Weekend of the 2nd of Forelithe

Forelithe The 2nd.  Yep, the next Hobbit month is Forelithe.  I'm in the homestretch now though, as the other Month in the less good world is almost done.  Its strange that in a way I was sort of already knowledgeable about the Middle Earth Calendar because of Lord of the Rings Online as they have a Lithe festival.  Yes, they have an entire month called Forelithe.  Its kind of like calling the entire month before Christmas "Before Christmas", though I guess we now call the entire 6 months before Christmas "shopping season" now.

Speaking of MMO's, more and more is coming out about Wildstar.  This is genuinely the first time since WoW that I hear so much "good" out of a beta.  There have been comics and stuff about other games, some even praising some aspect of the game or lamenting that its like all other MMO's, but there is just some genuine "this is MMO's being fun again" for the first time since WoW took on the EQ monster almost a decade ago.  Anyway, here's a comic about it from PA that says so much if you know the genre: Penny Arcade.  I have the game pre-ordered(I'm a sucker for game launch stuff, my World of Warcraft Collector's Edition account is actually still worth money), but it'll be a while before I have a computer to play it.

I'm continuing to watch Linus on LinusTechTips.  I think I get along with this guy so much more than with Chris Pirillo.  Linus is an Android OS kind of guy, and a computer enthusiast while staying grounded.  Like, some people take knowing about computers in a wildly different way, like if you know all this then you obviously a fanatic.  Linus is someone that knows that you know EVERYTHING, so that you can make your smart decisions.  Pirillo is more of a casual tech guy, and is good at explaining things to people that don't know tech, he's a good translator; but he's more Mac in the way he approaches things(specs don't mean jack, just tell me if it works sort of thing).  Plus, Linus is a die hard Final Fantasy fan despite being pretty anti-console now.  Also he has my same views when it comes to Amazon Prime, Netflix and stuff like that.  Not that I dislike dissension, but sometimes you like to watch people with opinions closer to your own.  I stopped watching Pirillo's tech stuff long ago, I thought I just didn't care for tech stuff unless I was shopping for tech, but it turns out I just don't like the way Pirillo does tech vids, I watch his Vlogs daily, but not his tech.

I finished God of War 2 late Sunday night.  Now my game schedule is free.  I have one last thing on my media list to finish up and then I'll start my next block of media.  Tuesday's top portion post will be all about my next choices.  I've got a TV show lined up to watch.  I'm still deciding on my next game(I have my candidates and I'll choose Tuesday according to how I"m feeling).  I have my next band to listen through after ACDC.  I also have my next novel.  Oh, and a list of movies to toss in there as well.  I have not decided how many movies, but I have a long list on Netflix.

Posts to come: I need to do a God of War II Post-mortem, which means I need to do a God of War 1 post-mortem as well.  God of War II was totally more epic than 1, like whatever you liked about 1, 2 pretty much amps it up.  Sure, some of the "I feel like I've been here before" thing happens outside of boss fights, but the game was still awesome, epic, brutal fun.  I got my media block to write about.  I guess I need to think about a few more things to think of, but that's what Tuesdays are for.