...pretty much sum up my day. Spent all day trying to get stuff done at work, only to be interrupted to do other stuff, then being interrupted again....oh, and there was tons of snow to shovel. And of course a migraine decided to move in, with the nausea and the newfound ability for colours to actually hurt to look at. Came home, and then discovered CJBK forgot that today was Thursday, and that I was supposed to do Geek Corner. Bit of a disappointment. Good thing I do it for the love.
Still, some cool stuff did come about today. So here is Geek Corner for those who missed it. Kinda.
Picked up Outsiders #34. This was my first issue dealing with DC Comic's narrative experiment, where all of their books leap ahead 365 days from last month's storylines. It's being done with all DC Comics, necessitating that you pick up the mini-series 52 to see what you missed. Well, not sure if I'll be doing that, but this issue wasn't bad. It dealt with the Outsiders apparently fighting in an African civil war, with some discussion on the horrors of turning children soldiers into psycopathtic killing machines. As usual with Outsiders, it dealt with real world horrors while still giving us a superhero fix. The team is different in this brave new future: while Grace and Katana are still members, we now have Rex Mason as Metamorpho, with no explanation as to what happened with Shift. Captain Boomerang ( the super-speed one, not the dead one) is now also a member, Thunder has adopted some weird Seventies hairstyle and a costume reminsicent of her father's Black Lightning gear. Best of all? Nightwing is back leading the team, although Interweb rumour is hinting that this isn't Dick Grayson. It may even be Jason Todd. Oooh boy. Still, a good read.
Game wise, I was able to pick up Virtua Fighter 4 and Half Life 2 yesterday. Virtua looks amazing--I really like the training sessions, and the speed is impressive. I looked at Half Life last night and it gave me nightmares. Which is good. Will get to once I finish trudging through the saccaharrine and big eyes of Kingdom Hearts. Nice to see Wikipedia agrees with me.
Oh, Kotaku has a nice bit on waiting in line to buy the new Nintendo DS-Lite in Japan. Nice comparing it to the expected non-craze we'll see here in North America, even though the DS is quietly pounding the PSP into the ground.
Am off to shower and bed. Some days, I feel like I'm still fifteen trapped in a forty year old body. On days like today, I feel like I'm ninety in a body that is about ten years older than that. Where's my hot water bottle, peppermint Schnapps and Miss Marple mystery?
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