the background noise

Well if you guys got a nickel for every time I've said 'I'm back now' shortly followed by 'No really, I am back now' then you guys would have some serious currency on your hands. Not going to fall into that trap today. The only promises being made here are that there are no promises when it comes to my schedule lately. Been steam-rollering through my to-play list though, the one I may have referred to before . The one I'm currently clearing through at the cost of most of my free time.

Recently played my way through the Splinter Cell HD Trilogy. A stroll through the early history of everyone's favourite stealth series that isn't Metal Gear Solid. It holds up surprisingly well as a lean, mean, taut stealth machine. More games should have Michael Ironside in them. Hell Splinter Cell should have more Michael Ironside in it now that he's tired of video game voice acting.

Just watched Indie Game: The Movie, part drama-documentary and part time capsule of a very particular moment in recent video game history. A glimpse into the tortured minds of those who brought us Braid, Fez and Super Meat Boy. I say tortured but insert your own anguished metaphor of choice right here it'll fit just nicely.

When we last left our hapless hero he was besieged by the problems of too many games to play with too little time to both play them and blog about them. A knife edge cliffhanger if ever there was one, surely one day it'll form part of an exciting box set.

Well then. Those few days in their habit became those few weeks which became what? A month and running. Been playing games though, restoring the balance of videogame writing by doing less of the writing and more of the playing. So much so there hasn't been a balance at all. Updates won't be daily for the near future but there will be more in the way of frequency.

Interrupting this period of blog related inactivity to bring you the latest status update on the situation. Namely that there will be yet more exciting blog related inactivity! For a few more days at least anyway as I enjoy some much needed downtime. Until then consider the gentle words above and the delicate wisdom they impart to you the reader. Laters.

Finished Blazblue's story mode tonight. At least I think I did, sorta, maybe. Well the end credits started rolling, that's always a clue. But the bit before that. Well it seemed to be an ending to something anyway. I'm entirely unclear on what exactly concluded only that it came to an end.