Of Godly Hammers and Water Borders
I don’t usually post about this sort of thing, but we were apparently hit with Thor’s hammer Mjollnir pretty hard this week. The temperature dropped severely since and it is now freezing. My prediction is that with a few more weeks of this, the only individuals still hanging on to life in this forsaken frozen desert will be the most stubborn of Math professors (and they can be pretty stubborn!).
To explain: Tuesday, it was 70 degrees and raining. Lovely weather if you like warm rain. Said rain was preceded by an hour-long violent storm, lots of wind, rain, and thunder. The kind of thing you just don’t see very often unless you live in Japan (and one reason why their $5 umbrellas are better than $20 ones here). Wednesday morning it was freezing outside. Maybe literally, I don’t know – but yesterday it was actually snowing. Going from 70+, near-summer weather to sub-freezing temperatures is something I could only expect from Indiana. Why am I staying here after graduation again?
To avoid the weather I’ve been playing too many video games as usual. I got Puzzle Quest (DS) in the mail on Monday. It doesn’t surprise me that this was the biggest-selling game at the end of March. I’m playing it occasionally, trying to make the depth of the game last longer. My roommates, meanwhile, have been borrowing the game and using the second save file. I know one person who’s even considering buying a DS just for Puzzle Quest. You have to give the game a try at least once.
I also am a bit into Suikoden V. I really should’ve done a new game plus, but no helping it now. The challenge is nicer without, but if I remember right you can run faster in a new game plus. I’d forgotten just how slow this game runs. Both in the early parts of the game, where 6 hours of story interrupt 1 hour of gameplay, and in general, when there’s a loading screen for each new area and battles take 5+ seconds to start. The graphics aren’t even that impressive, so I’m wondering just how the heck they’re managing to make it load so inefficiently. It’s still a fun game, but… seriously, I hope Konami makes Suikoden VI load as fast as the early Suikodens. S3 is much better in terms of load times than V, and it doesn’t look a whole lot worse.
Leaving for Spring Break tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll have time to do a bit more relaxing before graduating time.