Don’t let go
One dance left
Don’t give up
Can’t forget
Our offer on the house has been accepted. My amazing wife is pregnant with our most beautiful baby girl.
My life rocks.
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Archive for November, 2006
I wasn’t going to post again until I got the new software and design finished (I’ve already exported the database) but it’s been a while and even though I’m almost finished.. I’ll just have to figure out how to transfer these last few entries as well. It’s all coming along nicely if not extremely slowly due to illness, etc.
For over a week I’ve been sick with some horrible cold/flu/deathmonger that Christina brought home from her office. Yesterday was the first day I felt like I was finally back to normal. Today, while the cold is finally gone, I feel like.. I dunno. Empty? General blah? My right shoulder is killing me for some reason and my mood just stinks. I feel like I’ve got some huge burden on my back that’s weighing me down.. but there’s really nothing going on to stress out over. Whatever the problem is, I want it to go away. I’m ready to be happy and healthy again, enjoying the fall weather.
Blargh, my shoulder is really killing me. I’m not used to pain like this. I’ve no idea what I did to cause it. I have too much to do today so taking a painkiller is out. Maybe some sort of ointment or salve nastiness would work, but I don’t have a clue what to try. Plain old heat? Or a cold pack? ::sigh::
On a good note, we’re just 12 weeks away from Christina’s due date. Wee! Time seems to be going slower and slower as mid-February draws nearer. I’m so ready for this, even if I don’t have a clue about it. I spent a lot of time around babies, toddlers and younger kids while I was growing up but baby sitting is one thing… 24/7 is all together different. And this one will be mine. Irk. I just pray that I let her grow up without getting smothered in my over-protection. Hopefully, she’ll have Christina’s eyes, high cheek bones and little flat spot on the tip of her nose. And her smile. And her laugh. Okay, her overall beauty and wonder. Somewhere in all that she’s allowed to have some sort of resemblance to me. Oh, yeah.. Christina says she has to have my facial muscle defects, er, dimples when she smiles.
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I used to keep up with everything on everybody in the console gaming business. It was my job so whether I enjoyed it or not (and thankfully, I did.. most of the time) I had to know what was going on. One thing I have always thought to be humorous is the way hardcore gamers consider themselves to be the primary factor for game publishers. Forget that we’re only a miniscule part of the market. Forget that we’re only a drop in the bucket when it comes to profits. Hardcore gamers rule the roost. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. But hardcore gamers seem to always live in their own little world on all sorts of levels.
What matters is what sells at Wal-Mart. Follow by all the others: Circuit City, Best Buy, Target, etc (not necessarily in that order) and then the shops like EB Games/Gamestop (are casual gamers even aware that these two are now one and the same?). Who shops at Wal-Mart and the other non-gaming specific stores? Casual gamers. And they decide what’s big. Not the hardcore gamers. Price always plays a huge role in what casual gamers buy. So while hardcore gamers all know the specs for the XBOX 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii (pronounced ‘We’) and release dates for game titles through 2007… the casual gamers don’t. They just see what’s there in a neat little package in the glass case in front of them. The system brands will have some sway on consumers, but the price shock will deter most. Huh? Price shock?
MIcrosoft XBOX 360 recently launched at *$300/$400
Sony PlayStation 3 launches this weekend at *$500/$600
NIntendo Will launches this weekend at $250
* stripped down versions
But whatever. I’m just in this for the games. I’m one who buys whatever console I need to play the games I like. I grew up on Nintendo but never had any second thoughts about buying PlayStations, XBoxen or those no longer in the console hardware business (sniff, we miss you Sega). However, I now have a family, I have bills.. and with the new generation of hardware costing ~$1300 (I’m not even counting accessories or games) .. it’s the first time I wont have all of the new systems within a few months of each launch. That’s about $500 more than the last gen launch prices. Ouch! Eventually, I may have all three. But only after the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 drop in price– about $200-300 each. Maybe in 2008?
So.. maybe the “real” hardcore gamers will camp out to get in line for the latest at top price but Wii all know what’s going to be the biggest seller this Christmas. I, for one, can’t wait.
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