Yay! The weekend is here.
I finally went to sleep around 3:00, but had to be up around 7:00 to head over to Miranda’s to drop her off at the airport for her Florida trip. I was doing some surfing while finishing my coffee back at the house and finally watched the Starcraft II cinematic trailer. It’s really well done. I loved Starcraft, so I hope it’s successor can fill the shoes. I’m happy with the way Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars kept the same look and feel with just more advance graphics and content, so hopefully Starcraft II will be a similar progression but not loose too much of that winning combination of gameplay that launched it’s namesake to the top. Just a year-ish after The Burning Crusade, Blizzard announced the second WoW expansion yesterday: Wrath of the Lich King. Along with the addition of Northrend to Azeroth, they are raising the level cap to 80, adding the first Hero Class character (Death Knight), and throwing in BC style profession, quest, ability, loot, etc. changes. I haven’t been playing much World of Warcraft these days. A lot of it has to do with work, but mostly it is due to focusing on other hobbies… like my desire to get back into shooting more regularly. Since my wildlife photography is largely dependant on the climate and landscapes require me to book travel, those areas of my portfolio refresh will likely be more slow going. I will probably revert to more time in the studio in the mean time to get my chops back up… portraits, fashion, glamour, product, etc. I’m so rusty. I remember a time when I could pick up my camera body and it felt like an extension of my arm. Manipulating settings to set up the shot was second nature and sometimes I didn’t even think about it. I’m far from that today. I just need to start spending more time behind the lens. I have a shoot with April 2006 Playboy Playmate, Holley Dorrough, later this month. I’ll be sure and share some photos for your critique. I’m also going to the Texas hill country to photograph deer in three weeks on a high fenced ranch… white tail, black buck, axis, sika, etc. Weather permitting, I should get some decent stuff on that trip. Back on the gaming front for a moment, you should really check out EVE Online. It’s not for everyone, but I like it. Sean calls it “a damn spreadsheet with a GUI” and I’ll admit it is very geeky and extremely complex, but that adds to the potential for gameplay imho. There is sufficient PvP and non-PvP content to cater to various playstyles and it is well developed and maintained. I think it is a hidden gem in MMO’s. Another draw for me is how it is completely different than most MMORPG’s out there today by being completely strategy Sci-Fi based versus hack and slash Fantasy based. Anyhoo, I’m out of coffee. Ciao.
Playboy Playmates, eh?
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