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Yes, it's true: Andy bought Anarchy Online and is in love with it. Andy, Matt, and I have all cancelled our EverCrack accounts, but Tom is still EQing it up in grand fashion. The big recent MMORPG news, though, is Blizzard's announcement of Worlds of Warcraft. It looks quite interesting and Blizzard is a proven winner. However, when Neverwinter Nights is released, I plan on spending all of my time on that. I mean ... that and making sure to spend time with Shel, of course. *cough*
I'm excited by consoles again, specifically the Playstation 2. Actually, more specifically, I'm excited by a few games in particular. The game that's got most of my interest, bar none, is Devil May Cry. Other PS2 offerings which have captured my eye are Metal Gear Solid 2 (of course), Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, and Final Fantasy X, to name a few. That's not to say the X-Box and GameCube don't have their winners as well. Both systems will have some fantastic games from Sega as well sporting killer apps such as Halo for the X-Box and Super Smash Bros. Melee, Soul Calibur 2, and the new Legend of Zelda for the GC. Whatever system you'll choose, you'll enjoy a great bounty of games. This hearkens back to the days of the SNES, Genesis, TG-16, and NeoGeo. You just couldn't go wrong with what you bought, you were guaranteed some good times no matter what.
This article makes me smile.
Initializing Mushy Engine v.3.1
Shel's only been in England for just over a week and I already miss her more than I probably should. Oh, well. Them's the breaks, I guess. I've been having a little bit of trouble adjusting to the long distance relationship thing in the first place, but this whole Trans-Atlantic spin makes it even harder. Practically speaking, it's not all that different from when she was going to school in Virginia; but I could always drive down and visit her if I wanted to. But going from spending every waking (and sleeping) hour with her for over 2 weeks to losing her across the sea was a pretty rough transition. I think she's faring slightly better with dealing with it than I am because she's not as much as a dim-witted hopeless Romantic as I am. A lot of people (my parents and friends included) don't think that a long distance relationship is such a good idea, and perhaps understandably so; but neither Shel nor I are willing to write off the relationship just because we're going to be separated by distance for 3 months. She's too great a person to dismiss just because of a few thousand miles. I hope my friends can put themselves in my shoes, and by reading this gain some insight into my thought and emotional processes. I know a lot of them (and my family whom Shel met when she was here around the time of my grandmother's 90th birthday) are wary about this relationship not because of Shel herself as a person but the general long-distance nature of the relationship and that they don't want to see me hurt again. I'm appreciative of their concern, but I'm sticking with Shel through thick and thin and I'm pretty damn sure she's of the same mind. :)
Mushy Engine shutting down
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