Today was the Super Bowl something, whichever number it is on. Anyway, earlier this week, Tekman invites me to his Anti-Super Bowl party, where we do nothing that’s related to football. The party was planned to counter the Super Bowl completely. The party started at 3pm today and I left his place almost at midnight. It was really fun! He made barbeque ribs and both honey and spicy chicken wings. There was shrimp cocktail and even homemade cookies by Angel. There were also gummies (worms, sharks, fried eggs) that were brought by Guy. Other people that attended the party included Jeremy, Eric, Christine, David, and Ryan #2.
I actually had a lot of fun! More than I expected. Ryan #2 brought his XBox360 and we played Gauntlet, Hexic, Marble Blast, and Geometry Wars, all which are available for download through Xbox 360 Live for a few dollars. Geometry Wars was actually really fun. Check out the videos here. It reminded me of asteroids, but the graphics are a lot better. You also control 2 joysticks, one for controlling the plane and the other for controlling the direction of the fire power. It was originally a easter egg or hidden feature of Project Gotham Racing 2. We also got to check out the other features like demos and HD trailers. One of the games Ryan #2 showed us was Full Auto. The graphics were stunning and one of the coolest features in the game is the instant rewind. Did a turn that you didn’t like, you have a bar that increases as you race and that defines how much time you can rewind. The remaining video game we played (or more like they played) was DDR Max and I’ve gotta say, Angel is good!
The events continue with the series of board games. I got to learn 2 new games today! I first played Ticket to Ride with Guy, Eric, and Christine. The only person who’s played the game was Guy in our group, so he had the honors of explaining the game to us. It’s a pretty simple game. The object of the game is to get the most points by building train tracks to connect big cities in North America. You can get points in 3 different ways.
- Each track you build gave you points depending on the length.
- You fulfill tickets by connecting cities defined by the ticket which gave you points. However, if you have a ticket you couldn’t fulfill, you lose that amount of points.
- The longest track would get an extra 10 points.
I came in 3rd out of 4th in this game, but it was so fun!
Next I played Puerto Rico. I may have mentioned this game before, but this was my 1st time playing it. It’s somewhat like settlers without the trading between players and a much more complicated turn. It’s much more complicated than I can describe here, but it involved plantations that grew crops like sugar, tobacco, coffe, corn, and indigo and buildings that refined them. Then there was the trading aspect where you get money from the bank and the shipping of products to get victory points. Then there’s the concept of people working on the plantations and buildings. It’s a lot more complicated than Settlers, but it requires a lot more strategy. I was basically pulled along in this game and ended up last place. But it was a very close game. The # of victory points starting with me was 28, 29, 30, 31.
So I get home today past midnight and through MandalayX’s instant message, I find out that the Seahawks had lost. I checked the scores online, and the defeat was pretty embarassing. 21 – 10? I thought we were suppose to be good. Oh well. Good thing I didn’t have to go through that I guess. MandalayX also helped fill in some of the blanks and made some corrections on my lyrics I had attempted to transcribe from the Seahawks Rule song I posted yesterday.