Sunday, March 30, 2014

Paladin (Day 236)

My sleep schedule is in a pretty weird spot right now. I've been trying to shift it ever so slightly each day so I can get up tomorrow at 10 AM and start putting in job applications. My uncle is letting me borrow his Jeep all day. It'll be completely fueled and everything, so I have no excuse not to use all of the resources available to me. He also gave me a list of about 15 different places I could apply, so it's not like I can just sort of wander around and make an excuse about not knowing where I should go.

It'll be nice to get out of the house. My only concern is that I'm still incredibly broke, so I won't be able to go get a bite to eat or anything like that. Maybe I'll try to bring some snacks with me. I'm also considering picking up a friend to hang out with so I don't get bored. If I have the vehicle at my disposal all day, then why not? I'm going to get tired because I'm pulling an all-nighter, but that's what coffee is for. 

Other than that, I've been playing a lot of Orcs Must Die! 2. This is a game that I play every now and then and it's pretty much the only game of its type that I keep coming back to. You could probably tentatively describe it as a tower defense game, but it's the least generic and formulaic of its kind. What differentiates it from its peers is its high level of polish and-more important--its support for cooperative play. It's an absolute blast to play with a friend. The game seems designed from the ground up for cooperative play in fact, because it's several degrees more difficult when played alone. Enemies stream in from all sides and you're required to multitask extensively to get the job done.

It's very rare for traps to be strong enough to hold off a section of a map alone. You'll have to run back and forth between different spawn points to prevent the orcs, trolls, and ogres from reaching your rift. This is much less frustrating when you have an ally to shore up one side of the map. Honestly, I'm not sure why the game isn't more popular than it is, because it's one of the most fun games I've played. 

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