No computer games for a month. Oh dear. Help!
I’m heading to Craig, Alaska (population 1500 ish) next week for work. As far as I can tell, my hotel room doesn’t have Internet access, so my online gaming life will come to an absolute dead stop. I expect to have Internet during the day, so eMail and such will still be possible. I’ve checked a book ‘Ordinary Wolves’ out of the library for reading. I’ve loaded a couple stand alone games on the laptop I’ll be taking. Its an Intel MacBook Pro with BootCamp Windows XP installed. I’m considering taking my digital camera along to document my adventure, but I’m thinking cell and laptop are enough technology for one trip.
One of the games I planed on taking was Freelancer. I played Freelancer back in the day, but never finished. I tried it last night on the MacBook and after my first shooting encounter the laptop was too hot to touch near the air exhaust, below the screen. I’m afraid I’d cook the MacBook if I continued to play, so I’ll pass. The other game, Galactic Civilization II, isn’t as graphic intense. I’m hoping it will be ok. If not, I can do some python programing, or play blackjack.
After my week in Craig I’m heading to Yukon Territory, Canada for three weeks of car-camping. My off-line gaming life will come to an absolute dead stop. The only technology I’m taking is my iPod shuffle. I found a cigarette-lighter usb-charger to keep it running.
I want to take a cheap guitar with me on the camping trip. I’ll leave it at work when I get back, it’s always nice to have a guitar in grabbing range. I checked the local pawn shop for something reasonable, price and quality wise, with no luck, so I ordered a Martin Backpacker guitar for $170, it’s not bad. I’ve been selecting tunes for my iPod to learn on the road. I never seem to have time to play anymore. I guess I spend too much time playing computer games. No electricity for three weeks should solve that problem.