Started a new book in a new series
From the back cover....
Wizards Wager
Thousands of years before the Age of Elminster dragons rule the skies over Faerûn, and elves dominate the huge forests that cover the land. Only in the mighty, magical empire of Netheril are men a force to be reckoned with.
Bored and haughty in his midair castle, the Netherese mage Candlemas bets fellow wizard Sysquemalyn that a certain barbarian who has caught his eye can survive the most savage tests his friend and deadly rival can devise. The only rule: The tests must offer the subject some chance to survive, however slight.
Of course, "playing fair" is a concept as alien to the wizards of Netheril as "mercy".
But the subject of their wager, Sunbright Steelshanks of the Rengarth Tribe, has a mind and a will of his own. And Candlemas and Sysquemalyn are not the only players in this lethal game of swords and sorcery...
Discover the Arcane Age of Netheril, the most powerful magical empire in the history of the Forgotten Realms, when a bold barbarian becomes the pawn of quarreling archmages
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I also beat the single player on Call of Duty 4 found it to be an ok game. It did have some very cool parts that was for sure but there is a lot I do not like about it gameplay-wise. As stated the respawning enemies is really annoying. That might have been an accpetable thing in 1990-something but not these days. That was the biggest enjoyment killer in the game for me as it makes cover often useless because no area is ever really clear but for a second that the enemies apparent premonition abilty in that they always knwo where you are. It happens in other games but it is really bad here just try and take out that BMP with an RPG you can be 2 miles away and the thing instantly turns its turrt to fire at you as soon as you pop out to aim at it. If I bothered to write a review I think I would give this one around 7.5 at best. Why? Beacause it really isn't or do anything special. Keep in mind I just came off playing Rainbow Six: Vegas, Portal, Bioshock, Halo 2, Halo 3, GRAW and in the middle of playing GRAW2 leading up to this and every one of those game I found more enjoyable for some reason or another. I mean it isn't a horrible game but the issues it have bother me just that much. Definately not game of the year that is for sure.
Next on the list I think i am going to work on Half Life 2 and its episodes or maybe God of War since I started it a week or two ago and want to finish it and I have GOW2 waitjing after that.
UPDATE : Working on God of War. Impresssions. Its pretty cool but it man let me tell you games on last gen really look last gen on a high end monitor. Big time muddy and pixles. Its also a fairly simple game. It is more moves than I thought since I thout it was nothing but the same two moves over and over when I watched videos of it but yeah there is quite a bit more.
On another note a few months ago I bought two Light On DVD drives for my PC and they the eject mechanisms aren;t working too well as they sometimes do not properly frop the disks back into the tryay before oeing it. I had another Light On drive before this where the door would often get stuck. Lesson finally learned, avoid Light On drives. There stuff is probably the cheapest on the amrket but now you know why. Anyways got two Asus ones on the way as of today. Wnet with them because they usually have excellent quality and the ones they had were SATA.