Something I Wrote Awhile Ago

Here is the first part of a book that I was going to write.  Not planning on finishing it though.

Hello, my name is Luther. I'm not that much of a talker so I'll keep this brief. Your mission is to steal the Schön Jewels from Prince Taltus' mansion, located in Kiel, Germany. I don't know how you will pull this off and I don't really care. All I want are the jewels. Make sure that you do your research. You have until the beginning of September to accomplish this task. Good Luck.

*click*

Crap, this one will be kinda tricky. Ethan thought to himself as the message stopped. It was May 13 right now so he had only a little more than three months to get to Germany and steal the jewels. Wait, doesn't Heinrich live in Kiel? I could check what he is up to. Ethan opened his email and started to type a message to Heinrich. Ethan and Heinrich have been friends for quite some time. Heinrich came to America and stayed with Ethan in Woodbury, Minnesota. That was in 12th grade.

-- CK

Blarg

Sorry the posts are slowing down.  The full force of homework from college is starting to kick in, and when I do have free time, I am usually brain-dead and am unable to think of anything to write about.  Lately I have been trying to write up a full analysis of Diablo II because I am thinking of applying for a job at Blizzard Entertainment.  I'm not exactly sure if I would take the job if I get it because it is quite far away and would involve me moving across the country.  But who knows, maybe I'll get it and then actually have a job that I like.  Well onto more homework....

-- CK

Game Review #2

Age of Empires III

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The first thing that must be done right when you start the game is to choose which civilization you will be playing with.  In just the original game without the expansions there are eight choices, following history of exploring the New World.  But then there are two expansions that have been made to add a lot to the game.  One is the War Chiefs, which adds the Iroquios, Aztecs, and Sioux; and the Asian Dynasties, which adds the Chinese, Japanese, and Indians.  All of the different civilizations have different special abilities that can greatly add to your gaming experience.  Personally I like playing with one of the Asian civilizations because when you level up in ages you get to build wonders that are specialized to that civilization.

After you choose your civilization you then have to name your home city, which sends you your supplies and upgrades, and then you can start to take over the area.  Personally I have not played much with controlling he water masses because personally I am really bad at that.  Right away when you start you have an explorer which, what do you know, is there for the purpose of exploring.  You will also have a number of villagers that you can either set to chopping down trees, gathering food, or mining gold.  After you choose what to do with them you can then send your explorer out. With the explorer you can acquire treasures, ranging anywhere from food to a tame bear.  You will also find a trade route which if you take over you will see that you can trade food, wood, gold, or experience (to upgrade your hometown).

And after you start, I'll let you figure out the rest, I'm not going to give away the whole game.  I give this game four Diamonds out of five.  Personally I don't think that it is better than Age of Empires 2, even though it is easier to play.  I like the whole style of the Medieval Ages Better than colonial America.  It is still a fun game to play, although I haven't played any multiplayer with it yet, still trying to get all of my friends to buy it.  Oh and most likely I will put up a rating for AOE 2 soon.

--CK

Happy Groundhog's Day

It's official. Phil, the groundhog, has seen his shadow, so we have 6 more weeks of winter.  I'm not sure if that information makes me happy or not.

-- CK

New Rating and The Bad News

I have to post that I am changing my rating for Diablo II, which I did a review on.  I am bringing it up to the full 5 Diamonds out of 5.  My reasoning for this is because my main reason for taking some points off was because I was unable to find a way to hotkey spells and skills while playing.  Since then I have researched more into the game and found that there is indeed a way to hotkey them.  So the rating goes up.

Now onto the bad news.  To most of you this will be not be bad news, but for those of you that are gamers and you haven't heard this yet, it might be a blow.  Diablo III, which supposedly was supposed to come out last November, has been delayed in release date even further to Blizzard saying that it won't be released until at least next year.  There is no specific date yet, but I will tell you the second that I find out because I really really want to play the game.

-- CK