Yes, it’s my birthday. BioWare must care, since they released Star Wars the Old Republic‘s free to play iteration today.
…but I probably won’t play it for a while. I still want to give Guild Wars 2 a fair shakedown, but my computer is… not up to the task. Maybe after I get it repaired.
…right after I sell some more of my older games on eBay so I can afford the parts. (Turns out I need a new case, hard drive, DVD drive and Windows in addition to the new video card I got, which needed a new power supply, and the random crashes my computer still performed required that new motherboard, CPU and RAM that I got that don’t fit in my old case. I thought I’d wind up with a Frankenstein mishmash of old and new components, but no, I’m just going to have a new computer built from pieces. Stupid technology. Don’t buy HP.)
…right after I finish painting the basement.
…right after I finish mudding and sanding it.
…right after I finish helping my friend with the sheet rock.
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…oh, and if I had time, I’d write the first novel in the series I have had planned for years now. It has something to do with this. (Which I slipped into my Zazzle store a little while ago.) Yes, I know it’s that NaNoWriMo or whatever, but, well, I’m short on time.
Project Khopesh
So yes, thanks, BioWare, for the birthday gift! I might get to it next year.
…right after I finish playing all the games I got from Steam, Humble Bundle, Indie Gala, Indie Royale, GoG.com, OnLive and even Amazon Download.
…right after I finish Final Fantasy Tactics on the PSP.
…better make that 2015.
Tish Tosh Tesh 
I know exactly how you feel with all the mountain of stuff that I have to do that I’d like to sideline and do all the things I’ve not got the time to get round to. Happy birthday any ways!
Thanks!
It’s kinda crazy… but it’s not really something I’m complaining about. There’s a lot of gaming goodness that I’ll get around to someday. It’s a good time to be a gamer.
Happy birthday!
You made your chores sound almost like an old adventure or RPG. Rescue the world, but to do so, you must go to Mount Toodlewush, with the only road there being known by the wise mean of Wormwood Forest, who will not talk to you until you go and pray at the twenty-seven sacred shrines that are hidden all over the world, which you can only find by constructing a magic looking-glass out of exceedingly rare materials and unique items that you will only be able to acquire from their current owners by doing a number of tasks, both menial and heroic, and…. so on. I lost track.
*chuckle*
Some days it really does feel like that. I guess it’s good that I grew up on old RPGs, then, hm? 🙂
Happy Birthday! Sounds like you’ve got lots of great things to work on — and best of luck particularly with the basement renovation. 🙂
Happy B-day! I can relate to RL taking up too much time.
Happy Birthday lovely, nothing to do but to enjoy that great pile of things as you get to them ! Big hug
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Thanks, everyone! I would up getting a good 30 minutes in of FFT, so I’m calling that a good birthday. 🙂
I love flosch’s perspective! Happy Birthday Tesh. 2015 will be here soon enough!
A belated but no less fond happy birthday to you from me!
and of course lots and lots of shiny, epic games, artwork and music in your future so we have plenty to talk about! 😉
Thanks for the well wishes everyone! It was a good birthday. I even got a few characters made in GW2… I can get that far, but the framerate for *playing* is, well… not good. Still trying to figure out the best solution.
Bah, I fell behind on my blog reading, so very happy and belated birthday wishes!
Thanks, Brian! It was a good time with family. 🙂