Half Life 2 (From The Orange Box)

Well, before I began playing Bioshock (BS), I had started on my Half Life 2 (HL2) journey, compliments of The Orange Box (TOB).

As creepy as BS starts out, you get used to it as you go along and never made me jump more than a couple of times. HL2, on the other hand, makes me jump... fairly often. >.< Where BS had the creepy sound, HL2 has the BOO!! factor.

So, at any rate, I'm back to playing HL2 and trying to drop my BS habits. lol Not hitting "B" in BS when I first started playing was my biggest hurdle to overcome since it used your first aid kits, etc. And now I need to relearn it because if I remember correctly, in HL2 it reloads your weapon. Pretty important button. :p

Anyway, I'm having fun. And if you haven't had the opportunity to pick up TOB, at least rent it. It's jam packed with coolness.

Bioshock is AWESOME

A quick note on the Xbox 360 version of Bioshock.

I finished the game this afternoon, and I just want to say it's FANTASTIC.

The controls were natural, the graphics fantastic and the voice acting is seriously some of the best I've ever heard in a game. The story immersion is just beyond excellent. And the sound... creepy and mood setting. Beware if you have surround sound, as you'll completely be freaked out.

I totally give it a 10.

If you haven't played Bioshock. Do it. Just.. do it.

The Big Haircut - One month later

I figured I should probably follow up to my previous blog about the new haircut. ;)

One month into this new 'do', I'm pretty much in love with it. While I think it was probably a bit short in places, the stylist did a good job, and it's growing out nicely. It's time to have the neck touched up and right over the ears, but other than that, I'm very happy.

It's also grown on the kids, and they don't hate it anymore. :p

Now the next step is to get some highlights. =)

As far as picture requests, I don't do pictures well. :$ If any decent ones get taken over the holiday, I'll post them at XBLF. =)