Archive for February, 2010

Hey, people, I`m back. Did you miss me?

No, I wasn`t abducted by aliens for one of their typical anal-probing tests, although I had to take an “Ana1″ Exam(ination) just two days ago (Ana1 = Analysis 1 = Calculus).

The last two weeks I spent practically living in the library, studying until closing time every evening. In fact, I had to even decorate my bathroom in an interesting way:

Left: "A tiny bit of Calculus theorems while taking a leak"; Right: "Quite a lot of theorems when sitting on the toilet"

So I already took an exam in Experimental Physics 1 and Calculus but Theoretical Physics still awaits me on Friday… So far I`ve been managing to ignore the fact that one of my most anticipated games of the year was released in the mean time, but yesterday as I finally had time to go shopping for groceries I saw IT. Needless to say, I couldn`t resist it!

Of course, I wouldn`t just get myself 50 EUR poorer ($68 for a PC version, can you believe that!!!). So I first finished downloading a pirated version of the game JUST to see if I get good enough framerates on the crappy GeForce 9600M GT of my lappy. After sacrificing the Full HD resolution of which my beautiful 18.4 notebook screen is capable for a crappy 720p it went smoothly enough with ~40FPS. So I rushed back in the supermarket and got an original copy.

Now I just have to wait for my last exam to pass (and the most important day for any girlfriend, of course) in order to dive completely in the Mass Effect universe! I`ve been meaning to write quite a detailed and big piece about this game for some time before its release but I haven`t forgotten it and I`ll get to it and even be able to include my personal impressions when I play through it.

For now, I can just wish lots of fun to all of you, happy owners of an X360 or a PC copy of this amazing title! I will join you very soon.