Buying Too Much

Yes, as the title suggests, I am currently spending far too much money on things. I've mentioned this before, but I keep doing it. Not on RPGs this time, though, which is a step in the right direction. I seem to have focused mainly on bargains or things I really feel I require. Granted, I regularly feel that I require a Wii and a PS3, but I have managed to resist thus far.

Nothing spectacular has happened so far in April, with March coming to a fairly uneventful conclusion as well. My friend Dante came back from Uni for the Easter Holidays, so there was some playing of Battle for Middle-earth II at Jaszon's house. I brought a couple of my new purchases (Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe, for example... only £7!), but we didn't end up playing anything else. Aside from WoW, of course, but I consider that more of a life choice than a game nowadays.

I've also decided to order a new keyboard and mouse. I've chosen the same models, however; you can't go far wrong with the Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard and the Logitech G7 Gaming Mouse. They're the epitome of current PC gaming input and I love my current ones... except that they're either broken or breaking. My keyboard suffered a shower of Stella Artois and the keys are now sticky as hell. Add to that the strange fact that the 'O' key seems to switch between not working and typing the ¬ symbol, plus some freaky fault with the backlights, and I thought that buying a new one was the best plan. As for my mouse... I think the little sensor underneath the left mouse button that tells the PC you've clicked it has given up the ghost. Or just gone a bit wonky. You click once, you've clicked anywhere between 3 and 8 times. Makes dragging and dropping, or any other task where clicking the left mouse button is important, very difficult.

My new keyboard arrived a couple of days ago, and I'm waiting for delivery of my mouse. I hope the battery life on the new one is a bit better, too; my current ones only last a day or two, depending on how heavy my usage is.

I've pre-ordered the Special Edition of Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. FilePlanet offered subscribers the chance to play in the Beta, so I snapped up the offer, having missed previous Codemasters Stress-Test opportunities. After initial impressions of WoW-Clone-Done-Badly-Wrapped-Up-In-Prettier-DDO-Engine, the game began to grow on me. Laggy and spammy as the Beta was, I really think that it has the potential to be a big MMO... the lore alone will see it in good stead for a long time. Because I've pre-ordered the game, I'll get 10 days' early access to the live version and some special bonus items. Jaszon ordered it, too, and seems to be very happy that it includes a hard-back manual. I'll be sure to post my future impressions of the game once it arrives.

Let's see, what else... ah, I've joined the Pure Pwnage Gamer Army. I've got the dog tags and Special Ops access and everything. I've a feeling that I'll wear these dog tags a lot more than I ever did my Griever Ring or NWN2 Ring (though both of those are still cool). I'll eventually post a picture of them, along with a new Phoenix Wright-themed T-Shirt I bought as well.

I'm sure there's more that I haven't mentioned. On retrospect, it might be that March / April was an eventful period, but I was simply too distracted by parcels arriving every morning to take any notice. I'll likely come back and edit this post to have links to important items, but I'd rather get something posted, just to keep reassuring myself that I've maintained my committment to keeping this blog updated. I mean... not that it matters or anything, since nobody reads it, but it's nice to look back and be able to read something and think "I remember doing that".

... I think I may have already said that, though. Hmm.