I haven't posted in my blog for some time now, but that's because I've been pretty busy with my little girl and work.

The family is doing good. Brynn is starting to slowly get better at sleeping during the night and not so much during the day (yeah!) and mom is doing, well.

I haven't had as much time to play games as I like to, but I have been getting some time in for them. I played through STALKER again - though after the 3rd time, it's pretty simple (even with mods) because I know where everything is and where to go, so that only took me about 6 hours (after dinking around on some side missions).

I picked up playing Mass Effect now and I'm a good 5-6 hours into it. I've been exploring any worlds I can land on and just enjoying the game overall.

I've got a couple new games I recently picked up for about $30 - Blacksite: Area 51 and TimeShift. I'll trying playing through these two after I beat Mass Effect.

I have been spending a bit of time playing an online MUD (Gemstone IV) in my free time and I'm enjoying that again. I've been an off and on (mostly on) player of Gemstone (III and now IV) since the summer of 1994 - holy crap, 14 years I've been playing this game. But I greatly enjoy the atmosphere and the value I get from the game. It is a niche game now, since MUDs are mostly ignored for the most part, for those horrible graphic MMOs out there. To each their own, I suppose.

If anyone is ever interested in trying out Gemstone IV or anyother game that Simutronics offers, simply pay a visit to www.play.net.

I know that Simu is getting very close to releasing their very own graphic MMO game and it looks like it could be very, very good. So, here's hoping for the best for them on that gaming aspect. I might even try the game out when they launch....but that remains to be seen.

Other then that, I'm close to re-installing Advent Rising again and playing through that game - I love the game, aside from a few graphic and frame rate issues, the story is very good and the game play is (what I believe) how the Halo series should have done. The game could have been a Halo killer if it was polished up a bit and given Multi-Player - oh well. If you haven't played the game and want to give it a go, you might be able to find a copy for Xbox for real cheap or you can try searching for a PC copy on www.amazon.com. If all else fails, you can purchase the game on Steam.

That's everything in a nutshell, for the most part.