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I installed Pro Evolution Soccer ‘08 on my netbook*, and I’m happy to report that — after I installed DirectX9 and ignored Windows’ concerned dialog boxes about my system being insufficient — IT WORKED!!! I was worried because I had read somewhere that trying to play games on netbooks running Win7 will most likely result in massive fail, but HAH, tell that to the little Spaniards running and kicking around on my little netbook screen. :D

I’m likewise happy to report that I’m sort of kind of almost getting the hang of the game controls (which means I don’t fail as spectacularly as I started out, but I still suck) and I can play the game on Beginner. And I am loving the player reactions when they score a goal or miss an attempt. THE SPANISH TEAM DOES THE MANPILE LIKE THEY DO IRL OMG BAHAHAHA.

This should hold me over until I make a decision about StarCraft.

*In case anyone needs to know: My netbook is an Asus 1005P with the standard-issue specs, running Win7 Ultimate. PES ‘08 runs smoothly at low settings.

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A few things about my recent two-day trip with the family (which I mentioned in my last post):

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So. I’m with my family at a resort in the middle of the mountains–in the unfortunately-named town of Los Baños in Laguna (translated: “the bathrooms in the lagoon”). It’s basically a house with two private pools, the only distinction being that you have hot spring water to swim in. My family seems rather fond of this place; I’m not too crazy about it. There’s nothing to see and there’s little else to do but swim and use the outdated karaoke machine. I’d much rather be at the beach. (But this family is a democracy, so here we are. HERP DERP)

It doesn’t help that I’ve always had the feeling that this place is haunted, although admittedly I feel that way about most resorts because I am a scaredy-cat. I always get spooked when taking showers in unfamiliar bathrooms. *__* I shower twice as quickly as I normally would.

The beautiful thing is that the resort sits right at the foot of a telecoms tower so the signal is great. :D Which is why I’m here tippy-typing away instead of swimming (it’s still too hot out anyway).

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My attention span for games has been incredibly short lately. Either that or I just haven’t found another game that really does it for me, the way I was totally crazy for Company of Heroes. Over the past week or so I’ve started a couple of games only to drop them after playing once or twice. The only exception is Rome: Total War, but I’m not even too heavily into that anymore.

(I have a copy of Pro Evolution Soccer ‘08, though, and I do like being able to play using the Spanish National Team. I think I would love that game more if I didn’t fail at it so spectacularly. :/ )

I’m tempted to give in to the hype and get into the StarCraft franchise (since RTS is my favorite genre after all) but it could be hit or miss since I’m really not into sci-fi stuff. The consensus in most circles is that StarCraft is the Best. RTS. Ever., which kind of gets my hopes up, but I don’t want that to happen. The last time I got my hopes up for a game was for Red Alert 3, and I thought that was rubbish.

I miss the feeling of being hooked on a game. :’D

Until further notice, I’m naming him Fernando Torres.

Even though it's David Villa on the wallpaper. :D

After months of hesitation, I finally went ahead and bought a netbook last weekend. It’s the Asus 1005P, and I’m really pleased with it so far. The keyboard layout might take a while to get used to though (although it’s not a particular flaw of this model). After two days of scouring Cyberzone in SM North EDSA, I ended up with what was most probably the best price for the model. I also got a Smart Bro modem, which I’ve only used for two days but has been a bit on the temperamental side–sluggish yesterday, but pretty awesome this afternoon.  But all in all my coffee afternoons have been a lot more productive now. And that’s good.

Speaking of which–on two occasions now, my friend Ned has randomly dropped by the Starbucks that I go to and found me there, even without knowing beforehand.  Haha. So it’s like my default location now? Like Chuck said, we have officially become the people we hated in college. LOL. (more…)

Let me just say right off the bat that if you came here looking for cosplay pics, there aren’t any here. (more…)