Wednesday, March 7, 2012

In Sickness and in Gaming

I have been very sick. Oh, so very sick. Got a stomach virus, got better for a week, then got infected AGAIN. It seems this frikkin' virus is almost a pandemic, sweeping across Massachusetts and the rest of the counrty. It has been nicknamed the boom virus; you can probably imagine why. Me, I don't have to. :S
My poor wife also got this virus from hell, and there was a period of time where we were both deathly ill. Not a good predicament to be in. At least we have no kids that would also have gotten sick. That would have added to misery.
We are gradually getting better. Enough of this *bleep* is enough.
I have been playing games when I have not been puking or worse. Started Persona 4, good game so far but it starts real slow, at least for me. It was a good three and a half hours before I actually got to go dungeon diving. The story is great, it's just the setup seemed to take forever. Really not a knock on the game, I am after all the impatient type, and very eager to see where the games' story takes me. Plus great music (and the game comes with a bonus music disk, niiice.), graphics and delightful persona splicing. Looking forward to more...
Also playing Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Good game, although at this point my thoughts for this game could be summed up as "Um...". Gameplay mostly consists of going on missions, beating up on Heartless, rinse and repeat. There is a panel system where every single weapon, magic, action, even level you earn must be placed, which at this point is very frustrating to me. Plus I could care less about any of the main characters, even Roxas. Despite this I do like the game, which will likely get better as I'm only about 10 hours in. Oh, and the camera sucks...but that's standard to most Kingdom Hearts games that I have played.
Finally, just got Thor for the DS. It rocks, it's by Wayforward, nuff said.
Hope everyone is well. I suggest lots of Purell, you DO NOT want to get the Boom virus. Take it from me, I know.