Even though I don’t play as many computer games as I used to, I try to keep up on new titles that are coming down the pipe. I was browsing through some of the E3 news over the weekend and a few things caught my eye. There will be a fifth iteration of Heroes of Might and Magic. I kept meaning to get HOMM 4, but just never got around to it. I hear these games are notoriously addictive, so I’ll need to finish the book first. Spore, the new project from Will Wright (creator of the Sims), looks intriguing. And then there’s Quake IV, which looks like a standard shooter, but nonetheless I want to play it. I wonder if I can bribe my friend Charles to move back to Minnesota so I can play the blink-and-twitch games. It’s either that or wait for the Xbox to come out with a neural interface accessory.
And what’s up with putting the new Xbox on the cover of Time? Does Bill Gates really need a newsmagazine to shill for him?
You can always move to the Lake Placid area to achieve the same thing. Lord knows we probably need a disability advocate here more than Minneapolis does.