GameSpot had a sale - buy two used, get one free, so I picked up Metroid Prime, Shinobi, and The Mark of Kri.
MOK is a great game that went nowhere - nobody played the fucker, which is a shame, because it's a hoot. Basically, it's a Disney cartoon-styled Conan the Barbarian game, where you go around lookin all lilo n stitch and chopping dudes in half with a giant axe. It's PS2, and you use the right analog stick to select targets, who then have a button appear over their heads (square, triangle, x, circle) which you press to attack. You have a handful of combos, and though you feel a little sluggish in control, the animation is great as you blow through crowds of dudes, smashing their armor off their bodies and eventually decapitating them (or worse).
There's also a stealth element, largely in the form of a crow which you can send ahead of you in the jungle terrain which makes up most of the game. You can see through the crow's eyes and it's very cool. Well worth a rental or even a purchase.
I have a job interview tomorrow, and I'm extremely nervous about it. On the one hand, I don't really want this job per se, on the other I don't really want any job other than, say, Wu Tang Clansman, and this job (the one for which about in respect to I'm interviewing) pays a bit more than my current shitty temp job (they're also offering me a position doing the shit I'm doing), and is more intellectually engaging.
Actually, what I really want is something, anything to ease the pressures of my daily life, like having to tie my shoes.
Posted by mattb at July 06, 2003 11:05 PM