happy birthday to me

some tidbits from my birthday to yours. this video clip made me feel a few different emotions, but mostly it made me laugh. escalation hit store shelves this week. so did half-life 2-- perhaps the biggest PC release ever. I got a look at it today and it lives up to all the fuss. It is wonderful. Between that and the latest installments of metroid, grand theft auto, halo, and metal gear, there is a glut of quadruple A titles. The bad news is they are all sequels... so the game play and characters are rehashes. The good news is these are the very best development teams in the world, and so far I'm having more fun with this crop of games than any that has come before. i seem to have be in a band again. this time it's shaping up to be coworkers. we've practiced a couple times and everyone seems to be really digging it. expect a show in a few months.