Wow. I know I've been really busy, but 2 months straight without a single post? Talk about slipping.
So if you haven't guessed by now, I've been on my own for over 2 months now. Papers, online assignments, out-of-class experiments, all night projects and studying galore have kept me from making an update for months now. Living on campus hasn't made things any easier; I've already gone through 1 less-than-pleasant roomate, I'm located in the middle of nowhere (not a GameStop, comic shop, or movie theater for 10 miles) and I've got to watch my cash until I can find a place that actually hires. What's left to say? How about I wouldn't want to be anywhere else :D .
My first semester has already left me with friends that I intend to hold on to as life long pals. Hopefully I can get up some videos with them someday. The freedom to progress through my schedule at my own pace is also one of the most liberating things I've ever experienced. Thankfully despite being rather remote, my campus is next door to a Wal-Mart so I can food shop easily and keep up with DVD and Video Game releases.
As a Jouranlism major, working for the school paper is finally giving me a back catalogue of published work for the job I hope to one day have. And by next week, I'll finally be ableto review "Dragon Age: Origins", my first published Game review (funny how my first reviews always seem to be Bioware games). Here are a few highlights of my work so far:
Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 Review
Otherwise, I've been doing a surprising amount of non-game related activity. The most gaming I've done within the last couple of months is about 10 hrs. of Deus Ex: Invisible War, which has all of a sudden started to reach one of the most gripping climaxes I've ever experienced in a video game (I'll be counting the seconds to Deus Ex 3). I've been right back to reading comic books. With money as tight as it is, they're my cheapest form of entertainment, so I usually pick up 3 or 4 issues whenever I'm back home (Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Grant Morrison's "Batman and Robin", Blackest Night, Phil Hester's Run on "The Darkness", The Mice Templar and Sonic The Hedgehog, not necesarrily all at once). If nothing else it at least gives me something to talk about with my English professor (who also happens to teach a comic book studies cla$$).
I'll leave it at that for now but I'll definitely try to be more active from now on (If nothing else I'll resort to video updates). Don't be afraid to tell me what you think of the articles.
Rider out