Sideshow & Syrana

I think the lil one will love these, don’t you?  I mean, I didn’t buy them for myself….

I have been playing some stuff lately, I swear!

Although I’ve been a bit more focused at getting the new blog rolling, I haven’t stopped gaming altogether.  Granted, I haven’t played WoW in about a week, but I’ve been hitting up Facebook games again lately…

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Don’t look at me like that! They take little time! I have less time now with all this sleep I keep wanting.

Anywho, a couple days ago, CSI Deadly Intent for the Xbox 360 arrived via Gamefly.  Mind you, I added this along with several other console games several months ago while I was still one of the cohosts of Polygamerous.

Unfortunately, we had reduced back down to 1 game at a time and …. well, Sideshow has ultimate control over the list.  So, mine will get here when they get here.

This game is at least a year old, but if you are a CSI fan like myself, then you will probably enjoy it.  I had fun, but I wouldn’t pay the brand new, full price of the game.  I got about 10 hours of game play out of it and there is practically no replayability (unless you are just anal about achievements).

I played a previous one and enjoyed it (pretty sure I rented it or bought it used….can’t remember though).  There are still a few things that frustrate me in the game play though.  Such as, needing to uncover certain evidence or statements before moving forward with the investigation.  Sometimes my thought process was ahead of the game.

The voice acting is pretty good, since they use the actual actors from the show.  Well, except Catherine Willows.  I’m not sure why that was the only one done by the non-actor of the TV counterpart.  The look and voice were close, but noticeable to someone who watches the show regularly (read: too much).

Each case has an interesting story that unfolds with twists and turns so the suspect is never who you first expect (that would be too easy!)

I must say that I never learn my lesson that I would enjoy these type of games MORE on my computer than on a console.

Why?

Because the Xbox stick does not have enough fine control for sweeping the screen, watching for cursor changes.  A mouse is easier to maneuver in such a way.  Sometimes it was quite touchy in the game and I spent too much time trying to get the cursor where it needed to be.  The DS would also be better, I would suspect….although they had their own special version of the game with different cases…. probably to incorporate more of the touchyfeely platform.

All in all, I enjoyed solving 5 cases.  I’m a pretty good armchair CSI, if I do say so m’self.

I started a new alt blog for those who may be interested.  Ok, ok, so I started Yet Another Alt in WoW, too.  But this post is to tell you about the new blog.

Remember how I said I wasn’t going to turn this into a mommy-to-be blog? Well, that’s why I ended up talking Sideshow into setting up this one for me!  (It’s even got an honest-to-goodness REAL “about” page! *gasp*)

Couldn’t help it…the urge…. it overtook me.  No, we won’t be closin’ up shop here.  Yes, I know my posting has been a bit erratic and it will likely remain that way for …. who knows how long.  But sometimes… isn’t it nice to not have a major bombardment of unread posts in your feed reader?  That’s what I thought!  Yes, you are welcome. 

Anywho, check out the other one if you want.  I don’t forsee gaming crossing onto the baby blog very much.  It’ll be more likely that some “how having spawn affects gaming” will continue to crop up here.

But I’m an emotionally charged woman who needs more baby outlets right now.

I need to go drain some souls to gather my sanity…

Huzzah! Eastern Kingdoms complete.

I didn’t even finish Booty Bay’s available quests, nor did I go into Blackrock Mountain… I have a TON of left over Eastern Kingdoms quests.

Now Kalimdor… I have around 20ish left to complete and I’m struggling (STRUGGLING, I tell ya!) to find them.  It’s nuts.  I’m checking out the listing of hard to find quests on the WoW forums as well as using the addon Everyquest.  I think there are some more Booty Bay quests that will have parts of their chains go over to Kalimdor and count there.

At least I hope so.

*frets*

Wow, the sale of tickets for BlizzCon 2010 is upon us.  And I say….Good luck to you!  Last year was a bit nerve wracking as we tried to get tickets, so I really do wish everyone good luck to get tickets if you so desire.

We won’t be going through the crazy queue this year.

I know, I know, after last year’s BlizzCon I was already talking about going back… even if only for the meetups outside of the convention.  However, due to the little one on the way, we won’t be able to go.  Last year it was so hot in August, going in October would have been nice… but… I won’t be allowed to fly and will be gettin’ ready to pop.

Now, if any of you want to get this lil’ one a cute plushy from the convention, that would be awesome. 

Also, the holiday weekend (travel and time off) threw off my sense of what day of the week it is… #iblamepregnancybrain