Paraskevidekatriaphobics

Wow. $900 million lost to people afraid of Friday the 13th. Personally, I’m more scared of the word than the date. But that’s just me. I’m a rebel and stuff.

Gothic 3

So, Gothic 3 ist draussen und anscheinend leider (noch) recht Bug-verseucht. Was mir doppelt und dreifach leid tut – zum einen hatte ich die Jungs von Piranha Bytes vor einigen Jahren getroffen und dabei viel Spass gehabt – ich wuensche ihnen also alles Glueck der Welt. Zum anderen sind sie jetzt in Essen, wo es sich natuerlich automatisch besser lebt Und letztendlich finde ich die Gothic Reihe einfach geil und will den dritten Teil schnellstmoeglichst spielen.
Nunja – noch nicht wirklich ganz fertig, hier und da ein bisschen gedreht und geregelt, um das Spiel wie mit dem Publisher vereinbart rechtzeitig zu releasen – alles schon erlebt, alles schon mitmachen muessen – passiert halt immer wieder in dieser Branche.
Im Grunde bin ich nicht traurig, dann werde ich mir Gothic 3 eben wie eigentlich geplant erst zu Weihnachten schenken, wenn Victoria und ich hoffentlich wieder in Deutschland sind. Bis dahin hat es bestimmt den einen oder anderen Patch gegeben, der die Probleme behebt. Und ich kann vorher noch Gothic 2 zuende spielen. Dazu bin ich naemlich irgendwie nie gekommen.

Now Playing: Half-Life 2

I have finally finished Half-Life 2. The original game, that is, I guess I’ll continue with Episode 1 now. Somebody give me a medal or something!

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Well, that was unexpected. HL2 Episode 1 just sorta ended. It was fun, but not quite as long as I thought it would be. I guess now I’m really done… And Victoria can stop complaining about the loud shooting noises eminating from my office

Moving stuff around…

TGS has come and gone, and as far as work is concerned, I’m back to the usual can’t-talk-about-it stuff. I cleaned up the post below a bit and added some links to the top section. There’s a lot more videos, interviews and other stuff around if you search places like Gametrailers, Gamevideos etc.

Where’s the bodyguards?

Poor Brian Vickers. He gets his first win, something that every NASCAR driver dreams of, and then the dream turns into a nightmare. He can’t even catch a break on Inside Nextel Cup (which was entertaining to say the least, though). Victoria might disagree, but come on – it’s racing and things happen. Get off your rabid Dale Jr. soapbox. End of story.

iTunes

I’m not a huge fan of iTunes, I use it because it’s the best way to access Apple’s music store and there’s probably worse music players out there. But what’s with all the dependencies? I have to download and install iTunes 7 just so that I can buy the new Beck album? WTF? I just want some new music for my iPod, and don’t really care much for all the video gimmicks that come with it. I’m pretty damn sure that the old iTunes could already do music, can I please download it like I used to be able to? Ah well, I’ll just suck it up as usual and be annoyed by the additional Quicktime installation that Apple automatically forces on me. I already had that too and didn’t feel like upgrading, you know…

Update: Oh great, and now, with iTunes 7 installed, most of my purchased songs fail to authorize and transfer to the iPod. Thank you, Apple! I don’t mind DRM, but if you’re doing it, but better make sure that it works!

Update 2: Took a few days, but customer support has fixed the problem.