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September 23, 2004
The White Light at the End of the Carpal Tunnel
The Sims 2 wasn't the only thing I played this weekend, although I did get quite a few good play hours in. I also finally got to experience the newly released Doom 3 demo.
First thing on Monday morning, my right wrist ached like hell. It's been quite a while since I had a good CTS attack since it's usually been tennis elbow instead. But only today has my wrist actually felt better. I've not played any games since Sunday; babying it has helped and watching Star Wars on DVD has allowed me to do that.
So anyway, back to Doom 3. As with previous iterations, Doom 3 is a swirling palette of brown, black and red with occasional swatches of silver, yellow, blue and green. When people say the game is dark, they're most likely talking about the actual graphics, not the story. My nVidia 5200 is barely able to pump out better than 640x480 with reasonable frame rates and graphic options turned on. But that said, even at such a crappy resolution, the game is still ground breaking. The models and textures are extremely well done and the game is abundant in the oft overlooked gameplay element: mood. The story, while tired and overused, is presented in an incredibly engrossing manner.
When my wrist heals up some more, I just might have to buy the full game and spend another week or two in pain. Ahh, such is the life of a gamer. ;)
On a side note, I've been very impressed with the NewsFire RSS reader for the Mac. It's clean and simple--something a lot of software authors incorrectly consider poor design.
Posted at September 23, 2004 09:35 AM | Life and Work
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