A big kick in the balls

Ok, well, the tribes community was in an uproar when they heard this: no tribes 4

ah well, we can only hope that GG is just teasing us and keeping us in check.

Kicking the ever-living shit outta every n00b on the server

you remember doing that don't you?

it's monday morning after a shitty weekend (stuck inside from the weather) and i've read what is possibly the highlight of my day.

Garage Games (see, Dynamix) is looking to buy back the Tribes franchise from those fuckers at Vivendi that cornholed us with Tribes:Vengeance. In fact, they've created a tech demo that they plan to release sometime next month in hopes to rally the Tribes population and restore Tribes' good name back into the community. See the interview here on TribalWar with Tim Aste of Garage. And if that isn't proof enough, check out this small video that appeared online a few months ago for a movement test. What's interesting about the interview and tech demo is that Garage has stated that they aren't working on a new Tribes game. And yet, we see monitor screen shots like this that blatantly give away the concept that tribes is (recognize that armor?).

This brings back a flood of memories and emotions for me because of my deep involvement with the original Tribes games, designing maps for the community. those were some fascinating and exciting gaming days. Tribes 2 was equally amazing if you could look past the horridly buggy release.

I will definitely keep on top of this story. this could be the world of warcraft killer that will bring me out of my comfy Blizzard cocoon.

The times, they are a changin'

You know that comfortable little bubble of certainty you used to live within? It's popped. All those rules and comforts that made life so easy and so wonderfully liveable are gone. I really shouldn't be retrospecting just yet in my life. Hell, there's not a whole lot to look back on and i'm certain that the better part of my life lies ahead of me, but i feel like a brand new baby, just born into the world. A new baby without parents and trying to make it on my own. So, ok, yeah, i've got some nice creature comforts and my job pays me fairly well. Enough to live decently with a family, but things are just changing. Let me give you some examples.

My buddy Pabloe had pulled down some old Filter the other night from iTunes and we happened to be listening to Filter in my truck on the way home from lunch. That got me to thinking about all of this music i wanted to pull back since the recent meltdown of my last harddrive and loss of 500+ songs. So i grab some old Filter and i grab some Foreigner (yes, thank you, silly Verizon commercials) and i do a search on AC/DC. Huh, no results, maybe it's the slash, so i put in Back in Black for the search criteria. So there's no AC/DC, but there is a tribute album. All of the songs are sung by female country artists and all the songs are unplugged. Huh? But no AC/DC. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse that the band's record label hasn't sold out to Apple, but there were some angry comments posted from others that were just as surprised as I over the lack of music from our favorite little band from down under.

I'm 36 and i've been in physical therapy for the deterioration of my back for well over a year. My PT asks what i think the cause of it is. I reply, well, it's probably the 23 years of soccer i played. Are you still playing, she asks? No, that was well over 11 years ago that i was on a field. PT isn't a big deal. in fact, i love the way it makes me feel. like i've got my back again. but shouldn't i be into my 50s before i start seeing specialists for my body breaking down?

We're going to a party tonight. A hoedown to be exact. Anyone else think of Ren and Stimpy when you think hoedown? So it's a sendoff to some old friends of mine from my Friday's days. Kate is a creature comforts kinda gal. Always made good money and liked to live that kind of life. Gorgeous homes and ate great foods and drank great wines. She always loved what money could buy her. This is not to say that she's shallow, because she the farthest from that, but she's just a girl who likes the finer things in life. So this party is a sendoff for she and her husband who've decided to give up all of their worldly posessions and join the Peace Corp and live in Albania for the next 5+ years.

I'm not complaining about any of this. I realize it's just a way of life, but i guess it always shocks me or catches me off guard when i've got my pants down around my ankles.

Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas

Not until last December had i ever seen a single episode of 24. Then i made the mistake of adding the first disk of season 4 to my Netflix queue. The next two weeks were spent at my local Blockbuster punching old ladies in the gut to get that last disk of the season. My wife then knew i was off my rocker. I'm not sure why i never catch these types of shows when they initially air, but i had the same response about Alias. I watched the first three seasons on DVD before the 4th came out. And then i considered punching someone else in the gut. To bad that show turned to shit.

Anyways, i watched season 4 on disk in about a two week time period, maybe less and then began watching season 5 when it aired in January and have been hooked ever since. I stumbled across this webpage this morning. If you're a Jack Bauer fan, then you'll certainly enjoy these.

Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of his keys.