The premise of the game is 15-20 years in the future when it's become fairly common for people to "augment" themselves by having mechanical body parts or add-ons to replace old non-functioning ones, or, somewhat more darkly, to make them more powerful.
It's definitely heavy on Blade Runner in the inspiration category, which is a good thing; the game is very atmospheric, and the combination of the mortality of the lead character--you can't just run and gun unless you turn the difficulty way down--and the superb voice acting make it one of the most immersive games I've ever played. I like a good story, so it's a blast.
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The Red Sox lost 4-3 to Baltimore in penultimate game of the regular season, completing a historic collapse that led to the Tampa Bay Rays sneaking into the play-offs via the wild card, one game ahead of the Sox. In the following week, the Red Sox manager of eight years, Terry Francona, decided he did not want to return for next year. Francona, who oversaw the first two championships since 1918 while managing the 2004 and 2007 teams, will be missed. As with many baseball managers, he did make some silly calls, but he was a good guy and protected his players. It says something about some of the Sox players, rather than Francona, I think, that they allegedly "stopped responding to him."
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I need to get new running shoes this week, because I've really been meaning to resume my running. I was up to three miles on a fairly regular basis before breakfast when I was up at school. Now I need to get back in shape as one of my goals for this fall. Along with bombarding the world with job applications and such.
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Jenny played an awesome soccer game for Team Spain yesterday, and they won narrowly over Canada 1-0. Very proud of Jenny for being so game, as this is her first year playing soccer!
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Henry apparently needs to be fed again. Hungriest. Guinea Pig. Ever.
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