So this was my birthday. Pretty pathetic. No one phoned me. I had to organize my own party. Well, it suits my mood. At least the people who joined me for dinner are saying that there will be cake for the Random Acts of Gaming we’re going to have this Friday.
In other news, I finally tried out Halo 2. It’s weird. I’m unused to the levels, so I’m exploring anew. I’m finding the weapon system slightly confusing, and I seem to just be sticking with plasma rifles. I did try out XBox live and I was very impressed with that. Previously, with MechAssault, it took forever to get a game going. You had to join someone’s game, hope they didn’t kick you out, wait for others to join, then hope the game doesn’t get cut out in the middle.
I just clicked XBox Live with Halo 2 just to see what my options were, and before I knew it, it had found several other players for me, set up a game, and away I went. Total time, less than thirty seconds. Cool.