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I spent this weekend doing nerdy things.
On Friday, I went to Aaron's and played games for a little while. Galaxy Trucker twice (which I think we're both bad at, I'm just slightly worse at), and then Race for the Galaxy (which I got a high score at but still got trounced), and To Court the King (normally my go-to "I want to win something" game, but I still lost twice! What the hell!).
Saturday I spent the whole day in New Braunfels with Kevin.
I brought my SNES and VGA adapter, with the intent to play Zelda on one monitor while Kevin played Fallout on the other, and we talked about nerd things. Kevin's big monitor (which I have one of, too) didn't talk to the VGA adapter for some reason, though, so that was out. He ended up bringing his computer into the living room and we hooked stuff to his parents' TV.
I got through another dungeon-and-a-half of Zelda. Part of why I like it is that dungeons are bite-sized, about an hour of fun gaming for each one, and then there's a convenient stopping place for you to go do something else. I finished a dungeon I had done some of before (Death Mountain, the pendant of wisdom) and then did some stuff in the overworld (got the master sword, talked to some people in town, bought some minor items I'll need later), then did the castle and got dumped into the dark world.
After that, we went into town, got some frozen custard, and went to Best Buy. We gawked at the $90 HDMI cables (and the $50 ethernet cables next to them), got an adapter to plug his computer into the TV, and I got an Xbox 360 controller. Then we proceeded to play Trine until midnight. It's kinda like Lost Vikings with a physics engine. I think it would be better if it were all 2D, but I think that of everything.
Why did I buy an Xbox 360 controller, though, you might ask? Because they are USB. They work fine on computers, including Macs, and I've been wanting a gamepad for a while anyway. It's a comfortable, good controller with analog sticks that's compatible with most games.
Anyway, some rambling about dice:
( Includes a game idea )
On Friday, I went to Aaron's and played games for a little while. Galaxy Trucker twice (which I think we're both bad at, I'm just slightly worse at), and then Race for the Galaxy (which I got a high score at but still got trounced), and To Court the King (normally my go-to "I want to win something" game, but I still lost twice! What the hell!).
Saturday I spent the whole day in New Braunfels with Kevin.
I brought my SNES and VGA adapter, with the intent to play Zelda on one monitor while Kevin played Fallout on the other, and we talked about nerd things. Kevin's big monitor (which I have one of, too) didn't talk to the VGA adapter for some reason, though, so that was out. He ended up bringing his computer into the living room and we hooked stuff to his parents' TV.
I got through another dungeon-and-a-half of Zelda. Part of why I like it is that dungeons are bite-sized, about an hour of fun gaming for each one, and then there's a convenient stopping place for you to go do something else. I finished a dungeon I had done some of before (Death Mountain, the pendant of wisdom) and then did some stuff in the overworld (got the master sword, talked to some people in town, bought some minor items I'll need later), then did the castle and got dumped into the dark world.
After that, we went into town, got some frozen custard, and went to Best Buy. We gawked at the $90 HDMI cables (and the $50 ethernet cables next to them), got an adapter to plug his computer into the TV, and I got an Xbox 360 controller. Then we proceeded to play Trine until midnight. It's kinda like Lost Vikings with a physics engine. I think it would be better if it were all 2D, but I think that of everything.
Why did I buy an Xbox 360 controller, though, you might ask? Because they are USB. They work fine on computers, including Macs, and I've been wanting a gamepad for a while anyway. It's a comfortable, good controller with analog sticks that's compatible with most games.
Anyway, some rambling about dice:
( Includes a game idea )
