God Damn You

So Lair is hitting on August 14 which would be nice...if I had any money. As it is, it'll be joining the list of games I need to buy, along with Bioshock, the Darkness, perhaps Overlord, Supreme Commander, etc...

Tried to start reading the Butlerian Jihad, but the writing was just so atrocious I couldn't bring myself to press on. Ugh. Honestly, it probably would have been best if Elder Herbert had quit after the first book, gone and done some other things. He had a hard enough time keeping his thoughts coherent through two books (read: Whipping Star and the Dosadi Experiment), and three was too much for him, and then he just couldn't content himself to let it lie, Jesus. And then the kids start playing with daddy's sandbox and the shit really hit the fan. I really have to wonder whether Herbert the Younger had any writing experience WHATSOEVER, because it certainly doesn't seem like it. No, he was probably just like, "Damn, dad had a pretty sweet gig going on, I guess I'll try dipping my hand in the same pot..." And now we're stuck with a two-bit piece of shit that claims to be a NYT Best-Seller (I seriously have to wonder whether that was this specific book, or maybe just the original, cause all of the praise quotes are a hodgepodge of different ones for the newer books, not just Butlerian Jihad). Basically, I'm just bummed cause I don't think I can bring myself to read that sort of shit, despite really wanting to know what happened. Though if Elder Herbert didn't leave a whole stack of notes that it's based on, then I guess I just don't care.

Played a lot of Odin Sphere and got to the end of Cornelius' story, but haven't been able to beat the final boss yet. Part of that is certainly due to the fact that I'm horribly under-level and haven't realized it until just about now. Problem is, I'm not really sure I care; the story has more or less taken a major nosedive, and every level is one that I've played before, essentially, so it's losing its appeal fast. What a shame.

And for Christ's sake, how many days can you spend doing stuff in the Boundary Waters? This is fast turning into an East Coast scenario. Kinda wish it were happening to me, though. Then I wouldn't have to be faced with the pathetic progress that I'm trying to make on the Warzone Project.

- Veracity Out -

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