11 Tomb Raider, Ah! My Goddess

I'm back! How is 2009 treating you all? I haven't had much to talk about, but I do now, so let´s start.

MUSIC KISS is coming to town, and I got my tickets. Meanwhile, the Iron Maiden flag is not progressing along, I have a job to worry about now, and I haven't taken any time to finish the design and send it to print. Also, it's a little expensive for one person to pay so I'll organize a Live after Death DVD party, with all funds going to the flag. Maiden's show is less than a month away now!

MOVIES If you remember my last post, I mentioned the next movie I would watch was gonna be Eastern Promises. Well guess what, I haven't watched it yet. I think I need to be in the mood for a movie here in my room, since the only movie I've watched since then is Raiders of the Lost Ark. I usually only watch series.

GAMES Since december 1st, I've beaten 15 games on 4 or 5 different systems, from which I can highly recommend Shining Force II for the Sega Genesis, The Lost Vikings II on the SNES and X-Men (6-player) on the Arcade. I also finished Monkey Island 1 and 2, but I'm saving the third one til later since I've been told it's really good. Right now I'm playing Tomb Raider: Anniversary and I was playing Fallout 2, but I haven't been lately.

My friend Brian has helped me get this Embedded Galleries up here if you want to check out some screenshots (I started with Tomb Raider: Anniversary's Lara Croft in sexy poses). I also have a Ah! My Goddess screenshot album, if you haven't seen it (the series not the old OAVs), go ahead and watch it although I don't recommend it too much. The drawings are gorgeous though :) especially Urd... *sigh*
Anyway, he hasn't helped me with these empbedded thingies so I'll just post the links.
Ah! My Goddess - Season 1
Tomb Raider: Anniversary

See ya!

10 Iron Maiden, Steam

MUSIC Yes, THE Iron Maiden. Yes, for the first time IN PERU. March 26th, 2009. Still hard to believe, even though the band has it posted on their official website as part of their 'Somewhere Back in Time' tour. I'm still speechless. Just one day after I was talking to a friend about how incredible it would be to have Maiden here, it appeared in the news and it started spreading like wildfire. I don't want to think this much ahead, but I know I'll make everything possible to be in the first row, waving a giant flag and screaming: Up the Irons!!!
EDIT - Almost forgot to mention, tomorrow (December 8th) marks the 4th anniversary of the death of one of the most respected metal guitarists, off all time, 'Dimebag' Darrell. Pay your respects by blasting 'Cemetery Gates' on your stereo or by going to a tribute concert if there's one near you!

MOVIES Man, Bee Movie was a total letdown. What? That's like a year-old movie? Shit, sorry, I'm so far behind my movie-watching it's not even funny. Next up: Eastern Promises! (That's 2007 too? Aw, nuts.)

GAMES Since I've put off the pimpin' of my ride computer until next year, even though I'm dying to try out Fallout 3 (check my friend's screenshots if you haven't seen the game), I have to keep playing Roms and older PC games (I will even go back and play the Monkey Island series! How exciting) for now. Which hasn't been that bad: I signed up to Steam, and a friend gave me Half-Life as a gift (it was on sale for its tenth anniversary), and since I jumped straight into Half-Life 2 without even knowing what happened in the first one (I know, shame on me...), I knew it was time to learn the origins of the greatest FPS. Well, that's my opinion anyway. Steam has also been great for trying out demos like Tomb Raider: Underworld (nice graphics, has some big flaws overall), Football Manager 2009 (great, no complaints with this one), and Penny Arcade Presents: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two (long title, short demo). Great fun.

By the way, this is my All-Time Top 5 First-Person Shooters:
- Half-Life 2
- Doom 3 (either this or the original Doom)
- Call of Duty 4
- Prey
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Happy Holidays. See ya next year!