I hate the sun.

There was a time period in my early life where I used to live in the great state of California. Perhaps that should have built some bizarre immunity to the current state of my...state....of Washington.

According to a local news affiliate we hit 101 degrees.

Practically no one in this state has air conditioning in their homes.
It's fricken Washington for crying out loud.

I positioned a bunch of fans in a bizarre pattern in an effort to pump air into my home, but for the most part it's a bit cooler inside than outside. Regardless, my concern on my 360 and how it would be affected by the recent change in weather forced my paranoia to creep up. (Granted: I've gone through two consoles, I'm on my third.) Trying to play through Dead Space and Pixel Junkies first game The Maw currently, but my fear that my 360 might abruptly explode in a torrent of flames made me resort to sporadic console power usage.

I'm also preparing to leave the state tomorrow and go on a trip with family, so between trying to survive and trying game, it's been a bit difficult.

In the mean time, I'm getting my PSP ready.
While a majority of time will be socializing with family, if there is any down time at all, I sure as hell will be ready.
I picked up Star Ocean: First Departure. I've been highly surprised of the quality of the remake so far. I played the original Star Ocean emulated with a translation patch, so it's interesting to see how they updated the game. I also got Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles as well as Final Fantasy VII loaded up, if ever I have the urge to play through a game that I have already played through to the umpteenth time.

But most importantly, I think I'll divert my attention to finally play through Beneath a Steel Sky.



You see, my PSP is happily running custom firmware, which means I can do stuff like run SCUMM engine emulators that let me play games like the original Monkey Island and in this case...*ahem*....BASS (worst acronym ever?) I have a love for old school adventure games, I'm looking forward to playing one that has been recommended to me for so long, but never have had the opportunity to really play. This trip might actually give me reason to check it out a bit.

You can download the whole game legally here.

So that's it.
I'm still working on my Monkey Island walkthrough in my spare time. For a good portion of this week I'll be off, hopefully to colder temperatures.