I want to be a pirate!
I downloaded and played The Secret of Monkey Island : Special Edition on Xbox Live Arcade. It took less than few minutes to download the 500+ MB demo and no more than 10 seconds after I launched it to be excited. The classic intro screen was on display with the classic - much beloved - monkey island music theme(youtube video) and then it faded out to the new and improved screen, spotlighting the most exciting enhancement to the remake.
The folks at Lucasarts pulled it off; it is the same wonderful game we 'all' know and love, outfitted with gorgeous hand drawn graphics, dialogue voice-overs and a user interface that actually works on the consoles.
I wish I could purchase the full game, alas, the whole Microsoft Points deal is messy due to the fact that Xbox Live is not 'officially' supported in Greece and the implications related to credit cards processing. Links: Review on Gamespy, Guybrush Threepwood
I turned on my dekstop PC tonight in order to look for Trine on Steam. I came across a review on Giantbomb and was really impressed by the premise and the visuals of the game. Some friends have played it and had nothing but words of praise for it. Hopefully, I will play for a while this weekend. Speaking of my PC, in retrospect, it was one of the least meaninful purchases I ever made. My intentions were to install Linux so that I could work on the Linux Kernel and prepare for Larrabee's arrival so that I would eventually get to develop for it ( I am very excited about Larrabee if previous posts haven't made it clear by now ). Turns out, I only use my beloved MBP anyway for I have so little time to spare lately. Oh, well.
Being Amiga users back in the day was a lot like choosing a platform with a soul over PCs. I feel the same away about using Apple products (especially OS X). It feels great, it feels right, it feels much like it felt when I was using our Amiga. Whenever I have to use Windows ( thankfully, not often nowadays ) it feels wrong in so many ways. Come to think of it, the only thing I like about Windows is the Win32 API
Just like every summer, I am going through a huge productivity slump. I can't wait for Autumn. This time around I intent to try to deal with it though.