Quick Update

Oh man, so busy writing everyday and then trying to squeeze practicing music and arranging soundtracks in-between game study.  I've been still at it, 1-game a week and I just (literally just now, about 20 minutes ago) finished last week's game for the week "Genji: Days of the Blade" (yes, the game I worked about 9 weeks on...)  So the actual game time I spent was about 13 hours (12 hours and 42 minutes on my last save plus the final boss which took me about 20-30 minutes not counting the 2 times I died).  It was...a disappointment, and I'm ready to review it, but not until I review Trine which I beat last Friday and should have been for the week before (Genji made me fall behind several times already).  Besides that, I did some Thanksgiving eating and Black Friday shopping (online instead of in line at 3AM in the morning).  I bought an extra TB of External Hard Drive to fit my games that I've been getting (especially on Steam) and a carrying case for it.  I got a pair of FPS Freek for a friend for Christmas, but I forgot he hurt his shoulder and will be in a sling for the holidays.  I decided to keep them instead and I tried it today.  Pretty awesome and surprisingly a good experience for a pair of plastic attachments.  I got some other stuff too but it hasn't come in the mail yet.  Besides that, I applied to a few more companies waiting for a call to get an interview.  I must really like being busy because I feel like I never have enough free time (or work time for that matter).

A-Gen...ji...

I have failed to finish Genji: Days of the Blade...AGAIN!  Like I said before, it's not difficult.  But the game is frustrating and is quite taxing on my mentality, so I stop playing after a large chapter is completed each time I play it.  On the other hand, I finished Miles Edgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations on DS and Nation Red on PC.  I have not failed on fulfilling my "Game-A-Week" mission where I beat one game each week so that I could learn something from it.  I'm learning more about 3D Action games most out of the games I've played so far, and I should really start doing in-depth analytical writing on each games I've completed so I KNOW for sure what I leaned exactly.  I plan on doing my review on Miles Edgeworth and Nation Red on my Gamer blog throughout this week's post.  I also beta tested two MMOs and plan on doing more of a highlight on them rather than a review since I didn't play end-game material in either one (the two MMOs being CardMon Hero and Zentia).

Besides that, Blogging has kept me very very busy each day as I do research and write my post.  I don't even proofread as much anymore since it takes up the whole day.  I've also been periodically looking for more open positions in the Game industry and technology industry to see if I can get a job.  I'm not too gung-ho about getting a job yet, but I also worry about the gap of not having work along with the fact that I have zero work experience.  I'm more concentrated on things I've been wanting to do: Writing, music, art, game design, and making videos.  I've been accomplishing less and less these past 3 weeks because of the Blog.  I need to learn how to read, write and finalize faster.  Having left school, I have no social life at all since all my friends here are either working or in their respective colleges.  I mainly have one friend I talk to online and another friend who I hang out once in a while to play music, games, and watch movies.  As sucky as that sounds, I'm quite content with that for now.  I can't believe how busy I've gotten in my day to day schedule and how fast time flies now.  It's been 5 months since I've graduated!  As much as I miss walking around Irvine campus, participating in activities, and seeing so many friends each day, I wake up each morning feeling happy that I don't have to urgently get to class and have that pressure of grades, tests, and long monotonous lectures hanging over my head.  Still, it saddens me that I still barely get the time to work on the things I really want as well as losing the social aspect of life.  Oh well, I just gotta keep working and see where it takes me.