And now for something completely different …
This doesn’t have anything to do with the military, but I figured “what the hell, it’s my blog.”
I am a computer game geek. I have been playing computer games since my Dad bought me an Atari 800back in what ever year those came out. I am not into X-Box or PS3. I own a Wii only so I can play stuff with the family (and I have a Wii Fit collecting dust). I play games from damn near every genre, but my favorite games are RPGs (the ones with elves in them) and first person shooters with stories. Unfortunately, it’s been a long time since a really good game from either genre has been released. In fact, the last great RPG was the Baldur’s Gate series, and the last FPS that really gripped me was Half-Life 2.
I am really psyched about two games that are set to be released next month: Dragon Age: Origins and Modern Warfare 2. Just check out the trailers for each:
I haven’t looked forward to a game release like this in eons, and there’s two hopefully great ones coming. Yeah, I know tons of people are pissed about the server issue with MW2, but here’s a little bit of blasphemy for you: I don’t play multi-player, so I don’t care. And I wish Bioware had been able to hang on to the D&D license, but I have faith they have created a world worth playing in.
I also play MMOs, and up until a year or so ago I could have claimed that I have played just about every commercial MMO that’s come out – and even one that wasn’t released. I played MUDs in college, Neverwinter Nights back on AOL in the early 1990s, Meridian 59, and Ultima Online. Everquest hit and I was addicted for YEARS. Dark Age of Camelot, Star Wars Galaxies, Earth and Beyond (beta), and on and on. Currently, I regularly play Eve Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Lord of the Rings Online and recently started checking out Aion Online. Yes, I know, I am a massive geek and if I wasn’t married would probably never get laid. One game I could never get into is the 900 pound gorilla, World of Warcraft. Basically, I find it pretty boring and full of people I’d never willingly associate with in real life.
So yeah, that has nothing to do with the theme of this blog, and from what I understand it’s a cardinal sin to deviate from a blog’s theme. But I figured my readers (all 2 of them – thanks Hope and Coffey!) might want to know a little about me. Oh, and I almost never watch TV except for Hell’s Kitchen (they’re casting now!), Kitchen Nightmares and The F Word. And I have an autographed photo of Gordon Ramsay and it’s the only celebrity autograph I own. Ok, enough for now.
Cheers,
-Dacker
omg …i knew there was reason I liked you…remember the start over button on Atari? sigh
loved that button…and I had a kick ass paladin and an equally bad ass ranger…sigh. One show I DO watch is Breaking Bad. awesome show…if you want the first season let me know!
>Basically, I find it pretty boring and full of people I’d never willingly associate with in real life.
LOL – yeah, the people factor of wow makes me wonder why I’m still playing it (could be that I’m waiting on the Diablo III release to switch
Heya Dacker -
Hope told me about your blog, I wanted to stop over and say hey.
LMAO about the Gordon Ramsay autograph
. Have you ever caught “Chopped”?
My grandson (14 yo) would sit with you all day long and play war games. I watch tv and listen to talk radio – and blog.
BTW, it’s you blog and there are really no rules in blogdom. Do and say what you want too.
I would advise you to go to other blogs and comment. That will attract them to you. Hope and I have some great peeps. Some veterans, many comics and all good people.
@Hope
I logged many an hour playing Bruce Lee on the Atari 800. I had a 300 baud modem for it, too, and ran my Dad’s phone bill up over $600 one month calling BBS’s all over. Man he was pissed.
@Coffeypot
You’re absolutely right; I need to “get out more” and post on other’s blogs. My biggest problem right now is time. Work has been EXTREMELY overwhelming, but it’s good that I have business. Bad news is I have very little free time. But, that’s the way it is when you’re self employed. Blogging is a destressor for me, but I don’t want it to turn into “Dacker’s Blowing Off Steam site.”
@Clew
I have seen Chopped, and I do watch Food Network some, too. If I could go back in time I’d love to start over and try and be a chef. I think I’d do okay at it if I was young and had time to devote to it. I used the “contact” link on Mr. Ramsay’s restaurant and asked for the autograph. They sent one over, and I made a donation to the Scottish Spina Bifida Association after learning it’s a charity Mr. Ramsay is associated with.
@mari
Diablo was another game I sank many a late night into, before UO and then Everquest hijacked my life. That was also the first game that I actually met players in-game in RL, too. Diablo III is gonna be awesome I’ll bet.
If anyone’s interested here’s my toon info on the MMOs I play:
– Eve Online – Dacker
– DDO – Argonessen – Dacker
– LOTRO – Landroval – Dakker (some jerk has my name)
– EQ – 7th Hammer – Dack Dack
– Aion – Dacker
It’d be awesome to get a regular group together to play DDO on designated nights.
-Dacker
>Dakker (some jerk has my name)
*laughs* Don’t you just hate the inconsiderate B@stards that steal your game names?
I may have to get into Eve when my computer gets upgraded (current graphic card is woefully inadequate) – my B/F plays it obsessively so it may be a way for more “couple time”.