And by “we”, I mean me.
And by “moved”, I mean to my brand-spanking-new blog.
And now I’m wondering just exactly what the search engines are going to think of my reference to spanking. (Good thing this isn’t Twitter, I guess — I’d be in for an influx of pornbots, for sure.)
I mean, I’m not picky about my readers, but I’d sure hate for anybody to be disappointed!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
My Own Personal Beatlemania
If you’ll forgive the expression, The Beatles: Rock Band is, well… totally fab.
We finally cracked open our copy yesterday, and both immediately fell in love. The graphics are just beautiful. The gameplay is awesome, as you get to follow along with the history of the band. And the music is, of course, simply the best there ever was.
The most interesting part to me is the addition of harmonies, although it’s difficult to play. Otherwise, I’m doing pretty well with the vocals, due to a combination of my unfortunate tendency to sing male vocals better than female anyway, as well as the fact that I’ve been singing along with these songs for, well... we don’t need to go into exactly how long, now, do we?
EAToo is enjoying the drums as usual, and is more willing to sing than he normally is, because this time he knows all the words. We’re also both eager to try out the bass part — apparently, according to the difficulty levels, George Harrison was even more of a genius than either of us realized.
I’m also eager to get into the downloadable content. By the end of November, the remainder of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (my all-time favorite), will be available as DLC. DLC releases have tentatively been scheduled through the end of the year.
I’m planning to post a more detailed and technical review over at Suite101.com later today, and I’ll add the link to that when I do.
We finally cracked open our copy yesterday, and both immediately fell in love. The graphics are just beautiful. The gameplay is awesome, as you get to follow along with the history of the band. And the music is, of course, simply the best there ever was.
The most interesting part to me is the addition of harmonies, although it’s difficult to play. Otherwise, I’m doing pretty well with the vocals, due to a combination of my unfortunate tendency to sing male vocals better than female anyway, as well as the fact that I’ve been singing along with these songs for, well... we don’t need to go into exactly how long, now, do we?
EAToo is enjoying the drums as usual, and is more willing to sing than he normally is, because this time he knows all the words. We’re also both eager to try out the bass part — apparently, according to the difficulty levels, George Harrison was even more of a genius than either of us realized.
I’m also eager to get into the downloadable content. By the end of November, the remainder of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (my all-time favorite), will be available as DLC. DLC releases have tentatively been scheduled through the end of the year.
I’m planning to post a more detailed and technical review over at Suite101.com later today, and I’ll add the link to that when I do.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Suite 101 Is a Blast!
Sure, I haven’t been blogging. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. In fact, I just finished my first writing “challenge” at Suite101.com. The challenge was “Pump It Up: 14 Articles in 14 Days”.
The challenge was a bit daunting... it’s a lot of work to write that many pieces, especially when you’re juggling your writing with a full-time job and other responsibilities. But, armed with inspiration from a recent vacation and the new television season (Finally! Can I get an “amen”?), I put my mind to it and got it done. In fact, last night was the first night I’ve taken off from writing since I started the challenge. And it really felt odd not to stay up writing, although I certainly needed the sleep at that point!
I can’t take all the credit. My husband has been very kind in terms of reading all my stuff, finding the occasional typo, and not minding too much when I disappear for hours to write. I also need to thank Suite101 for being located in the Pacific Time Zone — that extra couple of hours before “midnight” definitely helped me stay on track!
Writing for Suite101 has been great. While I also want to get back to the more informal style of blogging, I’m really enjoying the structure the website provides me in terms of style. It makes the writing more of a challenge; writing as a “puzzle” that I have to put together, just so, is far more interesting to me. Additionally, it makes me think out my opinions on things and develop them further than, say, the “Squeeeee!” that was all I had right after I saw the season premiere of Dollhouse.
And, I might add that the people of Suite101 have been wonderful. A special thank you to Cindy McGlynn, who has been the most patient editor a girl could ask for and has never made me feel stupid for asking stupid questions.
So, if you get a minute, drop by Suite101 and check out the content. Not just my pieces — although I’d certainly appreciate it — but all of the other writers there, too. There’s a lot of great work over there.
The challenge was a bit daunting... it’s a lot of work to write that many pieces, especially when you’re juggling your writing with a full-time job and other responsibilities. But, armed with inspiration from a recent vacation and the new television season (Finally! Can I get an “amen”?), I put my mind to it and got it done. In fact, last night was the first night I’ve taken off from writing since I started the challenge. And it really felt odd not to stay up writing, although I certainly needed the sleep at that point!
I can’t take all the credit. My husband has been very kind in terms of reading all my stuff, finding the occasional typo, and not minding too much when I disappear for hours to write. I also need to thank Suite101 for being located in the Pacific Time Zone — that extra couple of hours before “midnight” definitely helped me stay on track!
Writing for Suite101 has been great. While I also want to get back to the more informal style of blogging, I’m really enjoying the structure the website provides me in terms of style. It makes the writing more of a challenge; writing as a “puzzle” that I have to put together, just so, is far more interesting to me. Additionally, it makes me think out my opinions on things and develop them further than, say, the “Squeeeee!” that was all I had right after I saw the season premiere of Dollhouse.
And, I might add that the people of Suite101 have been wonderful. A special thank you to Cindy McGlynn, who has been the most patient editor a girl could ask for and has never made me feel stupid for asking stupid questions.
So, if you get a minute, drop by Suite101 and check out the content. Not just my pieces — although I’d certainly appreciate it — but all of the other writers there, too. There’s a lot of great work over there.
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