Update
My lack of updates have been fourfold:
- Entertaining company in real life. This happens once every 2-3 years, but it meant I couldn't continue Metroid: Other M, which is what I'm trying to finish for backlog and scripting purposes. The good news is that I have to have it done by next Tuesday, when Dragon Age II comes out. I also need to play the last 5 minutes of Trauma Team and actually finish it.
- Above-mentioned company also made me discover the pure joy of playing Minecraft on a dedicated server with close friends. I am the material-bitch, who spends all their time digging in mines so everyone else has enough cobblestone to build awesome things.
- RIFT. I cancelled my World of Warcraft account (sorry, Jacquelle), which doesn't say much because I've cancelled it about 10 times in the 2 years I've been on-and-off playing. Even so, RIFT has completely blown me away. I'll probably write something up on it in the future when I get a better grasp on things, but it's so fun. It's also not so much of a timesink; I'm not sure how they did it, but it always feels like you're doing something awesome, even if you can only play a couple hours at a time. In WoW, I would stare unmoving and unaware at the screen for 14 hours and then see that all I did was craft a pair of pants. In RIFT, during a couple hour session playing with my friend, we did a few entire quest threads, explored a mountain area, got a few artifacts, sealed 3 large Rifts and fought back a full-scale invasion of our hometown. It also links in to Twitter, so if you're so inclined to see all my picture updates (I try to only take interesting ones), you can check it out here.
- This has nothing to do with anything, but I haven't been so excited for any video game in recent memory as I have been for Catherine. Words cannot express how much I want to play this, and the fact that Atlus is actually releasing it in the US at the end of July brings me so much joy...I was expecting at least a late-year release, but I guess there's a lot less to translate in a 10 hour puzzle-game than a 200 hour RPG like Persona.
- Bonus - The fact that I can't listen to this while playing a game makes it hard to play anything, since that's all I've been doing.
Minecraft Script
CAST OF CHARACTERS
CHAR - The main character, marooned in a strange world with no memories.
CHICKEN - A reluctant sidekick.
CREEPER - The main villain. Favorite pasttimes include running towards CHAR or something CHAR loves and then blowing (it/CHAR/the puppy down the road) up.
EXT. SANDY BEACH - MORNING
We open with a gorgeous beach overlooking a vast ocean, with rolling hills stretching out across the horizon. There are signs of wildlife all around; a PIG and a COW are happily hopping around the scenery. A SHEEP wanders nearby. Focus in on CHAR waking up sprawled out in the sand.
CHAR
Where am I? Who am I?
Looking out into the distance, CHAR begins to notice the horizon shifting. A set of gigantic mountains suddenly pops into view.
CHAR
Whoa.
CHAR checks his pockets and immediate surroundings, searching for clues as to who he is or why he's here.
CHAR
Nothing, of course. And it looks like I'm stranded on this island. I guess I'll start looking for food.
