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I’m going to try to start posting entries every week mentioning music that I come across, new or old, that catches my ear. This week the band is Florence + the Machine
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Ever since Windows 7 was released I’ve been running it on my MacPro for gaming. I have 2×1TB hard drives for my Mac side, but I’m only using 2×180GB drives for Windows. Not exactly horrible, but with all the gaming madness I’ve been stricken with I’m actually juggling drive space often and I really need to buy another TB drive for Windows eventually, I guess.
But that’s not what I’m writing about here. Windows 7 is good. I hate to admit it, but it is. I was okay with Windows XP. Like every sane person, I despised Vista. Games run AWESOME in Windows 7. The interface for the OS is nice. However, out of curiosity (I just misspelled “curiosity”, Windows told me so, but didn’t offer the correct spelling, doh! Big minus points there!), just to see how useful and comfortable Windows 7 is for me, I’ve tried to push it further by doing web dev and other things while in the Windows environment. I can’t do it.
Photoshop in Windows? Nope. It’s so close to being the same but it’s not. Notepad++ and Sublime Text are great editors, but neither compare to TextMate. Windows 7 achieves so much but yet falters with it’s little things that drive me crazy. I hate the start menu. I try to use Launchy, but it’s no QuickSilver or LaunchBar or Butler. Internet Explorer sucks. So, I tried Safari for a while. It’s not bad in Windows, but I’ve found myself using Chrome when I never use Chrome in Mac OS X. Chrome works. Well, not for Super Farkle on FaceBook, but I can forgive it that since I can open an IE tab in Chrome for gaming.
Windows 7 is awesome for gaming. It’s pretty. But it’s still no where near as nice as Mac OS X. Will Microsoft ever get me to switch back? Maybe. Windows 8? We’ll see. But it’s unlikely.
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Publisher Capcom released today a demo of developer Airtight Games‘ upcoming action shooter Dark Void. It’s downloadable only through File Planet which is a pain but the game demo itself is an absolute thrill for anyone that enjoys first person shooters and/or flight games. The game is to be released on January 19, 2010. Just four days away!
“Dark Void’s unique combination of in-air and on-ground combat creates a thrilling new gameplay dynamic to the third-person shooter experience. Taking 3D action to a whole new level, Dark Void’s vertical combat system allows players to dangle from thousand foot drops as they take cover and drop enemies from above and below, bringing a whole new sense of vulnerability and thrill to the player. Defying gravity in vertical combat is only half the battle as, over time, Will is upgraded to a powerful rocket pack which allows for fierce in-air combat as gamers are able to fly through the void at unparallel speeds shooting down anything that gets in their path. Blasting away at massive bosses has never been this much fun as Dark Void offers a unique grip system made up of a variety of grip-based mini-games including skyjacking UFOs mid-flight.”
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I recorded this video of Aegwyn singing the other day with the microphone stand I made out of Tinker Toys. She had a blast playing with it for hours.
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Just wanted to pop in and say Merry Christmas to all! Hope everyone enjoys their day tomorrow and of course, I wish everyone a Happy New Year as well.
Cheer!
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