I spent most of Monday playing Resident Evil 4 on the PS2, and although I'm not happy with the control decisions they made, I've gotten used to it and made a good bit of progress. I've rescued the girl, and am now at the inevitable 'trapped in the run-down cabin' bit that belongs in every good zombie show.

I think they made an interesting choice with the enemies. for the first half of the game, a shotgun blast to the head = satisfyingly pop, then death. But there comes a point when that satisfying pop no longer = death, but instead, they sprouting a nasty alien thing with a scythe-tipped tentacle that can tear you up from ten feet away. It's odd that what was once an instant kill, now produces a more wicked foe. Effin zombies, always outsmarting us intelligent, non-parasite ridden folks...

If you were wondering, I still haven't wrapped my hands around Bionic Commando Rearmed. Due to some unknown curse, I have been unable to successfully order it. I just know that if they had come to an agreement with Valve, the Steam distro would have worked for me. Damn them and their disagreements. Oh well, I'll get my hands on it eventually. Same goes the an Xbox 360. So many games coming out this fall that I would love to play. Too Human, Fable 2, Fallout 3, XBLA games, gears of war 2, GTA 4...

One final note: we finally got the rest of the extra pay I am entitled, so in addition to a bit more in the paycheck for the next few months, there was about $800 in backpay :) Yay for paying off the laptop! I also spent some time this afternoon specing out some new parts for NysaK's PC upgrade. Actually, it's more of a hardware swapout, since the old stuff is to... um... old. I can still repurpose it, but for her to have a system that performs well, a whole new set of parts was in order. Currently the list totals about $580. It will probably change by the time I get home, but it's nice to have it mostly figured out. By the end of November, she'll be ranting and raving about how well my hardware performs for her ;) -Out.

Tunes: Orbital - Nowhere to Run