The Cake Is A Lie!

I finished Portal last night. It was amazing. The physics themselves allow for it to be a fantastic puzzler but the humor that is injected to it by way of the voice of the A.I. that guides you through the game is sheer genius. For example, near the end of the game you are on a moving platform descending into a pit of fire as the A.I. let's you know (politley, of course) what a huge success you have been and not to worry, because your scientific equipment (the portal gun) will survive the incinerator. Once you escape, the A.I. stumbles a bit but then reassures you that it was only joking and it would never dream of harming you. Think of H.A.L., but so upfront and polite that it is funny. And while the end credits roll the A.I. sings a song about how it will let as many people die as is neccessary for the 'those who are still alive.' It really is funny, and I believe you can find it on YouTube. Actually, you can see it here. It contains spoilers, just to let you know.

Also, I have realized that if Half-Life 2 had insane multiplayer it would be ten times the game that Halo 3. When I finished Half-Life 2, despite the cliffhanger ending, I was really engrossed in the story and the characters and realized that I wanted to play the game not just to shoot shit, but also to find out what happens next. This is something that Halo was never able to achieve with me. Also, Half-Life has the gravity gun. Who DOES NOT want to pick up a radiator and chuck it at someone's head? Honestly. Team Fortress 2 is the fun multiplayer game in 'The Orange Box', but it has sparse maps and is more focused on objective than most FPS'. Enjoyable, yes. Better than Halo 3's multiplayer? Doubtful.

I apologize for today's picture, but I am posting from my almost deserted English classroom waiting for my RTF class to start. You might ask, "Why post a picture at all if it is going to suck?" And that I can tell you in a word.....Tradition! So enjoy your water lillies.

I'm going over to Melissa's apartment (one of the girls that I met doing 'Friday Night Lights') and I believe we are going to carve pumpkins. I'm planning on making mine the infamous 'Red Ring of Death' from X360 owners. I'm going to carve the symbol in the pumpkin then make compartments where I can put a few red glowsticks and another compartment for green glowsticks. If all goes as planned, this pumpkin is going to own your children.