[Vodstok]

It is not exactly a secret that i am a huge video game nut. More to the point, i have been pimping Bioshock for about a year now down in the gaming forum. I am dying to get this game. Not only does it have amazing graphics, and hands-down the most realistic water ever put into a game, it has a deep plot with real moral choices where the outcome is directly affected by your decision, and in a more fluid way than the text selection you get in most RPGs.


here is where the title of this thread comes in. Way back in the day, I was dying for HalfLife. I had never been so excited baout a game in my life, and that was saying a lot. I ended up getting it for christmas, but lucky me, my computer couldnt handle it. I had waited over ayear for it to be released, only to get it and not be able to play it. It took me a year to scratch together the money to get a PC that could handle it, and when I finally played it, it was more than I had hoped.


Years later, a similar thing happened with Half-Life 2. I eargerly awaited the release date, this time making sure I had a computer that could handle it, and then some dick over in Germany stole the source code and set back the release date by a year. Thanks, asshole.

When it finally was released, I had a 6 pack of beer and a pizza all lined up t play hardcore all night. I had even preloaded the game so all i would have to do is verify who I was and BOOM, i'd be playing.

Apparently, so had over a million other people, so steam's network was overwhelmed to the point thati had to wait 4 grueling hours to launch the game..


SO, Bioshock is the next HL to me. I have been waiting forever for it. It gets released TODAY. I have a PC that can handle it. is there a problem? You betcha. 2 actually.


I cant get the game to preload, since I have Vista and steam has a n issue with the links that do the purchase and preload actions.

Next, it costs $50 that i dont have, because I have been doing freelance contract work for the past 6 months and have barely been making enough money to support us, let alone buy a game.

The silver lining is thta I have 2 (count them, 2!) interviews tomorrow for jobs, one offering some working from home, and an astronomical pay rate.


Wish meluck, both so that I can stop living paycheck to paycheck, and to let me feed my addiction for immersive interactive entertainment.


And in case Rod is afraid that my writing carreer ,may suffer, I am still at it, so dont wqorry. i have a kick ass new sci-fi comedy brewing that i think could have enough appeal to sell. Not too mention a series of short stories that share a common loose thread.