I decided to get Assassin’s Creed 2 and boy am I not disappointed. I played the game a little over the weekend and it was a blast. A combination of puzzles, action, and mystery just makes this game one of the best I’ve played in a while.

The story is follows events that occurred in the first Assassin’s Creed but even without playing it (like me) there are no problems.  It’s set in 1480s Italy with a nice supporting cast of notable people like Leonardo de Vinci and Lorenzo de Medici. The last one made me laugh as my job has a study abroad program at the school named after him.

I also purchased The Orange Box too as I got addicted to the Portal demo. I don’t think there’s a person alive that could fault me for that.

I have decided though that I wont be buying anymore games (all formats) until I have a job on the mainland. So go willpower.

In other news thesis chapter 2 got shredded by my editor and adviser so it’s in the middle of a huge overhaul which has messed up my planned timeline but I think I’ll be able to get it together this week and push chapters 2 and 3 out this week.

I got the comments back from my adviser on the first chapter of my thesis yesterday and much to my surprise she liked it! I’m very happy as it’s not often I get that good of a response from her so I’m really motivated.  I need to get chapter 2 to her by Monday and I think I can do it.  This weekend will be all about writing.

Also I went to a talk by Jason Weidemann, an acquisitions editor, from the University of Minnesota Press.  While his talk focused more on getting books published, the advice overall was really great that could be applied to writing in general.  I took a lot of notes during it and also recorded it on my digital voice recorder. I think having the recording will be very useful to listen to later on. In fact, knowing him already will help when the time to publish comes up (many years from now) and I active at the talk. I asked a question specifically about Minn. Press, Mechademia, and also I had the adapter that they needed for him to use his Powerpoint.

All in all yesterday was a good day.  And I think today will be too.