Fifteen Days: Day 12.gamez

Side note: I type all of these little blog posts in Microsoft Word first so that I don’t have to worry about losing everything because of my computer incompetence.  All right, I am pretty savvy when it comes to computers and technology in general, but still: better safe than sorry.  Especially since I have the tendency to wander away from any current website in favor of Facebook or Gamespot—even more so now that the Game of the Year nominations have been revealed!  OMG!  Yep, definitely going to talk about those at the end of this post.  If you’re not interested, too bad!  It’s my blog and I do what I want!

Side Note 2: ERICK PLATTNER GET VOICEMAIL OR ANSWER THE CALLS THAT LOOK SKETCHY!  IT’S ME FROM SKYPE.

Side Note 3: Adele and Kanye make my musical life.  Forever.

Enough side notes, they’re boring and don’t really add anything to the content of this blog. I think I will call them “other news” from now on…like this:  “In other news, I am drinking gin out of a jam jar with a splash of lemonade because it’s Tuesday.”  See, better right?

Today was a beautiful day in London.  Not particularly sunny, no, but certainly not the gloomy gray that usually occupies the sky.  I woke up fairly late, around 10:30, and remember feeling very well rested after an unusually irritable state of mind from the previous evening: see embittered blog of yesterday.  Today: much more chipper, much more me.

Last evening, Rachel DeFoe and her posse—yes, her posse, she’s that cool—made a delicious Christmas dinner for everyone to enjoy though I must say that the highlight of the evening came from her oreo balls that were, as the name suggests, balls of cookie, cream cheese, and chocolate.  Not disappointed.  Another wonderful moment was in the Christmas card I received from her.  I was truly touched and it was an incredibly sweet gesture.  Love that girl.

Also, I had a lovely moment with Izzy and Jennifer and Ben when the latter two walked into our kitchen in a drunken state brought on by a party at their bosses home.  What a treat!  Jennifer told sexy stories, Ben was…well, the ever delightful Ben.  He’s my fave…well, one of them anyway. We like to pretend that we are a bickering, divorced, semi-working-on-things couple and that Katz is our daughter that has spent a majority of her life living with just me.  It’s a good imaginary scenario.  And I LOVE imaginary scenarios.

Right: today kicked ass.

Following my early morning routine, I went to lunch with one miss Isobel Brown at the local favorite: The Stockpot.  Spaghetti and Meatballs was on special…are you kidding me?  How could I not enjoy that?  Iz ordered the carbonara, of course, and we had really good intentions of splitting half way through.  We just enjoyed our respective meals too much and a bite a piece from the other plate was enough to curb our hunger.

Following lunch, I walked on down to Temple—I say that like it’s nothing, but it’s really a good hour of a walk—and met up with StePHen Lee Briles for one of thee most nerdy things I have done in my life.  We stopped by the Royal Courts of Justice to watch a court appeal/trial.  First, we went for coffee and had a delightful chat about Katie Blinn, everyone’s favorite topic, and went to the courts to watch a case on heroin possession.  Yay!  Some dude had 37 kilos of the stuff at 64% purity.  How much does that amount to you ask?  £950,000.  Yep.  That’s a lot-o’-drugs. 

So we watched and then walked back to the res hall, all the while having a fantastic discussion.  Steve Briles: you’re the best.  We met up with Izzy and went to the National Portrait Gallery, but they closed the place down within 20 minutes of us being there.  Kind of a bummer—we will definitely be going back.  Steve split to go watch some rioting and Izzy and I ventured to Covent Garden in an attempt to go see War Horse.  Yep, ‘attempt.’ It was all sold out…again.  Bummer!  So we went to dinner at the Wagamama and then came back to the residence hall to enjoy the company of some of the greatest people you’ll ever meet.

Tonight: we’re probs going to play a game of Celebrity or Pass the Stack.  I am hoping for the latter, but mums the word!

OH!  I also had a freaky as dream last night (a couple of them actually), but the one I am thinking of now happened like this.  Ben and Steve and I were sitting on top of the Res Hall smoking cigars—ish, I know—and all of a sudden I was on top of Benson’s in Walker, MN.  I was all alone and then I jumped off of the roof and found my brother and his friend Jackson hanging out on the corner.  Naturally: we decided to burn down Bensons which turned out to be a portion of the moon.  Basically: we set the moon on fire and the Walker police blamed us for destroying the coolest part of our night sky.  I was very, very confused when I woke up… Yep, that was the end.  Just me, Erick, Jackson, and Wayne Tennis discussing the ramifications of burning down the moon.  Odd.

Okay, as promised, though I doubt you care—too bad, I do!!!—here are the nominees for the Game of the Year: Bayonetta, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mass Effect 2, Super Meat Boy, Red Dead Redemption, Heavy Rain, Vanquish, Starcraft II, Halo: Reach, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

I have not played all of them, but I have watched them all enough to understand the basics of their respective greatness.  Therefore, I feel like I can pretty accurately give you a list—very little detail—of how I would rank these nominees.  Feel free to disagree, assert some support, or not give a shit as you please.  A double asterisk indicates that I have played the game

10.  Starcraft II – don’t care, don’t care, don’t care.**

9.  Red Dead Redemption – cool concept, just not something I feel stacks up to the rest.

8.  Halo: Reach – maybe the best Halo game? **

7. Heavy Rain – story seems epic, gameplay looks solid.

6. Super Meat Boy – I WANT THIS.  It looks like a great platformer.

5. Vanquish – okay, this game rocked.  I didn’t think that it was as great as the other four though.**

4. Battlefield: Bad Company – this game is terrifyingly realistic and has amazing replay…from what I hear…

3. Super Mario Galaxy 2 – probably my favorite on the list, to be real.  However, I don’t think that it’s overly original as the other two nominees which were just as fun.**

2. Mass Effect 2 – maybe the best RPG available right now?  Yeah, I think so. **

1 . Bayonetta – epic.  Creative, cool, fun, AMAZING replay.  Also: who new witches could be so delightfully sassy, hot, and charming?

Sorry about that nerd out moment.  Woops!

PEACE LOVE COFFEE

Cheers!