Mass Effect

Time to get away from all that heavy stuff for a bit and return to my other love in life... Games. I recently began playing Dead Space, a sci-fi horror RPG with high reviews. Now I must say it does a good job with the music, and scripting, and atmosphere to make the game both creepy and jumpy at times, much like a good horror movie (if such a thing exists). I suppose it could also be compared to something like Resident Evil, which was, in my opinion, one of the best horror games ever made suspense wise (... the new ones...). But playing Dead Space has reminded me of Mass Effect. The movement, the textures, the general feel is similar, almost as if they used the same engine, but Dead Space does not allow you as much control. First the camera is at an odd position, second your character is slow, the aim toggle is clunky, the interface is slightly awkward at best based on button layout... it feels like Mass Effect, but is not as user friendly as Mass Effect. Therefore, I have once again started playing Mass Effect to satisfy my inner most needs and desires as a gamer.

Oh, and about the last post... You did'nt actually think I cared what you had to say or that it would affect my final decision did you? You should know me better than that.

Now unrelated to all of this I have run ashore in my mental boat. An odd problem has begun plaguing me, it may have begun in a dream, but it is a problem none the less. My problem is as follows, what do you do about a liar who lies about lying? Now before you point a finger at me, remember that I am a different case, I am a liar who tells the truth about lying. When you speak to someone, and you catch them in a blatant lie, then they use another lie to cover their tracks, do you even point out the first one, or do you leave the point as moot since the person is only seeking to evade? Or are they in denial? With lies it is occasionally hard to say, but what is the proper course of action in such cases. Again, I may lie and b.s. my way all across the map, but when caught I do admit defeat. That and my lies are not as much evasions as they are often tools to pressure further thought and examination. I often try to use lies to tell the truth, rather than to hide it, as there is not much in my life that lays hidden.

... how much do you think ebay would take love letters from highschool for?...

P.S. ACK! another friend is engaged... that makes ALMOST EVERYBODY!!! ok, so maybe not quite, but that's now something like 5 marriages and 8 engagements of close friends in the past year...