.

Well, I beat the Campaign Mode of Resistance: Fall of Man Monday night.  Wow.  Three days.  Haven’t done that one in a while.  Overall, great game.  I’m still playing multiplayer online.  Won’t be getting away from that for a while.  In the mean time, I’ve started going for all the skill points.  It really is addicting.  Not many people outside of Insomniac fans know that Skill Points were around long before the Microsoft in their infinate wisdom deemed it necessary to bring in Achievements for the 360.  I loved it in the R&C PS2 games, and I still love ‘em.  More importantly, I love the little quip titles that allude to their use.  “Chicks dig eyestrain” << Find 10 Intelligence folders.

Some of you may remember me raving about my new Wii in my first few posts. (Does anyone even read this blog!?)  I covered the fact that my parents essentially started gaming because of the Wii’s intuitive controls and simple games.  Well, now that I have a PS3, I’m beginning to notice that I haven’t played the Wii in over three months.  In fact, I have very little interest in purchasing any new games for it.  When my parents heard this little bit of information, my mom surprised me by saying, “How much do you want for it?”  I was dumbfounded.  Not only were my parents never gamers until this past year, I never thought in a million years that they’d try to purchase a console, least of all one I already had.  But it’s true.  My parents want to buy my Wii and all my games. (‘cept Trauma Center, which I don’t blame them for)  I at first was going to sell them the console alone and take the games to EBGame/Stop, but my mom stopped me.  Even though they really would only play it for WiiSports, they said that they can keep the games for my niece to play when she comes over.  My mom then turned to my dad and said, “See, dear?  Now we can get Wii Fit!”

I never knew hell could get this cold in August.