August, a month of many squandered possibilities.
1. Olympics. However bad China’s human rights record may be, and whether or not the countries of the world pour sanctimonious umbrage upon it, shouldn’t matter. The Olympics are an idea, a vision of shared humanity fruitfully expressed through friendly sport and competition. It doesn’t matter how many doses of steriods are consumed this summer, or how many pointed memos sent to foreign service officials; I honestly think that the Olympics should be celebrated if only for what it can represent – the ability of our species to collect together for the sake of accomplishment and fraternity.
2. National Day. The Parade may seem a farce compared to the lavish and spectacular Openings of the yesternight, but once again, we should just sit back and allow our pride to overcome our cynicism. Once again, Singapore is a concept, and NDP celebrates that concept.
3. Crysis. A game that’s given me alot of entertainment, and alot of grief. Buggiest thing in existence, surpassed only by NWN2.
Crysis is not really buggy in the software, but more in the storyline.
The “open storyline” is quite aggressive on strategizing, and simply going with the objectives on the map leads to running out of ammunition at each turn of the path.
More often than not I find myself scouting for KPA ammunition rather than fragging.
Well, for me Crysis suffers from some kind of memory leak problem where saving/loading can crash the game. Annoying.