Jun 11 2007
Let’s recap the past few weeks
It seems that I’m back to blogging again (I hope), as I have completed two more guides for IGN: Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third. These games are more in the action/adventure genre, one which I don’t regularly play these days. But I enjoyed playing them and figuring my way through them both. The part I don’t enjoy about the job is actually typing up the guide. I take notes on paper and take screenshots and then put it all together on the PC.
This became quite difficult this time around. I had completed the Spider-Man 3 guide and began playing Shrek the Third and all of a sudden I had problems with my PC. It turns out the fan which keeps the CPU cool died on me. I tried cleaning out the dust and re-seating it, but it didn’t work. I considered removing the side of the case and putting a box fan nearby, but I didn’t really like that idea.
With my PC being a Dell, the broken fan used a proprietary housing of some kind, so I couldn’t replace it with another case fan I had lying around. I contacted a fella in Dell’s India HQ and he was able to send out a technician who was able to replace the fan. I’ve been back up and running ever since.
I still haven’t gotten around to posting my reviews for the season finales. I’ll have to look around for the notes I kept. I know they’re around here somewhere.
Last week, I turned a year older. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t really enjoy birthdays very much anymore. Sure it was nice to see family and friends, but I just don’t enjoy them like I did when I was younger.
I also found out my gym teacher from high school and grade school passed away about a week ago. Mr (Greg) Martin was one of my favorite teachers. He was always polite and had a great sense of humor, which is great for any sort of learning environment. He was only 57 years old. RIP.