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So, yesterday a little game came
out, by the name of Starcraft II. I (along with the entire population of
South Korea!) have been waiting for this game for a long time. The
original game came out in 1998, and it was the first game I ever played
online, over my parent's 32k dial-up connection no less! I spent many
hours learning the ropes of the original, and it is one of the few games
that I have periodically re-visited over the years. The new one is
really impressing me so far with it's fidelity to the original, and I
can't wait to play it to get more of the story! Might be challenging to
pull myself away for a while...
Interestingly, I got my Sister's
wedding invitation today (*sniff*). It is hard to believe that my little
Sis is getting married! She is having a destination wedding in Las
Vegas, which will be cool since I've never made a trip out there to
visit, although Gwen, her Dad, and I did drive through it during our
cross-country trip this spring. We're really looking forward to it!
Last but not least, here are
some pictures of the Demonstration Day the local game store,
Eagle & Empire, held last
Sunday. Check them out!
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Demonstration
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26 July 10 |
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Fun in the Sun |
Hey everyone! We've had a busy
couple of weeks; were to begin..
Well, I went down to Barksdale
AFB in Louisiana, and it was really hot down there
with temperatures in the 100's! Of course, once I came back home
temperatures in the DC area promptly became just as hot (Doh!). The base
had a small museum, with a number of aircraft outside for display. You
can find them below, although unfortunately they are not of the greatest
quality since I took them with my iPhone.
This past weekend Gwen and I
went out to the Udvar-Hazy Center, which is the annex to the National
Air and Space museum out by Dulles. They had a lot of really neat
exhibits there, including the B-29 Enola Gay and the Space Shuttle
Enterprise. We were going to take some pictures, but the
official site has a lot nicer shots that we could ever
get! Afterwards, we went to see Toy Story 3, which is a really great
movie by the way. I've heard people say that this is the best of the Toy
Story movies, and while I don't know about all that (it is hard to top
the innovation and memory of the first!), it is still quite good.
Yesterday, there was a "demo
day" at Eagle & Empire, my local game store. The owner, Doug, had turned
over the gaming space to hour-long demonstrations of various games. I
myself was demo-ing Firestorm Armada and Axis & Allies War at Sea. The
event was a lot of fun, and I think I managed to generate a bit of
interest for my games, which is good! I took some shots, which I will
try to get put up before too much longer.
So, in the works for the near
future are a raft of updates for my Firestorm Armada site, which I
launched last time. I'm working on a fair amount of background for my
ships, as well as a new look for the whole thing. Hopefully those
changes will be done in the next week or so, probably in early August.
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Barksdale AFB
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11 July 10 |
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Happy 7-11 Day! |
It is kind of funny to think
about, but this is the first July 11th I've had in 4 years that wasn't a
ship holiday. Since the San Francisco was SSN-711, we always took this
day to do a ship's picnic and get-together. Oh well, I decided to update
my website instead!
As those of you who follow my
Facebook page already know, last weekend Gwen and I drove back to
Indiana to visit my Mom, Dad, sister, and her fiancé, Chris. We bought a
bunch of fireworks and had a great time! It was definitely worth the
trip. This past week, even though it was a short week, was very busy.
Still, I've managed to get a little modeling and a little gaming in.
Friday was my usual 40k game. I played my IG against the Tyranids again,
and although it was a bloody fight and I was sure I was going to lose
due to a bout of poor dice rolling, I never the less managed to grind my
opponent to a tie! Modeling wise, I've been working on some ships for a
space combat game called Firestorm Armada, which I last talked about
back in
March. I have been playing a couple of video games. I finally
finished the single-player campaign for
Dawn of War II, which was really
cool. I really hope that a future sequel/expansion does something
similar for the Imperal Guard, as the makers of this game really
captured the Space Marine feel. I've also been playing
Legend of Zelda: Spirit
Tracks, which is the latest Zelda game for the DS. It is a pretty
standard Zelda game, except you get to drive your own train! Nintendo
couldn't have made a game that more specifically caters to my tastes if
they tried.
Which brings me to my big
announcement: My Firestorm Armada web site is now live! It is pretty
bare-bones at the moment, but it does have some pictures of the ships
I've gotten painted so far. Check it out below! |
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Firestorm Armada Site
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Site by:
Andy Rucker. All rights to original content are reserved by the
author. |
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