Last night I had some time so I fired up Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars. I didn't buy it because there's a half nekkid dark elf on the box, (though I might have bought this one because of the box art). I think I'm about halfway through given the mix of races, the explored vs. unexplored portions of the map, and comparisons with the original (they both follow the same general plot and buildup lines).
Without getting into a lot of detail about the game or the setup, the two characters in question here are Bors, the fighter dood, and the hunter Mordecay who at this point is fairly new in the party. On my way back through a zone to take care of some side-quests I found a named baddie and proceded to open a can on it. It dropped a pretty good two handed sword. This was the resulting voice-over banter (as best as I can remember; I was kind of drunk):
Mordecay: "Hunter weapon."
Bors: "No it isn't!"
Mordecay: "Roll?"
Bors: "Bah!"
That's far too awesome.
2007/12/10
2007/12/09
Two Book Recommendations
Since we've been crunching, I haven't had a lot of time to do a whole lot of development at home. So instead, I've been trying to catch up on my reading. As in the title, there are not one, but two books that I'm prepared to recommend to y'all.
The first one is by one Gerald Weinberg
Becoming A Technical Leader. He's the author of such classics as PL-1 Programming: A Manual of Style and
The Psychology of Computer Programming. (The former may not have aged quite as well as the latter for those keeping score.)
It's quite a good text; the kind that really makes you think if you're willing to.
The second is a bunch of stuff that I'd already read, handily polished up and put into dead tree form: Managing Humans by one Michael Lopp of Rands in Repose fame whose link you can also find over there on the right. Rands is the sort of manager I wish I had at my first three jobs but didn't (seriously). Ever wonder if you and your boss are speaking a different language? It's because you are and Rands will tell you all about it. It's good stuff and should be required reading for anyone who manages technical people.
The first one is by one Gerald Weinberg
Becoming A Technical Leader. He's the author of such classics as PL-1 Programming: A Manual of Style and
The Psychology of Computer Programming. (The former may not have aged quite as well as the latter for those keeping score.)
It's quite a good text; the kind that really makes you think if you're willing to.
The second is a bunch of stuff that I'd already read, handily polished up and put into dead tree form: Managing Humans by one Michael Lopp of Rands in Repose fame whose link you can also find over there on the right. Rands is the sort of manager I wish I had at my first three jobs but didn't (seriously). Ever wonder if you and your boss are speaking a different language? It's because you are and Rands will tell you all about it. It's good stuff and should be required reading for anyone who manages technical people.
2007/12/02
Mind the Rubble
The good thing about ridiculously long compile times is that you get time to do stuff like update your blog's template.
Carry on.
Carry on.
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