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[bzarcher]

Completely useless isn't so bad. :D

The dorm movie night I was supposed to run kinda failed utterly, mainly because a ton of people went home for the holiday. I think the fact that we didn't have government board on Sunday due to break also hurt.

OTOH, the two people who did attend had never seen the 1 movie I decided to show (Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension), and were suitably made fans of it. was also told my snack selections were great.

Played some StarCraft with sk4p and got my ass solidly whooped. The problem with playing 4+ player games is the dynamic is totally different from 1 on 1. :D Was still great fun, tho.

Sleep now, work in the morning, possible LAN party in late afternoon. Good plan.

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[bee2bee.livejournal.com]

Do you mind explaining what exactly the appeal to Starcraft is? My ex boyfriend is OBSESSED with it and I just don't understand why...but I'm not criticizing. I'm just curious.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Well, I can try...

Basically? Because it's a very engrossing game. In single player, the characters you view and occasionally control are very realistic and impressively dynamic. The story is compelling. The pacing in the narrative is excellent and does a very good job of keeping you in their universe as you play. (The fact that a DVD of just cutscenes could be released and be quite successful is an excellent sign in this.)

As to multiplayer? Well, it's fun to take all these neat toys and make them do stuff, especially since humans are far more dangerous than the computer ever dreamed of being.

[bee2bee.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you! It sounds kind of interesting. I should make him teach me how to play sometime.

[sk4p.livejournal.com]

You get to blow stuff up, but it's with stuff you had to invest time and effort into building. You are given a small force only at first and have to build up from there by gathering resources and building factory-type buildings to design, improve, and assemble an army. That's just cool. :)