i'm getting that old familiar itch...and if you have ever played WoW, you know exactly what I am talking about...unless you are still playing WoW and are constantly getting your itch scratched. I want to play again, but I am afraid.
Why did I give up playing WoW? It was starting to feel like a job, that's what I told myself...instead of feeling like I wanted to play, I was feeling like I had to play. It wasn't fun anymore. It's a game, so if it isn't fun then I should stop playing and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The point is that I want to play it again...maybe it would even be fun. It's the sort of thing that I should traditionally pass by my wife (who will probably read this anyway, an occurance that will be followed by my mysterous disappearance from this world). So I will pass it by my wife, and then I will march down to my local EB, or Microplay, or Shack and pick up a 30 or 60 day game card, and away I go, hacking and slashing like there is no tomorrow (which indeed there may not be).

I do realize that I missed yesterday's geek affirmation, and so here it is now:

Yesterday I figured out a new way to create my combat encounters in D&D so that I can have all the information I need on one page, which excites me because it will streamline combat encounters and speed up gameplay.

I suppose I also need one for today, which could be my decision to go back to World of Warcrack, but I suppose I need to follow through on that decision first before it becomes a true affirmation. I guess that means I will be writing another post later when I figure out what the hell I have done today that constitutes geeky.

First things First:

Yesterday, I played Munchkin (by Steve Jackson Games), I also watched the last Act of Dr. horrible and worked on more power cards for my Dungeons and Dragons Campaign.

Now that that is out of the way, UFC Fight Night Live Silva vs Irvin was on Spike TV last night, and it didn't disappoint. Silva was, if anything, even more dominating at 205 lbs. There wasn't much to the event beyond Silva's fight. I actually found myself ignoring the fights most of the time and thinking, "dis is the stupididest UFC event EVAR!" but after the Silva/Irvin fight I was all "OMG! BESTEST EVENT IN DA WERLD!" (For the record, my inner monologue is always spoken in lolcat.) That fight, and the one undercard fight they showed afterwards were both impressive knockouts and made the night worthwhile.

Everyone else in the world has already moved on, but I feel it is my responsibility to mention that today is your last chance to see Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog without paying for it. So for got sakes, just take the half hour or whatever out of your life to watch it. This isn't just about the content, this is about supporting a form of media that comes directly from the creator (in this case Joss Whedon) to the user (in this case, your mom). I will be buying the DVD when it comes out, for the extras as well as to support me medium.

in the wake of the E3 press conferences from the big three, i have some thoughts and opinions that i need to put down somewhere so that i can refer to them later when i lie about every having had them. I will do it in order

They announced a few games that I am excited about. Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5, Gears of War 2, and Fable 2. Yeah...we all knew they were coming out, but Fable and Gears will at least be out this year.
The dashboard overhaul i could take it or leave it. I read on Joystiq that you will be able to keep the blades if you really want to, which i think i do.
The avatars I am undecided on...i mean...i have a mii on the wii (that rhymes) which doesn't really do much for me, but the avatar on the 360 looks like it will be much more polished (naturally). What I am really interested in is getting something from achievements other than bragging rights. I am 26, I work from home, I have a 2 year old son, i obviously don't have friends to brag to.
FFXIII doesn't do much for me either, but I can see how it would do something for jrpg fans. Final Fantasy died for me somewhere around FF9. I may breakdown and get this one, simply because every once in a while i need something to grind that isn't bejeweled.

to my shame, i came into the event about 20 minutes after it started, so i missed a lot here. what i did see didn't blow me away. they announced a star wars game where i don't get to use the wiimote as a lightsaber, and a sword mini-game as part of wii sports resort that could have been 9000x cooler if they just made the swords glow.
seriously...i'm not hard to please, give me a sword, that glows, and let me swing it around. (and no more heroes doesn't count...it has to be a lightsaber, or make me think it's a lightsaber)
wii music had me super excited until i realized it didn't require skill.
i missed most of the game announcements, so...that's pretty much all i have to say about nintendo.

sony spent a long time showing me nothing particularily amazing. resistance looks good, but then, everything on the ps3 looks good. they announced god of war 3, which i am sure will be great, but they didn't even show any gameplay, just a shitty teaser trailer.
a few games i am interested in, and a small price drop on the 80gig model in september.
little big planet, fallout 3 again (microsoft showed it first), some DC universe online monstrosity, and then...MAG.
MAG...Massive Action Game. I finally, really and truly, absolutely, NEED a ps3. i need one...plain, simple. it is not a want. it is a need. I will be following the development of this game very closely.

that's it folks. if i had to place them in order of "OMGWTFBBQness", it would look like this
keep in mind, that's just based on their press conference event thingy's, and not an actual representation of my preference for either company.

with that out of the way, i can focus on my daily geek affirmation

Today, I printed out detailed Monster Stat Cards for all of my encounters in tomorrows D&D4e session (which I am running)

I guess the only other thing I want to share, is this epic, epic, fail.