I’ve seen fire and rain

Holy crazy start to the week, Batman!

To pick up where I left off yesterday: I’m sick, but not dead yet. My ears aren’t infected but there is fluid present. The doctor irrigated my right ear which I must say was the coolest thing ever! It was like a warm bath for my eardrum. It felt great. I was out of the doctor, Sudafed (with pseudoephedrine, none of that sissy on-the-shelf-at CVS stuff) in hand and bloodstream, in time to make my last class, which was good.

Then the onslaught started. I’ll spare you all the details but suffice it to say that stage managing two different shows, one of which is trying to last-minute schedule impromptu callbacks while the other is having a personnel crisis and having to cancel its first rehearsal because one of our leads dropped out, is pretty taxing.

The good news?

I bought Endless Ocean. For the uninformed:

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I haven’t come across a blue whale like the one in the video yet, but I did make a dolphin friend (I named him Jeff, God of Biscuits) and hang out with some sharks for a while. That was pretty cool. Endless Ocean is a pretty great game once you get over the fact that all you do is swim around. I mean, sometimes you have objectives - take a picture of a certain kind of fish, explore a certain area, take a foundation bigwig down diving with you, whatever - but you don’t even have to complete them. You can just swim around.

It’s the best soothing, bedtime game I’ve ever seen.

-@

January 29, 2008 • Tags: , , , , , • Posted in: games & systems, live theatre, rants & raves

2 Responses to “I’ve seen fire and rain”

  1. gorkin - February 7th, 2008

    Simon, God of Hair-dos feels snubbed.

  2. JILL - April 7th, 2008

    I’ve wanted Endless Ocean for months! I’d stare at it in the store; I’d lovingly caress its box (unintentionally dirty), and then I’d walk away… afraid I’d be bitter over spending $63 to just swim around. But you just sealed the deal for me. You should get a referral fee from Nintendo. Use it to buy that hideously overpriced, yet hot, North Face backpack.

    PS, WHAT STATE DO YOU LIVE IN?! I can’t figure it out and I’m curious.

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