NYC Subway Battel | Hot Hot Cockpit Action | The "E" stands for potted mEat

[prog]

This is a heartwarming story, I say without irony.

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Yes, I played through all of Ace Combat 04 again, blasting through all 18 missions in just a couple of play sessions, which is kind of unprecedented for me. I take a vague sort of snob-pride in not being so obsessive about video games that I try to unlock every single thing, so I rarely bother replaying things.

It's still pretty easy on the 'Hard' setting. In fact, it's probably easier than starting the 'Normal' game from scratch, since the larger mission-award purses let you buy the better planes sooner. I saw that I just unlocked the chance to play the game yet again on a new 'Expert' mode, and the Web tells me that beating that will give me 'Ace' mode. Sheesh! No thanks, twice is enough. It's still a great time, though, and I'll probably get Ace Combat 5 when it comes out next month.

(Addendum to previous post on this topic: Oh, I guess they did send the Marines in. I wasn't really paying attention to the radio chatter on my first play-through. The mission is still kind of silly.)

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A warning to my friends: please don't use eVite, most certainly not to me, probably not to anyone else either. I say this because it looks like Spam (unknown From header, almost entirely HTML body) and will automatically be treated as such by anyone who uses Spam-filtering software (such as myself) and didn't think to have it make exceptions for eVite mail. I am missing a party this weekend in part because I didn't see the invitation until Thursday night (when the host asked me if I got it), too late for me to plan the time for it properly. eVite does have some nice Web-based features, so if you do use it to send invitations, please follow up with a simultaneous plain-old email to your invite list.

Here ends today's episode of Jmac tells you how to act because he must think he's better'n you or sumthn.

Comments

[keimel.livejournal.com]

Arr, ya scallywag....

Hey, I tried it. Didn't know how it'd work out. Oh well.

Guess you'll have to spend time doing the next gazillion missions of fliy by night war - or whatever game you're on ;)

We'll miss you... perhaps the next one.

j

[prog.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't think I'm being cheeky, talking about having no time for parties and then bragging about video-game victories in the same breath. I'm actually pretty busy on work this weekend, but taking frequent PS2 breaks. Helps keep the wrists supple, or something.

I actually haven't seen you in a long long time and will definitely look you up when I'm next in town, which probably isn't too far off... I haven't forgotten the Guinness you owe me for the photoblog toy. (Not that the new LJ photo thing doesn't already supersede it, ah well...)

[queue.livejournal.com]

There has to be some nice, non-spammy-looking, Web-based party invite management software out there. If not, someone should make it. And they should call it "freeVite" (even though eVite is free).

[jordanwillow.livejournal.com]

i adored that nyc subway story.

[jadelennox]

I don't go to parties that I get evited to. I'm not interested in my friends providing my email address to a third-party service, nor am I interested in any random person being able to see whether or not I've RSVPd.