Miss & Hits

Wilma left a chill in the air as she passed, but that’s about it.  The moderate amount of rain she brought has almost dried up already.  The wind was stiff this morning, but it couldn’t muster up the strength to concern anybody but those driving over humps in raised highways.  The city seems to be a bit dazed by the buildup.  Some people (like me) are at work, just as if nothing special had happened.  Public schools, on the other hand, are closed and some businesses shut down or opened late.  Tomorrow, life goes on.

While I was picking up printer ink yesterday, I wandered over to the video game section, as I often do.  After pouting for a while because Misty wouldn’t let me buy Age of Empires III, I was looking though the older stuff.  I came upon a little gem that I had to get.  It was only $20, so it was easier to convince Misty that it was worth getting.  It was a compilation of three games: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Beyond Good & Evil, and Splinter Cell.  I’ve played Prince of Persia before, but only finished about a third of it.  Both of the other games are things I’ve been eyeing for a while.  There are 4 or 5 sequels to Splinter Cell out now, but the first one is still a classic, and high-quality on its own.  I was concerned over how these three games – all originally released for consoles – would play on my PC, but they were translated very well.  I installed and played each of them for a little while yesterday.  All were a lot of fun, but Splinter Cell is tough.  The sneaking-around gameplay is tough to get used to, and the PC controls take more getting used to than the other two games in the package.  Still, I’m intent on getting through it.  I read through the first chapter of a walkthrough, so I think I’ve got a better idea of how to play the game.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
-- Abraham Lincoln