Geek Nirvana

So I went downtown today, trying to make wine out of sour grapes. To wit: since I dropped thirty bucks on Star Wars:Galaxies only to find it won't work on my alleged up to date system, I thought I would at least go to Head2Head and play there. I have an account with SWG until next month, so why not?

I call Head2Head. Yes, they have SWG loaded, but only on four computers. Could I reserve so that I don't get disappointed? Of course. So today at noon I walk in. A very helpful woman sets me up, and I get ready to play.

Only it doesn't work even there. Turns out no one has played SWG there in over a year. A tech came over, again very helpful, but even he is stymied. The woman at the counter--who was a knockout, may I say--added time to my account for the headache. So since it seems destined I'll never play this damn game, I thought I'd just mess around with the treasure trove of PC games Head2Head had.

So I finally got to play Call of Duty 2. Adored it. There is no way in hell that would even deign to enter the CD tray of my system with its system reqs, so this was my first taste of this bit of magic. I made it through three missions in the Russian campaign. All praise heaped on this game is well heaped. I was also chuffed to see that my progress will be saved on Head2Head's system, so when I come back, I can start there again. Yippee!

I also took a look at Star Wars:Battlefront 2. It seemed really chuggish, so I didn't spend much time with that. I think I just carry this anti-LucasArts aura or something. I have the first Battlefront
, and do love it. Just beat it recently. So there. I rock.

Also took a look at another game that begins with B--Battlefield 2. I've heard even more praise for this one, but for some reason, it just kept going online, and some asshole kept shooting me. So I got fed up with that. But it does look good. And by that point, nearly two hours had gone by.

So--a good time. It was wonderfully geeky to glance around and see what other players were playing: some metal dude was playing Guild Wars, while a very serious looking older man was playing Oblivion. Of course, there were the WoW people. The counter woman just kept an eye on all of us, us poor souls, each seeking to not be ourselves for a few hours.