Waiting Tables and Playing Games
July! I can’t believe it’s already July. A guess quite a bit has been going on, so I’ll elaborate a bit on how my summer has been going thus far.
Mallory and myself got jobs at Carrabba’s, a nice Italian restaurant chain that happens to be only a few miles away. Being a waiter was something I really didn’t have in mind, but it’s work and pays well. Training was a week long and was pretty brutal, but now that I’m doing things myself I’m much more comfortable with it. We got the jobs shortly after getting back from Savannah, so we’ve just been working, mostly.
Aside from working, we play games. I had ordered Pokémon Leaf Green and Fire Red from eBay and I put a few hours into Leaf Green so far. I also bought The Sims 3, which we’ve probably put more time into than anything else (well, at least Mallory has). We even took the time to recreate my house, which came out surprisingly accurate. If you haven’t played Sims 3, you really owe it to yourself to pick it up since it’s a huge jump up from the previous two installments.
Mal and myself also played through Gears of War (I had beaten it before, but we were looking for good co-op games to play), finishing it last night. We’re probably going to start on the Halo series soon so she can see what all the fuss is about.
We both ordered DS flashcarts (for those looking to order one, get the AceKard 2.1, it’s easy and awesome) with 8gb memory cards each (they’ll hold approximately 100 DS games). We decided to try out Phoenix Wright and we love it. I finally see why everyone raves about the series: it’s really good. I also tried out a bunch of other games I’ve been curious about. I had tried GTA: Chinatown Wars when Alex had it a few months ago but didn’t play it enough to really get into it, but now that I’ve put 10+ hours into it, I realize that it should really be respected as a full-blown GTA title. If I were to recommend a game on DS to folks, it’d probably be GTA.
And! Because Chrono Trigger is on the DS, I decided to finally play what is frequently referred to as one of the best RPGs of all time. I’m a few hours into it and I already see why it’s earned the title. I’m very impressed with the game thus far, and look forward to putting more time into it.
After a month of being too busy to do a new Ninten Speaks episode, I finally got around to filming one today. Then I went to the computer to open Final Cut and… no go. Apparently the update to 10.5.7 on my Hackintosh made Final Cut decide to not work. *sigh* I’m currently trying to figure out how to resolve this problem so I can get this episode up in time for the 4th of July. I’ve got Premiere Pro, yes, but my camera is weird and requires certain things be done for it to work. Whether or not it’s even possible in Premiere is yet to be answered, but I’m not willing to give up on Final Cut… it’s my baby :’(
That’s about all that’s been going on as of late. Like I stated in the title, I’m waiting tables and playing games. I’ll be sure to keep you updated on which games I’m playing as they change. And hey, who knows, maybe something exciting will happen. We’ll see.
