[metal gear solid 4: guns of the patriots..]

is absolutely incredible.

It's a great feeling (and unusually fulfilling) when epic stories like MGS come full circle like this. I'm not even half-done with the game and it ALREADY feels like everything and everyone's coming together.

It's in times like this when as a gamer you feel like your part of something big. Yeah, I'll be back for more. No time for a review and talk all technical about the game, just PLAY!!!

[a "cajon"]

..has recently been added to my small collection of pets.

While I dream a lot of becoming a rockstar (who doesn't?!), I never have been any good at music. Can't play the guitar, or any other real musical instrument. My knowledge of playing the drums - which would be my instrument of choice in the unlikely scenario of me playing for a band - is limited to the stuff I get from my younger brother (who plays in a REAL band) and what little I get from Drummania.

So I got myself a cajon. Because (1) the old "office jamming cajon" has already left the building, (2) I'm convinced I can actually get better at this and (3) I think my kids in the future won't think their dad is badass if he can't even play one single musical instrument.

I can't play a full drum set to save my ass - bass and hi-hat/cymbals specifically - but who's to say I can't go for the alternative? A cajon doesn't make this easier for a guy playing percussion, but at least it makes things a bit easier :D