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I got RUSE yesterday when the open beta commenced and I have one word which sums it up. Amazing. Being an RTS junky I’ve played nearly all of them. My list includes all of the C&C (Command and Conquer), Age of empires 3, Warcraft, Starcraft, Company of heroes, and the Total War games.Most RTS are generally the same, you build a base and then create a huge army to obliterate your oponent; however, RUSE is nothing like any of the other RTS I have mentioned in my opinion. Yes, in RUSE you do build a base and a army to destroy your foes but there is a new feel to it.  One of my favorite options is the zoom feature which allows you to quickly zoom in and out of the battlefield. Also, you can deploy different tactics, which can be anywhere from your units moving faster or creating a fake assault. I have played it a couple of times online and experienced no lag for an RTS game and I have seen many different tactics. I believe this is a game I will most definitely be buying. Now all I wish I had was an awesome touch screen table like the one seen in the trailer.

RUSE Trailer

How I hate heights, I don’t hate them in a box with a fox wearing socks or on a train or on a plane or in buildings but open space heights, where theres not jack to grab onto to keep you from falling.  My dads in a cast right now and has been for awhile now so he couldn’t get the Christmas lights and I volunteered to do it, not thinking at the time that I would have to stand on a ladder.  The second I start climbing up the ladder my legs start to shake and I’m a little worried, the second I stop climbing I lean forward and put my knees on the rungs as I use a pole to try and get the lights which in turn makes the entire ladder shake only freaking me out more, so I make the wise decision to get off the ladder and just climb onto the roof, a little better but still freaking out a bit because its a lot steeper up there than it appears from the ground.  I could go on about my day on the ladder and roof experience but I would rather just say that I hate heights and they hate me, If man was supposed to climb on the roof he would have extendo legs.

Now being the nerd that I am I have seen a fair share of zombie flicks and theres one thorn in my side about it all, that is if you don’t include that fact that it is a zombie movie to start with.  Now if you didn’t know already the zombie virus is spread by biting like rabies.  If youre lucky enough in this zombie situation to be torn to bits good for you, but if youre one of the unlucky many that just gets bitten I’m sorry to say you die and come back as one of the living dead, which is where my beef begins.  My dad works in a hospital and as a result we are lucky enough to get funny, interesting, and gross stories to be shared at the dinner table, one of theses was a man who got hit with a golf ball in his back near his shoulder.  The ball broke the skin and caused a severe infection which resulted in them removing muscle and flesh, later on his whole arm sadly in the end the man died.  But that’s where I’m going with all this if youre bitten and you “survive” that old bite wound would become infected since youre to busy attacking the living to treat it at the moment.  I would think with combinations of animals and flesh eating bacteria this would cause the living dead to fall apart leaving anyone who is still alive after the out break with nothing but a lot of clean up work.  In Dawn of the Dead the people in the mall could have easily waited it out, sure there was no hope in being rescued but dead flesh rots its just a waiting game, and if the need to eat gets really bad you can always try cooking zombie flesh real well to make it safe.  So my advice for the zombie apocalypse wait it out.

Here’s a video of some of the stuff I’ve done so far. I haven’t done any modeling in this one because I was just wanting to show an issue I was having. If anyone knows how to solve the problem where the character can jump up a steep slope I would love your suggestions.

Well, I’m Logan and I’m giving this whole blogosphere thing a try.  This is going to be my place to talk about whatever I’m feeling during the week or whatever just bugging the crap out of me.  Some of the things you will end up reading my opinions on include space, cigars, driving, religion, people, friends, and every little thing that annoys me (which is damn near everything).  Every time I post something feel free to leave a comment on it if you have something you would like to hear my opinion on, providing I get any/enough comments I’ll pick one at random and rant about it.