Le grump.

[brinshannara]

So I returned Kill Bill Volume 1 today and perused the video games. It's been a while since I've gotten engrossed in a game, and I was in the mood for something somewhat violent, but not altogether shoot-em-up, and then I saw Splinter Cell sitting on the shelf. Sort of a stealthy shooter game, it reminds me a great deal of Thief. So I rented it, and because it's the old version (not red alert or whatever it is), I get it for a week. Sweeeeeet, says I.

However, I kind of suck at it.

Okay, no, I really suck at it. I keep getting discovered or shot at and you know what? I run out of ammo all the frickin' time.

I've played it for about three hours today, which has been sort of nice -- I'm decompressing after my semester and all, you know?

I took a break to watch my <ahem> acquired episode of Tru Calling, and I'm sitting there and fifteen minutes into the show, the sound starts fucking up. Great. Just peachy.

So I attempt to get another version, and that was over an hour ago and I still have over 2 hours to go. I need to remember to just set my VCR and watch my tape after Survivor, because I'm getting annoyed at downloading crap, especially if it's crap WITH NO AUDIO after 15 minutes. I mean WTF, really.

Anyways, I managed to finish the first actual mission in Splinter Cell, then promptly managed to accidentally jump off a tall building and kill myself, then I made too much noise getting into the building the next time and got busted, then a guard just shot me to death, then a security camera got me and finally, I opened a door and walked right into a guard.

At that point, I said, "Fuck it," turned the game off and came back to the computer to check on the Tru Calling download.

2h9m to go.

Sigh, sigh.

I guess I'll go, like, shower and then clean the kitchen and do the dishes.

I'm mildly grumpy, and I don't quite know why.

Comments

[brinshannara]

Pretty much everything except a new HD, but I'd like a new one of those too. I need a new processor and all that THAT entails (PIII 550 just ain't so hot anymore), 384 megs of RAM is nothing these days, so I need more of that. Definitely need a new video card, and a new sound card that IS DirectX compatible would be very nice.

I would love to get a brand-new system and maybe give this one to my brother (who's going back to school and will need a computer of his own), but after buying milk at the store tonight, the 10 cents change is about all I have right this very instant. Oh, and something like $17 in the bank, too.

[ingole.livejournal.com]

Your sound card isn't DirectX compatible? Damn, woman, how old is it?

Well, start bit by bit. Sound cards only cost what, $20?

[brinshannara]

Well, it's SUPPOSED to be, but it isn't. It's a Soundblaster-something-or-another, and 90% of the time, when I play a DirectX game, it will, at some point or another, freeze with a repeating sound over and over again, causing me to reboot. Annoying as hell, which is part of the reason I don't tend to play PC games often.

As to updating this POS bit by bit, that's what I've been doing for the last five years. Started out with 128MB of RAM, a crappy video card, 13GB HD, and now I've got 384MB of RAM, over 90GB of space and a better video card (that is still crappy when compared to today's). We also have new speakers, after the original ones died in the middle of the night, waking me up and freaking me the hell out. Oh, and I've been through three keyboards and two mice. Finally, my monitor is on its last legs. It started flickering a few months ago, off and on, and there's this spot on the left side of the screen that's more than a little screwy in terms of display of certain colours.

Short form of above: I'm done putting money into this thing. Considering I have zero money to put into it to begin with, when I DO get some money that should be coming to me at some point before I die, I'll be investing that in a new system that'll last me another five years or so.