Pratt Institute/Freshman "Foundation" Year/08-31-09

So yesterday was my first day of classes. Light and Colour design. Went fairly well. Looking at how it all pans out, it's a 6 hour class. But I'm used to being in one class for a long period, used to be 2 now it's 3. Did some basic exercises with red, blue and yellow colored pencils, nothing out of the ordinary. I look forward to this class as I want to get better with colour, but it requires me buying more supplies. Acrylics, a lot of traditional materials I never used much. Remember, I never attended an all around art high school. However, I should look at it as part of this investment for my education and it'll be nice to have the space to work with other mediums like painting (although I hate painting).  
 
How'd your first days go?   

So in about a half an hour, I will be at a Gamestop with two of my dad's friends on 7th Ave. in Brooklyn, NY. The occasion? To attend a game launch, my first one at that. Game of the occasion? Madden NFL 10. Yeah, I sucummbed to the Madden hype, but I've never been so excited about any year's Madden more than this one. The demo was great, and I can't wait to get my hands on the full release. Even with rainy weather this should be a fun night. Hopefully I can twitter some of what's going on and stuff. I'll be sure to take pictures. I've been waiting to do one of these for the longest. Should be a blast. 
  
To get a discussion going, what game/system launches have any of you attended? What was the experience like? 
 
-Ish

ALERT! Spoiler Level: Wait...didn't all of you play through it already? :P 
 
Where the hell is "The Family"?! I've searched the spots northeast of Arefu at night; the Hideaway, the outdoor cinema, and Seneca Station. No sign of them, just random raiders and Rad Scorpions (which might I add take a while to kill). This is the sidequest where you deliver a message to the West family. But I have to find The Family first. Anyone remembers where they are?

     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hey everyone, visit the actual Vimeo page to watch it in full HD. Other than that, just been wanting to blog here about something, but I wasn't playing much of anything until the end of last month. Currently, I've gotten into Fallout 3 like I've wanted, great game. Yes, I am aware that I'm months behind. I really need the 60GB hard-drive if I want to get into the DLC, plus I need a bigger drive regardless.  
 
On the PS3, I rented RE5 from Gamefly. Pretty good. Still at the beginning chapters, but it was something that captured me with RE4 that RE5 doesn't. I have to play it more before I give a full verdict. 
 
On Thursday night, gonna head out with a couple of my dad's buddies to a Madden 10 midnight launch. Absolutely loved the demo! The gameplay was reminiscent of NFL2K5, just the sheer realism of how it played, and the presentation is definitely beefed up this year. So I'm gonna treat myself to the full release as a little moving in gift as I move into the dorms at Pratt next week. Besides don't all the college kids ever do is play Madden and eat Ramen Noodles? :P 
  
Catch you folks later. And please if you enjoyed the film, link it to your friends around here and other people. I'm really trying to take this project far...like Sundance far. Thanks for watching and reading. Peace. 
 
-Ish

These new screenshots for Max Payne 3 are peculiarly intriguing. The setting is certainly not New York, and Max looks like he should be a Left 4 Dead character. Regardless of the "drastic changes" that Kotaku's Michael McWhertor states in the site's press relase of the screens, they certainly have peaked my interest for Payne's third adventure. I was always wondering in the back of my mind when Rockstar would begin shedding light on this sequel. For me, Max Payne 3 has had the same size of a question mark as Alan Wake. With both games getting coverage now, I'm more excited. Maxy Payne 2 was one of my favorite games back in...what was that, 04? The PC version was great and it ran smoothly on my super buggy machine at the time. That's probably why I liked it so much. And now, seeing how bullet time will work with Max's beer gut should be fun to watch. Hehe.