This has definitely been an interesting week. Not only did I take my first actual train ride, but I also visited both Boston and NYC. Several hundred miles and two worn, but not dead feet later, that is. As I draft this, it’s 10:42 PM on 8/6/16 onboard the Silver Meteor train #97 bound for Miami. I left NYC over 7 hours ago, and Boston well over 60. In those places, I’ve seen and heard things I will never forget, and eaten things as well. I started off in Boston, in the Prudential Center area that is. You see, the only reason I was up there was due to a conference that required the attendance of one of my parents. Now, we were able to work out getting the rest of the family up there as well. All of us took the train, and that story is listed in my previous …
All Aboard
It’s been a long while since I’ve taken any form of public transport. My town has a local bus line, but that’s about it. I haven’t had any need for it though, as most everything is within basic driving distance. However, Boston, MA isn’t. So, instead of taking a plane, we opted to go through a more, interesting mode of transport. Locomotive. Namely a line that goes from Miami to NYC, with a stop about once every hour. Along with constant alerts about Georgia and SC’s Dry State policies. In all seriousness, nearly every 5 minutes for 20 minutes the conductor sent out an alert about the end of their sales for that day. I guess they just had a lot in stock or something? Either way, it just began to become annoying. …And somewhat humorous. I’d never think that I’d see a Beer Run on a train. (Several, actually.) …
Steam Tips!
Enjoy my first major video!
The Good, the Fad and the Ugly: GALAK-Z
Feel free to leave feedback and questions below! I’ve found myself playing roguelikes quite a bit lately. Namely Crypt of the Necrodancer, But, I want to talk about a different one today. GALAK-Z. Think a modern version of Atari’s classic Asteroids but with AI controlled enemies, voice acting and all wrapped up into a set of fictional 80’s/90’s action anime VHS tapes. It’s definitely something you don’t see every day, and that’s why it caught my attention when I saw it in a gaming magazine years ago. After reading that article, I figured it’d be a nice game to try out at some point. And years later, I got a copy of it for free through Reddit user munki17. Thanks again! So, now that I’ve played it for over 10 hours, is it Good, a Fad or just plain Ugly? I’ll be straightforward and say some aspects of this game …
Gotta Catch ’em All! …later.
Pokemon GO! has taken the world by storm. As of this post’s writing (7/13/16) it has only been out for a week, yet I can’t seem to go anywhere without running into it. I was recently doing volunteer work over at UCF, and I had this outside my window. The building I’m in is apparently a Gym. He wasn’t alone, during that one day I saw several students come in and out, all of them holding their phones in front of them. He was the only one to go outside my window though. Now, I could go on about the issues people have had with it’s privacy system, how often it’s showing up in the news, or the best locations to live in in order to catch the most possible. But I can’t, even if I wanted to. My non-smart “smartphone” can’t even use the dang app. As such I’m …