2008.02.21

First Draft of Waters of R’lyeh Complete

Posted in Writing at 8:13 pm by Jeremiah Wittevrongel

Over this past weekend I finished the first draft of a story I’ve been working on called Waters of R’lyeh. As you might guess from the title, it’s a horror story set in the Cthulhu Mythos. I’m quite happy with how it turned out, but it still definitely needs polish.

Once I’m finished revising it, I’ll be recording it in audio form. It’s about half the length of the Howl from Beyond, so it will probably be split into two parts, around 20 minutes each, when it’s recorded.

Of course, I’ll post it here when I’m done.

2008.02.04

Energy 92.7 is back in iTunes

Posted in Music at 7:57 pm by Jeremiah Wittevrongel

When I first started listening to Energy 92.7 online, they had an MP3 stream. They switched to being Windows Media only, which meant I could no longer play it in iTunes (and hence, couldn’t stream it to my Airport Express). So, I haven’t listened to it much lately. Now, they offer a choice of both MP3 and Windows Media formats for the stream, so I can once again listen to it in iTunes.

[Direct link to the Energy 92.7 MP3 stream]

2008.02.04

Power Grid x5

Posted in Board Games, Friends at 7:19 pm by Jeremiah Wittevrongel

On Saturday I had Jason, Brian, Pam, and Arman over for a game night. We warmed up with some Zooloretto, since Brian, Pam, and Arman were new to the whole Eurogame thing. It went over very well, with everyone remarking that they liked it. Then we moved on to Power Grid, which was definitely the highlight of the evening for me.

I’ve played Power Grid numerous times in the past, but never before have I played a 5-player game of Power Grid. The level of tension was much higher throughout the game, and the bidding for power plants got downright ugly at times. It was also unusual in that people were tending to spend less money. Even I departed from my usual “spend ‘em if ya got ‘em” strategy and saved some Electro up to buy a nice juicy power plant later. With the way the bids were going, it was almost a requirement.

Power Grid worked extremely well with 5 players. In my experience, it was more fun than any of the 4-player Power Grid games I’ve played in the past. It’s definitely something I’d like to do again, although 5-player Fury of Dracula is also high on my list…