Thought Overflow

I’ve been at home for about 5 days now (starting Monday), and I’ve already completed 2 games – Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Call of Duty: World at War (links take you to my reviews of these games on Gamespot.com). They were good, but not mindblowing like some of the games I’ve played in the past. Then again, not every game can be brilliant; it would take away the fun and enjoyment of a really good game.

So, after having played these, I installed Tom Clancy’s HAWX and Colin McRae Rally 2004. They’re both pretty good, but just not as immersive as a game should be. I find myself getting quickly bored and switching them off after playing for a while. Not good enough. And it just makes me feel a little odd. One of the things I look forward to most when I come home for the holidays is being able to play videogames on the home PC (the NVidia 7600GT I forced dad to buy a few years ago is probably one of my best investments to date. I’m able to run most modern games with a highly modest 1 GB RAM on Windows XP – albeit, it must be said, on medium level graphics). And not having games to play just makes me feel a little confused.

In a way, it’s a good thing, of course. Gives me more time to do other (important) things. We’ve had a course this past term that has been atrocious in terms of the level of input required. And it’s not yet done either. In these holidays, I’ve got to complete 2 more assignments for this unreasonable (in my opinion) level of requirement. Oh well.