As of about midnight this/last night on May 19th/20th (whichever you wanna call it), I reached 100% in the "Game Completion" statistic of Grand Theft Auto IV. Time taken: Around 52 hours (more when you factor in loading saved games and multiplayer).
Hopefully it'll be enough to earn a "Key to the City" prize from Rockstar... I may have just barely snuck in under the time limit for the contest.
That gives me 40 out of 50 of the achievements in the game. I still have to win some races, roll over my car 6 times, and then play a whole lot of multiplayer.
Review will come soon, but in the meantime, if you're over 17/18, I HIGHLY recommend the game. Which is still funny to me, since I've despised the series in the past for various reasons, not the least of which that I found the games boring after a short time. The story and moral conflict in the main game alone are worth the price of admission, easily.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
You Can't Beat 100%
Monday, April 28, 2008
Waking Up
I have sent off the second draft of "The Awakening" to both a professor a several chosen/voluntary readers. So there's that... Hopefully they'll give me enough good comments and critisism to build on so my next draft is a winner for Writer's of the Future (*hint hint*).
I've already started another short story project, though it's pretty bizzare, and very likely won't be seen by more than, say... Six pairs of eyes. So that may not matter a ton.
The beginning of "Tobias" needs to be revised pretty desperately, but as more and more time goes on I'm more and more sure of how to fix it... And make it really, really awesome. I may write more (if not all) of the second half of the novel before rewriting the first, though.
In other news, GTA IV comes out tomorrow, and the fact that I'm so excited about it probably means that the world has turned upside town. Quick! Somebody flip it back over before Michael Jackson is black again!
Of course, the fact that it's currently tied with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for best game of all time (as OoT surely is) on Metacritic certainly helps things make sense... Sort of. Apparently the story is really, really good? Really? Then I shall play it!
In other other news: Go Stars!
