Too few hours in the day //Jafoca.com

So I bought Fallout 3 around Xmas time.  I am only about 1/2 way thru and it has been a fun little experience.  The game is a post nuclear war apocalypse RPG/FPS – combining some of my favorite game genres.  I like FPS games with STORY.  This has it, it is good.

So I have noticed that Bathesda, the development studio, recently released an expansion called Fallout 3 Operation Anchorage where you apparently get to fight some communists in alaska.

Anyway, I bought Fallout 3 thru my favorite gaming platform, Steam.  Its great!  I have the game legally installed on my laptop and on my desktop, i even managed to set up a system to sync my gamesaves between the two.

Well, Bathesda released the expansion ONLY THRU Microsoft’s new steam platform rival, Games for Microsoft Live.  So to get the expansion I would have to move my current game files into a different folder, install a new client, buy 1000 microsoft points (the expansion itself costs 850, but points are only purchasable in quantities of 1000, what BS) and download the game.  After that I would have to repeat some steps to get it working on my laptop.  I also wonder if it would then require that I log into Seam and GFWL (isnt that a awful acronym to say) both to play my expansion.

Ugh.  Installing a new DLC client just to get an expansion is not for me.  Too much of a pain in the rear.  Bathesda, stay away from GWFL if you want any more money from me.  I hope this isnt another stupid attempt to “thwart piracy” that has gone horribly awry.  

BTW, I am not a MSFT hater either.  I just prefer not to be told where I have to buy stuff, especially if its an addition to the stuff I already have.  ”Here is your dvd player – we don’t carry the cable however…”

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Many of you that know me will also know that I have long been somewhat of a fan of Windows  Vista.

Why ?- just to name a few reasons

• My hardware has always been up to date, and therefore supported by it.
• It looks MUCH BETTER (less juvenile) than windows XP
• Vista media center is pretty nice, when my hardware keeps up
• UAC is annoying, but can be disabled by those savvy enough (read: if you can’t figure out how to disable it, you probably need it’s protection!)

So on that note I have to say that I am pretty geeked for Windows 7, which was released to beta earlier today.  Its not that it is going to be amazing, it seems more like they are using W7 as a chance to fix the errors of Vista, which is fine with me.  Mostly though, I want it because it is supposed to be FAST.

I want that 30 second boot up, the lesser system requirements,  and the slimmed down background footprint!

Unfortunately though, my chances of getting in on this beta testing seem to be dimming.  MSFT has stated that it will only release 2.5 million copies of the beta test, and there are many ravenous geeks out there waiting to use the “comeback” os, so many so that the Microsoft Tech-net site that is releasing the software has been down for the past hour!

Makes me wonder about why the beta showed up on BitTorrent weeks ago already….