"Dead Space"

I own an Xbox 360, a Christmas present from '07. I recently bought the above game, Dead Space. Not since Halo have I been so thoroughly sucked into the world of a video game.

The genre is survival/horror. The main character, Isaac Clark, is an engineer sent to repair/salvage a mining ship after all communications have ceased. The reason why is what makes this game so great. I won't try to explain it in a few sentences because it can't be done, but this game has elements from movies like, Alien, Event Horizon, and Solaris. I jumped out of my skin several times and was surprised into saying words I don't normally use.

He's Baaaack

I had an appointment with Doc yesterday. Considering it's been 3 months and 6 days, I was happy to see him. He didn't go into detail as to why he was gone, just that he'd had surgery and would be going back in again in a month or so. I'm just glad to have him back.

It was pretty much a catch-up session, talking about all that's gone on in the interim, finishing up with Messengers mostly. My next appointment is in two weeks, hopefully we'll stay in the here-and-now this time.