Thai restaurant, just off San Pablo. Somewhat on the pricey side, but interior is nice and the food was especially good.
Penang curry - was the name of the dish ordered. Either they got that wrong, or somehow have decided to call beef rendang penang curry for convenience. That aside, it was very delicious beef rendang. Tender beef, creamy sauce. Maybe not enough rice for Nan, but is there ever enough rice for Nan?
Pad Se Ew - very good, not greasy at all.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Batman: Arkham Asylum: Finished
As finished as I'm going to get. I got all the riddles and such solved (again, you can't just make a list and think I'm not going to go after them all) and that was actually not as bad as some might think. Didn't finish all the missions and DLC, though. That's the kind of thing for perfectionists. Perhaps you don't see the difference. It's subtle, to be sure. Put it this way: I know what I'm in for with the rest of the missions: sneaking or punching. I don't need to do any more, thanks.
Final assessment, very good. The best of it's kind, as has been said elsewhere. I'm not a Batman Superfan, but I'm sure they are well pleased by this outing. It is very evocative of the Batman vibe. Nan, of course, was displeased greatly. "What do you mean, I can't just go up there and punch that guy in the face?" So I was forced to take over for the remainder of the sneaking and inverted take-down-ing. It's not really my scene either, but it was really quite well executed, aside from the camera angle just slightly harshing my groove by letting Batman himself take up so much of my bedamned screen. So it's not my particular favorite type of game, but I can recognize quality execution when I see it. Props.
DLC is hard, in case you haven't tried it. One of the new Batman maps has the occasionally-electrocuting floor that perhaps you are unfond of. The Joker maps are exactly the same as the Batman maps, only they add difficulty - as the Joker, you have no Batarangs, no grappling hook, nothing. That means no gargoyles, no escaping when caught, and no stunning folk from a distance. He also has to stand (not crouch) perfectly still while using comically oversized X-ray glasses that function exactly the same as BatVision(TM). He has a gun (!) but what good is it in brawl when there's only one bullet, and what good is it in stealth when it attracts every guard on the island? The one thing I figure you can do is the following: 1) shoot a guard, 2) hope they don't spot you immediately, 3) wind up your other gadget, the JokerTeeth, and send it over to the guards attracted by the noise and hope they all blow up at once. Which doesn't always work, but I suppose it's worth a shot.
And it's hard to imagine the guards don't see me, what with the green hair and purple suit. But oh well...
Final assessment, very good. The best of it's kind, as has been said elsewhere. I'm not a Batman Superfan, but I'm sure they are well pleased by this outing. It is very evocative of the Batman vibe. Nan, of course, was displeased greatly. "What do you mean, I can't just go up there and punch that guy in the face?" So I was forced to take over for the remainder of the sneaking and inverted take-down-ing. It's not really my scene either, but it was really quite well executed, aside from the camera angle just slightly harshing my groove by letting Batman himself take up so much of my bedamned screen. So it's not my particular favorite type of game, but I can recognize quality execution when I see it. Props.
DLC is hard, in case you haven't tried it. One of the new Batman maps has the occasionally-electrocuting floor that perhaps you are unfond of. The Joker maps are exactly the same as the Batman maps, only they add difficulty - as the Joker, you have no Batarangs, no grappling hook, nothing. That means no gargoyles, no escaping when caught, and no stunning folk from a distance. He also has to stand (not crouch) perfectly still while using comically oversized X-ray glasses that function exactly the same as BatVision(TM). He has a gun (!) but what good is it in brawl when there's only one bullet, and what good is it in stealth when it attracts every guard on the island? The one thing I figure you can do is the following: 1) shoot a guard, 2) hope they don't spot you immediately, 3) wind up your other gadget, the JokerTeeth, and send it over to the guards attracted by the noise and hope they all blow up at once. Which doesn't always work, but I suppose it's worth a shot.
And it's hard to imagine the guards don't see me, what with the green hair and purple suit. But oh well...
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