Arkham City's a good game, but not as great as the original. Open world doesn't really work, story's a bit too unfocused, and stealth areas aren't as well designed. But the combat and stealth are still really fun and it has one of the best boss fights I've ever played in a game.
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 On 05/31/2015 at 10:14 PM by Ranger1 See More From This User » |
Where does the time go?! There really aren't enough hours in the day for work and all my hobbies and interests. And there'll be less time this week than most. I'm headed to Kentucky early Friday morning for my nephew's graduation. We'll be coming back the next day, so quick trip, but it will be so worth it. Many of you former 1uppers have been reading about Bean's and my adventures for years, and now he's all grown up. Thursday I head to my sister's in NH, where I'll spend the night before heading to the airport in Boston in the early AM. On the way, I'm stopping at a friend's house to do some odd jobs for her that she isn't physically able to do (climb ladders and change lightbulbs, mostly) and also some mechanical stuff.
Playing: Just finished Lego Batman 2. I 100%ed it and I have one achievement left. It's the play a level in co-op achievement, so I'll invite Michael over to play a level with me and I'll have all 1000 cheevos. I think I'm going for Arkham City next while I'm still kind of in Batman mode.
Reading: not much, I'm ashamed to say. Too tired, usually. I did borrow a book from Jason: In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien. I like his writing a lot. His book The Things They Carried is one of my favorite books. I also have several mysteries by a guy named Arthur Upfield about a half-Aborigine detective named Napoleon Bonaparte that my friend Linn loaned me.
Watching: Finally watched Chinatown. I can see why it's a classic. Now I have to find The Two Jakes and watch that. Finished off the reboot Hawaii Five-O and went back to the original. I think I'm on season 8 of that. Also been watching a BBC series called Death in Paradise about an uptight London cop who gets sent to an island in the Caribbean. It's pretty funny. I also watched a movie called How I live Now. Not impressed with that one.
Listening: mostly to the weather radio, lol.
Other stuff: Still running. After a two month hiatus, I started the Couch to 5K all over again. I just started week 4. Still liking it.
Work is busy. I'm on restricted duty, though. We have an infestation of Browntail moth caterpillars and the toxic little bastards make me break out in the nastiest, painful, itchy, oozy rash. It's frustrating, because I look around and see everything that needs to be done and I can't do any of it. Hopefully the cold wet weather we're currently experiencing will help knock their numbers down a little.
The spring wildflower extravaganza is still in full swing. I do enjoy that, and I have new Americorps people to train in plant ID.
Our main pair of osprey may no longer be a pair. The male's been missing for over a week, causing the female to have to fish for herself, which leaves the eggs unincubated. I don't think they'll hatch at this point. Kind of sad, but at the same time, they are wild, and he is (or was) pretty old. They've been paired since 2003, and he was the mate of the previous female to use that nest. The other pair nearby seem to be doing great, though.
Well, Pixlbit Nation, I think my supper may finally be ready. Time for dinner, another episode of Death in Paradise, and then sleep.
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