Gah, Meh, Sigh

Or, Rage, Gripe, Moan.

 I don't know why but this week has left me in a bit of a sour mood. I mean it hasn't been a bad week by any stretch. It's been a bit samey but at the same time I just feel sour now that it's more or less over. I guess it's seasonal depression or something.
Let's take it from the top I guess.


I mean the week started of rather well with me picking up a Halo Reach poster at the local Gamestop store and then getting my hands on the Reach soundtrack as well as the new Mass Effect 2 soundtrack. Not to mention today I bought the Medal of Honor 10th anniversary collection because I thought it was a good idea. (Not to mention really cheap for 5 games in one bundle). And I picked up KOTOR on steam really cheap.

Uni progresses as usual with the all important course that leads up to the C level thesis that is going to start soon-ish.
Of course I haven't gotten a fuckin clue what to actually write for it. Not a single one. Granted this isn't the first time I've been in this situation seeing as I was a similar seat for my B level thesis that I wrote a couple of years ago (Good lord has it really been that long ago?). But that one I managed to find a subject by just grabbing what I liked and find a related subject to that.
You wanna know what I wrote about?
World of Warcraft.
Yup. I wrote a B level thesis about guild communication in WoW. Which turned out to be not that bad even if I probably could've improved it somewhat on some places. Pity I can't link it since I wrote it in Swedish.
But the problem is now that I haven't played that game for over a year now and writing about it again doesn't feel that of a good idea since it's no longer really relevant to me. Well not up until Cataclysm comes out I guess. But that's beside the point now anyway.
The second problem is that you're not supposed to write this thing alone according to the teachers. Which is easier said and done in my case since I don't know anyone in the new class I'm reading this course with.
Well that is kinda untrue seeing as there are a couple of old classmates who are also taking this course. But considering they never bother talking to me or me to them that feels kinda pointless.
So how I'm going to deal with that I haven't gotten a clue.

Not to mention I'm still one course short from actually finishing my education and I have no idea when that one starts and I've been too much of a lazy bastard to ask when and if I can take it this semester.
But with my luck I probably can't. *sigh*
This "amazing" plan of mine is getting more and more flawed it seems.

Oh and all that money I mentioned last post that I was going to spend on a new graphics card? Yeah I can forget about that. Why?
Because CSN decided that because I had only read 15 points last semester I wasn't going to get any money from them. Thanks a fucking bunch there.
So now I'm kinda living on money from my parents that they've sent me. Which makes me kinda feel bad in a way since it feels like begging but I'm still really grateful that they're doing it. Hope I can find a way to repay them properly.
(Well I guess graduation would be one step in the right direction.)

Going back on the topic of MMO's I did get a rather rude shock yesterday with the mention that APB is shutting down. Something that I knew was going to happen at some point but not so suddenly as it did.
I've almost been meaning to write about that game and I may just do it if I find the inspiration to do so but I'm just going to say the following about it:
I liked it a lot.
Yes the game was extremely flawed and mechanically awful at some places but at it's core it was an incredibly fun game that I loved playing with others and I'm sad to see it go already.
However something I wish would go away is all the vitrol that is being spewed at the mention of the game.

Yes we get it was bad the moment you laid your eyes upon it and that you can smugly declare that fact.
Yes we get it that RTW deserved it according to you.
Yes we get it now shut the hell up.
It's frankly starting to get really annoying.

Correction it is really annoying.

To be honest I wish I could be overjoyed at the news that Epic games might buy it.
Problem is of course is that I said might. It may or may not happen any time soon. Secretly I hope such in the case and Epic either fixes up the game again or puts at least the character creation system into use elsewhere. That was probably one of the best parts of the game and I wish to see it more elsewhere since it easily trumps what's been seen in Oblivion/FO3.


Otherwise my week has just been kinda normal and boring. Been struggling a bit with writing a decent background for a character for a short Exalted campaign but making decent progress with it regardless and slowly picking my way through Mass Effect again as a FemShep Vanguard. God that armature fight I hate it so much. And yes Hale's performance is really good. Even if I never saw much issue with Meer's either.
Speaking of games the Ace Combat Assault Horizon trailer is the shit and extremely kick ass and I wish that the game was coming for the PC as well. But instead I'm stuck with HAWX 1 and 2.
And guess what game is coming out for the PC by the end of the month and I have pre-ordered already?
Yeeeaaaah...
Expect a review at some point. Hopefully less wordy that my earlier one.

Also, today I learned via the stats that my post about the DX3 cutscenes was linked elsewhere on another forum. This amused me greatly.
You know what is going to be an awesome game when it comes out next year?
DX3. ;P

Also I am getting really really tried of all this election talk pretty much everywhere I look. But then again it's election next week so what can I say.
I already went and voted anyway just so I could get it over with. What did I vote for?
Naziste- I mean the Pirateparty.
Why? Well it was either that or voting blank and I didn't feel like doing the later.