Game Diary: Game Break
I took a bit of a break from gaming last week to set up my awesome new entertainment center, which you can see here (click to zoom)! We're pretty happy with the setup now. It's an Ikea Stolmen setup, which we customized slightly. Instead of the media storage on the side we opted for a second shelf. The tv wall mount is awesome, instead of having to find a stud and drill into drywall, you just install your wall mount to this unit. Very versatile. Having the TV a bit higher up helps as well. The Rock Band drums aren't in the way anymore! I added a small clip on Ikea light to the back of the TV unit to highlight the painting on the wall, which I wanted to keep above the TV. If you're looking for a new entertainment center, I highly recommend the Stolmen. It requires a bit of work to install, but it's totally awesome. Since the last game diary entry I've been working on...
Rock Band - Finally on the final 5 songs for drums on hard. These songs are hard. Run To The Hills, Next To You, Tom Sawyer... without the rest of the band to save me I'm floundering in parts. Must... practice... more. Racked up a few "Big In" city achievements and played a couple games of Tug of War online. Tug of War is fun, with two players switching off verses in songs like a game of musical horse. I just can't figure out how to gain an advantage, though. Each song I get around the same percentage of notes hit as my opponent, but mostly I still lose. Hm.
A Variety of Games - I spent a lot of the weekend just sort of scatterbrained, playing some stuff I haven't played in a while such as Chrono Trigger, Geometry Wars, Pikmin 2 and Smash Brothers. We even started new characters in WoW. That addiction will probably never end. At least, until Diablo 3 comes out. Or Starcraft 2. Or whenever Blizzard finally decides to create their own brand of designer cocaine.
