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Well, the November LAN is coming up in only 2 days. We’ll have about 18 guys playing video games in their parents’ basement(ok… my basement). While every one of us will be very competitive whilst playing the games, what it really comes down to is the social interaction. As Tristan put it, it is about the camaraderie. Most of the guys I spent time with in college; cramming for tests, cursing a certain professor, and your general procrastination(Toli was king). You develop friendships that cannot be matched once you get into the real world. Of all the things I experienced in College, this I appreciate the most.

LOTD: Sweetest Band March Ever

Well, if you ever had any fun running around killing zombies in Diablo 2, then I have a game for you.  Hellgate: London has taken over quite a bit of my playing time lately.  It is created by the same group of developers that did the Diablo series.  They broke off from Blizzard and started their own development company.  It is an RPG game that has FPS style and 3rd person, depending on the type of character you are playing.  You can play the game online for free as long as you want, but you can also choose to pay $10/month to get additional classes, content, etc.  At this point, I haven’t been able to justify why anyone would pay the extra $10.  I figure I can let them add a bunch of content over the next year, then pay the $10 for 1 month and enjoy all that content.  The attention to detail on armor and weapons in this game is amazing.  Check out my Blademaster.  Every character looks different since all the armor and weapons are completely random, so you don’t end up with these cookie-cutter looking toons running around.  If you were a fan of the Diablo series, you have to check this game out.

Pain? Yes, when you lose all but 1 Softball game in your league, that is painful. Also, turning your ankle 3 times during the last double-header hurts quite a bit as well. I’ve been hobbling around for the past couple days, trying to follow the ICE routine. Why would I keep playing after the first, or even second turning of my ankle? That is a valid question. Ignorance comes to mind. It was just a beer league after all. Some of the other teams seemed to think it was a competitive league. I actually thought we might be involved in a brawl during/after the game on Friday night. Some people just don’t know how to relax and have fun.


The real pain in my life right now is the loss that Katie and I have been dealing with. She put it better than I can, so feel free to read what she had to say.

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