So I only just discovered that Mr. Crichton passed away, It’s a little upsetting, seeing as how he played a large part in putting dinosaurs into the lime-lights of pop culture. I guess he did play a large part in my earlier years with obsessive compulsive disorder, as well. Still the man was a really good writer, and I’m a little sad I won’t be able to meet him now.

Apparently he managed to complete at least one more manuscript, before he moved on. It looks like a really good title too, I’d like to pick it up next weekend if I have the chance.

Dragon Age just seems to keep getting better. It really has a fantastic story line, pretty engaging side-quests, fun character / relationship development. The only improvement I could possibly ask for is graphics, and honestly it doesn’t deter from the game, it’s still really enjoyable. I managed to get pretty far into Dragon Age before I got distracted.

The New Super Mario Bros. Wii game is pretty fricken amazing. Between Aaron, Kari, Brittnee, and Myself we managed to make it all the way to world 7 of what looks like 8 in one sitting.The only breaks were took were one for Thai food as dinner time approached, and one other time so I could make an ATM withdrawal for my wife, who purchase a bike with said withdrawal money.

So, long story short. I wanted to use Django, and despite MediaTemple’s neat “Container” idea, I wanted a more traditional installation. Which I found I couldn’t do on thier grid service. So now I’m back with SliceHost. It’s not like they ever let me down in the past, I was just enthralled by MediaTemple’s shiny interface, which I’m over now I think.

I’ve been listening to Sainthood, over and over and over. It’s pretty much all the inspiration I need to make it though the day. Work has been pretty steady, if nothing else.

Every chance I’ve gotten I’ve tried to play DragonAge: Origins, with less success than I’d hoped. I think I’ve gotten about 2 hours in since I’ve got the game, and starting this Sunday I’ll have a new obsession! So I need to get as much time in as I can. I also received a new mouse today. Pretty much the greatest investment ever. It’s much more responsive than my previous mouse, and makes working in Photoshop feel much more fluid.

If there’s any one turn off for any game I’ve played, it’s control scheme. It’s the reason I didn’t like any of the Tomb Raider games, it’s the reason I wasn’t a huge fan of Superman 64, and now it’s the reason I can’t get into Resident Evil 5. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if there was a nice introductory period explaining what was going on, but honestly it seems like it takes some creative combination of at least 3 buttons to make anything happen successfully and it’s just too frustrating to try to guess what that is for the game to be enjoyable.

I’m going to give Fallout 3 another shot here in just a bit. The controls in that game are easy enough to figure out, but for some reason I get to the first town and lose all interest in continuing the character. I think this may be a personal distaste for the scene in general and not so much anything having to do with game play or usability.

I just completed playing the first for chapters of Tales of Monkey Island, and those were actually enjoyable. The art style was a great 3d rendition of the the original games, and it felt like a better translation than Escape from Monkey Island did. The music score was just a slightly updated version of the original – still wonderful.

My wife is feeling ill, second week in a row. My guess it’s the stress that’s getting to her from her work, or more precisely the possible lack-there-of. News has been getting to her that this Friday is likely her last day. I feel bad that I can’t do much except say comforting things and bring her Bigmacs.