1/19- I won another game on Steam!

Bwahaha it's true.

Last night, I entered a giveaway with a ton of different games.
And I won "Spec Ops: The Line."

It's a new 2K game, and it's... Intense.

Interestingly enough, it's a modern-day 3rd-person military shooter, with a fantastic story.

I mean, a majority of the reviews all said the gameplay was iffy. I mean, it's fun, but nothing super-amazing.
But the story is apparently really really good.

I've put maybe two hours into it, and I love it so far.
A widely-accepted truth is that the game is.. I'm not sure how to describe it.

You end up investing your emotions into it, because it's a gritty game, both in premise, and in the way it's presented.
You play the game, and it makes you feel guilty for killing.
Weird, right?

Generally when you play a shooter game, it's run in and shoot everyone.
Then you get an achievement for it!

However..
So, I'm a fan of stealth games, right? Splinter Cell, Hitman, Thief, etc etc.

So naturally when I'm playing a game, if I come across two guards talking, I let them talk!
Because there's a chance that they could split up and make it easier.

I walked up behind them, and they started talking.

He asked for a piece of gum.
They made fun of one of their friends.
They commented on how beautiful the scenery was.
They talked about the towns where they grew up.
Then they talked about how it was so fulfilling to fight for a cause their family believed in.

THEN they just open fire on you if you get too close!
I felt horrible for just shooting them down!

Which I'm fascinated by.
It takes a lot for a video game to truly humanize any character, but if they're humanizing every single person that you shoot in a military campaign?
That's intense.

And the story gets better the farther you go.
So I'm excited.

Also! I have an interview at Chipotle on Monday!
I will kill for this job.
I'm going to nail this interview.
I need a job.

I need money!
Well, I want money!

And since my birthday is coming up, I'm going to save up and by MW3, because I want an online shooter.
Well, I've said that at least 50 times in my past few blogs.

Uh..
So Shaun picked up Dustforce for Ian and I a while back, and it's fun.
I never got the hang of the controls, until today..

I hooked up my arcade stick and I'm using that!
Basically, any 2D game that I can use my arcade stick on, I'm using it.
Street Fighter makes your hand stretch and press buttons in weird fashions, so the more familiar I am with the controller, the better I'll be (in theory).

Hm.
That's basically my day..

So I'm going to go play Castle Crashers.

After I shower.


Brethren before wenches!

-Nolan