Merry Christmas 2010!

Did I post anything last year for Christmas? I don't even remember anymore. Christmas came fast this time, so fast that I forgot that today was Christmas Eve! I've been working like a monster and still have a lot of things unfinished and untouched. I really don't know what I should work on when I have free time now. Art? Music? Game Design? Writing? I mostly keep up with writing, very little music, and no art and game making. Besides that, my free time is limited to a few hours or so. I end up logging onto Steam and playing something A friend of mine bought Super Meat Boy, which I was planning on buying anyways:

It's a fun game, and hard too! It's not that I don't like easy games, but I feel as if developers care more about story, graphics, content rather than the core concept of the game. Super Meat Boy is refreshing, and I even wrote a (mediocre) review of it last night! I'm not missing out on Steam Deals like I did last year, and I've bought 5 games so far. Today, I'm looking at buying Overlord Complete Collection, which was available several times from last year till now. It's only $2.99! Yeah, the Steam deals are awesome, but my work schedule sucks now. I never have time to play any of the games!!! I really want to finish up the MGS series and play some other games. It makes me excited thinking about all those games, but sad when I can't play them. I'm excited for tonight and tomorrow night since I get to see friends and family. We'll probably end up watching a movie and then play some Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Bah, time to eat lunch. At least I got most of my work done today. Anyways, Merry Christmas everyone!

Definitely Busy

Oh man, now I'm definitely busy with the new project I got into.  I can't say too much about it, but I'm doing an actual project for an actual company rather than my "portfolio" building, self-study, and independent projects.  I beat Metal Gear Solid 2 a little over a week ago and then started working on MGS3, which is significantly harder.  I enjoyed the game and am enjoying the 3rd one, but because of this new project, everything I do will probably be on hold or finished much slower.  I'm so completely wiped right now after my first real day of work that I'm not sure if I could handle an entire month (or so).  I just found out that Monday Night Combat is coming to PC through Steam and I plan on pre-purchasing it.  I'm too tired right now to do it so I might end up doing that tomorrow.  I got a few new games on Steam and bought Medal of Honor for PS3 (not sure if I mentioned that before) and the newest steam game I got yesterday is Shatter:

I love love LOVE the music and vibe I get from the game.  I'm planning to work on a break-out game too with a bit of difference in gameplay.  I like the idea of physics based abilities and boss battles, but the rebounding of the ball can be pretty infuriating when it moves unexpectedly to make you lose.  I plan on making my break out game much more fast-paced and action in gameplay.  Shatter is a bit about action with puzzles and strategy.  The graphics are amazing too:  3-dimensional, flashy, clear.  That's about it for now, I want to enjoy some games or just relax before having to sleep and repeat the taxing work I had today.