Game overload

The past week has been... full.

I had a mock film studies exam the other day which went pretty poorly. It's not that I don't know what I have to be writing about; it's more a combination of two factors. 1) My film studies grade has no impact whatsoever on my Uni entry. 2) Since discovering this, my film studies tutor, who isn't a friendly type at the best of times (He's like Bilbo Baggins if the One Ring was permanently fused to his... -cough-) has made his displeasure at this quite obvious.

I managed to get the adverts for my marketing assignments recorded, so all I have to do for that is finish editing them and bulk out my client report. Filming for the b/C video didn't happen on Tuesday, but Wednesday was a pretty bulky day filled with proofreading and minor editorial duties for Tag '11. My graphics design tutor is really punishing me for dealing with my assigned workload so quickly, slapping me with extra tasks as soon as I've dealt with everything he handed out before. I think they're pushing me to see how much they can get out of me, and I could probably keep handing it back out for a good while, but I'm losing drive.

On Thursday my girlfriend arrived to stay for the weekend, after a fruitless FMP session and a frustratingly redundant GCSE class. The GCSE is another victim of me, in that my Uni entrance doesn't rely on it at all, despite being bullied into it by the collective media department of Eastbourne Vocational College. It's such a waste of my time. It was awesome having Lisa around for longer than usual (Even if she did have the misfortune of arriving roughly the same time as Dragon Age II) and I'm sad she's gone, but axes to the grindstone once more, and all that.

Onto DAII. I've not played it exhaustively but I did manage to rack up some decent hours over the weekend, and it's keeping my interest far more than the first game. I found Origins to be a solid RPG with a few rough edges but some truly interesting, superbly written characters supported by a vast mythology and a rich fantasy world. Unfortunately, I found a majority of the game failed to stimulate my interest, so I didn't even manage an entire playthrough (I got to the archdemon and then quit). I loved the Morrigan/Flemeth story, so you can imagine my joy when a giant dragon swoops down on the fledgling adventurers, toasts a group of darkspawn, and casually reveals herself to be Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek fame once more. I apologize for being a little bit ridiculous but Captain Janeway as a shapeshifting dragon is a pretty high grade of awesome.

I've neglected WoW for the past week for a variety of reasons, so I'll probably hop back on Steamwheedle Cartel later this evening to get stuck back in. I've got too many options at the moment, I can't stick at just one game for more than a couple of hours. I've got quite a while before the next deluge of quality releases beat the crap out of my bank balance, however, with just Duke Nukem Forever and Alice: Madness Returns awaiting months from now. I'm considering buying Space Marine, but I seriously need to start saving money, days are just falling away until moving time!

-L

Listening To: 
The Sin'Dorei, Blizzard Entertainment
Watching:
True Blood seasons 1-3, The Big Bang Theory season 4
Playing:
Dragon Age 2, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Borderlands, Dead Space 2