Misc. Roundup

So, let's see what's been going on.

The computer is back up and running, after a great deal of pain and suffering in getting everything installed again. I'm running Windows XP Home Edition now (instead of the hogish Media Center edition that came with the laptop) and had to download rougly 854GB in updates.But things are going well with it, and I just got out of a nice session of World in Conflict :)

Speaking of World in Conflict, it's my newest obsession, multiplayer real-time tactics game that's pretty much unlike anything I've ever played, seen, or even heard of before. An original concept for a game, executed beautifully. The idea of having a fluid quasi-RTS where people can join in at any time should have been thought up long ago.

Over at ScoreHero the latest leagues just finished up last weekend. I made it to the Semifinals of the top Expert league for the Xbox360 for the second season in a row, and set two records: First place all-time scores for "Drink Up!" and "Laughtrack" on the 360. "Drink Up!" is a 360-exclusive song, so I can truthfully claim the highest score ever achieved on that song. My Laughtrack score would put me at #6 or so on the PS2 ladder (which is much more competitive), and is leading the 360 ladder by over 1,000 points, an unheard-of margin for such an easy song.

The trip to Joe's was fun. We beat Halo 3 on Heroic difficulty (not very hard, truth be told) and had lots of good food. The only hitch in the trip was the fact that my flight back to Kansas was delayed until takeoff was at 11:30ish in the PM. I got off the plane at around 1:30am and was in bed by roughly 2:00. That's making the week at work a bit challenging, but it's not like I have much to do at work anyway :)